Scott McCloud, another comics artist, elaborated the explanation further, in his books Understanding Comics and Reinventing Comics.

He is most notable for his non-fiction books about comics, Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics and Making Comics, for which he has been called the " Marshall McLuhan of comics ".

He is best known as a comics theorist or as some say, the " Aristotle of comics ", following the publication in 1993 of Understanding Comics, a wide-ranging exploration of the definition, history, vocabulary, and methods of the medium of comics, itself in comics form.

* 1994 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book for Understanding Comics

* 1994 Harvey Award for Best Writer for Understanding Comics

* 1994 Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album / Original Material for Understanding Comics

* 1994 Harvey Award for Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation for Understanding Comics

* 1993 Harvey Award for Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation for Understanding Comics: The Slideshow!

* Understanding Comics

** Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art ( 1993, )

Understanding Comics received praise from notable comic and graphic novel authors such as Art Spiegelman, Will Eisner, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Garry Trudeau ( who reviewed the book for the New York Times ), and was called “ one of the most insightful books about designing graphic user interfaces ever written ” by Apple Macintosh co-creator Andy Hertzfeld.

Understanding Comics was first published by Tundra Publishing ; reprintings have been released by Kitchen Sink Press, DC Comics ’ Paradox Press, DC ’ s Vertigo line, and HarperPerennial.

The title of Understanding Comics is an homage to Marshall McLuhan's seminal 1964 work Understanding Media.

Topics discussed in Understanding Comics include:

* McCloud speaks at TEDtalks about Understanding Comics

* Understanding Comics entry at ScottMcCloud. com

He points out in Understanding Comics ( p. 45 – 51 ) in a section on iconic representation that people respond most strongly to a drawing of a character that simplifies to the point that anyone can identify with the character.

Comics and Sequential Art is well regarded in the community of comics professionals, garnering praise from the likes of Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Jeff Smith, and referenced and expanded on by Scott McCloud in Understanding Comics.

* Scott McCloud Understanding Comics-the Invisible Art HarperCollins 1994 ISBN 0-613-02782-5

* 2000: Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art ( L ' Art Invisible ) by Scott McCloud, Vertige Graphic

* Allan, Kenneth R. " Understanding Information ," in Conceptual Art: Theory, Myth, and Practice.

* Landy, Leigh ( 2007a ), Understanding the Art of Sound Organization, Cambridge, Mass.

* David Shenk named his 2007 book concerning the history of chess after this game, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain ( ISBN 0385510101 ), with a move-by-move description of the game appearing intermittently within the narrative.

Others include Between Tears and Laughter ( 啼笑皆非 ) ( 1943 ), The Importance of Understanding ( 1960, a book of translated Chinese literary passages and short pieces ), The Chinese Theory of Art ( 1967 ).

He is the dedicatee of John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Greenhill's The Art of Embalming ".

* Publication of Cocker's Arithmetick: Being a Plain and Familiar Method Suitable to the Meanest Capacity for the Full Understanding of That Incomparable Art, As It Is Now Taught by the Ablest School-Masters in City and Country, attributed to Edward Cocker ( died 1676 ).

** L ' Art invisible ( Understanding Comics ) by Scott McCloud, Vertige Graphic

Understanding Northwest Coast Art: A Guide to Crests, Beings, and Symbols.

*“ Homogeneous Catalysis: Understanding the Art ” by Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen Springer ; ISBN 2005.

* " The Postman Already Always Rings Twice: Fragments for an Understanding of the Future " ( 2004 " Cabinet: A Quarterly of Art and Culture ", pp. 23-27 )

* Creating and Understanding Technological Art, Proceedings of the IXth International Congress of Aesthetics, ( editor ) ( 1983 )

Understanding, as he did, the difficulty of the art of poetry, and believing that the `` only technical criticism worth having in poetry is that of poets '', he felt obliged to insist upon his duty to be hard to please when it came to the review of a book of verse.

Understanding Arminianism is aided by understanding the theological alternatives: Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, and Calvinism.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in 1748.

Understanding this earliest of eras in the history of the Universe is currently one of the greatest unsolved problems in physics.

Understanding the structure and function of cells is fundamental to all of the biological sciences.

West of the Lower Houses is the new Lester B. Pearson Garden of Peace and International Understanding and the E. J.

Understanding the formation and evolution of the largest and earliest structures ( i. e., quasars, galaxies, clusters and superclusters ) is one of the largest efforts in cosmology.

There is also some co-operation between the Central ( Amended ) and Unamended Fellowships in North America – most recently in the Great Lakes region, where numerous Amended & Unamended ecclesias have opened fellowship to one another despite the failure of wider attempts at re-union under the North American Statement of Understanding ( NASU ) in recent years.

Understanding the problem of induction is central to grasping Hume's philosophical system.

Understanding ethology, or animal behaviourism, is very important in animal training.

Understanding lateralization of brain function is important for understanding what areas of the brain cause expressive aphasia when damaged.

In response to the early-to-mid-17th century " continental rationalism " John Locke ( 1632 – 1704 ) proposed in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ( 1689 ) a very influential view wherein the only knowledge humans can have is a posteriori, i. e., based upon experience.

Understanding thermal limitations of materials is essential to using the correct material for the application.

Understanding one's " need for treatment " would cause one to agree to voluntary commitment, but the Bazelon Center has said that this " lack of insight " is " often no more than disagreement with the treating professional "

Work motivation " is a set of energetic forces that originate both within as well as beyond an individual's being, to initiate work-related behavior, and to determine its form, direction, intensity, and duration " Understanding what motivates an organization's employees is central to the study of I – O psychology.

The rule is named after the 17th-century French mathematician Guillaume de l ' Hôpital, who published the rule in his book Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l ' Intelligence des Lignes Courbes ( literal translation: Analysis of the Infinitely Small for the Understanding of Curved Lines ) ( 1696 ), the first textbook on differential calculus.

Understanding the relationship between the brain and the mind – mind-body problem is one of the central issues in the history of philosophy – is a challenging problem both philosophically and scientifically.

She remarked in 1981 that " Understanding what drugs can do to your children, understanding peer pressure and understanding why they turn to drugs is ... the first step in solving the problem.

22 March 2006: in terms of a Memorandum of Understanding signed by Nigeria ’ s federal Government on 16 March, the Guangdong Xinguang International Group is to construct a revolutionary “ fast ” rail ( RFR ) system from Lagos to the capital Abuja ( where there is no existing railway ) as well as light rail lines to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport from Lagos city and to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport from the Abuja city centre.

Understanding of the right view is the preliminary role, and is also the forerunner of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

" For marine investigations, jurisdiction between the NTSB and the U. S. Coast Guard is prescribed in a detailed Memorandum of Understanding between the two agencies.