"Art Out Of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries 1900-1960"

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The title and concept seem totally up my alley; does anyone know anything about this book?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 14 July 2006 07:42 (nineteen years ago)

Anything that collects stuff by Rory Hayes has to be worth getting (tho' calling him and HERBIE 'unknown' is stretching the def a little bit)

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 14 July 2006 10:04 (nineteen years ago)

well, nice cover.

― tom west (thomp), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:50 (nineteen years ago)

It's pretty brilliant. Everyone should get it. Nadel's done a great job of uncovering an alternate history of comics--unlike other books, like Comics before 1945, it reads more like a graphic novel. Additionally, unlike the usual suspects, like the Smithsonian book, the selections are incredibly, wonderfully weird. Did anyone go to Nadel's reading at Rocket in Brooklyn a few weeks ago?

― ASDF (ASDFASDF), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

Dan Nadel's blog with a link to Tom Spurgeon's review:

http://comicscomicsmag.blogspot.com/

― ASDF (ASDFASDF), Monday, 17 July 2006 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

the spurgeon review is for their mag COMICS COMICS, btw, which looks great but is only 16 pgs long

― ASDF (ASDFASDF), Monday, 17 July 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

yeah saw this come in at my local shop - looked awesome, gorgeous, will definitely pick it up eventually.

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 17 July 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

Great book. Nadel did a fine job.

― Igor Adkins (Grodd), Monday, 17 July 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

This arrived today. So much of it is hard to read! But there are many delights. Charles Forbell's total rip-off of Chris Ware was startling to turn to.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 05:25 (nineteen years ago)

I ALMOST thought you were serious.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

That's the difference between I Love Comics and I Love Music. On ILM Casuistry's joke would have turned into a 2000-post random googler bonanza Chris Ware: Why is he so bad and hated?.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

The night is young!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

cris hit me up i luv u

― james corrigan (slutsky), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

Charles Forbell (the only one I can find online):

http://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/forbell_c/forbell_c2.jpg

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

Not that anyone needs the comparison, but Chris Ware (in French?):

http://www.frameonline.it/FotoArticoli/Fumetto5_Corrigan2.jpg

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

people be inspired by stuff!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

Forbell looks like someone who studied Windsor McCay a lot, and Ware's style is an obvious amalgam of McCay, Cliff Sterrett, George McManus and Frank King

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

That's the problem with only finding one (of the, what, only 11 extrant strips?) -- some of the other strips looked like Ware in other modes.

Which is sort of what my joke was getting out -- sure, you can see McCay influencing Ware, but it's not as if you'd ever look at one and be fooled into thinking you were looking at the other.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

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