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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 98,894 Ratings and 2,485 Reviews

Book Description
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 general. "The potential of comics is limitless and exciting!" writes McCloud. This should be required reading for every school teacher. Pulit... More
Book Information
PublisherWilliam Morrow and Company
BindingPaperback (13 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages224
ISBN-10006097625X
ISBN-13978-0060976255
Publication Date04/27/1994
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About Scott McCloud (Author) : Scott McCloud is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Scott McCloud include Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic N... more
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3/18/2010 Will Strong said: The best book ever written about the art form.

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12/17/2008 Mikael Vaede said: Basics to Understand Comics - just like the title says :)
tags: very interesting, I recommend, Inspired me

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8/31/2007 Elizabeth Bluemle tagged as: I Read

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