Dan Nadel Knihy

Acclaimed cartoonist Mark Newgarden debuted in RAW magazine in 1980, quickly gaining recognition across various media. He co-created the "Garbage Pail Kids" phenomenon, wrote and drew a weekly humor feature in the '90s, and produced a "Web Premiere Toon" for The Cartoon Network titled "B. Happy." Currently, he is developing an unconventional Christmas special for the network. Newgarden's comics are a blend of humor and avant-garde storytelling, seamlessly integrating classic gags with innovative narratives. His syndicated strips in publications like L.A. Weekly and The New York Press garnered a dedicated following and significantly influenced the comic medium. This book primarily compiles his syndicated comics, alongside long-form stories from anthologies, including the acclaimed "Love's Savage Fury." It provides a comprehensive view of Newgarden as an artist, his influences, and his diverse careers. As a collector and historian of 20th-century ephemera, he has enriched the mediums of novelties, comics, and cartoons. Edited by Dan Nadel and designed by Helene Silverman, this book promises to be a humorous and engaging exploration that will resonate with comics enthusiasts, pop culture aficionados, and graphic arts admirers alike.

Originally published by Chicago's Black press, long neglected by mainstream publishing, and now included in a Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago exhibition, these comics showcase some of the finest Black cartoonists. Between the 1940s and 1980s, Chicago’s Black press—from The Chicago Defender to the Negro Digest to self-published pamphlets—was home to some of the best cartoonists in America. Kept out of the pages of white-owned newspapers, Black cartoonists found space to address the joys, the horrors, and the everyday realities of Black life in America. From Jay Jackson’s anti-racist time travel adventure serial Bungleton Green, to Morrie Turner’s radical mixed-race strip Dinky Fellas, to the Afrofuturist comics of Yaoundé Olu and Turtel Onli, to National Book Award–winning novelist Charles Johnson’s blistering and deeply funny gag cartoons, this is work that has for far too long been excluded and overlooked. Also featuring the work of Tom Floyd, Seitu Hayden, Jackie Ormes, and Grass Green, this anthology accompanies the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s exhibition Chicago Comics: 1960 to Now, and is an essential addition to the history of American comics. The book's cover is designed by Kerry James Marshall. Published in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, on the occasion of Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now, June 19–October 3, 2021. Curated by Dan Nadel.

". . . Focuses on the lesser-known comic works by celebrated icons of the industry, like H.G. Peter (the artist behind Wonder Woman), John Stanley (the writer and artist for Little Lulu), Harry Lucey (one of the artists behind Archie), Jesse Marsh (the artist for Tarzan), and Bill Everett (best know for his characters Sub Mariner and Dr. Strange)."

Drawing deeply on O'Brien's experience of cancer and of childhood abuse, and of collaboration with a war reporter, the four essays in A Story that Happens offer hard-won insights into what stories are for and the reasons why, 'afraid and hopeful', we begin to tell them.

True Story: A Trilogy gathers together three documentary plays by award-winning playwright and poet Dan O'Brien concerning trauma, both political and personal. The Body of an American speaks to a moment in history when a single, stark photograph--of a US Army Ranger dragged from the wreckage of a Blackhawk helicopter through the streets of Mogadishu--altered the course of global events. In a story that ranges from Rwanda to Afghanistan to the Canadian Arctic, O'Brien dramatizes the ethical and psychological haunting of journalist Paul Watson. In The House in Scarsdale: A Memoir for the Stage the playwright applies journalistic principles to investigating the source of his childhood unhappiness, as he searches for the reason why his parents and siblings cut him off years ago. The more he learns about his family, the more mysterious the circumstances surrounding their estrangement become, until his sense of self is shaken by rumors regarding his true parentage. The trilogy concludes with New Life, a tragicomedy that finds Paul Watson in Syria and the playwright in treatment for cancer, while together they endeavor to sell a TV series about journalists in war zones. New Life explores the paradox of war as entertainment, and dares to dream of healing after catastrophe. These three gritty yet poetic plays stand as a testament to the value of witnessing, honoring, and perhaps transcending the struggles of living.

KAWS ist einer der bekanntesten zeitgenössischen Künstler, dessen Einfluss weit über die Kunstwelt hinausgeht, in Mode, Musik und Popkultur. Begonnen als Graffiti-Künstler in den 1990er Jahren, umfasst sein Werk Malerei, Skulptur, Zeichnung, Produktdesign und Augmented Reality. Dieses reich illustrierte Buch bietet eine umfassende Studie über sein Leben und Schaffen.