Goodreads Book Review: Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read this book for a silly reason. I heard (through @amypop’s book) that Joss Whedon gets all his writers to read it, so I figured there must be something to learn…

There’s a lot to learn. It’s a bit about the history of comics, a discussion about comics as an art form, a very good dissertation on the mechanics and form of comics. It was interesting, insightful and entertaining. I always knew which comics worked f...