Repost Reconstructivist Art: American Born Chinese is a critically acclaimed graphic novel by Asian American writer/illustrator Gene Yang, which centers around what at first seem like three very different narratives. The first is a superhero-themed[…]
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Reconstructivist Art: Diesel Sweeties
R. Stevens’ “Diesel Sweeties” as an example of Reconstructivist Art Diesel Sweeties is a subversive and deceptively simple web-based comic strip depicting the lives, passions and tangled love affairs of a motley group of humans,[…]
Reconstructivist Art: Maus
Repost: Art Spiegelman’s Maus (1980 – 1991) as an example of Reconstructivist Art Comic book writer-illustrator Art Spiegelman is known for his transgressive, acid-tinged experimental comics in the 1970’s, and for his gleefully crude, commercially[…]
Winning!
“Looks like you boys could use some water.” I can’t resist ending 2015 with a little boasting. This week, I gained admittance to a very select club. According to legend, Zach Galifianakis, Brad Paisley, Maureen[…]
Reconstructivist Art: 1/0
Part of the Reconstructivist Art series: When Tailsteak’s webcomic 1/0 premiered in 2000, it was part of a brand-new boom in web-based daily comic strip production by a host of amateur auteurs, most with more[…]
Reconstructivist Art: American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel American Born Chinese as an example of Reconstructivist Art. American Born Chinese centers around what at first seem like three very different narratives. The first is a superhero-themed retelling of[…]