Not following the comics industry too closely, I had no idea who Scott McCloud was until the publication of his first book, Understanding Comics. Now he has a new book out, Reinventing Comics as well as an awesome personal web site and other web-centric endeavors.
On his personal site, McCloud has some awesome comics. My Obsession With Chess, for example, is fascinating both for its compelling story as well as the graphical layout.
McCloud is also writing a column for ComicReader.Com which showcases his ideas for putting comics on the web. McCloud touches on a wide range of design issues there. The column, I Can’t Stop Thinking, shows how graphic intensive stories should be told on the Internet. This is the sort of thing I read and get a hundred new ideas from each column.
Finally, a new episode of McCloud’s Zot! comic book series is now being put on the web, with one new issue of the series added each week at ComicBookResources.Com.