{"id":8374,"date":"2011-02-02T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T18:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=8374"},"modified":"2011-02-02T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T18:01:52","slug":"kickstarting-black-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=8374","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarting Black Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cover for Black Eye<\/p><\/div>\n

Friend of Comics Comics Ryan Standfest is putting together an anthology called Black Eye<\/em> which will “collect original narrative comics, art and essays by 42 international artists and writers, all focused on the expression of black, dark or absurdist humor.” All the art and writing for the book is done and now Ryan is raising money for the printing. He has a kickstart page devoted to this purpose, which can be accessed here<\/a>. This page also has more information about the project, including the rewards that will be given to funders such as a limited edition of the publication. I’m involved with Black Eye<\/em> but even if I weren’t I would say that this is a project worth supporting: Ryan has a great curatorial sensibility and the tradition of visually shocking material that he’s gathering together is an important one in comics history, although currently underrated in our fey and sensitive age.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a list of contributors to Black Eye<\/em>:<\/p>\n

With original comics and art by:<\/p>\n

St\u00e9phane Blanquet (France)
\nIvan Brunetti (USA- Chicago)
\nLilli Carr\u00e9 (USA- Chicago)
\nMax Clotfelter (USA- Seattle)
\nAl Columbia (USA)
\nLudovic Debeurme (France)
\nOlivier Deprez (France)
\nNikki DeSautelle (USA- Detroit)
\nBrecht Evens (Belgium)
\nAndy Gabrysiak (USA- Detroit)
\nRobert Goodin (USA- Pasadena)
\nDav Guedin (France)
\nGnot Guedin (France)
\nGlenn Head (USA- New York City)
\nDanny Hellman (USA- New York City)
\nPaul Hornschemeier (USA- Chicago)
\nIan Huebert (USA- San Francisco)
\nKaz (USA- Los Angeles)
\nMichael Kupperman (USA- New York City)
\nMats!? (USA- Oakland, CA)
\nFanny Micha\u00eblis (France)
\nJames Moore (USA- New York City)
\nTom Neely (USA- Los Angeles)
\nMark Newgarden (USA- New York City)
\nPaul Nudd (USA- Chicago)
\nOnsmith (USA- Chicago)
\nEmelie \u00d6stergren (Sweden)
\nPaul Paetzel (Germany)
\nDavid Paleo (Argentina)
\nBruno Richard (France)
\nMartin Rowson (United Kingdom)
\nOlivier Schrauwen (Belgium)
\nStephen Schudlich (USA- Detroit)
\nRobert Sikoryak (USA- New York City)
\nBrecht Vandenbroucke (Belgium)
\nWouter Vanhaelemeesch (Belgium)
\nJon Vermilyea (USA- New York City)<\/p>\n

And original essays by:
\n-Jeet Heer (Canada), on S. Clay Wilson
\n-Bob Levin (USA- Berkeley, CA), on The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist by Michael O\u2019Donoghue and Frank Springer
\n-Ken Parille (USA- Greenville, NC), on humor in the work of Steve Ditko
\n-Ryan Standfest (USA- Detroit), on Al Feldstein and \u201csick\u201d humor at E.C. + interview with Al Feldstein<\/p>\n

And a text by:
\nRoland Topor (France), 100 Good Reasons To Kill Myself Right Now, translated into English for the first time by Edward Gauvin<\/p>\n

“BLACK EYE” is edited by Ryan Standfest and published by Rotland Press + Comicworks, Detroit, Michigan, USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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