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The Sculptor, by Scott McCloud

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“*The fluidity of McCloud's visual narrative carries us along with a sweep impossible to duplicate in prose, and, through it its climax, the story's commitment to its harsh, inevitable, but ultimately sublime outcome qualifies this as a work of stunning, timeless graphic literature.” ―Booklist, STARRED REVIEW“Scott McCloud's The Sculptor is the best graphic novel I've read in years. It's about art and love and why we keep on trying. It will break your heart.” ―Neil Gaiman

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About the Author

Scott McCloud is the award-winning author of Understanding Comics, Making Comics, Zot!, The Sculptor, and many other fiction and non-fiction comics spanning 30 years. An internationally-recognized authority on comics and visual communication, technology, and the power of storytelling, McCloud has lectured at Google, Pixar, Sony, and the Smithsonian Institution.

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Product details

Hardcover: 496 pages

Publisher: First Second; 1st edition (February 3, 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9781596435735

ISBN-13: 978-1596435735

ASIN: 1596435739

Product Dimensions:

6.4 x 1.9 x 8.7 inches

Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.5 out of 5 stars

187 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#203,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

I read Watchmen nearly a decade ago, and I saw immediately why it was called the greatest graphic novel of all time. While the sculptor may not reach the heights of that work, it comes closer than any comic I've ever read.The sculptor starts out by examining the character of David Smith a lonely, washed-out sculptor living in New York. David was once fairly successful, but when his patron dumps him, he thinks he may never get another chance to be remembered. But fortunately, he finds his answer with death. No, that is not a typo. David makes a deal with: in exchange for supernatural sculpting skills, David will die in 200 days. But as with all deals with death, life gets in the way.This novel unleashes the best of what comics can do. To begin with, Scott McCloud dreams up cavalcade of great sculptures for David. The sheer visual marvels he dreams up can go on for pages. But that isn't half as impressive has the characters that fill the story. We have Oliver, David's best friend and Agent, Meg, a woman who helps David when life gets him down, and dozens and dozens of friends who get varied amounts of sceen time. So many of these characters are three-dimensional people, where a lesser writer would have just left them as props for the story. By the time the book goes through all of their trials and tribulations, you won't be able to read the ending without crying.I can not recommend this book to you enough. Get reading.

So, I just finished this, and I'm still trying to figure out my response. Is this a brilliant work of genius or just a very good graphic novel (this is where a real decision between four and five stars gets made). Bringing a virtuosic command of the language of graphic novels, McCloud provides a story that is both touching, Faustian in a manner more like Thomas Mann's version than Goethe's, with a strong sense of the inevitable woven amidst the fantastic. I was regularly struck not just by the narratives details substantiating McCloud's description of the art world but the visual details that bring New York City to life; it's not just the key phrases and visual attentiveness but the tone that made me feel like McCloud (despite his protestations at the end) is an insider and is telling the tale from a privileged perspective. And, on top of that, I was so glad that McCloud doesn't for once think that his protagonist has been producing anything of real artistic value except at the very end (and, then, maybe not even then); a lesser author might have wanted us to think that the first burst of creative productivity would instantly produce works of genius. Does it get a bit heavy-handed and, subsequently, trite at the end? The ending seems already foretold, and I kept saying to myself that, maybe, all of that foreshadowing is just McCloud manipulating for something more surprising than I got. That being said, there's a few pages towards the very end (right after he's seemingly suspended in the alleyway) that I knew were coming but which were handled with such verve that they astonished me. In the end, writing this, I can't help but think this is one of the finest graphic novels I've read in years, and I only wish I could give it four and half stars because it's so close to perfection.

This is a book I've wanted to read for a long time, but have just now gotten around to. I ordered a hard copy as I figured Kindle wouldn't do the illustrations justice (I typically read everything I can on Kindle as I love the format). When my copy came in the mail I opened it up to take a peek, not expecting to be able to get to it for a few days, and within the first page I was fully engrossed. I ended up sitting down and reading the entire book in two hours.The concept was great, the art was beautiful, and the writing was powerful. My only real complaint was the ending. I wasn't expecting everything to turn out how I wanted it to, but the direction this book went in the final pages felt like it was breaking the mold a little too much.That being said, I really enjoyed this book. One of my favorite aspects was the main character's relationship with Death, and how Death's motives are not told to the reader completely, but one can infer them by the details given. I love it when author's don't think readers are stupid.Overall, a solid dark fantasy that sucks you in from the first page.

The first panels of the story introduce us to the artist through a shot at his hands resting on either side of a plate holding crumbs. I cannot say what is n the last, or near to last panel, without spoiling the story, but it is epic, and jaw dropping, heart breaking, and elating all at once. And between those two points, McCloud leads us through 200 frantic days in the life of an artist who has made a faustian pact with Death for the love of art.McCloud being the great sequential art theoretician that he is, produces a mind-bogging effective and gripping narration. It will keep comic lovers on the edge of their seats, and will provide an anthology of all the precepts that he teaches in Understanding Comics, and Making Comics, to the students of the Nineth Art. But do not expect laser blasts, men in tights, flying machines, or cosmic scenery. The characters may not be all well grounded, but they are true to form New Yorkers. And McCloud masterfully weaves the mundane and the supernatural to powerful dramatic effects.Just read it, but once you start, don't expect to put it down before you reach the last page.

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