howiedoowinfam's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
raloveridge's review
4.0
Very interesting; I'm a fan of McCloud's other work, and this was no disappointment. If anything, I wish he'd come out with another book, since a full decade has passed since he wrote Reinventing Comics, and some of what he touched on is majorly outdated by now. He's a smart guy with lots of good ideas about what technology can do for all kinds of art forms--very cool book.
mjfmjfmjf's review
3.0
A fine lecture in comic form. But I can't say I retained nearly as much as in the first book. In the second half is captured the moment of time as digital comics was taking off. So we get kind of a thin history of the Internet, which really I was already familiar with. As with the author's other books that I've read, this is a fantastic work of the media. But it was more the content I was after and this is somewhat lacking. That said, there was a lot in the first half so perhaps upon discussion, I'll have a somewhat different opinion. Much of what was in the first half has been said before - but it is likely that this book is the earliest I'd seen it in print.
ashleylm's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting, but dated, but interesting because of that--he was certainly ahead of many in imagining ways computers/the internet could change things. Though as deftly handled, the subject of this book wasn't nearly as compelling to me as his earlier Understanding Comics, and I would probably have survived nicely if I'd never read this one--but would really regret not having read the first.
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
millajab's review against another edition
3.0
I should have read this book 20 years ago. Interesting to see where he thought comics were going, what he got right and what he whiffed. A bit of a slog compared to Making Comics which I enjoyed thoroughly.
giftsintogold's review against another edition
3.0
Scott McCloud is definitely a forward thinker when it comes to comics. The book must have been eye opening for many when it first came out. As much of what McCloud speculated about, like broadband being widely available, has occurred, the book wasn't as revolutionary as back in the day. The book does provide a better understanding of the comic industry and how it works that I think is still valid in a lot of cases.
bitterbyte's review against another edition
3.0
Es una lástima que hayan tardado tantísimo en traducirlo al español. McCloud es todo un visionario que supo adivinar el futuro de Internet aún estando en el año 2000.