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Description
This page first appeared in black and white as part of the short story "Saint Cole" in the comic anthology Now #8 (2020) and was later collected and colored in Van Sciver's "As a Cartoonist" (2022).
Pencil and ink on bristol board.
Pencil and ink on bristol board.
Inscriptions
Noah Van Sciver 22
Comment
It's a "De Luca Effect" page but it's hard not to imagine that Noah takes a bit more inspiration from Frank King with this comic technique that he uses every so often. Lots of ink on this page and something to look at in every corner of it.
I prefer how it looks in the original non colored Now printing as it really shines when you only see all the minute details of his line and the texture it creates, the coloring in "As a Cartoonist" takes away from what I think is the strongest thing about the page. Regardless still a wonderful page.
I prefer how it looks in the original non colored Now printing as it really shines when you only see all the minute details of his line and the texture it creates, the coloring in "As a Cartoonist" takes away from what I think is the strongest thing about the page. Regardless still a wonderful page.
Publications
- Now 8: The New Comics Anthology
- Fantagraphics
- 2020-03-24
- Page 94
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- As a Cartoonist
- Fantagraphics
- 2022-07-21
- Page 80
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About Noah Van Sciver
Noah Van Sciver is an Ignatz award-winning cartoonist and graphic novel artist. Originally from New Jersey, his early work appeared in local magazines, newspapers and fanzines from the Colorado-area, including a weekly strip called '4 Questions' (2007-2015) in the alternative Denver-based newspaper Westword. He first came to comic readers' attention in 2006 with his critically acclaimed comic book series 'Blammo'. The first four issues were self-published, after which the title was distributed through the independent comic book shop Kilgore Books & Comics in Denver.
Van Sciver's work has appeared in 'Spongebob Comics', 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', the Best American Comics, as well as countless graphic anthologies like Mome and Mineshaft. Van Sciver has been a regular contributor to MAD Magazine since December 2011 and he has created several graphic novels through Fantagraphics, including 'The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln' (2012), 'Saint Cole' (2015) and the 'Fante Bukowski: Struggling Writer' graphic novella series (2015). Kilgore Books released Van Sciver's autobiographical mini-comic 'My Hot Date' in 2015, which won the 'Best Story' Ignatz Award at the Small Press Expo. Van Sciver has lived and worked in Columbus, Ohio, since 2015.
Text (c) Lambiek
