New York, New York, the city so great they had to name it twice, and so huge and exciting that it even has very popular Instagram accounts.
New York City is also integral to the history of comics, and home to many great ink slingers…and they are getting their due in Real Life Comix, Only in New York, a new anthology whose Kickstarter just launched. Overseen by publisher Cosmic Lion it’s 51 short stories “celebrating the grit, glory, absurdity and heart of life in New York City.” The line-up is a veritable who’s who of comics:
Co-edited by veteran comix creators Dean Haspiel and Doug Latino, this vibrant collection brings together a wildly eclectic mix of legendary and emerging voices, including New Yorker cartoonists, MAD contributors, and American Splendor collaborators. Storytellers hail from across comix, comics, graphic novels, literature, art, film, and music, each offering their own take on the city that never sleeps–humorous, heartbreaking, surreal or unmistakably true–capturing the everyday chaos and accidental poetry of New York life.
The anthology features work from cultural luminaries and underground icons alike, including Roz Chast, David Collier, Joe Dator, Gary Dumm, Liana Finck, Bob Fingerman, Drew Friedman, Danny Hellman, Ben Katchor, Gideon Kendall, Keith Knight, Peter Kuper, Barbara Willy Mendes, Rachelle Meyer, Josh Neufeld, Ann Nocenti, Rick Parker, R. Sikoryak, Noah Van Sciver, Doug Latino, Julia Wertz, Ron Wimberly, Jonathan Ames, Karl Stevens, Onur Tukel, Spencer Alexander, Wesley Allsbrook, Dieu Sam B., Jonathan Baylis, Nick Bertozzi, Wendy Blake, C. Cassano, Cecil Castellucci, Ezra Cumbo, Vito Delsante, Jen Ferguson, Dean Haspiel, Charles Fetherolf, Christopher Gomez, Ben Granoff, James Greene, Sarah Lee Grillo, Jennifer Hayden, Ariel Kahtan, Whitney Matheson, Jared Miller, Moby, Chris Miskiewicz, Eli Neugboren, Ayoko Nito, Pat Palermo, Joan Reilly, Peter Rostovsky, Gil Roth, Rani Som, JG Thirlwell, Cynthia Von Buhler, Sean Von Gorman, Steve Walker, Owen Brozman, Carol Tyler, and Tony Wolf–each conveying a singular voice and style within the city’s ever-evolving mythology.
The book features a striking cover by acclaimed sibling illustrators Maria and Peter Hoey, a preface by Columbia University’s Karen Green and a foreword and two illustrated contributions by the one and only Drew Friedman.
Every New Yorker will either cringe or cheer at the relatable stories within….and here’s a sneak peek at a few of them by Dean Haspiel, Gideon Kendall and Danny Hellman.
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