# Understanding Comics

**Author(s):** Scott McCloud
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**Genres:** graphic-novel, art, manga, middle-grade
**Pages:** 215
**Publisher:** Paw Prints 2008-04-18
**Published:** Thu Jan 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781435242845
**ISBN-10:** 143524284X
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/understanding-comics

## Description

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.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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