Scott McCloud

Scott McCloud is an American cartoonist and comics theorist. He is best known for writing non-fiction books about comics: Understanding Comics (1993), Reinventing Comics (2000), and Making Comics (2006); the books are written in comic form. 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; he has advocated for the use of new technology in the creation and distribution of comics.