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Understanding comics : the invisible art / Scott McCloud.

Title
Understanding comics : the invisible art / Scott McCloud.
Author
McCloud, Scott, 1960-
Publication
  • New York : William Morrow, 1994.
  • ©1993

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Description
215 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color); 26 cm
Summary
This comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.
Subject
  • Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism
  • Cartooning > Technique
  • Comic books, strips, etc. > Illustrations
  • Comic books, strips, etc. > Authorship
  • Caricatures and cartoons
  • Cartoons and comics > History and criticism
  • Cartoons as Topic
  • Literature, Modern
  • Dessin humoristique > Technique
  • Caricatures et dessins humoristiques
  • 21.39 graphic arts: other
  • 17.86 literary genres, theory of genre
  • Cartooning > Technique
  • Comic books, strips, etc
  • Comic books, strips, etc. > Authorship
  • Comic
  • Strips
  • Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism
  • Cartoons and caricatures
  • Comic books, strips, etc
  • Periodicals, Publishing of
Genre/Form
  • Comics (Graphic works)
  • Graphic novels
  • Popular Work
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Illustrated works
  • Young adult non-fiction.
  • Bandes dessinées.
Note
  • Cover title.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Setting the record straight -- The vocabulary of comics -- Blood in the gutter -- Time frames -- Living in line -- Show and tell -- The six steps -- A word about color -- Putting it all together.
ISBN
  • 006097625X
  • 9780060976255
LCCN
  • 93184802
  • 9780060976255
OCLC
  • 30351626
  • SCSB-11707103
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library