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Scott McCloud

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Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod) is an American cartoonist and theorist on comics as a distinct literary and artistic medium.

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On the Drawing Board: Visual Communication and Beyond

Nursing room sign, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Yeah, yeah, nobody reads site blogs anymore, but I have a lot to talk about—more than can fit in a tweet—and this seemed as good a place as any to put it all into words…

I’m still working feverishly on my massive book about visual communication. The second draft of my (neurotically-tight) layouts ran 571 pages, and I’m determined, as I plow through

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	Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art 4.01 avg rating — 122,756 ratings — published 1993 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sculptor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,711 ratings — published 2015 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels 4.35 avg rating — 9,191 ratings — published 2006 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reinventing Comics: The Evolution of an Art Form 3.90 avg rating — 3,691 ratings — published 2000 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zot!: The Complete Black-and-White Collection: 1987-1991 4.06 avg rating — 1,569 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Comics by Scott McCloud (Goodreads Author) (editor), Bill Kartalopoulos (Editor) 3.73 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: Adventures of the Man of Steel by Scott McCloud (Goodreads Author), Paul Dini, Rick Burchett (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 462 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zot! 4.01 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	24 Hour Comics by Scott McCloud (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Al Davison (Artist) 3.69 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln 3.90 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Art, as I see it, is any human activity which doesn’t grow out of either of our species’ two basic instincts: survival and reproduction.”
― Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

tags: art, comics, creativity, human-activity, instincts, reproduction, sequential-art, survival

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“...when you look at a photo or realistic drawing of a face, you see it as the face of another . But when you enter the world of the cartoon , you see yourself.”
― Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

tags: art, artists, character-description, character-design, characters, comics

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“By stripping down an image to its essential "meaning", an artist can amplify that meaning in a way that realistic art can't.”
― Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

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