Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is a 1993 non-fiction work of comics by American cartoonist Scott McCloud.
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11 Facts About Understanding Comics
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Understanding Comics received praise from notable comic and graphic novel authors such as Art Spiegelman, Will Eisner, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Garry Trudeau .
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Title of Understanding Comics is an homage to Marshall McLuhan's seminal 1964 work Understanding Media.
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Understanding Comics was first published by Tundra Publishing; reprintings have been released by Kitchen Sink Press, DC Comics' Paradox Press, DC's Vertigo line, and HarperPerennial.
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McCloud has followed up Understanding Comics with Reinventing Comics, in which he suggested ways for the medium to change and grow; and Making Comics, a study of methods of constructing comics.
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Understanding Comics is a wide-ranging exploration of the definition, history, vocabulary, and methods of the medium of comics.
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Understanding Comics posits Swiss caricaturist Rodolphe Topffer as in many ways "the father of the modern comic".
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Understanding Comics provides a full comparison and breakdown of iconic and realistic images and gives an interesting explanation of his reasoning behind this statement.
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Understanding Comics's explanation is that a familiar and minimally detailed character allows for a stronger emotional connection and for viewers to identify more easily.
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Understanding Comics won the 1994 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book.
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Understanding Comics was parodied by Dylan Sisson in his Filibusting Comics: The Next Chapter, published by Fantagraphics in 1995, and later translated into Spanish.
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