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In 1991, artist Jeff Smith founded Cartoon Books to self-publish his comic book work, releasing his critically acclaimed series Bone.
Cartoon Books published a hardcover graphic novel of his Rasl story this week, a book following an ex-military engineer who uses the journals of Nikola Tesla to pull of mind-bending capers. We caught up with Smith to find out how comic book self publishing has evolved over the last 20 years. Smith explained:
Self-publishing has been a badge of honor in the comics community for two decades now, since the early 1990s. The Self-publishing Movement was a loosely affiliated group of like-minded writer-artists, who believed that the cartoonist was an author who’s work should be controlled by him or her, and should be read by the widest possible audience. We were on a quest for equal shelf space, equal critical reviews, the ability to sell our work beyond the confines of the comic book retail shops, and perhaps most important, the ability to print our own work and to keep it in print.
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Cartoonist Dash Shaw, who has been working on a feature-length animated film of his own, will present a selection of his recent animation work tomorrow night at Light Industry (155 Freeman Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn). In addition to his own work, Shaw will screen the rare 1980s anime biker drama Bobby’s Girl, a film that has inspired his own approach to animation.
The screening will be followed by a conversation with Shaw. Doors open at 7pm, and tickets are $7. More details at LightIndustry.org.
Here’s a clip from Bobby’s Girl:
(Illustration at top by Dash Shaw)
Seraph from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo.
Describing the work of Dash Shaw as “unique” strains the meaning of the word: childlike and formalist, preoccupied with the physical body and and the larger body of the family. Since his books the massive family drama Bottomless Belly Button and eerie sci-fi Body World, he’s been working in animation. But he has two books coming out from Fantagraphics next year—the standalone NEW SCHOOl and the collection 3 NEW STORIES. He also has a video of a song from the new Sigur Rós album, which will be shown at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival as part of the animated short program. You can watch it above. We recommended blowing it up full screen for the immersive effect. Please note it’s NSFW!
The video is part of the trippy Icelandic band’s Valtari series:
sigur rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from the band’s new album valtari. the idea is to bypass the usual artistic approval process and allow people utmost creative freedom.
Mission accomplished.
Thursday, November 4, 7pm
Artist and SVA alumnus Dash Shaw (BFA 2005 Illustration) will deliver the fall Distinguished Alumnus Lecture. With the publication of Bottomless Belly Button (Fantagraphics, 2008) and BodyWorld (Pantheon, 2010), Shaw has quickly established himself as a leading figure among emerging graphic novelists. The animator and director of IFC’s The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D., Shaw is currently working on the animated feature The Ruined Cast. This event is presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Ink Plots: The Tradition of the Graphic Novel at SVA” at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th floor, October 8 – November 6.
Presented by the Alumni Society of School of Visual Arts.
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street
Free and open to the public
More info here
Check out Dash Shaw’s comic, Bodyworld, which he’s posting online in its entirety. Shaw’s comics and illustrations are sometimes obtuse and challenging - and frankly that’s what makes them so good. You have to reach a bit further to get them, but you’re rewarded for making the effort. (Incidentally, Bodyworld was just nominated for an Eisner Award in the Best Digital Comic category).
Shaw’s last book, Bottomless Bellybutton, was one of the most memorable books of 2008 thanks to the subtlety of its pacing and experimentation.
New York Magazine described it as, “720 pages of knotty family drama, emotional teen angst, lyrical passages about nature, good jokes, bad parenting, architectural schematics, rudimentary codes, and explicit sex” and called it the graphic novel of the year.
Also of interest:
Dash Shaw: Comics Journal interview
