Editing Understanding Comics (section)

==Awards and honors==
''Understanding Comics'' won multiple [[Harvey Awards]] in 1994 for Best Graphic Album/Original Material<ref name=Harvey1994/> and Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation.<ref name=Harvey1994/> In addition, McCloud won the 1994 Harvey Award for Best Writer.<ref name=Harvey1994>[http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/harvey94.php "1994 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners"]. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved November 16, 2011.</ref> 

''Understanding Comics'' won the 1994 [[Eisner Award]] for Best Comics-Related Book.<ref name=Eisners1994>[http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner94.php "1994 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees"]. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. November 16, 2011.</ref>

Author McCloud won the 1994 [[Adamson Award]] for Best International Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist. The book was a finalist for the 1994 [[Hugo Award]] for [[Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book|Best Non-Fiction Book]].

The Swedish translation of the book, ''Serier: Den Osynliga Konsten'', published in 1995 by Häftad, was awarded the 1996 [[Urhunden Prize]].

The French translation of the book, titled ''L'Art invisible'' and published by Vertige Graphic, won the [[Prix Bloody Mary]] at the 2000 [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]]. In addition, it was nominated for that year's [[Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album]].