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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Harper Paperbacks Catalog: Book Release date: 1994-04-27 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 224 Ean: 9780060976255 Book Isbn: 006097625X  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on May 24, 2008 Summary: He Understands What Art Really Is - Brilliant Work This is the type of book that looks at a genre and sees it's roots clearly in the basic structure of art and human perception. This is not a book about costumes and secret identities, but about how comics use the basic human archetypes and symbolic language to speak to us in metaphor. THIS BOOK WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO APPRECIATE ART, NOT JUST COMICS. Every art student should have this in their library.  Written on April 24, 2008 Summary: Erudite, But Not Interesting Understanding Comics is a very, very deep dive into the history, meaning and creative processes involved in creating comics. The author, Scott McCloud, has clearly studied his topic. You will not walk away from reading this book without a deeper appreciation for the medium. Yet, I found I lost interest pretty quickly in what the book was teaching. There are four reasons for this. First, I was thrown by the fact that the book, itself, is a comic. I can count on, well, one finger how many comics I've read that attempt to convey scholarly information. While Mr. McCloud's illustrations are very well drawn, the medium itself caused me to expect a lighter approach to the subject matter. Second, the author occasionally goes beyond teaching to preaching. Third, many of the book's concepts are confusingly conveyed. For example, Mr. McCloud uses a pyramid to show the range of different comic authors' styles. Unfortunately, this explanatory vehicle is hard to follow to start with, let alone when it's abbreviated and repeated quite often in subsequent pages. Fourth, Mr. McCloud goes on too long with some of his arguments. I often felt the urge to skim or skip past particularly long discourses where little new information was being added to earlier information provided. If you're looking for a deep, scholarly analysis of comics, this book is for you. If you're looking for an easy to read, interesting new perspective on comics, you will probably not enjoy this book. Written on April 7, 2008 Summary: okay good stuff, though i felt 'making comics' was better all around. easier read, and more pertinent information... though this is a nice companion book. Written on March 29, 2008 Summary: Yes, it really is that good This book is an excellent, entertaining, and easy read for anyone interested in art, not just comics. It analyzes the visual society of comics and other art in nearly every aspect imaginable in a splendidly playful fashion, that will surprise even the skeptics. No wonder it features in French comic recommendation lists and catalogues. If you browsed to this page and you don't have this book, you should probably buy it. In my (and others') experience, the book will subsequently travel through your circle of friends because its appeal is universal, making it hard to put down. Written on March 14, 2008 Summary: A must-read for the cartoonist I read this and it made me a better cartoonist McCloud really makes you THINK about art and the philosophy of cartooning. And of course, his illustrations serve to really make this an enjoyable book to learn from. You owe it to yourself to check out this work. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 1994-04-27 | 2006-09-05 | 2000-07-25 | 1995-04-01 | 2008-08-17 | 1996-11-19 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 224 | 272 | 256 | 416 | 175 | 296 |
| Ean | 9780060976255 | 9780060780944 | 9780060953508 | 9780930289232 | 9780393331264 | 9780679406419 |
| Book Isbn | 006097625X | 0060780940 | 0060953500 | 0930289234 | 0393331261 | 0679406417 |
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