In Reinventing Comics--the new century manifesto on the many futures of comics art--the renowned author of Understanding Comics takes a fascinating look at how imagination and technology are revolutionizing comics.
In 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 the next level, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are created, read, and perceived today.
Part One of this fascinating and in-depth book includes:
Then in Part Two, McCloud paints a breathtaking picture of comics' digital revolutions, including:
Scott McCloud has been writing, drawing, and examining comics since 1984. Winner of the Eisner and Harvey awards, his works have been translated into more than sixteen languages. Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) called him "just about the smartest guy in comics." He lives with his family in southern California. His online comics and inventions can be found at scottmccloud.com.
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This is something that comics guru Scott McCloud speaks to in Reinventing Comics: “For all the ongoing oppression and biases against women, it’s a rare man who doesn’t interact with the opposite sex on a daily--if not hourly--basis.” 3/8 https://t.co/k8nBJFxblk
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Oddly enough, that image is from 1995-96; an early "infinite canvas"-style remix of my book I had proposed, and worked into my MIT talk on the subject. By the time I wrote 2000's Reinventing Comics, I'd been sitting on the "infinite canvas" concept for several years already. https://t.co/qzw6K6RfXb
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-Round 1- We have...🥁 a wonderful Scott McCloud collection • Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art • Reinventing Comics: The Evolution of an Art Form • Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels #scottmccloud #comics #referencebooks https://t.co/YHIZKrZTmQ
'Scott McCloud's Reinventing Comics is a manifesto, and an audacious one, irritating as the grain of sand which may one day produce a pearl. It will provoke a lot of arguments, it will make a lot of people think, and it may ultimately change the world a little--which is, after all, what a manifesto is for." -- Neil Gaiman
"Scott McCloud has got to be just about the smartest guy in comics. Once again, he's opened the floor to a debate that will no doubt go on for years--this time, with not just the definition of comics, but its very fate at stake." -- Frank Miller
"Anyone involved in interactive entertainment (games, web, etc.) should read this book. Scott McCloud has once again transcended the world of comics and tapped into much deeper issues of creativity entertainment and economics. This time he's looking into the future rather than the past." -- Will Wright
"It may just be the blueprint for the very future of the comics industry." -- Library Journal