Paperback, 224 pages
English language
Published April 27, 1994 by Harper Paperbacks.
Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerful but misunderstood art form.
a few of his lines of argument are kind of dubious; but he never claims to be the last word on anything.
overall it's a good book about the form & history of comics; and it ties it to art in general as well.
