Scott McCloud: Understanding comics

[TheSubwaysurfer]

You can't zone out a Scott cloud lecture. Unless you really pay attention, you will be loss. My only complaint about Scott, is that he dent "dumb it down enough" a strange thing to say, I know, but sometimes his lectures are so conceptual that your mind NEEDS a break!...

[TheSubwaysurfer]

Scottsdale gift to the comics world Is giving a cognitive way to talk about the medium intelligently with others who look down on the medium, as well as giving creators a roadmap for understanding and finding their own style.

[lovelplants]

nice! funny talking guy! hahaha

he's really love making comics. that's his talent.

[BinaryDood]

His book is a comic book Bible

[1805movie]

Scott McCloud is like the Carl Sagan of comics. Exploring the comic universe, and analyzing them in great detail with meaning and possibilities.

[vincentvega53]

McCloud should take a look at the WORMWORLD Saga...!

[LifeInBrunswick]

I finished reading Understanding Comics about an hour ago. I particularly enjoyed chapter 7 and as a songwriter I'm already thinking about 'the six steps' as they relate to music.

[CaptainTooner]

He seems like a smart and funny guy.

[enedene1]

One of best presentations I've seen in my life.

[frankwolftown]

Scott McCloud never ceases to amaze. I hope he draws forever.

[brooklynlevo]

will be writing an exam on understanding comics on monday in seminar named the same as the book

[hariprasada]

traduzcan esto al español

[tompiswobblez]

aprende ingles.

[Idude893]

This guy's book was like my personal Bible.

[ePhilosopher9]

Visions of the future begin to manifest themselves... like in Time Frames or abstracted further from resemblances of Walter Benjamin Work of art in the age of mechanical Reproduction. i.e. Art on an Easel in 2D.

[theLUB]

Scott McCloud real name is Scott McLeod

[DCRIS59]

This is a great vid. i saw it first on TED's site.

[1richards]

Actually, then, by Scott McCloud's logic, film is a version of the comic. You have consecutive frames of still images, that, when seen together sequentially, tell a linear story. Now, both media, as they stand today, have limitations as to all that they can tell the viewer, but if both comics and film follow the path that McCloud has depicted here, I believe that they may eventually merge, meld, combine, into a fully realized experience that utilizes all of the human senses.

[rubbermuck]

Alan Moore played a lot with panel layouts, especially in Watchmen. It may be true that comic makers are stuck to a certain size of the page and pivotal moments really only happen at the turn of a page(for surprise), I don't know if it's a limitation immediately. It is interesting to follow these computer-comics though. An interesting one I read was "A lesson is learned but the damage is irreversible".

[BlacknWhitesAlright]

@rubbermuck Does Alan Moore really design page layouts for his stories? I was under the impression that he just writes highly detailed descriptive scripts.

[LowestofheDead]

@BlacknWhitesAlright Starting from Watchmen, Moore used 3x3 panels inspired from Steve Ditko

Later on he was more flexible e.g. Promethea

[KidSoupTV]

nice vid

[WarriorAlien]

I only just recently read Understanding Comics, and while I've never picked up any of McCloud's fiction works like Zot! but it's evident that he truly understands the language of the medium. He seems like a friendly individual here.

[warchild81]

Scott McLEOD is my uncle

[NorseRonin]

"Scott McLEOD is my uncle".

yeah, but what does that have to do with scott McCloud?

[EB88]

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupppppeee­eeeer!!!!

[falsafa]

u hungry?

[autobahnhotel]

I don't know if I agree with this...why does he feel we need to trash paper pages? That scrolling at the end looked just as inconvineient if not more. Isn't film already the ultimate infinite canvas?

[HigherPlanes]

No, that would be virtual reality.

[sunrisewalker]

Based on my reading of McCleod I don't think that he is trashing the paper page, but encouraging the debate. because when artists contemplate debates like these, they create art to give their answer.

And that is where great art in any media comes from- from people looking for answers and grappling with problems.

[inko9nito]

Brilliant presentation!

