Finally: Understanding Comics
07/12/2015 Leave a comment
Sometimes I can’t decide where to write a post – here is one such. It belongs both places, so now here it is!
Life being what it’s been, it’s taken me a while to finally finish reading Understanding Comics, by Scott McCloud. This had been recommended to me by several reliable sources, like GuestGeekBrian, and KazuKibuishi. And how long it took me to get to and read it should be no comment on this book either for how important it is nor how good it is.
[tweet https://twitter.com/compgeeksdavid/status/608305527031013377]Because it is quite simply one of the best, most important books I have ever read.
In short, this 1992 book attempts to explore the art form of comics at the very core. What it is about comics that make them comics, and not just drawings, or picture books, or illustrated literature, or really any other medium or thing – they are their own thing, described in the singular and plural as “comics.”
Along the way, he argues against any thought that comics…
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Books are still such an important part of not only how we get information, but how we get to experience all the various stories that people have to tell. At the same time the way that we read books has changed. The invention of the printing press made such a significant impact on just having access to reading and now we have the ability for anyone to have books. 
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