Every Now and Then
by Dan Nadel
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Every now and then I feel compelled to make sure you, the CC faithful, are aware of what’s going on over at PictureBox. This is one of those times. You want fusion? Criticism? Porn? We have it all.
Dig this, and don’t go crying to Santoro if you miss it all:
–Comics by Carlos Zefiro, a mid-century Brazilian cartoonist who makes Raymond Pettibon look like a wussy.
-Deeply underground material from the 1970s, like Book of Dreams by John Thompson (signed with drawings!) and Inner City Romance by Guy Colwell.
-Evidence of a burgeoning obsession with Italian comics maestro Magnus, in the form of a jaw dropping retrospective book and a very cool edition of Necron.
–Graphic novels from the golden 80s.
-And of course, a gorgeous silkscreen and flocked print by Sir Tim Hensley and a new Jimmy Corrigan story by Chris Ware.
It’s like our very own Comic-Con! But less crowded and more fun. Don’t forget our comic strip, True Chubbo, multiple blogs, and the enchanting “Daily Yokoyama”.
Now back to your regularly scheduled reading.
Labels: Carlos Zefiro, John Thompson, Magnus, ranxerox, Raymond Sohn, Richard Corben, shameless promotion, Tim Hensley
Pettibon has always sucked. The Zefiro stuff looks great… unless it’s some kind of postmodern joke by a name cartoonist, I can never tell anymore.
Magnus has always been fucking great.
A Magnus art book? Great news! I’ve just been looking up his older stuff. He’s an AMAZING artist.
By the way, re-looking at Necron I have to ask- anyone else see shades of Jaime in there? Maybe it’s just the clean line but when I see the highlights on the woman’s lips I always see a connection. That Necron book is a great deal- with a cartoonist that good you don’t need to read the language as the art makes all the sick jokes completely readable anyway.