Scott McCloud

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Biography

Scott McCloud,former Scott McLeod
was born June 10, 1960.
He is a comicartist and a game inventor.

Works

He created the comic book series Zot! in 1984; Wikipedia Link:[1]
He is best known as a comics theorist, following the publication in 1993 of Understanding Comics; Wikipedia Link[2], a wide-ranging exploration of the definition, history, vocabulary, and methods of the medium of comics, itself in comics form. He followed in 2000 with Reinventing Comics (also in comic- form), in which he outlined twelve "revolutions" that he argued would be keys to the growth and success of comics as a popular and creative medium. Finally, in 2006, he released Making Comics.

His latest work is a comic book that formed the press release introducing Google's web browser,Google Chrome; "http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/;
which was published on September 1, 2008.

He also creates some online comics like: the right number;[3]

Cardboard game: 5 Nancy, idea and rules for the philosophical cardboard game [4] [5]

I like story mashine [6] most of all his inventions. It's a gamebased possibility to write a story. He says it helps to get rid of or to break someone's habits.

Scott McClouds, SPACE ANGELS

'24 hours comic day' [7]

Bibliography

first comics series Zot! (1984-1991) Destroy!! (1986) Understanding Comics (1993), a 215-page comic book about the comics medium translated into over 16 languages. Reinventing Comics (2000), a more controversial look at comics revolutions in art, culture and technology Making Comics (2006), an extensive look at comics storytelling techniques which also resulted in the Making Comics 50 State Tour.[8]

Videos

If you want to learn something about McClouds passion or why he really loves his job and what he thinks about publishers; then watch this interview made by Micheal Kemper[9]

He’s talking about the new comic generation affected through the manga hype; unfortunately the audio is poor….Scott McCloud lecture 1[10]

Space Angels[11]

24 hours comic convention [12]