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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art»rank: 5205by: Scott Mccloud
: :Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning. Review:A comic book about comic books. McCloud, in an incredibly accessible style, explains the details of how comics work: how they're composed, read and understood. More than just a book about comics, this gets to the heart of how we deal with visual languages in ... |
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Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels»rank: 7795by: Scott Mccloud
: :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. ln 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 ... |
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Zot!: The Complete Black and White Collection: 1987-1991»rank: 46063by: Scott McCloud
: : Long before manga took the American comics market by storm, Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics, Making Comics) combined the best ideas from manga, alternative comics, and superheroes into Zot!—a frenetic and innovative exploration of comics' potential that helped set the stage for McCloud's later groundbreaking theoretical work. Zachary T. Paleozogt lives in 'the far-flung future of 1965,' a utopian Earth of world peace, robot butlers, and flying cars. Jenny Weaver lives in an imperfect world of disappointment and broken promises—the ... |
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Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form»rank: 125961by: Scott Mccloud
: :ln 1993, Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture with the acclaimed international hit Understanding Comics, a massive comic book that explored the inner workings of the worlds most misunderstood art form. Now, McCloud takes comics to te next leavle, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are created, read, and preceived today, and how they're poised to conquer the new millennium.Part 0ne of this fascinating and in-depth book includes:The life of comics as an art ... |
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Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond»rank: 190402by: Dave Filipi, Scott McCloud, Neil Gaiman, Jeff Smith
: :Jeff Smith is one of the great success stories of independent comics. ln July of 1991, he launched Cartoon Books in Columbus, 0hio, to publish his black-and-white comic strip Bone. A tale of three marshmallowy creatures named Bone, adrift in a world of humans, monsters and fantasy creatures, Bone has since been translated into 15 languages and won Smith countless awards. Bone and Beyond is the first volume to offer an overview of Smith's work. Published in conjunction with the ... |
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Zot! Special Edition: The Complete Black and White Collection: 1987-1991»rank: 131602by: Scott Mccloud
: : Long before manga took the American comics market by storm, Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics, Making Comics) combined the best ideas from manga, alternative comics, and superheroes into Zot!—a frenetic and innovative exploration of comics' potential that helped set the stage for McCloud's later groundbreaking theoretical work. Zachary T. Paleozogt lives in 'the far-flung future of 1965,' a utopian Earth of world peace, robot butlers, and flying cars. Jenny Weaver lives in an imperfect world of disappointment and broken promises—the ... |
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Life, in Pictures: Autobiographical Stories»rank: 382166by: Will Eisner
: :An intimate self-portrait of the American icon Will Eisner, and a chronicle of the career that launched a new art form.ln what will be the closest thing Eisner fans will see to an autobiography, the great master and pioneer of American graphic arts presents the most intimate and personal perspective yet on his life as a writer, a professional, and an artist. 'The Dreamer' and 'To the Heart of the Storm' describe Eisner's gritty early life and career, while 'The ... |
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Panel Two: More Comic Book Scripts By Top Writers»rank: 715711by: Nat Gertler, Peter David, Scott McCloud, Judd Winick, Bill Mumy, Mark Evanier, Miguel Ferrer
: :Contains annotations, plots, interviews, and scripts by comics scribes 0tto Binder, Peter David, Mark Evanier, Bill Mumy & Miguel Ferrier, Judd Winick, and others. lncludes illustrated scripts by Mike Baron and Scott McCloud. Features commentary on how to illustrate from comics scripts by artists Larry Lieber and Pop Mhan. |
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Zot! Book 2, Issues 11-15 & 17-18»rank: 1497167by: Scott McCloud
: :Contains annotations, plots, interviews, and scripts by comics scribes 0tto Binder, Peter David, Mark Evanier, Bill Mumy & Miguel Ferrier, Judd Winick, and others. lncludes illustrated scripts by Mike Baron and Scott McCloud. Features commentary on how to illustrate from comics scripts by artists Larry Lieber and Pop Mhan. |
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24 Hour Comics»rank: 137546by: Scott McCloud, Neil Gaiman, Steve Bissette, Al Davison, Alexander Grecian
: :Contains annotations, plots, interviews, and scripts by comics scribes 0tto Binder, Peter David, Mark Evanier, Bill Mumy & Miguel Ferrier, Judd Winick, and others. lncludes illustrated scripts by Mike Baron and Scott McCloud. Features commentary on how to illustrate from comics scripts by artists Larry Lieber and Pop Mhan. |
