edited by Ivan Brunetti It's too early to say for certain, but this follow-up to Brunetti's already classic 2006 anthology, also published by Yale University Press, might just be even better than its precursor. One thing's for certain: Brunetti has held onto -- and further refined -- his editorial vision of arranging the work contained in this volume in an organic sequence, deftly managing to map out the similarities between artists so that each piece flows smoothly into into the other, creating an amazing sense of an innate connectivity between all areas of comics here on display. This book is a powerful ally in the struggle to bring the light of comics to those poor souls still dwelling in the darkness. It's the perfect choice to turn on a friend or relative to the joy, beauty and pleasures of our favorite medium. Hold onto your hats, here's the contributor list: Daniel Clowes, Saul Steinberg, Sammy Harkham, Chris Ware, R. Sikoryak, Michael Kupperman, Drew Friedman, Mark Beyer, Mack White, Jayr Pulga, Renee French, Kim Deitch, Richard Sala, J. Bradley Johnson, Archer Prewit, Anonymous (utility sketchbook), HJ Tuthill, Milt Gross, Bill Holman, Harvey Kurtzman, R.Crumb, Basil Wolverton, Art Spiegelman, Jess, John Hankiewicz, Tim Hensley, Bill Griffith, Richard McGuire, Gilbert Hernandez, Jim Woodring, David Collier, Eugene Teal, Charles Burns, Karl Wirsum, Gary Panter, Paper Rad, Fletcher Hanks, CF, Charles Forbell, Ron Rege, Jr., Winsor McCay, Matthew Thurber, Souther Salazar, Kevin Scalzo, Megan Kelso, James McShane, Laura Park, Vanessa Davis, Onsmith, Joe Matt, Jeffrey Brown, Martin Cendreda, Dave Kiersh, John Porcellino, Carrie Golus/Patrick Welch, Jessica Abel, Cole Johnson, Lynda Barry, Debbie Drechsler, Diane Noomin, Aline Kominsky-Crum, Ariel Bordeaux, Chester Brown, Anders Nilsen, Joe Sacco, Phoebe Gloeckner, Elinore Norflus, Brian Chippendale, Leif Goldberg, David Mazzuchelli, Jerry Moriarty, Ben Katchor, Frank Santoro, Dan Zettwoch, Kevin Huizenga, Harvey Pekar/R.Crumb, Carol Tyler, Maurice Vellekoop, Seth, Adrian Tomine, Jaime Hernandez & David Heatley. It's simply amazing. Comics Power! PLEASE NOTE: We feel compelled to mention that this volume includes several pieces that contain quite explicit sexual content; and while this content represents only a miniscule fraction of the total, it nevertheless renders this volume fit for ADULTS ONLY.
After three decades in the wilderness of underground comics, Diane Noomin's signature creation, Didi Glitz, get's the deluxe, full-size trade edition treatment. In black and white and full color as required, Glitz-2-Go has it all, from Didi's beat beginnings to her (off-off-off, as in San Francisco) broadway bonanza. Also included are costumed fumetti romps with Diane dressed up as Didi, papier maché dolls, Christmas cards, etchings and more! A career-spanning compendium of the signiture work of an underground comics legend. Together with Aline Kominsky, Noomin created and edited the pioneering women's underground comics anthology, Twisted Sisters (and, yes, this comic book came before the metal band) that helped establish a collective voice for women in comics in the 1970s and 80s. And, as it happens, as Kominsky married R. Crumb, Noomin married Bill Griffith, and both couples have lived happily ever after; A True Comics Fairytale!
Diane Noomin pased away on 1 September 2022. Pittsburgh-based comics writer, John Kelly has put together a moving, in-depth tribute to her life and career, at TCJ.com, HERE. It's well worth your time.
Subtitled "Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival," Drawing Power can be seen as the comics embodiment of the ongoing #MeToo movement. Here, in the 260 pages of this full size hardcover, are the fruits of the labors of over 60 cartoonists from North American and around the world, recruited by editor Diane Noomin to share their personal experiences with sexual violence and harassment in all new comics created especially for this anthology. In black & white, duo-tone and full color, these comics cover a wide range of situations with a diverse cast of comics voices.
Check out the contributor list: Rachel Ang, Zoe Belsinger, Jennifer Camper, Caitlin Cass, Tyler Cohen, Marguerite Dabaie, Soumya Dhulekar, Wallis Eates, Trinidad Escobar, Kat Fajardo, Joyce Farmer, Emil Ferris, Liana Finck, Sarah Firth, Mary Fleener, Ebony Flowers, Claire Folkman, Noel Franklin, Katie Fricas, Siobhán Gallagher, Joamette Gil, J. Gonzalez-Blitz, Georgiana Goodwin, Roberta Gregory, Marian Henley, Soizick Jaffre, Avy Jetter, Sabba Khan, Kendra Josie Kirkpatrick, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Nina Laden, Miss Lasko-Gross, Carol Lay, Miriam Libicki, Sarah Lightman, LubaDalu, Ajuan Mance, MariNaomi, Lee Marrs, Liz Mayorga, Lena Merhej, Bridget Meyne, Carta Monir, Hila Noam, Diane Noomin, Breena Nuñez, Meg O’Shea, Corinne Pearlman, Cathrin Peterslund, Minnie Phan, Kelly Phillips, Powerpaola, Sarah Allen Reed, Kaylee Rowena, Ariel Schrag, M. Louise Stanley, Maria Stoian, Nicola Streeten, Marcela Trujillo, Carol Tyler, Una, Lenora Yerkes & Ilana Zeffren
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Loss is universal and everyone dies, but knowing that doesn't make it any easier. In the last year or so, three of the giants of underground comics passed on: Justin Green, Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Diane Noomin, who is the subject of this heartfelt, introspective comic book by her partner of just shy of fifty years, Bill Griffith. It well conveys the sense of disorientation and melancholy experienced following the loss of one's closest companion.
