![]() ![]() It becomes a treat to take a page of art - or a simple panel - and consider how the shapes, texture, depth, and color interact with one another to reflect on how, when one takes the time, the enjoyment one ordinarily finds in reading a purely textually-oriented, narrative-driven written story can - with the graphic form - be translated into something completely different. it is a significant historical document that may jump-start an actual new genre. The collection has a wealth of rewarding material. Douglas Wolk, New York Times Book Review, Holiday Books edition, December 6, 2009 It’s a fascinating book to stare at, and as with other kinds of abstract art, half the fun is observing your own reactions: anyone who’s used to reading more conventional sorts of comics is likely to reflexively impose narrative on these abstractions, to figure out just what each panel has to do with the next. ![]() ![]() The artists assembled by Andrei Molotiu for his anthology ABSTRACT COMICS (Fantagraphics, $39.99) push “cartooning” to its limits.
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