# Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

- **Author:** David Gibbons
- **Read:** June 2007
- **Topic:** Essays & Literature
- **Published:** 1993
- **Pages:** 215
- **Picked by:** Erik
- **ISBN-13:** 9781563897597
- **Open Library:** https://openlibrary.org/works/OL276032W
- **Cover:** https://rwbookclub.com/assets/images/covers/understanding-comics-335.jpg
- **Canonical page:** https://rwbookclub.com/books/understanding-comics/

## Synopsis

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.