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Summary: wow
Review: After reading this book, I wanted to contact Scott McCloud to thank him profusely for providing such an incredible analysis of comics. I thought about how best to describe my opinion of it and the best I could come up with was "wow". No capitalization. No punctuation. Just a word balloon that takes up 2/3 of a comic panel with three small letters floating conspicuously by themselves. "wow" This is the best book on the medium, bar none.-- SKleefeld
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Summary: Incredible
Review: This comic transcends the medium. He gets a little unwindy in the final two chapters, but then again if you had spent 2 years writing the definitive story on comic evolution you probably would be pretty tired too! Still this book can be picked up by anyone, and I dare you to say you are not completely engrossed by this great story of comic books.
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Summary: Revealing the Magic Underpinnings of Comics
Review: I first read Scott McCloud's book around the time it came out, and I still re-read it regularly. What I have always found enthralling, is the tour-de-force of concepts and ideas that this book touches upon. I think that hardly a person who has ever read the section on time in comics (and in a way, in other graphic forms), cannot but help feel that he is being thought a completely different way of looking at time. Additionally, the analysis of symbols as they pertain to graphic art (and how the more symbolic a work, the more accessible it is to the reader), is priceless. JRVJ.
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Summary: Read this book! Read this book!
Review: Not just for comic book fans. Read this book and you will never look at art the same way. I give this book as a gift all the time. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: The Bible of the comic art form, period.
Review: I know my one-line summary might seem a little grandiose,but this truly is *THE* best book I've ever read on comics. It's one of the few texts out there willing to regard the comic strip as an art form (and make no mistake, it *is* art; author Scott McCloud proves that beautifully) and give an indepth analysis of the very fiber of comics, with everything covered from Japanese "masking" techniques to the nonsensical but strangely fluid senses of comic timing. Comics.. or shall I say "sequential art.." garner a whole new level of respect and praise through McCloud's efforts.
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Summary: A great book that tells it all
Review: This book is one of my favorite books ever on the details of cartoons. Before I read this book, I thought that cartoons and comics were simple, but now I see the intense amount of thought that goes into many of the comics today. I would definately recommend this book to anyone serious about a topic that doesn't seem serious.
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Summary: ONE OF THE VERY BEST BOOKS ABOUT COMIC BOOKS
Review: Understanding comics is one of the finest efforts in what comic book explainings reffer. the fantastic and realistic aproach that Scott Mc Cloud takes on this book about the narrative and visual art form that is known by the name of comic books is perhaps the most interesting aspect of this book. By far Understanding Comics is a sure bet for comic book lovers and for comic book scholars
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Summary: A very intelligent comic about comics.
Review: I recieved this book for Christmas by friends who knew I loved comics. I was surprised that it itself was a comic, and was almost disappointed, thinking it would be a superficial review. It wasn't. It is still, to date, one of my major influences as a hopeful cartoonist. The information is accurate and well thought out, and it really does make you look at comics in a whole new way. The best part is you can feel him encouraging you, even as he states his opinions, not to take his own as fact and to develop ideas and theories of your own. Written in an open, accessible style, I recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: The best book about comics!
Review: Not just another book about the History of comics. Not just another book about "How to draw comics". This book opens your eyes. It helps you to really understand comics and not just watch them. "Understanding Comics" is adequate for the comics artist, the mass-media researcher and anyone interested in understanding this century culture. If you read this book, you'll never read comics the way you used to.
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Summary: Insightful and wonderful
Review: Don't let the title fool you and let this one slip away. An absolutely brilliant and poignant commentary on comics, art theory and design disguised in what appears to be a childlike form. The attentive reader will find some influential ideas in this one (Clifford Nass, _The Media Equation_). Skillfully done.
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