Comics Art #[nn]

The cover of this Yale University Press publication sets the tone perfectly: a sprawling, isometric illustration of a bustling creative workspace where a dozen or more figures climb scaffolding, pin "Meanwhile" signs to blank comic panels, get haircuts mid-deadline, haul supply boxes, and sketch furiously — all the controlled chaos of making comics rendered as one intricate, warmly humorous scene. It's an affectionate portrait of the medium's craft, and a fitting invitation to a book that treats comics as the serious art form they are. Published in 2014, *Comics Art* promises a thoughtful, wide-ranging look at a storytelling tradition that clearly delights in its own possibilities.