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Understanding comics / [writing and art, Scott McCloud].
Publication details: New York : HarperPerennial, 1994.Description: 215 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780060976255 (pbk)
- 006097625X (pbk)
- Understanding comics : the invisible art [Cover title]
- PN6710 .M335 1994
Contents:
Summary: In this book you will: "take a magic carpet ride through the hidden worlds of comics storytelling ; witness a history more than 3,000 years old ; explore the secrets between the panels ; feel the energy of line and color ; tap into the power of symbols ; get a ring-side seat for the battle of words and pictures ; and most of all, see why comics can be as vital and important as film, prose or any other art form, through the fascinating process that leads to really understanding comics".
Chapter 1. Setting the record straight -- Chapter 2. The vocabulary of comics -- Chapter 3. Blood in the gutter -- Chapter 4. Time frames -- Chapter 5. Living in line -- Chapter 6. Show and tell -- Chapter 7. The six steps -- Chapter 8. A word about colour -- Chapter 9. Putting it all together.
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Reprint of original Kitchen Sink Press paperback published in 1993.
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter 1. Setting the record straight -- Chapter 2. The vocabulary of comics -- Chapter 3. Blood in the gutter -- Chapter 4. Time frames -- Chapter 5. Living in line -- Chapter 6. Show and tell -- Chapter 7. The six steps -- Chapter 8. A word about colour -- Chapter 9. Putting it all together.
In this book you will: "take a magic carpet ride through the hidden worlds of comics storytelling ; witness a history more than 3,000 years old ; explore the secrets between the panels ; feel the energy of line and color ; tap into the power of symbols ; get a ring-side seat for the battle of words and pictures ; and most of all, see why comics can be as vital and important as film, prose or any other art form, through the fascinating process that leads to really understanding comics".
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