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title: "1 Comics Really Quotes By Scott McCloud"
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> [I wouldn't necessarily have been making books about how to make comics if I'd really felt I knew how to make comics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/i-wouldn-t-necessarily-have-been-making-books-about-how-to-make/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

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## More by Scott McCloud

> [It would take a lifetime to read all the webcomics published in one year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/it-would-take-a-lifetime-to-read-all-the-webcomics-published-in-one/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [“...when you look at a photo or realistic drawing of a face, you see it as the face of another . But when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/when-you-look-at-a-photo-or-realistic-drawing-of-a-face-you-see-it-as/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [By stripping down an image to essential meaning, an artist can simplify that meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/by-stripping-down-an-image-to-essential-meaning-an-artist-can/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/there-s-a-very-big-part-of-me-that-just-wants-to-take-all-of-comics/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [I had a lot of ideas on how comics worked and pretty early on I had this idea that it would be fun to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/i-had-a-lot-of-ideas-on-how-comics-worked-and-pretty-early-on-i-had/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [All through my comics career, I was always trying to reinvent the form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/all-through-my-comics-career-i-was-always-trying-to-reinvent-the-form/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [My first influences were superhero artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/my-first-influences-were-superhero-artists/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [The notion of getting under the hood and explaining how something works, that's fairly familiar territory to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/the-notion-of-getting-under-the-hood-and-explaining-how-something/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/i-don-t-think-the-potential-for-comics-in-nonfiction-has-been/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [Webcomics are much bigger than any one scene can circumscribe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/webcomics-are-much-bigger-than-any-one-scene-can-circumscribe/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [A medium is a bridge between two minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/a-medium-is-a-bridge-between-two-minds/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/if-you-just-write-the-kinds-of-stories-you-think-others-will-want-to/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [Today, comics is one of the very few forms of mass communication in which individual voices still have a chance to be heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/today-comics-is-one-of-the-very-few-forms-of-mass-communication-in/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [“I may have drawn an axe being raised in this example, but I'm not the one who let it drop or decided how hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/i-may-have-drawn-an-axe-being-raised-in-this-example-but-i-m-not-the/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

> [My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology and pursuits of the mind as being more impressive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mccloud/my-dad-was-an-engineer-and-so-i-had-this-picture-of-science-and/)

[Scott McCloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mccloud/)

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