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Books Like Understanding Comics

by Scott McCloud · about this book

Loved Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud? If its nonfiction, graphic novel & manga and art & design hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Story of Art, The League of Lady Poisoners and Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Understanding Comics: Nonfiction · Graphic Novel & Manga · Art & Design · Illustrated Book · Art History

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   The Story of Art

   E.H. Gombrich

   Art & Design · Illustrated Book · Art History · Nonfiction · Classics

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   The League of Lady Poisoners

   Lisa Perrin

   Illustrated Book · Nonfiction · Art & Design · Graphic Novel & Manga

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3. 

   Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants

   Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal

   Illustrated Book · Graphic Novel & Manga · Nonfiction · Pop Culture

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4. 

   Book Love

   Debbie Tung

   Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book · Nonfiction

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5. 

   I Left the House Today!

   Cassandra Calin

   Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book · Nonfiction

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6. 

   By My Hands

   Florian Gadsby

   Art & Design · Nonfiction · Illustrated Book

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7. 

   Lavender Clouds: Comics about Neurodivergence and Mental Health

   Bex Ollerton

   Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book · Nonfiction

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8. 

   Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously

   Adam Ellis

   Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book · Nonfiction

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9. 

   The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up

   Marie Kondō

   Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book · Nonfiction

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10. 

    What's Up, Beanie?: Acutely Relatable Comics

    Alina Tysoe

    Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book · Nonfiction

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11. 

    Business Model Generation

    Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur

    Illustrated Book · Nonfiction · Art & Design

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12. 

    How I Broke Up with My Colon: Fascinating, Bizarre, and True Health Stories

    Nick Seluk

    Illustrated Book · Nonfiction · Graphic Novel & Manga

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13. 

    Fowl Language: Welcome to Parenting

    Brian Gordon

    Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book · Nonfiction

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14. 

    Everybody's Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture

    Fab 5 Freddy

    Art & Design · Nonfiction · Pop Culture

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15. 

    The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

    Mallory O'Meara

    Art History · Nonfiction · Pop Culture

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16. 

    Living With Mochi

    Gemma Gené

    Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book

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17. 

    War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers

    Jonathan Kunz

    Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book

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18. 

    The Complete Maus

    Art Spiegelman

    Graphic Novel & Manga · Nonfiction · Classics

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19. 

    Star Wars: Timelines - From the Time Before the High Republic to the Fall of the First Order

    Kristin Baver

    Illustrated Book · Nonfiction · Pop Culture

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20. 

    Fangs

    Sarah Andersen

    Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book

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