Luke Martinez, creator of The Ascendent on Kickstarter, writes: Two years ago, one of my high school students told me, "I never knew comics could be like this!" In each situation, young people new to ...

Understanding Comics is a seminal text in the comic book industry and art form. Created by Scott McCloud, published by Kitchen Sink in 1993, then Harper Collins and now DC Comics, it breaks down the ...

Artist Scott McCloud is best known for making comics about comics. He is the accessible, rational voice and pen behind the nonfiction books “Understanding Comics” (1993), “Reinventing Comics” (2000) ...

Cover by JAIME HERNANDEZ (used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.) Analysis by Michael Cavna SCOTT McCLOUD knows that “best” is an impossible term. He also knows that anything less — “notable ...