Art, as I see it, is any human activity which doesnโt grow out of either of our speciesโ two basic instincts: survival and reproduction.
Scott McCloudI wouldn't necessarily have been making books about how to make comics if I'd really felt I knew how to make comics.
Scott McCloudThere'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 of like to get on to the future.
Scott McCloudThe idea that comics stores, distributors and publishers simply 'give the customers what they want' is nonsense. What the customers wanted they didn't get - and they left.
Scott McCloudComic book readers are just as abandoned by the corporate system as the creators, despite the importance supposedly given their hard-earned dollars. The average comics shop can offer only a tiny fraction of an industrywide selection that is itself extremely limited in scope. And even when readers know exactly what they want, the search can be maddeningly futile.
Scott McCloud