Paul Karasik
American cartoonist, editor, and teacher best known for co-adapting Paul Auster's City of Glass into a graphic novel with David Mazzucchelli; also noted for comics scholarship (e.g., the essay "How to Read Nancy"), editing, and teaching cartooning.
Books
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1. How To Read Nancy
A concise, illustrated study that deconstructs a classic four-panel newspaper comic to reveal the visual grammar and craftsmanship behind its apparent simplicity, showing how composition, timing, line, and panel-to-panel relationships create meaning and humor. Through page-by-page close readings, diagrams, and commentary, it teaches readers how to ‘read’ comics as a language and exposes techniques useful to both casual readers and creators who want to understand how deliberate formal choices shape storytelling and comedic effect.