Comments on: Portraits of the artists as young scribblers

Portraits of the artists as young scribblers

madamjujujive — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:57:09 -0800

Now Then is an exhibit of 25 comic artists showing a comparison of their drawing style now and when they were just kids. Also, check out 50 artists riffing on the theme of Duck! Fun stuff from the Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:00:35 -0800

Heh. The problem with screwing around on the internet all the time is that I know that I've seen this before, and thought that this exhibit had been up for a while (the Now and Then bit, anyway). But the upside is that it's still cool to look at.

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:25:47 -0800

This is great, although it's a little disheartening to see how much my "now" stuff looks like their "then" stuff.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:49:41 -0800

It's also disheartening that I think of myself as a relatively hip and/or with-it person but I only recognize a single artist (Roz Chast).

By: Reggie Digest

Reggie Digest — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:46:53 -0800

Who'd've thought Ron Regé, Jr was a fan of Slipknot ...in 1986?

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:44:55 -0800

Fascinating - especially the way that one or two had developed elements of their adult style as little kids, or have stuck to an aesthetic all their lives, only improving in terms of technique. Also interesting that some were doing derivative drawings as kids, and still are as adults. I might be completely wrong about that, though, not being into comics at all - is it fair to say that Charles Burns read a lot of horror comics as a kid, and now is not unfamiliar with the work of the Hernandez brothers? I'd love to see a show like this done with the juvenilia of artists, instead of illustrators and comic artists [NOT COMICSIST].

By: Reggie Digest

Reggie Digest — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:18:18 -0800

jack_mo: is it fair to say that Charles Burns read a lot of horror comics as a kid, and now is not unfamiliar with the work of the Hernandez brothers? Wow, that one is pretty Love & Rockets-y! It probably is pretty fair to assume Burns is familiar with the Hernandez bros. (I should hope that anyone making a living in comics would be), but a direct comparison of their respective ouvres would dispel any suspicion of rip-offery. Really, they're very, very different. And besides, they're contemporaries. It's probably fair to assume Charles Burns has known the Hernandez brothers personally for up to 20 years.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:43:41 -0800

but a direct comparison of their respective ouvres would dispel any suspicion of rip-offery. Cool. The only reason it jumped out at me so much is that Love & Rockets is probably the only comic I've seen more than one issue of.