Books by Scott McCloud and Complete Book Reviews

Scott McCloud, Author . Harper $22.95 (264p) ISBN 978-0-06-078094-4
Every medium should be lucky enough to have a taxonomist as brilliant as McCloud. The follow-up to his pioneering Understanding Comics (and its flawed sequel Reinventing Comics ) isn't really about how to draw comics: it's about how to make
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Scott McCloud, Author Tundra Publications $19.95 (215p) ISBN 978-1-56862-019-0
This is a rare and exciting work that ingeniously uses comics to examine the medium itself. McCloud (who wrote a comic-book series called Zot! ) conducts a genial, well-researched and funny tour of virtually every historical and perceptual aspect of
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Scott McCloud. Roaring Brook/First Second, $29.99 (496p) ISBN 978-1-59643-573-5
After previously explaining the art of making, reading, and understanding comics in his trilogy of essential guides to the medium, McCloud, in this gloriously romantic graphic novel, doesn't just define a genre—he exemplifies it. David Smith is a...
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Scott McCloud, Author, Scott McCloud, Illustrator . Harper $24.95 (575p) ISBN 978-0-06-164512-9
Understanding Comics ' McCloud spent the first six years of his career on this lesser-known Astro Boy –inspired comic. This mammoth volume collects issues 11–36, along with lots of commentary from McCloud. The series stars Zot, a...
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Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud. Graphix, $24.99 hardcover (288p); $14.99 paper ISBN 978-1-338-77722-2; ISBN 978-1-3387-7721-5
Eager to make her own comics, middle schooler Makayla, a budding writer, joins forces with bespectacled artist Howard to establish the Cartoonists Club. They’re joined by nonbinary versatile creator Art and shy, talented Lynda, who’s working on a...
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