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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

AUTHOR McCloud, Scott
PUBLISHER William Morrow & Company (05/17/1994)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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"Reading Understanding Comics blew my teenage mind, and gave me a toolbox full of ideas that I still use today." --Raina Telgemeier

The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication.

Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerful but misunderstood art form.
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ISBN-13: 9780060976255
ISBN-10: 006097625X
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 224
Carton Quantity: 36
Product Dimensions: 6.70 x 0.50 x 10.10 inches
Weight: 1.04 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Ikids, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Art | Techniques - Cartooning
Art | Humor
Art | Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons
Grade Level: 8th Grade - 12th Grade
Dewey Decimal: FIC
Library of Congress Control Number: 00001910
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"Reading Understanding Comics blew my teenage mind, and gave me a toolbox full of ideas that I still use today." --Raina Telgemeier

The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication.

Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerful but misunderstood art form.

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Author: McCloud, Scott
Scott McCloud has been writing, drawing, and examining comics since 1984. Winner of the Eisner and Harvey awards, his works have been translated into more than sixteen languages. Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) called him "just about the smartest guy in comics." He lives with his family in southern California. His online comics and inventions can be found at scottmccloud.com.
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