The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski by Noah Van Sciver

Julian Glander, Steven Weissman and Leslie Stein. VICE has got the comics you’re clamoring for. Nice preview of the work over at the AV Club. Nick Drnaso‘s Beverly is officially now out and available for you to bring to the warmth of your home. This way, I can move panels around or chop two pages in half and graft them together, things like that. The idea from the beginning has been to make the book in a manner that builds in layers of editing and to allow for further editing by using (mostly) the same grid. Most of what you’ll see here I developed in the making of the first volume of GB. An important read for those who wan’t to understand composing comics for print.

From planning to color separating, Conor goes through it all.

It’s always nice to have a little more insight in the life of Wertz.Ĭonor Stechschulte gives a solid walk through of the process of producing his most recent comic, Generous Bosom 2 on Breakdown Press’ blog. Full of the oddest of ends, it’s a bonafide curiocabinet. Also: a foreword by novelist Ryan Boudinot (Blueprints of the Afterlife) a facsimile reproduction of Bukowski's literary debut, 6 Poems (thought lost to time in the wake of a motel fire that destroyed the entire original print run) a Works Cited section and a selection of visual tributes by over two dozen cartoonists - including Nina Bunjevac, Simon Hanselmann, Jesse Jacobs, Ed Piskor, Leslie Stein, and others.Julia Wertz gives a little tour around through her Studio apartment where she lives and works in Greenpoint, NY. This expanded paperback edition includes additional content, including a 2020 Slate interview with Fante himself and a cover gallery of Fante's previous books. Originally published in hardcover in 2020, The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski quickly sold out and is nominated for a 2021 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album. Van Sciver has created a scathing, hilarious, and empathetic character study of a self-styled author determined to prove that he's just one more poem (or drink) away from success. Living in a beat-up motel, consorting with the downtrodden and mid-level literati, Fante Bukowski must overcome great obstacles: a love interest turned rival, ghostwriting a teen celebrity's memoirs, no actual talent - to gain the respect and adoration of critics and, more importantly, his father.

The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski by Noah Van Sciver