
All the lessons and discussions are presented in a visual form with captions and/or dialogue balloons. "Understanding Comics" is a departure from the traditional how-to guide format because it is also itself, a comic.

"Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art" by Scott McCloud Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud Here are ten of the best “How To” books on the process and magic of creating comics. Thankfully, there is a small but growing cottage industry of writers and creators that have produced books that demystify the process of creating comics and help foster the next potential superstar through guidance. But like much of art, lots of people think they can do it but it takes skill, dedication, knowledge and practice to do it well. When it works, it perfectly marries the fields of the visual arts and writing in a way that cannot be duplicated in any other art form.


Comic books, as we know them today, are one of the few truly American art forms.
