Three books. One argument. Thirty years ahead of its time.
Scott McCloud sat down in 1993 to write a theory of comics. He wrote it as a comic. Critics called it a landmark. Art schools assigned it. Designers dog-eared it. Neil Gaiman called it a must-read. And then McCloud kept going — two more volumes that took the conversation from why comics work to how to make them to where they’re headed next. The complete trilogy lands as one of the most coherent, ambitious, and flat-out fun arguments any author has ever made for a medium they love.
This is all three. Understanding Comics (1994 First Harper Perennial Edition). Making Comics. Reinventing Comics. Every copy like new — unread, unmarked, spines uncracked. The complete McCloud. One shelf. Done.
• Titles: Understanding Comics (1994 First Harper Perennial Ed.) · Making Comics · Reinventing Comics
• Author: Scott McCloud
• Publisher: HarperCollins / Perennial
• Edition: Understanding Comics is the 1994 First Harper Perennial Edition
• Condition: Like New — all three copies unread, unmarked, spines uncracked
• Format: Trade paperbacks, sold as a set
Three books. One argument. Thirty years ahead of its time.
Scott McCloud sat down in 1993 to write a theory of comics. He wrote it as a comic. Critics called it a landmark. Art schools assigned it. Designers dog-eared it. Neil Gaiman called it a must-read. And then McCloud kept going — two more volumes that took the conversation from why comics work to how to make them to where they’re headed next. The complete trilogy lands as one of the most coherent, ambitious, and flat-out fun arguments any author has ever made for a medium they love.
This is all three. Understanding Comics (1994 First Harper Perennial Edition). Making Comics. Reinventing Comics. Every copy like new — unread, unmarked, spines uncracked. The complete McCloud. One shelf. Done.
• Titles: Understanding Comics (1994 First Harper Perennial Ed.) · Making Comics · Reinventing Comics
• Author: Scott McCloud
• Publisher: HarperCollins / Perennial
• Edition: Understanding Comics is the 1994 First Harper Perennial Edition
• Condition: Like New — all three copies unread, unmarked, spines uncracked
• Format: Trade paperbacks, sold as a set
