Scott McCloud is een Amerikaanse striptekenaar en theoreticus die strips onderzoekt als een onderscheidend literair en artistiek medium. Zijn werk duikt in de theoretische grondslagen, de visuele taal en het narratieve potentieel dat inherent is aan de stripvorm. McCloud richt zich op hoe beelden en woorden samenwerken om betekenis te creëren en hoe dit medium kan worden gebruikt voor diepgaande verkenningen van diverse onderwerpen. Zijn inzichten in de aard van strips zijn cruciaal geweest voor het vormgeven van het academische en artistieke begrip ervan.
Presents instructions for aspiring cartoonists on the art form's key techniques, sharing concise and accessible guidelines on such principles as capturing the human condition through words and images in a minimalist style.
The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication "You must read this book." — Neil Gaiman Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerful but misunderstood art form.
A compilation of adventures features Superman's battles with Metallo, Brainiac, Livewire, and Lex Luthor.
Despite being shrunk down to two inches tall by Professor Hamilton's molecular scaling generator, the Phantom Zone villains Jax-Ur and Mala are at large again, ready to wreak havoc on Superman, Metropolis and the world.
In 1993, Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture with the acclaimed international hit Understanding Comics, a massive comic book that explored the inner workings of the worlds most misunderstood art form. Now, McCloud takes comics to te next leavle, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are created, read, and preceived today, and how they're poised to conquer the new millennium. Part One of this fascinating and in-depth book includes: The life of comics as an art form and as literture The battle for creators' rights Reinventing the business of comics The volatile and shifting public percptions of comics Sexual and ethnic representation on comics Then in Part Two, McCloud paints a brethtaling picture of comics' digital revolutions, including: The intricacies of digital production The exploding world of online delivery The ultimate challenges of the infinite digital canvas
The electrically-charged Legion of Superheroes' villainess Livewire surges ahead with a new cause - the complete and utter downfall of all men! Only the Man of Steel has a chance of stopping her, provided she doesn't send a permanent shock to his system first!
Zachary T Paleozogt, known as Zot is a teenage hero from an alternate Earth. Jaunting back and forth between the worlds seems exciting for Zot at first, but there are subtle differences in the essential nature of the two planets that take some getting used to. Nevertheless, Zot eagerly takes on Earth's challenges with the most amusing outcomes.
Thanks to a deal with death, a young sculptor gets his childhood wish - to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. With only 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought.
Metallo strikes at the Last Son of Krypton through a woman who claims to be Superman's girlfriend!
The Kryptonian villain Jax-Ur has used Professor Hamilton's size-changing device to become a giant!
