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Demons In The Spring
''Demons in the Spring'' is a collection of twenty short stories by Chicago author Joe Meno. Released by Punk Planet books in 2008, with illustrations by twenty artists including Charles Burns, Archer Prewitt, Ivan Brunetti, Jay Ryan, Paul Hornschemeier, Anders Nilsen, Geoff McFedtridge, Kelsey Brookes, Kim Hiorthoy, Chris Uphues, Caroline Hwang, Rachell Sumpter, kozyndan, Evan Hecox, and Cody Hudson. Each of Meno's short stories explores depression, loneliness and insanity in the world. The characters are off-center and morose. List of stories and contributing artists # "Frances the Ghost" (illustration by Charles Burns (cartoonist), Charles Burns) # "Stockholm 1973" (illustration by Evan Hecox) # "An Apple Could Make You Laugh" (illustration by Geoff McFetridge) # "It Is Romance" (illustration by Ivan Brunetti) # "The Sound before the End of the World" (illustration by Kim Hiorthøy) # "Animals in the Zoo" (illustration by Jay Ryan) # "People Are Becoming Clouds" (illustration b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demons In The Spring
''Demons in the Spring'' is a collection of twenty short stories by Chicago author Joe Meno. Released by Punk Planet books in 2008, with illustrations by twenty artists including Charles Burns, Archer Prewitt, Ivan Brunetti, Jay Ryan, Paul Hornschemeier, Anders Nilsen, Geoff McFedtridge, Kelsey Brookes, Kim Hiorthoy, Chris Uphues, Caroline Hwang, Rachell Sumpter, kozyndan, Evan Hecox, and Cody Hudson. Each of Meno's short stories explores depression, loneliness and insanity in the world. The characters are off-center and morose. List of stories and contributing artists # "Frances the Ghost" (illustration by Charles Burns (cartoonist), Charles Burns) # "Stockholm 1973" (illustration by Evan Hecox) # "An Apple Could Make You Laugh" (illustration by Geoff McFetridge) # "It Is Romance" (illustration by Ivan Brunetti) # "The Sound before the End of the World" (illustration by Kim Hiorthøy) # "Animals in the Zoo" (illustration by Jay Ryan) # "People Are Becoming Clouds" (illustration b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Meno
Joe Meno (born 1974) is an American novelist, writer of short fiction, playwright, and music journalist based in Chicago. Biography After attending Columbia College Chicago, Meno spent time working as a flower delivery truck driver and art therapy teacher at a juvenile detention center. His first novel ''Tender as Hellfire'' was published when he was only 24 and received strong reviews from sources like Library Journal. His short fiction has appeared in literary magazines like '' TriQuarterly'', '' Ninth Letter'', '' Joyland: A hub for short fiction'', and ''Other Voices''. He currently teaches fiction writing at Columbia College Chicago. He is a frequent contributor to ''Punk Planet'' magazine, where his comic strip ''Iceberg Town'' is featured. Selected bibliography *'' Tender as Hellfire''. Akashic Books, 2007/St. Martin's Press, 1999. *'' How the Hula Girl Sings''. Akashic Books, 2005/ReganBooks, 2001. *''Hairstyles of the Damned''. Akashic Books, 2004. *'' Bluebirds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punk Planet
''Punk Planet'' was a 16,000 print run punk zine, based in Chicago, Illinois, that focused most of its energy on looking at punk subculture rather than punk as simply another genre of music to which teenagers listen. In addition to covering music, ''Punk Planet'' also covered visual arts and a wide variety of progressive issues — including media criticism, feminism, and labor issues. The most notable features in ''Punk Planet'' were the interviews and album reviews. The interviews generally ran two or three pages, and tended to focus on the motivations of the artist (or organizer, activist, or whoever) being interviewed. ''Punk Planet'' aimed to be more inclusive than the well-known zine '' Maximum Rock and Roll'', and tried to review nearly all the records it received, so long as the record label wasn't owned or partially owned by a major label. This led to a review section typically longer than thirty pages, covering a variety of musical styles. Although much of the music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Burns (cartoonist)
Charles Burns (born September 27, 1955) is an American cartoonist and illustrator. His early work was published in a Sub Pop fanzine, and he achieved prominence in the early issues of ''RAW''. His graphic novel ''Black Hole'' won the Harvey Award. Career Comics Charles Burns' earliest works include illustrations for the Sub Pop fanzine, and '' Another Room Magazine'' of Oakland, but he came to prominence when his comics were published for the first time in early issues of ''RAW'', the avant-garde comics magazine founded in 1980 by Françoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman. In 1982, Burns did a die-cut cover for RAW #4. Raw Books also published two books of Burns as RAW One-Shots: ''Big Baby'' and ''Hard-Boiled Defective Stories''.El Borbah / ''Hard-Boiled Defective Stories'' at |
Kim Hiorthøy
Kim Hiorthøy (born March 17, 1973) is a Norwegian electronic musician, graphic designer, illustrator, filmmaker and writer. Biography Hiorthøy was born and raised in Trondheim, Norway, and studied at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (1991–96) as well as the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1999–2000). During his tenure at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Hiorthøy spent a year abroad in 1994 to attend the School of Visual Arts in New York. There he worked extensively with Cinematographer Mott Hupfel. Currently, he lives and works in Berlin, Germany. A fictionalized version of Hiorthøy is a character in Erlend Loe's novel '' L''. Career Music Hiorthøy began making music while attending the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art; he worked in the academy's sound studio until he left school and purchased his own equipment. After various "collaborations and accidents", his music was eventually introduced to Joakim Haugland of the Smalltown Supersound record label. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Brookes
