The Comics Journal: WINTER 2004 (COMICS JOURNAL SPECIAL) - Softcover

Hirschfeld, Al; Feiffer, Jules; Spiegelman, Art; Ware, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560975385 ISBN 13: 9781560975380

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 1838

Synopsis

Four top artists discuss the history of cartooning, illustration, and caricature as well as their respective careers, in a compendium complemented by a previously unpublished interview with Hugo Pratt and essays on graphic historical fiction. Original.

About this title

About the Author

Founded in 1976, The Comics Journal recently celebrated its 250th issue and won the 2002 Utne Independent Press Award in the category of Arts & Literature Coverage. The magazine is a ten-time Harvey Award-winner for "Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Publication between 1989-2002, and a five-time Eisner Award-winner for "Best Comics-Related Periodical" between 1995-2002. Gary Groth is the founder of Fantagraphics Books and The Comics Journal, and has contributed to The Baffler, The Seattle Weekly, Below Critical Radar, and more. He lives in Seattle, WA, with his son, Conrad.

Reviews

The latest semiannual Comics Journal monograph special spotlights cartoonists from four generations, whose only commonality is elite status in the cartoon world. Art Spiegelman, creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus, interviews legendary caricaturist (particularly of theatrical luminaries) Al Hirschfeld and fellow Pulitzer honoree Jules Feiffer, whose social-commentary strip distinguished the Village Voice for 42 years. Editor Gary Groth conducts additional interviews with Feiffer and Spiegelman and moderates a panel discussion featuring Feiffer and young innovator Chris Ware, of Jimmy Corrigan (2000) fame. Other subjects include Ben Katchor and his urban fantasies, early-twentieth-century cartoonist Lyonel Feininger, and editorial cartoonist Bill Mauldin. The book's second section consists of strips depicting "the Shock of Recognition"--an event, experience, or work of art that profoundly affected the artist--by Ware, R. Crumb, Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, Bill Griffith, Gary Panter, Phoebe Gloeckner, Ho Che Anderson, and 23 more leading alternative-comics artists. Like previous CJ specials, matchless critical and historical coverage of comics as art. Gordon Flagg
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Edition details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 1838
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1560975385
• ISBN 13: 9781560975380
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132