Comics: A Medium in Transition
August 21, 2007
American comics are changing fast. Bolstered by the literary ambitions of the "graphic novel" movement, a flood of international influences and the growing importance of new technologies, the comics landscape shifts regularly in surprising and increasingly unpredictable directions. Author and comics artist Scott McCloud puts all these trends into perspective in a fast-moving visual presentation.
Presenter Bio
Scott McCloud, www.scottmcloud.com
Scott McCloud has been writing and drawing independent comic books since 1984. His book Understanding Comics was a New York Times Notable book for 1994, is available in 15 languages, and was referred to by Macintosh co-creator Andy Hertzfeld as "...one of the most insightful books about designing graphic user interfaces ever written...". McCloud has lectured on comics and digital media at Harvard University, Pixar Animation Studios, Microsoft and The Smithsonian Institution. His 5-Day Seminar in making comics was most recently held at MIT. McCloud's online comics can be found atscottmccloud.com."
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