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Scott McCloud, world-renowned comic book creator and speaker will be joining us at SAS Pudong to conduct student seminars and workshops on April 14.Scott McCloud has been writing and drawing comics professionally since 1984. His first series, Zot!, garnered multiple nominations in the prestigious Harvey and Eisner awards. His book Understanding Comics was a New York Times Notable book for 1994, and has since been translated into over 16 languages.McCloud began the international 24-Hour Comics movement, wrote the influential Bill of Rights for Comics Creators, and is one of the very first American comics artist to incorporate manga influences into his work—nearly 20 years before manga exploded onto the American comics industry.Throughout the 1990s, McCloud was an ardent supporter of webcomics. His theories have been influential in game, web, and interface design. He has lectured on comics and digital media at Google, MIT, Pixar, Microsoft, and the Smithsonian Institution. In 2008 he drew a comic introducing Google’s new browser, Chrome.In recent years, McCloud launched a series of seminars on the art of storytelling through comics, culminating in his 2006 book, Making Comics. He is currently beginning work on a graphic novel; his first original work of fiction intended for print in nine years. Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) has described McCloud as “just about the smartest guy in comics.” Locus magazine called him “arguably, the most important cartoonist alive.”Scott has been brought over from the USA as a special guest of the S2F2 Student Film Festival.  Contact Ms. DeCardy or Mr. Chambers if you’d like to find out more.Watch Scott’s TED Talk here for an example of his presentations to adults: