Today the panelists discuss Scott McCloud's classic, Understanding Comics, a book that purports to be a lecture but in many cases comes off as a manifesto. We discuss Scott's messy definition of the medium, his genuinely good insights, and also his strong creative biases.
This book is impossible to spoil so there is no spoiler section.
- (00:00) - "Understanding Comics" by Scott McCloud
- (03:18) - Front Matter
- (05:22) - Impressions
- (10:18) - We’ve moved past this
- (13:10) - The mechanics of comics
- (20:20) - Part lecture, part manifesto
- (22:15) - Another opinionated textbook
- (33:15) - The definition of comics
- (41:11) - This about video games
- (42:41) - Scout has a callout
- (46:34) - Dude predicted emoji
- (47:36) - Great iconography
- (49:29) - A short biography
- (50:58) - Gutters!
- (53:23) - Pacing
- (55:27) - Public discussion
- (59:49) - Further Reading
Further Reading- Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud
- Making Comics by Scott McCloud
- Comics and Sequential Art by Will Eisner
- The Comic Book History of Comics by Fred Van Lente & Ryan Dunlavey
- Inventing Comics (from Comics Journal #234, June 2001) by Dylan Horrocks
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Matt
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Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
