(To read Part 1 in its entirety, click here.)

"This book is my bid to describe comics' external life, in which some value judgments will be inevitable," McCloud states in the introduction to Reinventing Comics. "Of course, the world of value judgments is a messy place and I'm not a messy guy, but I'll try anything once, so..." he continues with a reluctant but courageous perseverance, "Into the breach!"

For the full story, please see Comics Journal #234