Scott McCloud

“The art of comics is a revolution that is happening in slow motion.”

“The infinite canvas. A new kind of comics.”

“In comics, the reader is a willing accomplice and equal partner in crime.”

“By stripping down an image to its essential ‘meaning’, an artist can amplify that meaning in a way that realistic art can’t.”

“Closure is the grammar of comics.”

“Comics are juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.”

“The space between the panels is a kind of magic.”

“The potential of comics is limitless and exciting.”

“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.”

“When we look at a photo or a realistic drawing of a face, we see it as the face of another. But when we enter the world of the cartoon, we see ourselves.”

“To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to a thousand deaths.”

“The vocabulary of comics is icons.”

“Good comics are a combination of clarity and mystery.”

“A creator who is not a visionary is a mere technician.”

“We don't just see the world, we interpret it.”

“The future of comics is in the hands of the creators.”

“Our perception of 'reality' is an act of faith, based on mere fragments.”

“Technology is not a panacea. It's a tool.”