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Making Comics (the McCloud way)

chaated

14:55 / 15.09.06

Has anybody read Making Comics by Scott McCloud? I'm just curious to get some other opinions. I'm about halfway through it and so far my only complaints are that the facial expression chapter is too long and that sometimes it seems like he's only reiterating things that any person already making comics should already know.

sleazenation

15:10 / 15.09.06

Is this out yet then? I totally missed it...

Mario

17:02 / 15.09.06

Has he started acknowledging that writers exist yet? That was the biggest problem I had with "Understanding Comics".

Mr Tricks

19:22 / 15.09.06

I flipped through it in the store but have held off on picking it up. It's bigger than the other books but it seemed as though some of it's been done before.

I noticed he's also "aged" his caricature to include greying hair on his temples.

Still I suppose I'l eventually pick it up for the sake of inspiration but I'm not sure I Need it

COBRAnomicon!

14:44 / 16.09.06

Has he started acknowledging that writers exist yet? That was the biggest problem I had with "Understanding Comics".

He definitely casts things in terms of the artist making every storytelling decision-- what moments to show, etc. I suppose he's just aiming at people who do both the writing and the drawing (or maybe even people who're working the old Marvel Method).

Mario

15:20 / 16.09.06

I'll take that as a no, then.

Speaking as someone who can't draw all that well, but has written quite a lot... feh.

Pants Payroll

03:15 / 20.09.06

Well, unless you're the type of writer who describes panel composition to your artist like Alan Moore. And, really, some artists need that kind of direction.

sleazenation

00:53 / 21.09.06

Right - I've got this now and have just skimmed it so far but from what I've read it seems less focused on the artists vs writers as much as on the decision faced by any storyteller, regardless of whether they are a writer or an artist.

FinderWolf

03:58 / 06.10.07

great news for old-school McCloud fans!

more and more 'regular'/prose book publishers are getting into the business of publishing graphic novels after the success of FUN HOME, CANCER VIXEN, and UNDERSTANDING/MAKING COMICS.

I just saw THIS
article with great news from HarperCollins! ALL of ZOT! collected - in one volume - by the illustrious publisher. In 2008. Mahhhvelous.

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