Scott McCloud
Scott McCloud
Scott McCloudis an American cartoonist and comics theorist. He is best known for his non-fiction books about comics, Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, and Making Comics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth10 June 1960
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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Comic book readers are just as abandoned by the corporate system as the creators, despite the importance supposedly given their hard-earned dollars. The average comics shop can offer only a tiny fraction of an industrywide selection that is itself extremely limited in scope. And even when readers know exactly what they want, the search can be maddeningly futile.
creating invisible partners
Creator and reader are partners in the invisible creating something out of nothing, time and time again.
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Art, as I see it, is any human activity which doesn’t grow out of either of our species’ two basic instincts: survival and reproduction.
patterns watches hell
Learn from everyone. Follow no one. Watch for patterns. Work like hell.
dad technology mind
My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology and pursuits of the mind as being more impressive than artistic pursuits, which I saw a as kind of frivolous.
looks kind difficult
I've always been very forward-looking, and it was actually kind of difficult to turn my gaze backwards to look at comics history.