Word: cartoonist
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...book itself stays true to Ware's high standards, being printed on heavy paper stock and in full color for at least half of the works. The contributors are a jaw-dropping list: every single major North American cartoonist of the last two decades, plus several key historical artists, some newcomers and even a few prose pieces by the likes of John Updike, Chip Kidd ("Peanuts: the Art of Charles M. Schulz") and Glen David Gold ("Carter Beats the Devil"). The works have been loosely organized by genre. Early in the book appears what may be considered the world...
...John wrote wonderful prose, wonderful poetry, and he also was a wonderful cartoonist,” he says. “He did them all with equal facility...
DIED. SYD HOFF, 91, cartoonist and author of such children's books as Danny and the Dinosaur; in Miami Beach, Fla. Hoff originally wanted to be a painter, but his art-school teachers told him to "try something else." He did--and went on to contribute 571 cartoons to the New Yorker...
...makes these highly entertaining stories so readable is their presentation in comix form. Eichhorn, who doesn't draw, was smart enough to hire the best cartooning talent at a time when alty comix were beginning to really blossom. Consequently, the artists read like a who's who of top cartoonists, including Charles Burns, Chester Brown, Dan Clowes, Joe Sacco, Jason Lutes, Julie Doucet and tens of others. The best pieces match the cartoonist with the material. Carol Moiseiwitsch's splattery black and white imagery lends a horrifying intensity to "Fatal Fellatio." Peter Bagge, of "Hate" fame, punches up several tales...
...pointillist style. They contrast sharply with the cartoonier look of the rest of the book. It's like the only reality for these people is when they are in bed together. The parts of the book that carry the story slyly reference the style of Winsor McCay, a pioneering cartoonist whose most famous strip was called "Little Nemo in Slumberland." Like McCay, Chelsea plays with the comix form by busting up the layouts and adding whimsical, surreal moments. At one point David's reflection steps out of the mirror, dressed in a clown suit, and tries to talk some sense...