NEW COMIC ART AND NARRATIVE ILLUSTRATION

Pictures and Words collects together the most outstanding contemporary examples of pictorial storytelling. Celebrating illustration that stands on its own to tell a story rather than simply accompanying or adorning another medium, the book includes extracts from graphic novels, comic strips and books, as well as single-panel cartoons and drawings. Words are present in the form of character dialogue or narration, or sometimes a story emerges from a series of illustrated panels that contain no text at all. With or without words, this is a highly expressive medium, dealing with a vast range of subjects from political issues to the most complex of human emotions. Comics and graphic novels are currently enjoying huge popularity in mainstream culture. This timely book brings together work by 30 key artists from around the world, including Paul Davis, Benoit Jacques and Andrzej Klimowski.

Paperback 144 pages (September 2005)
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 1856694143

List of contributors:

Anna Bhushan
Barry Blitt
Tom Gauld
Jochen Gerner
Benoit Jacues
Simone Lia
Ethan Persoff
Jenni Rope
Nikhil Singh
John Dunning
Katja Tukiainen
Andrzej Klimowski
Sammy Harkham
Jeff Fisher
Fredrik von Blixen
Andrew Wightman
Mr Clement
Roderick Mills
Barnaby Richards
David Rees
Jordan Crane
Paul Davis
Marcel Dzama
Scott Garrett
Igort
James Jarvis
Jason
Lorenzo Mattotti
Marjane Satrapi
David Shrigley
Martin tom Dieck
Joe Sacco
Jim Woodring

NOTE THAT AN EXHIBITON AT MAGMA CLERKENWELL WILL ACCOMPANY THE PUBLICATION OF THE BOOK FROM 10TH SEPTEMBER - 29TH OCTOBER 2005

Additional contributors to the exhibition:

Ron Rege Jr
Harriet Russell
Birgitte Lund
Alex Tsiridis
Alex Smith
Rachel Ortas
Rachel Cattle
Emma Rendell
Steven Preston
Nicolas Robel
Alex Baladi
Ellen Lindner