Jordan Crane (born September 8, 1973) is an American

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. Crane first emerged in 1996 with the anthology ''NON'', which he edited, contributed to, and published. This anthology combines influences from Art Spiegelman's ''RAW'' and newer comics artists. After two more issues of ''NON'', he moved to

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and began collaborating with the now defunct comics publisher Highwater Books. (There are five issues of ''NON'' in total, all including work by Crane.) He has three graphic novels, ''The Last Lonely Saturday'', ''Col-Dee'', and ''The Clouds Above''. He is currently at work on his fourth, ''Keeping Two'', to be published in 2017. Crane's most recent book, ''

The Clouds Above ''The Clouds Above'' is a graphic novel by Jordan Crane, recounting the adventures of a boy named Simon and a cat named Jack. The pair skip school one day to avoid a nasty teacher and wander onto the roof. The staircase that they discover leads t ...

'', is a fast-paced children's story which follows the adventures of a boy named Simon and his large cat named Jack. They battle angry clouds, peevish birds and elude the grasp of an overbearing teacher, with the effect resonating somewhere between ''

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'' and '' The Wizard of Oz''. Crane is currently working on a quarterly comic called ''Uptight'' where he presents new short stories and serializes his long-running work ''Keeping Two''. In 2009 ''Uptight'' won two

Ignatz Award The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping ...

s for "Outstanding Series" and "Outstanding Comic" (for ''Uptight'' #3).

References

External links

Jordan Crane's site
* ''The Clouds Above'' i
the New Yorker

original art by Crane
* Print interview i
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