Six treasures of the spiral : comics formed under pressure / Matt Madden ; introduction by Ed Park.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madden, Matt.

Contributor:

Park, Ed, 1970- writer of foreword.

Graphic Works Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Experimental comics.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Distribution:

Minneapolis, MN : Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, LLC, 2024.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Uncivilized Books, 2024.

Summary:

"Novelistic worlds in miniature. Hilarious hijinks. The occasional twist ending... The stories in Six Treasures of the Spiral: Comics Formed Under Pressure are inventive and wide-ranging, sometimes funny, occasionally sad, and always offbeat. The New York Times called Matt Madden a "stuntman-philosopher" because he creates comics in the crucible of formal constraints -- one comic is a visual palindrome, another maps on to the letters of the alphabet, several follow the rules of demanding poetic forms like the villanelle and the haiku. It may seem that strict limitation would stymie creativity; on the contrary, the massive pressure it exerts on the author's process bonds atoms of text and image together into comic diamonds that Booklist has called "formally rigorous and narratively lucid""-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Lynn Alison Wachman.

ISBN:

9781941250655

1941250653

OCLC:

1464713324