Understanding ComicsIn this book you will: "take a magic carpet ride through the hidden worlds of comics storytelling ; witness a history more than 3,000 years old ; explore the secrets between the panels ; feel the energy of line and color ; tap into the power of symbols ; get a ring-side seat for the battle of words and pictures ; and most of all, see why comics can be as vital and important as film, prose or any other art form, through the fascinating process that leads to really understanding comics." |
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216 FOR COPYRIGHT ART SPIEGELMAN BATMAN BECOME CARL BARKS CARL END CARTOON CENTURY CHAPTER CLAP CLIK CLOSURE COLOR COMICS COMBINATION COMIC BOOK COMICS ART COMICS ARTISTS COMICS CREATORS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION CRASH D.C. Comics DAVE DAVE SIM DEFINITION DELIBERATE SEQUENCE DIFFERENT DRAWING EISNER EMOTIONS EXPRESSIONISTIC EYES FACE FILM GLUG HERGÉ IDEA IDIOM STRUCTURE CRAFT IMAGES IN DELIBERATE INVENTION INVISIBLE JACK KIRBY JOOST SWARTE JUXTAPOSED PICTORIAL King Features Syndicate KIRBY KNOW LANGUAGE LINES LOOK Marvel Entertainment Group MARY FLEENER MATT FEAZELL MEANING MEDIA MEDIUM MIND MODERN COMIC MOTION MOVING n'est NUMBER OSAMU TEZUKA PAINTING PICTURE PLANE PIPE READER REALISTIC RESEMBLANCE SCENE SENSE SEQUENTIAL ART SERGIO ARAGONES SHAPE SHOW SINGLE PANEL SMILE SOUND SPACE STORY STORYTELLING STRUCTURE CRAFT SURFACE STYLES SUBJECT SURVIVAL SYMBOLS TAKE TEZUKA THANKS THERE'S THINGS THINK TINTIN TRANSITIONS UNDERSTAND COMICS VIEWER VISIBLE VISUAL ART WANT WORDS AND PICTURES WORLD OF COMICS WRITTEN WORD X-MEN