Since Tom mentioned it: I realized the other day that Dan Nadel’s Art Out of Time anthology of idiosyncratic comics might be the most influential book of the latter half of this decade*. Since it came out, we’ve seen the release or impending release of collections of Fletcher Hanks (two! the first of which was a runaway hit and Eisner winner), Herbie, Rory Hayes, Ogden Whitney, Boody Rogers, additional early superhero stuff in Supermen!…all of these were featured in Art Out of Time and all of these projects have been rapturously received. That book spawned a cottage industry, and the way it’s reclaimed forgotten areas of comics’ past is unprecedented, at least as long as I’ve been paying attention to these things.
* First half: Kramers Ergot 4.
ridiculous.–craig yoe p.s.”rogers”
Whoops! Thanks, Craig. (For a while I also listed Herbie like it was an artist rather than a character.) Could you elaborate on what’s ridiculous about this?
There’s also been more Milt Gross stuff- partly due to Craig Yoe! especially if you count people uploading things to the internet. Also there was that Terr’ble Thompson collection.
Also, I think Dan Nadel is planning a Harry Tuthill Bungle Family book for Fantagraphics? And he and Frank Santoro are doing a book of non-Herbie Ogden Whitney stuff.
i think “ridiculous” says it all. don’t worry about the typo, sean. i’m the king of finding them except for the bonehead dumb ones i myself make in unforgiving print. *cringe*
“There’s also been more Milt Gross stuff- partly due to Craig Yoe! especially if you count people uploading things to the internet. Also there was that Terr’ble Thompson collection.”
i yi yi!
–yoe
Carnival of souls
* This is so delightful to me: Curt Purcell interviews Josh Simmons. If you’ve been reading my recent reviews of Josh’s minis, I think you can imagine that there’s a lot to talk about. * Yesterday it was discovered by…