Archive | December, 2004

In The Shadow Of No Towers Art Spiegelman

Feelings of loss overwhelm one obsessive and paranoid monkey. Deep inside the towers still burn. The killer apes learned nothing from the twin towers of Auschwitz and Hiroshima, and nothing changed on 9/11. His “president” wages his wars and wars on wages — same old deadly business as usual. The unmentionable odour of death offends [...]

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Chris Ware Daniel Raeburn

Daniel Raeburn examines Chris Ware’s work methods and innovations and discusses the connections between his characters and the character of their creator. Combining innovative comic book art, hand lettering, and graphic design, Ware’s uniquely appealing work is characterized by ceaseless experimentation with narrative and graphic forms. This monograph is a look into the reclusive comic [...]

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