In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists

By Todd Hignite

Book Overview

Nine critically acclaimed cartoonists and graphic novelists invite us into their studios to discuss their art and inspirations These studio visits with some of today's most popular and innovative... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300110162
• ISBN13: 9780300110166
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.0" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Good book on some great artists

I like this book. The author gets too verbose when he's introducing each man. But once pass that unnecessary vocabulary grandstanding, there are some great pages of discovery to be made about each artist. Amazing insight into who influences these amazing artists. Especially revealing are the Hernandez, Ware, Burns, and Clowes influences. There are a few good chuckles in the Clowes section (the caption about two panesl from a Ditko piece he owns had me laughing out loud) But for me, the best interview is saved for last. Ivan Brunetti. I never liked the guy's 'personality' in his comics and was amazed he was included in this line-up. But his interview reveals a very interesting man. Not many examples of his work are to be displayed, but rather a series of images showing the process of completing a strip.