Learn from everyone. Follow no one. Watch for patterns. Work like hell. Scott McCloud More Quotes by Scott McCloud More Quotes From Scott McCloud Creator and reader are partners in the invisible creating something out of nothing, time and time again. Scott McCloud invisible creating partners Today, comics is one of the very few forms of mass communication in which individual voices still have a chance to be heard. Scott McCloud communication voice today Nobody knows what will work until they try it. Some of comics' biggest success stories in recent years have explored subjects that no one was writing about at the time - stories no one had any reason to think would succeed. My advice? Write what you want to read. You'll have more fun doing it - and if all else fails, you'll always have at least one loyal reader. Scott McCloud writing fun thinking Art, as I see it, is any human activity which doesn’t grow out of either of our species’ two basic instincts: survival and reproduction. Scott McCloud survival two art I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be. Scott McCloud nonfiction has-beens thinking To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to a thousand deaths. Scott McCloud thousand men A medium is a bridge between two minds. Scott McCloud bridges mind two Form and content must never apologize for each other. Scott McCloud apologizing comic book Space does for comics what time does for film! Scott McCloud film space doe When you're free of editorial control, you owe it to yourself to obtain feedback from friends and readers. Some take those criticisms to heart and incorporate it into their work, and some ignore them. Scott McCloud feedback criticism heart The ancestors of printed comics drew, painted and carved their time-paths from beginning to end, without interruption, ... the infinite canvas. Scott McCloud canvas infinite path As I see it, mainstream comics now speak only to the hardcore few who stayed; conversing in a weird, garbled, visual pig latin only they can understand - rendering the term 'mainstream' a hollow joke - while the true mainstream, the other 99.9% of the populace, find enjoyment elsewhere. Scott McCloud latin pigs book Comic book readers are just as abandoned by the corporate system as the creators, despite the importance supposedly given their hard-earned dollars. The average comics shop can offer only a tiny fraction of an industrywide selection that is itself extremely limited in scope. And even when readers know exactly what they want, the search can be maddeningly futile. Scott McCloud dollars average book Webcomics are much bigger than any one scene can circumscribe. Scott McCloud bigger scene My first influences were superhero artists. Scott McCloud superhero artist firsts If you just write the kinds of stories you think others will want to read, you'll be competing with cartoonists who are far more enthusiastic for that kind of comic than you are, and they'll kick your ass every time. Scott McCloud stories writing thinking There's a very big part of me that just wants to take all of comics history and toss it on the bonfire. I'd sort of like to get on to the future. Scott McCloud toss bigs want The notion of getting under the hood and explaining how something works, that's fairly familiar territory to me. Scott McCloud hood territory explaining My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology and pursuits of the mind as being more impressive than artistic pursuits, which I saw a as kind of frivolous. Scott McCloud dad technology mind My dad was an inventor, and I think I've always had a rosy view of technology, or at least its potential. Scott McCloud dad technology thinking
