The ancestors of printed comics drew, painted and carved their time-paths from beginning to end, without interruption, ... the infinite canvas. Scott McCloud More Quotes by Scott McCloud More Quotes From Scott McCloud It wasn't until I discovered comics that I actually began to approach drawing as a possible career. Scott McCloud drawing approach careers I wouldn't necessarily have been making books about how to make comics if I'd really felt I knew how to make comics. Scott McCloud has-beens felt book I've always been very forward-looking, and it was actually kind of difficult to turn my gaze backwards to look at comics history. Scott McCloud difficult kind looks And what better way to reinvent the form than to toss virtually 99% of everything that's been done with it and start with a brand-new canvas, reinvent it from the ground up? Digital comics gave me the opportunity to do that, and producing things digitally gave me the opportunity to do that. Scott McCloud done opportunity way All through my comics career, I was always trying to reinvent the form. Scott McCloud always-trying careers trying If a comic comes out on the scene and it's really knock-out brilliant, the community is pretty good about getting the word about good newcomers. Scott McCloud brilliant community scene The idea that comics stores, distributors and publishers simply 'give the customers what they want' is nonsense. What the customers wanted they didn't get - and they left. Scott McCloud giving book ideas By stripping down an image to essential meaning, an artist can simplify that meaning. Scott McCloud stripping essentials artist It would take a lifetime to read all the webcomics published in one year. Scott McCloud lifetime years If you think about it, for any kind of content on the web, the natural price per unit of these things should be under a dollar. Scott McCloud price things think you I had a lot of ideas on how comics worked and pretty early on I had this idea that it would be fun to explain them in comics form. Scott McCloud explain pretty fun ideas
