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Scott McCloud is a comic book artist and writer and is arguably the medium's leading theorist. His book Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art has become required reading for students of the comic book form and has receive praised from such industry luminaries as Art Spiegelman and Will Eisner.
McCloud's fictional work includes the science fiction/superhero comic Zot!, Destroy! and The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln. He also wrote the three-issue limited series Superman: Strength for DC Comics.
McCloud has been an early and vocal supporter of many innovations in comic book creation and distribution including the creation of webcomics, micropayments for comic book chapters, a Creator's Bill of Rights to protect artists from work-for-hire practices and 24-hour comics in which an artist creates an entire comic in one 24-hour period.
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Fast Facts:
- Born: June 10, 1960
- Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
- Notable works: Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, Making Comics and Zot!
- Awards: Eisner Award for "Russ Manning Promising Newcomer" (1985)
- Invented the 24 Hour Comic, a comic produced by a single creator in 24 consecutive hours
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Scott McCloud on Amazon
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Rocked With Gina Gershon - $29.95
A talented and diverse actress brimming with wild sexuality, Gina Gershon ("Bound," "Showgirls") could easily step into the role of a famous rock star. So when that opportunity cam...Amazon
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Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form - $22.95
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 inne...Amazon
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art - $22.99
Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, me...Amazon
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Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels - $22.95
Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 1993 with Understanding Comics, a massive comic book about comics, linking the medium to such diverse fields as med...Amazon
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Scott McCloud Questions
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What happened to Scott and Alex on TWIP? 2 AnswersOn a previous episode (it may have even been an episode of MacBreak Weekly where Leo was introducing Scott and Alex from TWIP) a comment was made saying that Sc... read more -
So why wouldnt Scott Petersons parents spend their time more wisely by looking for the people who did this (which I believe was Scott)? 1 AnswerYou are right @cd150. Not only in the Lacy Peterson case, but many other cases where there is supposed to be another perpetrator, not much of anything is ever... read more -
Is Scott Speed better for NASCAR or Formula One? 2 AnswersI think he will do better than some of the other drivers that made the jump. He had a respectable finish in the Daytona 500. Compare his finish with Montoya and... read more -
OPEN THREAD: Scott Disick revealed as Kourtney Kardashian's baby daddy 5 AnswersOn August 11, 2009, Kardashian confirmed she is pregnant with her first child. She did not name the father. On August 13, Kardashian said that the father is Sco... read more
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Interviews
- The Webcomics Examiner: "Making Lightning: An Interview with Scott McCloud"
- PopMatters: "A Flowering of Genres: An Interview with Scott McCloud" (2006)
- The Onion A.V. Club: Scott McCloud (2000)
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@EroticGrandpa How do you feel about Wes Anderson? Also, I forgot, I have the Scott McCloud book if you want to borrow it.
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Yea! Just ordered my young man's Christmas present. He wanted newest Manga Shakespeare books & ZOT comics by Scott McCloud #gift #Christmas
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Invisible Art Mind Map | Mind Map Art: Discover Scott McCloud's book The Invisible Art with the Invisible Art Min... http://twurl.nl/dgdeih
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@NaamaSegal בוקר טוב, understanding comics by scott Mccloud
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is delighted by Smashing Magazine's Scott McCloud-esque (http://bit.ly/8a03v8) look at reinventing the blog post: http://bit.ly/RZJki
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