[BodaciousBurnley]

Can anyone give me some insight to the "McLuhanesque mistake" he refers to around 11:00? Who was this man and what did he do that caused him to be associated with the inefficient application of established rules to new paradigms? I thought that maybe he was talking about Herbert Marshall McLuhan, but the "medium is the message" philosophy doesn't seem to be quite what McCloud is talking about. Any facts from those more knowledgeable than I?

[sethnehil]

McLuhan: "We drive forward looking in the rearview mirror." Habits or forms of previous media and technology shape the new. So the computer monitor was/is treated like a page in a book - when of course it is not.

[Slance1Himself]

Wow... At the bottom right at 06:53 it's my biggest idol - Johnny Rotten, this made the video even better! :D

[adanrom]

This is mine i do it better i did elektra dies in 2 min 2yrs ago this is my idea

[DieGewerkschaft]

great presentation indeed!

[linuxlist2000]

Niiiiiiice, great presentation.

[HecKaTorN]

I think that actually was pretty interesting

[KeriOwen]

anyone who can incorporate Ed Wood's film 'Plan 9 From Outer Space' into a talk gets my vote!

[Rantandreason]

Fantastic!

[Teabonesteak]

6:53

Hahaha!! Johnny Rotten!! Bottom right!

[Slance1Himself]

To Teabonesteak: dude! Are you a PiL fan? Or at least a Johnny fan? :D

[Teabonesteak]

THHIISS IS NOT A LOVE SOOOOOOONG!

THHIISS IS NOT A LOVE SOOOOOOONG!

THHIISS IS NOT A LOVE SOOOOOOONG!

THHIISS IS NOT A LOVE SOOOOOOONG!

Damn right I'm a Pil/Sex pistols/all around johnny fan!

[Slance1Himself]

Niiiiiiiiiiice :D This is what you want... this is what you get... Dude I freakin LOVE John! :D

[kajicarter]

Duh...when he talks about the total eclipse and Carly Simon he's referring to lyrics in the song 'You're So Vain'. *sigh*

[sacapiloa]

wow, extremely gratiffying to watch that despite the hater's comments and be blown away.

[adanrom]

Total eCCCccclipSSSSSsss of the hEARRRRRttt

[jjmm112]

shite.

[BurtBenz]

"Total eclipse" isn't Carly Simon. That's "You're so vain". Bonnie Tyler sang about the eclipse.

[ratholin]

I remember when marvel came out with those CDromix. They were actually really fun. Way better than having someone else show you a comic.

[Saktoth]

Rubbish if you ask me, and totally wrong in his predictions (other than the arthouse self-fulfilling prophecy type). Infinite canvas? I dont think so.

[supajive]

wow, that was a waste of time. i could of watched an episode of mighty max.

[sheepwshotguns]

i miss calvin and hobbes...

:(

[1trip711]

nice retard laugh at the end. morons!!!

[UlyssesBreckenridge]

i expected this to be about comedians....

[egis27]

lol....so did i

[ChrisSketch]

His first book is holy dogma, as far as I'm concerned.

Though I think his predictions for webcomics were a little off. But hey, thats the gamble when you talk about the future.

[phenothiazine]

Nice video! Where i can get "pop contemplates the heat death of universe" and the other?

[cuneytarkin]

it's on the internet

[masterhook]

on scott's website. He has a page with links and that is one of them. Look for the "Drew Weing" link

[dogstar7]

Isn't Scott McCloud the "Space Angel"?

[morganseathomson]

that's funny I was just looking at his book this morning.

[GaddingImp]

comics were for a long time an underrated medium. i think it's great how there's a greater appreciation for comics now.

people used to judge them as childish, but more people now realize that comics are a potent medium for fantasy which is of great importance to being human and not just meaningless entertainment.

[ChrisSketch]

I agree entirely except for the inclusion of the word "fantasy." I'm purposely misreading what you meant because thats how people unfamiliar with comics would interpret "fantasy": either as "light fiction" or "dungeons and dragons."

I think its always important to stress (like the point made with "childish") that comics are a medium, and that medium can encompass all genres. I can only imagine the shock an unassuming person must feel at reading a Chris Ware comic for the first time.

[aybadvises]

It's unrequited.

[ozjthomas]

Awesome. I love these books. So awesome to see his speech. This guy is a genious.