Kelsey Ross Brookes (born 1978) is an artist who resides in San Diego, California. He is associated with RVCA, Pictures On Walls in London, Lazarides Gallery in London, as well as a number of other ongoing projects. Early life Born in 1978 in Denver, Colorado. Kelsey spent 2002 surfing and living out of a car in Australia. Upon returning from Australia he moved from Colorado to San Diego, California. Fine art and other projects In 2005 Kelsey Brookes left the science industry to pursue a full-time career in art. He began to develop a unique style of figurative art. In April 2006 Kelsey began a relationship with the San Diego, California, indie band Grand Ole Party doing the cover art for their EP release that year. Again, in 2007 Kelsey did the cover of GOP's LP album ''Humanimals ''Humanimals'' is the debut album released by San Diego-based alternative rock band Grand Ole Party. It was released on August 7, 2007, on iTunes and was released on DH Records, February 5, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archer Prewitt
Archer Prewitt (born 1963 in Frankfort, Kentucky) is an American musician and cartoonist associated with the independent music scene in Chicago, Illinois. Biography Music Prewitt enrolled in the Kansas City Art Institute and began drumming in the band Tunnel Dogs and then Mudhead. Archer also played bass in Kansas City local favorites the Bangtails. A song by the Bangtails appears on the 2020 compilation ''Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987''. He then co-founded The Coctails, who moved from Kansas City to Chicago after their first album (1989) and went on to release six albums in all by the time they played their last show on New Year's Eve 1995/96. By then Prewitt had also been involved with a new project, The Sea and Cake, who have released several critically acclaimed albums. Concomitant with his work in The Sea and Cake, Prewitt produced several solo releases. Comics and illustration In addition to his music, Prewitt is a freelance illustrator, carto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Nilsen (cartoonist)
Anders Nilsen (born 1973) is an American cartoonist who lives in Los Angeles, California. Biography Nilsen graduated with an art degree from the University of New Mexico in 1996.Nilsen, Anders. "Afterword," ''Big Questions, or Asomatognosia'' (Drawn & Quarterly, June 2011), p. 589. He moved to Chicago in 1999 to get a Master of Fine Arts in painting, but dropped out after one year. Nilsen's comics have appeared in the anthologies '' Kramers Ergot'' and '' Mome''. His graphic novel ''Dogs and Water'' won an Ignatz Award in 2005. An excerpt from '' Dogs and Water '' was featured in the inaugural 2006 edition of the ''Best American Comics'' anthology, and the book was expanded and reissued in hardcover in 2007. In 2007, Nilsen won an Ignatz Award for his graphic memoir, ''Don't Go Where I Can't Follow,'' and in 2012, he won an Ignatz Award for ''Big Questions'', a collected edition of his comic book series. Nilsen is co-founder of Autoptic, a bi-annual festival of independent c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachell Sumpter
Rachell Sumpter (born November 18, 1982, in Los Angeles, California) is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist working in Seattle, Washington. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design, Sumpter's exhibitions have included solo exhibitions at the Richard Heller Gallery (Los Angeles), Hosfelt Gallery (New York City) Foley Gallery and Motel (Portland). Her work has also been showcased in group exhibitions at Jack Hanley Gallery (San Francisco), the Orange County Museum of Art and LACMA, among others. She currently teaches illustration, drawing and painting at a University in Seattle. In addition to her exhibition work, Sumpter also maintains a commercial illustration practice. Her ongoing work with Dave Eggers and McSweeney's can be seen in the cover art for Zeitoun and What is the What. Her other clients include Chronicle Books, Penguin Books, Random House and the ''New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Owens
Laura Owens (born 1970) is an American painter, gallery owner and educator. She emerged in the late 1990s from the Los Angeles art scene. She is known for large-scale paintings that combine a variety of art historical references and painterly techniques. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California. In 2013, she turned her studio work space into an exhibition space called ''356 Mission'', in collaboration with art dealer Gavin Brown and Wendy Yao. Soon after, she hosted a second location with the art bookstore ''Ooga Booga #2'' in the front of the building. The ''356 Mission'' art space closed in 2019, due to the lease ending. In 2003 Owens had her first survey exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Owens’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Secession, Vienna (2015); Kunstmuseum Bonn (2011); Bonnefanten Museum (2007); Kunsthalle Zürich (2006); Camden Arts Centre, London (2006); Milwaukee Art Museum (2003); Aspen Art Museum, Colorado (2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Short Story Collections
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