There is a lot of information within Understanding Comics and I don’t think I have explored it all yet. It has equipped me with some new tools when reading and reviewing comics. The best thing about this book is the way Scott McCloud changes his art style and methods to explore the different ways you can execute the theories behind this book. I am glad he referenced all his work, especially when talking about other artists and how they write comics. The graphical representation of the art theory in the book helped me to understand comics a little better but there is just so much here that I will need to reread this a few times before it sinks in. She was my “muse” in the old, romantic sense; a force of life and love, an inspiration. She inspired characters in my work (especially and explicitly Meg in The Sculptor), and she was also a muse for the hundreds of young actors she taught and directed over the years in local children’s theatre productions. On the other hand, a simplistic art style as a deliberate choice helps the process of abstraction and, in the case of characters, makes their emotions easier to read and easier to empathize with. In-Universe. The chapter on color mentions how a superhero's color scheme becomes inextricably linked with the character in the reader's mind. Understanding Comics is quite simply the best analysis of the medium that I have ever encountered. With this book Scott McCloud has taken breathtaking leaps towards establishing a critical language that the comic art form can work with and build upon in the future. Lucid and accessible, it is an astonishing feat of perception. Highly recommended.”

a b Warren, James (June 17, 2011). "A New Therapeutic Tool in the Doctor's Bag: Comic Strips". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 17, 2012 . Retrieved March 19, 2013. Varnum, Robin; Gibbons, Christina T (2007). The Language of Comics: Word and Image. University Press of Mississippi. pp.xiii, xiv, 147. ISBN 978-1578064144 . Retrieved 23 June 2014.

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this book was intriguing, but also annoying. a comic book about comics! what a great idea! i wanted it to be better than it was. Ivy was funny, kind, creative, endlessly talkative, sexy, and smarter than me in oh so many ways—but she was also prey to fits of depression. The highs and the lows of living with her were exhilarating and exhausting.

Blust, Erica (3 February 2023). "Award-Winning Comics Theorist Scott McCloud '82 to Present Lecture Feb. 9". Syracuse University News. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023 . Retrieved 5 February 2023.On the Drawing Board: Visual Communication and Beyond". Archived from the original on 2023-02-05 . Retrieved 2022-11-30. Opaque Nerd Glasses: Scott's self-depiction is drawn in a simplified style such that his glasses appear to have blank white lenses. Lampshaded (to prove a point) when he takes them off and he has no eyes.

Briffits and Squeans: McCloud talks about symbols in both Western Comics and in Manga, and references Mort Walker's book in his notes. He specifically shows plewds and waftrons as examples. He doesn't have to use Walker's terms in the book though, because he can draw them instead. Creator's Bill of Rights". 2006-10-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26 . Retrieved 2008-03-30. The Swedish translation of the book, Serier: Den Osynliga Konsten, published in 1995 by Häftad, was awarded the 1996 Urhunden Prize.Along with Will Eisner's Comics and Sequential Art, Understanding Comics is considered to form the foundations for formal comics studies in English. [14] Understanding Comics is a wide-ranging exploration of the definition, history, vocabulary, and methods of the medium of comics. An attempt to formalize the study of comics, it is itself in comics form. Understanding Comics won multiple Harvey Awards in 1994 for Best Graphic Album/Original Material [12] and Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation. [12] In addition, McCloud won the 1994 Harvey Award for Best Writer. [12] For a while now, I’ve been working on my not-so-secret project: a big nonfiction comic about visual communication across disciplines. Kees Kousemaker. "Scott McCloud". Kees Kousemaker's Lambiek Comiclopedia. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011 . Retrieved November 16, 2011.