From: the animated silicon love doll (cheshire@velvet.net)
Date: Fri Mar 15 2002 - 16:55:11 MST
2002.03.14 19:47:53, CurtAdams@aol.com wrote:
>Just to put in a plug for "Understanding Comics" by Scott McCloud. It's a
>analysis
>of comics as art, done in comic book format, and it's superb. As he's
>discussing
>how comics can be used for unique and interesting goals, he's showing by
>demonstration
>that it's a suitable medium for artistic criticism. Wish he were at a
>university
>somewhere. Not hard to get; I've seen it in bookstores.
And he has a webpage at <http://www.scottmccloud.com>. IMNSHO, he's one of
the few people who's really pushing the medium of webcomics to it's full
extent. I think some of the comics on his site, if they were to be printed
out, would be about 11 continuous feet. Very interesting, very
entertaining. Read him, he's smart!
cheshire morgan. Beer wants to be free.
-Bruce Sterling
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