Scott McCloud

Quick Facts

Full Name	Scott McCloud
Occupation	Cartoonist
Date Of Birth	Jun 10, 1960(1960-06-10)
Age	64
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Gemini

Scott McCloud Biography

Scott McCloud is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on June 10, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Cartoonist, best well-known for his books Understanding Comics and Reinventing Comics. He was the lead author of The Creator’s Bill of Rights – a document that safeguarded the interests for comic creators as well as their work.

His graduation was at Syracuse University along with performer He graduated from Syracuse University along with performer Grace Jones..

Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod on June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and comics theorist. He is best known for his non-fiction books about comics: Understanding Comics (1993), Reinventing Comics (2000), and Making Comics (2006), all of which also use the medium of comics.

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, and has advocated the use of new technology in the creation and distribution of comics.

With his family with him, he took his family on a trip across all of the US states, as well as some of Europe.

Scott McCloud Net Worth

Scott McCloud is one of the richest Cartoonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Scott McCloud 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1975, while in junior high when he was in junior high, he realized that the desire to become an artist for comic books.

He was the chief creator of the Creator’s bill of Rights, which was a lawful document that guaranteed Comic book artists’ rights as well as their work.

McCloud was born in 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest child of Willard Wise (a blind inventor and engineer) and Patricia Beatrice McLeod, and spent most of his childhood in Lexington, Massachusetts. He decided he wanted to be a comics artist in 1975, during his junior year in high school.

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Who is Scott McCloud Dating?

According to our records, Scott McCloud married to Ivy Ratafia. As of December 1, 2023, Scott McCloud’s is not dating anyone.

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Beginning in the late 1990s, McCloud was an early advocate of micropayments. He was an adviser to BitPass, a company that provided an online micropayment system, which he helped launch with the publication of The Right Number, an online graphic novella priced at US$0.25 for each chapter.

Facts & Trivia

Scott Ranked on the list of most popular Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Scott McCloud celebrates birthday on June 10 of every year.

In 1990, McCloud coined the idea of a 24-hour comic: a complete 24-page comic created by a single cartoonist in 24 consecutive hours. It was a mutual challenge with cartoonist Steve Bissette, intended to compel creative output with a minimum of self-restraining contemplation. Thousands of cartoonists have since taken up the challenge, including Neil Gaiman; Kevin Eastman, co- creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Dave Sim, who published some of his work from this challenge in Cerebus the Aardvark; and Rick Veitch who used it as a springboard for his comic Rarebit Fiends.

What happened to Scott McCloud?

Personal life. McCloud lives in California. In 1988 he married Ivy Ratafia, and they had two daughters together. Ivy died in a car accident in April 2022.

How does Scott McCloud define comics?

So, to review, we know that McCloud’s definition of comics is: “ Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.” And we’ve now learned what all that means and seen how that can apply to eLearning courses as well.

How old is Scott McCloud?

61 years (June 10, 1960)

Who published Understanding Comics?

ISBN-13:9780060976255
Publisher:| HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:| 04/27/1994
Edition description:| Reprint
Pages:| 224

What is the point of speech bubbles?

Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons, or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in comic books, comics, and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the comic.