McSweeney's #13
Let's continue our conversation about the artist(s) you find compelling in the McSweeney's collection. Who are your faves? Why?
posted by Trevor Dodge @ 12:28 PM
Virtual think & type-out-loud space for Literature Seminar: Illuminated Manuscripts
posted by Trevor Dodge @ 12:28 PM
7 Comments:
At 3:17 PM,
Anonymous said…
I'm going to say it again but I'm digging Kaz and his Underworld comic strips. Not only is he a fellow Lithuanian but also he is inspired by some of my heroes such as The Ramones and Ed Big Daddy Roth. His work is crass, sarcastic, and sometimes just damn stupid and funny. I am inspired by how hard he has pushed his work to be seen. I don’t think you can pick up a weekly in any of the major cities in this country without seeing his work in it. His work has now begun to transcend that of just the printed page and his Smoking Cat character has been made into a collectible vinyl toy. Kaz is cool.
At 9:17 PM,
Anonymous said…
While I wasn't entirely enchanted by the stories within them (not complaining either), I really liked the little "supplement" books that came with McSweeney's. They are self-contained and interesting as little objects. They are also easily reproducable, unlike costly larger books, which gives them a democratic quality. While they're a few steps up in quality from a photocopied zine, they're still just folded and stapled, and look nice anyway.
At 10:08 AM,
Anonymous said…
If anyone's interested, Chris Ware and Charles Burns did an interview for the NPR radio show Open Source a few months back. They have it archived here on their site:
www.radioopensource.org
Pretty interesting hearing directly from these two prominent comics artists, and their takes on the current comics industry. It's a big download (24megs) and it runs about an hour, but if you just download it to your ipod and listen to it while you're doing other things, its a good listen.
At 11:18 AM,
Trevor Dodge said…
Thanks for the link, Casey. Should be an interesting back-and-forth between Ware and Burns...
At 1:59 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hello! i missed class last week, i was sick, and then i just got back from New York....figure i better make my first post on the online class blog thingy, woohoo!
i just wanted to quickly comment in response to Mia's comment about the little "supplement" books that came with the book....its interesting how excited i was, just because of the very nature of finding a little surprise in the pocket of a big book...im interested in zines too so the little folded stappled "supplements" kind of transitioned me out of the big published thick hardcover book world and into a quirky zine-like d.i.y. simple world that i could relate to..
as for the subject matter, i think the one with the little bird, the poetic, black and white one...soooo cute! oh my god, have you ever seen another comic so ridiculously cute, but still sophisticated at the same time? awww... and the other one, the color one with the blackhaired girl with the piggy nose...super wierd. i wasnt so sure, but i got really into it by the end. overall i wasnt sure what to make of it, the story, really...
---Gina*
At 11:22 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hi, I just read 'The Death of Thomas Scott' I guess it's historically based but it has a very absurdist quality to it. I particulary like the repetitve use of the x's. the style is very simple and reminds me of Tintin comics, maybe it's the big noses and beards. I dont know the larger story, but the idea of languages and barriers seems to be important. Maybe Thomas Scott only understands expletives. Tough ending though. It makes me want to read more, just so I'm not left with that.
-Maeve
At 11:28 PM,
Anonymous said…
zachary here,
I was captured by the Seth excerpt from the Clyde Fans comic.There is something very haunting in seth's simplistic and clean cartoon style of drawing. The surreal story and puzzling characters are not presented in an " over the top manner" but rather remind me of an old horror movie. Something from the 50's that relied more on mood and setting rather then strong graphic images. I relate this to Seth's work because of his intelligent composition and great storytelling that makes his work so powerful.
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