Graphic Fiction Archive

  • Follow @yaleARTbooks In February of 2014, Yale University Press will release an exciting new book on the history of comics: Comics Art, by Paul Gravett, the man the Times of London […] 0

    Sneak Preview: Comics Art, by Paul Gravett

    Follow @yaleARTbooks In February of 2014, Yale University Press will release an exciting new book on the history of comics: Comics Art, by Paul Gravett, the man the Times of London […]

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    Character Sketch: The Comic That Inspired Roy Lichtenstein

    Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, by curators James Rondeau and Sheena Wagstaff (2012), accompanies an expansive Lichtenstein exhibition currently at the Art Institute of Chicago, later moving to the National Gallery […]

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    Forces of Geek Cartooning Contest

    This month, the blog “Forces of Geek” is giving away four copies of Ivan Brunetti’s Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice, a must-read for the cartoon aficionado. Using hand-drawn illustration accompanied by […]

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    Staff Holiday Picks: Indie Comics and Graphic Novels

    Seven Perfect Gifts for the Lover of Indie Comics & Graphic Novels For several years, Yale University Press has been building a distinguished list of books about comic art and […]

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    How I Learned to Think Like a Cartoonist

    Earlier this year, Yale University Press was thrilled to publish a “classroom in a book” by Ivan Brunetti. Brunetti, an acclaimed cartoonist and illustrator, has taught courses on illustration and comics […]

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    The Art of Laughter and Persuasion: Infinite Jest Opening @ The Met

    Making faces is funny.  Kids recognize the humorous possibilities of twisted features and exaggerated expressions, as they distort their own faces in an effort (usually successful) to make one another […]

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    The Doonesbury Debate

    Although Garry Trudeau has been creating the Doonesbury comic strip for over four decades, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize twice and won it once, he has stated that his “scrawlings made the cartoon industry safe for bad art.” Brian Walker notes that he “had always felt that [Trudeau] had not received adequate recognition for his talents as an artist and graphic designer.” His Doonesbury and the Art of G.B. Trudeau restores the cartoonist’s reputation as a master of all aspects of his craft.

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    Propaganda As Art?: Windows on the War

    Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945, edited by Art Institute of Chicago curators Peter Kort Zegers and Douglas Druick to accompany an exhibition on view there until October 23, 2011, examines an art form that had been forgotten until now. The stenciled, handmade posters made by the Soviet TASS news agency during WWII are now available to the English-speaking public for the first time.

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    The Feininger “Family Business”

    Covering the full breadth of Lyonel Feininger's artistic career, a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, "Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World", places him as a central figure in developing early 20th-century forms and the conversations that took place between German and American styles of art.

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    Ivan Brunetti Becomes a Yale Bestselling Author Again!

    June 2011 has turned into a landmark month for Yale University Press’s beloved cartoonist-author Ivan Brunetti. Earlier this summer, his wonderful Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice landed at #17 on the […]

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