I love Scott McCloud's book, Understanding Comics. I read it last year over winter break because someone had highly suggested it, and I was not disappointed. I don't remember a lot of specifics from the book, but I do know that it has really made me question all my choices when it comes to making a piece of art or why I like certain things. Also, he is pretty big on recognizing patterns in art and history.
As for what Scott talks about in the book, I think it's great as far as picking things out that you don't really realize when you read a comic. For example, the passage of time between panels, images and text as icons, sequential movements, impact, ect ect.
I also watched his Ted talk. I have to say, he's a pretty nerdy guy. My favorite thing from the whole talk was his quote:
Visions:
Learn From Everyone
Follow No One
Watch for Patterns
Work like Hell
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