Making Comics #1

If you are anything like me, then you love comics and may be just reading comics is not enough anymore.  I loved Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics and at this point in time I must admit have not read Reinventing Comics.  I am a purest when it comes to comics and enjoy it on paper and have still resisted technology for my sequential art fix, this book did a great job to open my eyes to the potential of Pictures and Words playing together on any method of desplay.  

What is great about this book is that it can be read independently without prior experience to Understanding Comics and reinventing comics, since he goes over any overlapping information with enough to explain but not too much to bore those who read the previous books.  Another great thing about this book is that Scott ScCloud balances the aesthetic of fine art, the dance of semiotics and the formulated patterns he sees in the medium. 

I was a big fan of how he made facial expressions math equations and I hate math.  This graphic novel is a lot to digest because it is a lot of information from an expert.  This book took me a few weeks on and off to truly read and understand.  Those few weeks was one of the most entertaining self-taught courses I gave myself.  I would read a chapter and then read a few comics to see what I learned and how effective Scott's formulas are or the appreciation I was getting from the worlds that are built.  
 
I absolutely love this book and would recommended it to anyone who loves comics.  It does not have to be for those who want to make comics, since there are a lot of entertaining and funny moments.  I would gladly have this side by side with Understanding Comics and look forward to the next "How to" book from Scott McCloud.
 
Cheers
 - Silkcuts