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Making Comics
Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
By: Scott McCloud
Paperback | 2 November 2006
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Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 1993 with Understanding Comics, a massive comic book about comics, linking the medium to such diverse fields as media theory, movie criticism, and web design.
In Reinventing Comics, McCloud took this to the next level, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are generated, read, and perceived today. Now, in Making Comics, McCloud focuses his analysis on the art form itself, exploring the creation of comics, from the broadest principles to the sharpest details (like how to accentuate a character's facial muscles in order to form the emotion of disgust rather than the emotion of surprise.) And he does all of it in his inimitable voice and through his cartoon stand-in narrator, mixing dry humour and legitimate instruction. McCloud shows his reader how to master the human condition through word and image in a brilliantly minimalistic way.
Comic book devotees as well as the most uninitiated will marvel at this journey into a once-underappreciated art form.
About the Author
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.
In Reinventing Comics, McCloud took this to the next level, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are generated, read, and perceived today. Now, in Making Comics, McCloud focuses his analysis on the art form itself, exploring the creation of comics, from the broadest principles to the sharpest details (like how to accentuate a character's facial muscles in order to form the emotion of disgust rather than the emotion of surprise.) And he does all of it in his inimitable voice and through his cartoon stand-in narrator, mixing dry humour and legitimate instruction. McCloud shows his reader how to master the human condition through word and image in a brilliantly minimalistic way.
Comic book devotees as well as the most uninitiated will marvel at this journey into a once-underappreciated art form.
About the Author
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.
Industry Reviews
'Scott McCloud's brilliant treatise on the inner workings of cartoonists will delight amateur artists and curious fans alike.' - Salon
'In this, McCloud's third nonfiction book about comics, he has produced his most significant achievement to date, and that's really saying something." - Cory Doctorow
'Only Scott McCloud could have organized his thoughts on comics like this. Scott's talent as a cartoonist not only makes him intimate to insights no outsider can see, but also gives him the power to show it to the world." - Jeff Smith
"Every aspect of comics creation is covered in this enlightening, accessible guide presented in a comic-strip format." - Booklist (Editor's Choice)
'In this, McCloud's third nonfiction book about comics, he has produced his most significant achievement to date, and that's really saying something." - Cory Doctorow
'Only Scott McCloud could have organized his thoughts on comics like this. Scott's talent as a cartoonist not only makes him intimate to insights no outsider can see, but also gives him the power to show it to the world." - Jeff Smith
"Every aspect of comics creation is covered in this enlightening, accessible guide presented in a comic-strip format." - Booklist (Editor's Choice)
ISBN: 9780060780944
ISBN-10: 0060780940
Published: 2nd November 2006
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 272
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 17 x 3.5
Weight (kg): 0.6
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