Word: kochalka
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Rall's article. The other really big name, Robert Crumb, has handed over what look like a couple pages from his sketchbooks, depicting a pair of medieval "Crumb Girls" in a catfight. Other conrtibutors include Julie Doucet, Jay Lynch, Kaz, Gary Panter, Robert Williams, Mary Fleener, Sam Henderson, James Kochalka and at least two dozen others...
...Simplicity best describes everything about Porcellino's work, including the drawings. Along several other "comix brut" artists like Tom Hart, Jon Lewis, and James Kochalka, Porcellino eschews finely shaded, meticulously detailed, or even accurate drawings in favor of a raw, "unprofessional" look. One panel of "King-Cat Collection" shows a woman stroking the top of a blob. A little flag points to it and reads, "a horse." Cars have only two wheels and look squashed flat. He draws only the outlines of things, and as little as he can get away with to identify the who and where...