Reinventing Comics
The Evolution of an Art Form
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 25, 2000
In Reinventing Comics—the new century manifesto on the many futures of comics art—the renowned author of Understanding Comics takes a fascinating look at how imagination and technology are revolutionizing comics.
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- Who it’s for
- A wide-ranging look at how art, industry, representation, and technology are reshaping comics.
- Themes
- Comics as art and literature, Creators’ rights and representation, Digital comics and delivery
- Genres
- Nonfiction Comics, Comics & Graphic Novel Criticism, Comics Reference & Guides
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In Reinventing Comics—the new century manifesto on the many futures of comics art—the renowned author of Understanding Comics takes a fascinating look at how imagination and technology are revolutionizing comics. 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.
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Now, McCloud takes comics to the next level, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are created, read, and perceived today. Part One of this fascinating and in-depth book includes: - The life of comics as an art form and as literature - The battle for creators' rights - Reinventing the business of comics - The volatile and shifting public perceptions of comics - Sexual and ethnic representation on comics Then in Part Two, McCloud paints a breathtaking 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
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A wide-ranging look at how art, industry, representation, and technology are reshaping comics.
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- A connected view of comics as art, literature, and business
- Questions of creators’ rights and representation alongside digital change
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- An in-depth survey of shifts in how comics are made, read, and perceived
- Attention to online delivery and the possibilities of the digital canvas
Where it sits
| Nonfiction Comics | 34% |
|---|---|
| Comics & Graphic Novel Criticism | 27% |
| Comics Reference & Guides | 22% |
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- Historical Graphic Nonfiction
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- Book Design
- Authors
- Scott McCloud
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- July 25, 2000
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Comics as art and literature · Creators’ rights and representation · Digital comics and delivery
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- Cartooning