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On Abstract Comics: The Anthology (Currently SOLD OUT):
The artists assembled by Andrei Molotiu for his anthology ABSTRACT COMICS (Fantagraphics, $39.99) push “cartooning” to its limits... It’s a fascinating book to stare at, and as with other kinds of abstract art, half the fun is observing your own reactions: anyone who’s used to reading more conventional sorts of comics is likely to reflexively impose narrative on these abstractions, to figure out just what each panel has to do with the next.
--Douglas Wolk, New York Times Book Review, Holiday Books edition, December 6, 2009 The collection has a wealth of rewarding material... it is a significant historical document that may jump-start an actual new genre.
--Doug Harvey, LA Weekly It becomes a treat to take a page of art - or a simple panel - and consider how the shapes, texture, depth, and color interact with one another; to reflect on how, when one takes the time, the enjoyment one ordinarily finds in reading a purely textually-oriented, narrative-driven written story can - with the graphic form - be translated into something completely different.
--Adam Waterreus, Politics and Prose, "Favorite Graphic Literature of the Year."
...this arresting book is like a scoop of primordial narrative, representational mud. Which is to say, it has vitaminic powers.
--Design Observer
For years, comics (at least American ones) have doggedly refused for one reason or another, to consider other schools of art and beyond mere representation. It's only now we see artists attempting to branch out and try to push at the edge's of the medium's definition. As such I found Abstract Comics to be a revealing, thought-provoking and genuinely lovely book that I'll be sure to be rereading in the months to come.
Andrei,
ReplyDeleteCan you possibly email me a copy of the invite?
Thanks in advance.
Sure, but this is it... I mean, if you download it off the site it's the same file as if I email it to you.
ReplyDeletebut it means so much more if you send it personally.
ReplyDeleteIt's the thought that counts.
ReplyDeleteAndrei, you will be working your ass off this weekend. and probably loving it. Good luck and have fun!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't download it from this blog for some reason. Got it now, thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks again Andrei and everyone at the James Gallery (as well as MoCCA and Jim Hanley's) for putting this show together.
ReplyDeleteTake lots of pictures! (Of course you'll be busy speaking and signing, etc. so hopefully someone else will.)
HAve a great time Andrei and Co. in the discussion and all! Wish I could make it!
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