Welcome, Scott McCloud readers!

We are truly honored to have Smash’s comic reader recommended by the author of such seminal books on comics history (and its future) as Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art and Reinventing Comics.

In case you missed it, Scott wrote:

In reference to our earlier thread on formats, I think for those who choose a screen-fitting page-to-page approach, the format SMASH uses is one of the better ways to go.

Designed for photo slideshows, I assume (at least that’s where I usually see it) but a nice fit for long-form comics.

If you’d like to see the reader in action, we recommend you start right here. And if you care to drop us a line, we’d love to know what you think!

I wrote a comment with a bit more information:
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The Smash artist extraordinaire is 33 years young today!

Sniff, sniff… I remember when he was knee-high to a grasshopper. (Not to mention knee-high to me.)

The world’s newest superhero faces his first trial by fire!

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Trial by Fire!

SMASH Episode 5 premieres Friday, March 20th!

The Smash Store is open for business!

Shirts and buttons in a variety of exclusive designs, with many more on the way.

Check them out — and let us know if there’s something you want to see that we haven’t thought of yet!

The costume comes on! Meet the next great super-hero…

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