Reading order
The Comic Books reading order
- Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art1993
- Reinventing Comics: How Imagination And Technology Are Revolutionizing An Art Form2000
- Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels2006
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- 1993–2006
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Start withUnderstanding Comics: The Invisible Art
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Publication order
3 volumes1993–2006Completed
- Scott McCloud’s books about comics, written as comics.
- Understanding Comics explains how the form works, from panels to the gaps between them that the reader fills in, and is essential for anyone interested in visual storytelling; it rates very highly.
- Reinventing Comics, on the industry and early digital comics, has dated most.
- Making Comics is a practical guide for creators.
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