Understanding Comics
The invisible art
Scott McCloud

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Author(s)

Scott McCloud

Publisher, year

Northampton, Mass. : Kitchen Sink Press, 1993

Scope

215 p., illustrated, 26 cm.

ISBN

0878162437

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A look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning. Using comics to examine the medium itself, the author takes the form of a cartoon character and explains the structure, meaning, and appeal of comics, and provides a running analysis of comics as art, literature, and communication. Understanding Comics provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.

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Person as subject

Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, Will Eisner

Keywords

drawing (graphic novels, comics)

Location

Drawing

Remarks

Incl. selected Bibliography.