Understanding Comics
By
Scott McCloud
Scott McCloud
1993 • 215 pages

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68 books

Comics

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laima
Catboy
Lorna
SLAM! Vol. 1
Snotgirl, Vol. 1: Green Hair Don't Care
In Utero
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 1

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69 books

nonfiction

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laima
Antifa
The War That Doesn't Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo
Lab Girl
Notes of a Native Son
Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Africa Doesn't Matter
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

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15 books

art

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laima
Vermis, Lost Dungeons and Forbidden Woods
Kawaii!
The Home Edit Life
Understanding Comics
Berserk Illustration Book
One Piece Color Walk 1

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206 books

Young Adult

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laima
Unwind
Watership Down
UnStrung
UnWholly
UnSouled
UnDivided
The Hunger Games

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539 books

American

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To Kill a Mockingbird
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Bright Lights, Big City
Model Behaviour
Philomena

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125 books

Critical Theory

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secondbestgirl
The Culture Industry
Global Culture Industry: The Mediation of Things
Media Theory in Japan
Orientalism
Otaku
Critique of Cynical Reason
The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies

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232 books

Formally Studied

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Billy Budd
Notes From Underground
The Awakening
The Shawl
The Lottery
A Room of One's Own, and Three Guineas

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78 books

Literary Criticism

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secondbestgirl
Offensive Films
Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture
Cinema Anime: Critical Engagements with Japanese Animation
Japanese Horror and the Transnational Cinema of Sensations
Orientalism

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10 books

Media Theory

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secondbestgirl
Media : The Second God
Understanding Comics
Notes on Camp
Propaganda and the public mind : conversations with Noam Chomsky
Grace of Destruction, The: A Vital Ethology of Extreme Cinemas
Media Theory in Japan
The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies

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18 books

Aesthetics

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secondbestgirl
In Praise of Shadows
The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies
Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures
The Aesthetics of Murder: A Study in Romantic Literature and Contemporary Culture
Unbecoming Cinema: Unsettling Encounters with Ethical Event Films
The Language of New Media
Instagram and Contemporary Image

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39 books

Otaku Studies

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オタク学入門
Otaku
Cinema Anime: Critical Engagements with Japanese Animation
Media Theory in Japan

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12 books

Comics Studies

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Seduction of the Innocent
Understanding Comics
Comics and Sequential Art
The Superhero Reader
The Contemporary Superhero Film: Projections of Power and Identity
Erotic Comics in Japan: An Introduction to Eromanga
Erotic Comics: A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Underground Comix

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10 books

2018

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Jay
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Ms. Marvel (2014-2015) #1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2 Cycles
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2 Cycles
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step
Understanding Comics

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301 books

Owned

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The Revenge of the Baby-Sat
Blue Beetle
Yukon Ho!
The Flash: A Celebration of 75 years

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23 books

Best Comics

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Jack
John Constantine: Hellblazer, Vol. 2: The Best Version of You
Watchmen
Understanding Comics
Why Art?
Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon
Hawkeye, Volume 2: Little Hits
Hawkeye, Volume 3: L.A. Woman

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19 books

Craft Books

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Jack
Understanding Comics
Reinventing Comics: How Imagination And Technology Are Revolutionizing An Art Form
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Making Comics
Alan Moore Writing For Comics

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13 books

Figma

TomRRandall
Tom Randall
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
Understanding Comics
Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition
Creative Illustration
Steal Like an Artist
Psychology of Everyday Things
The One Minute Manager

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29 books

Comics

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Ed Morais
Building Stories
Toda Mafalda
¡A mí no me grite!
Gente en su sitio
Mafalda: inédita
Comes e Bebes
Wilson

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144 books

2011 Or Earlier

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Travis West
To Kill a Mockingbird
Digital Fortress
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
1984
The Outsiders
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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79 books

Graphic Novels

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Travis West
The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before
The Road to Woodbury
The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
The Walking Dead, Vol. 5: The Best Defense
The Walking Dead, Vol. 6: This Sorrowful Life
The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become

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23 books

Owned

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Johann
March
S.
Lucifer's Hammer
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1: Scott's Precious Little Life
The Moosewood cookbook
The Name of the Wind
The Arrival

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32 books

Owned

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Day of the Dragon
Eragon
A Game of Thrones
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 0: Tales of Human Waste
Brisingr
Guards! Guards!
The Last Guardian

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93 books

Books I Own

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The City & The City
Heir to the Empire
Dark Force Rising
The Last Command
Star Wars: Outbound Flight
The Colour of Magic
Guards! Guards!

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20 books

Comics

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Brian Suhr
Batman Black and White, Vol. 1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Watchmen
Hark! A Vagrant
Batman: The Killing Joke
Aquaman, Volume 1: The Trench
The Caped Crusade

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56 books

Art

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The Art Spirit
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way"
Creativity
De Kooning: An American Master
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