Jennifer's review
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Jennifer's review
rating:
bookshelves: graphic-novels
recommended for: graphic novel fans
status: Read in July, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: graphic-novels
recommended for: graphic novel fans
status: Read in July, 2007
Even if you're not interested in comics and graphic novels, McCloud's book might get you interested. Rather brilliantly, McCloud uses the medium of comics itself for a philosophical meditation on the nature and possibilities of comics. He does reflect a little bit on the prehistoric and pre-modern origins of comics, but this is not a history lesson. Rather, he explores the specific nature of comics as sequential art and the potential of the form to explore new modes of expression. It's really super smart art and literary criticism made fun and digestible through using comics. I highly recommend for everyone, even if you've never thought about picking up a graphic novel.
