The Sculptor. Scott McCloud First Second: 496 pp., $29.99. More to Read . Ridley Scott’s ‘Modville’ graphic novel debuts during a tough time for comics. Can it survive? March 28, 2025.

Cartoonist Scott McCloud, best known for the “Understanding Comics” series, talks about “The Sculptor,” his first graphic novel and his first work of fiction in over 30 years.

Understanding Comics creator Scott McCloud is sometimes called the "Aristotle of comics" for his analysis of the medium. The Sculptor, a meditation on love, art and death, is his first graphic novel.

Scott McCloud drew 496 pages dripping with gripping scenes, themes of death and mortality and artists wanting to be remembered for something great for his new graphic novel The Sculptor.. Then on ...

The Sculptor. By Scott McCloud (First Second) Discussion Fri 2/13, 6 PM Art Institute of Chicago Rubloff Auditorium 230 S. Columbus 312-494-9509 chicagohumanities.org $15.

Scott McCloud changed the comic book world forever in 1994. "Understanding Comics," his work of graphic non-fiction, offered a friendly breakdown of the complexity veiled in simple comic strips.

For all its merits, it is unfortunate that “The Sculptor,” Scott McCloud’s first foray into adult graphic novel writing, is less than satisfying.

Meaning within The Sculptor is derived from McCloud’s own life: living in New York City, pursuing his art, and falling in love. David Smith is not Scott McCloud, but he and his story are ...

Scott McCloud On Burying Theory and Building A Page-Turner With ‘The Sculptor’ The 'Understanding Comics' creator returns to fiction with his new graphic novel ...

If you ask McCloud, though, he never felt totally comfortable with his skills—that is, until writing “The Sculptor,” his first-ever narrative graphic novel, which was released on Feb. 3.

Scott McCloud, who taught us how to understand, create and revolutionize comic books, unveils his greatest work yet, 'The Sculptor.' The Sculptor is something we've never seen before from Scott ...