Understanding ComicsBy Scott McCloud
1994
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You ever have this feeling? "I felt that there was something lurking in comics... Something that had never been done. Some kind of hidden power. But whenever I tried to explain my feelings. I failed miserably. Sure, I realized that comic books were usually crude, poorly-drawn, semiliterate, cheap, disposable kiddie fare. But - they don't have to be!" A smart, funny, compact and pretty mesmerizing comic book that is all about comic books: what they are, where they come from, how they work and what they can do. Touching on every area from the perception of time to theories of abstraction Scott McCloud strips apart the whole medium of comic books, holds each individual element up to the light and shows the infinite potential contained within. A must read for anyone interested in comic books.
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Links: Dylan Horrocks essay on Understanding Comics.
Further reading: Making Comics, Graphic Novels: Stories To Change Your Life, The Perry Bible Fellowship, Meanwhile.
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