See here for a preview of The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist, which will be released on April 1.
"Created with full access to the cartoonist’s archives, The Art of Daniel Clowes collects for the first time Clowes’s best-known and seldom-seen illustrations, personal photos and memorabilia, behind-the-scenes drawings and sketchbook pages, along with unpublished comics and original art. The 224-page full-color hardcover also features:
an introduction by George Meyer (The Simpsons)
a career-spanning interview by Kristine McKenna (Talk to Her)
and the following essays:
Book designer Chip Kidd on Clowes and design
Art critic Susan Miller on Wilson and portraiture
Writer Ken Parille on Clowes’s post-Y2K graphic novels
Film critic Ray Pride on David Boring and film
Cartoonist Chris Ware on why other cartoonists fear Clowes"
Edited by Alvin Buenaventura
Designed by Jonathan Bennett
Co-Edited by Ken Parille
Published by Abrams ComicArts
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Coming Soon
Thursday, January 19, 2012
New Grid
My new column is up at The Comics Journal .
It's kind of a "2011: Year in Comics" review essay.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
New GRID Column at TCJ: Discussion Forum
My new column will be up at The Comics Journal on Thursday.
I make ten observations about Daniel Clowes's The Death-Ray that I hope will kickstart a conversation about the comic.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Little Bear
Got the news this morning that our precious boy has aggressive and incurable cancer.
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Best. Cat. Ever.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Justice League #1 Examined
My sixth GRID column will be up at The Comics Journal on Monday.
It's a look at the new Justice League #1.
Normally I write about comics I like and try to explain what's interesting about them.
This time I take a different approach.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Ditko at TCJ
My fifth GRID column is up at The Comics Journal . The essay is about:
Ditko and Satire
Sick Humor and Black Comedy
Mania, Laughter, and Death
Performance and Parody
Pantomine and Inter-Panel Narrators
Jokes and Wordplay
Naming and Allegory
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Paying for It: "Critical Libertarian Aesthetic Visual Theory"
My fourth GRID column is up at The Comics Journal here, a "fantasy three-way" "conversation" about the art in Chester Brown's new graphic novel, in which I play all of the roles.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Jack Kirby and Chris Ware
My third GRID column -- "Bedlam and Baby: Parables of Creation in Jack Kirby and Chris Ware" -- is now up at The Comics Journal here.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Absolutely Normal: Looking for Ann Roy
I would appreciate any information anyone has on the cartoonist Ann Roy (Ann Roy Emmitt). She published a collection of cartoons in 1947 titled Absolutely Normal. Please email me at my hotmail account: kparille at . . . 
