"I'm not concerned with the news of the day The stories of who murdered who And for the columns what they have to say I have no need of I don't want to read of The guys and all their honeys The wealthy daughters or the sonnies The news about the lovely trips that people take in ships I'd rather read about the people in the comic strips Which means I'm simply mad about I mean I couldn't do without... THE FUNNIES" - Irving Berlin, written between 1932-1936 SOURCES: Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, Scott McCloud, 1993 Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form, Scott McCloud, 2000 Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative, Will Eisner, 1996 How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, Stan Lee and John Buscema, 1978