NOW #2: The New Comics Anthology

NOW #2: The New Comics Anthology

Eric Reynolds (Series edited by), Dash Shaw, Sammy Harkham, Graham Chaffee, Joshua W. Cotter
$9.99
Publication Date: January 2nd, 2018
Publisher:
Fantagraphics
ISBN:
9781683960768
Pages:
128

Description

The second installment of the acclaimed literary comics anthology, featuring artists from around the globe.

The second issue of Now showcases a cover by painter Christian Rex Van Minnen, as well as 120 pages of all new short fiction by a host of established and upcoming comics talent from around the world, including: South American cartoonists Ariel Lopez V. and Fabio Zimbres; Spanish cartoonist Conxita Herrero; acclaimed cartoonist and filmmaker Dash Shaw; Canadian artist and musician Nick Thorburn (of the bands Unicorns and Islands); Finnish cartoonist Tommi Musturi; plus new work by Sammy Harkham (Crickets), Joshua Cotter (Skyscrapers of the Midwest, Nod Away), Graham Chaffee (Good Dog, To Have and To Hold), Anuj Strestha, Andrice Arp, Joseph Remnant, and other surprises! Now is not just a collection of new comics, it’s a showcase of the diversity of talent in today’s golden age of cartooning.

About the Author

Eric Reynolds is the VP/Associate Publisher of Fantagraphics Books. He has curated well over 4,000 pages of comics anthologies, between ten volumes of NOW, 22 volumes of Mome from 2005-2010, and several Free Comic Book Day anthologies for Fantagraphics. He lives in Seattle, WA.

Dash Shaw lives in Richmond, VA. He was a 2010 Sundance Labs fellow and a 2014–2015 Cullman Center fellow at the New York Public Library. A cartoonist, animator, and illustrator, he was born in Los Angeles and attended the School of Visual Arts.

Sammy Harkham is an American cartoonist and editor, born in Los Angeles in 1980. He began making his own comics and created the zine Kramers Ergot, which has become one of the most influential comics anthologies published today.

Graham Chaffee is a tattoo artist, painter and cartoonist who lives in Los Angeles. His previous books with Fantagraphics include The Big Wheels, Good Dog and To Have And To Hold.

Joshua W. Cotter's debut graphic novel, Skyscrapers of the Midwest, was nominated for an Ignatz award in 2005. He lives in rural northwest Missouri with his family and cats with an acute sense of impending mortality. They keep him making comics.

Praise for NOW #2: The New Comics Anthology

Editor Eric Reynolds has assembled a group of cartoonists who are fiercely confident in their unique approaches to comic book storytelling.
— The A.V. Club

Featuring 120 pages of material from an international array of creative talent ... Now #2 is a brilliant and informative stepping stone into the work of boundary-pushing creators.

— Broken Frontier

It’s easy to call Now #2 a bona fide success. ... What proves most exciting for this anthology is that sense of 'now-ness,' a keen interest in what comes next.

— Adventures in Poor Taste

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