Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod on June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and comics theorist. He is best known for his non-fiction books about comics, Understanding Comics (1993), Reinventing Comics (2000), and Making Comics (2006).
Creator's Bill of Rights
McCloud was the principal author of the Creator's Bill of Rights, a 1988 document with the stated aim of protecting the rights of comic book creators and help aid against the exploitation of comic artists and writers by corporate work-for-hire practices. The group that adopted the Bill also included artists Kevin Eastman, Dave Sim, and Stephen R. Bissette. The Bill included twelve rights such as "The right to full ownership of what we fully create," and "The right to prompt payment of a fair and equitable share of profits derived from all of our creative work.''
Zot!
Zot! is a comic book created by Scott McCloud in 1984 and published by Eclipse Comics
until 1990 as a lighthearted alternative to the darker and more violent
comics that predominated the industry during that period.[1] There were a total of 36 issues, with the first ten in color and the remainder in black and white. McCloud credited Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka as a major influence on the book, making it one of the first manga-inspired American comic books.
The Sculptor
Scheduled for release February 3, 2015 - 496 page graphic novel.
David Smith is giving his life for his art—literally. Thanks to a
deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt
anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has
200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and
discovering the love of his life at the eleventh hour isn't making it
any easier.
