Scott McCloud
Biography
Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod) 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), all of which also use the medium of comics. He established himself as a comics creator in the 1980s as an independent superhero cartoonist and advocate for creator's rights. He rose to prominence in the industry beginning in the 1990s for his non-fiction works about the medium, and has advocated the use of new technology in the creation and distribution of comics. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott McCloud, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie Appearances
The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE and the Changing Face of Comics
as Self
2009
Stripped
as Self
2014
200 Cigarettes
as Bar Band (uncredited)
1999
Adventures Into Digital Comics
as Himself
2006
Graphic Novels! Melbourne!
2012
The Amazing Cynicalman
as Board Man (voice)
2012
Comic Book Literacy
as Himself
2009
Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
as Self
2019
Comic Books & Superheroes
as Self
2001
The Overstreet World of Comic Books
as Self
1993
Shopping for Superman
as Self
2025
