Scott McCloud Quotations

The following Quotes are from Scott McCloud's novels about Comics. I may use these for my Dissertation.

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (1994)
"the invisible world of senses and emotions can also be portrayed either between or within panels" (McCloud 2006 p.121)

"just as pictures and the intervals between them create the illusion of time through closure, words introduce time by representing that which can only exist in time - sound." (McCloud 2006 p.95)

"our eyes have been well trained by the photograph and by representational art to see any single continuous image as a single instant in time. " (McCloud 2006 p. 96)

" The panel acts as a sort of general indicator that time or space is being divided" (McCloud 2006 p.99)

Scott talks about how a panel if I bleeds into the edges of the page it can give the scene a timeless atmosphere as it established s the location. (McCloud 2006 p.103)

"Now if pictures can, through their rendering represent invisible concerns such as emotions and the other senses"

"then the distinction between pictures and other types of comic like language which specialize in the invisible may seem a bit blurry."(McCloud 2006 p.127)

" one represents a visible phenomenon, smoke while the other represents an invisible one, our sense of smell. (McCloud 2006 p. 128)

Scott McCloud discuss that a visible indication for an emotion can develop from their context into a invisible meaning such as a sweat bead.(McCloud 2006 p.130)

Making Comics by Scott McCloud (2006)
" We want two things from our audience. we want them to understand what we want to to tell them -- and we want them to care enough to stick around 'til we're done." (McCloud 2006 p.8)

" and to achieve that first goal, you'll need to learn the principles of communicating with clarity--"

"-- and to achieve the second goal,you'll need to learn which elements of a work can persuade your audience to stay with you."(McCloud 2006 p.9)