| Title | : | MOME Winter 2006 (MOME, #3) |
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| ISBN | : | 1560976977 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781560976974 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 |
| Publication | : | First published April 24, 2006 |
This accessible, reasonably priced, quarterly anthology will run approximately 136 pages per volume and spotlight a regular cast of a dozen of today's most exciting cartoonists. Designed by acclaimed designer and cartoonist Jordan Crane ("The Clouds Above"), "MOME" will feature an iconic design and consistent format that should quickly establish the anthology as the most distinctive and accessible anthology of literary comics available.
"MOME" is the first all-comics literary anthology designed to sit alongside publications like "Granta, The Baffler, McSweeney's," et. al., and is designed to appeal as much to fans of contemporary literary fiction as longtime comics fans. "MOME" will feature the same collective of artists every issue, allowing the artists and audience to grow together and build an ongoing identity that is highly unusual for the world of contemporary comics (where many authors publish sporadically by literary standards, given the labor intensive nature of comics).
This third issue of "MOME" will include the following: John Pham's "221 Sycamore Street," presented in a unique three-color process and design that recalls the classic strip "Gasoline Alley"; Paul Hornschemeier's "Life with Mr. Dangerous," a full-color narrative about a young woman who struggles to define a life outside of the example her mother provides, spending far too much time watching a cartoon called "Mr. Dangerous"; and David Heatley ("Deadpan, McSweeney's") tells a story from the fictional town of Overpeck, a city he conceived in a dream. The issue also features new work by AndersNilsen (in full-color), Jeffrey Brown (of Clumsy, Big Head , and "McSweeney's" fame), Andrice Arp ("Sheherezade"), Kurt Wolfgang ("Where Hats Go"), Gabrielle Bell ("Sheherezade"), Jonathan Bennett ("Esoteric Tales"), Sophie Crumb ("Belly Button Comix"), and Marc Bell ("Shrimpy & Paul").
MOME Winter 2006 (MOME, #3) Reviews
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Yawn (all the way through).
Worst of all, The Armed Garden was ridiculously long. -
A masterpiece by David B. ("The Armed Garden") plus a Gabrielle Bell comic that I don't recall reading before ("Mike's Cafe") make this the best issue so far. I still don't really get Jonathan Bennett's whole deal though.
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Gabrielle B. did an ~AutobioBell's Bag o' Boring~ chapter which wasn't supposed to be a guide on how to be a ditz but showed the mechanics of an airhead with detestable business ethics*. The old "I'll write a story about writing a story" story- that's not a story.
David B. is so talented and fun to read no matter how uncomfortable his plot choices are!
He's one of those creator's that I pray to never see a picture of because it would limit such well-cultivated mysteriousness. I don't want to think of him as just "some guy"- I prefer to acknowledge a writer/artist solely by their work so I do zero searching about their mortal form and just assume and imply my way through them as I please!
*NOBODY likes those who stay on a personal call dedicating only 1.5 arms (shoulder-action) and half their attention to the customers' needs- as the only one to do any of it in the store. It's worse that AbB knows such and just ambles along nonsensically instead of waiting for him to call her back later. -
I actually don't really like Mome. Haven't been able to connect with any of the stories in any of the volumes I've read. With the exception of this one, which has a story by David B. called (The?) Armed Garden, which is totally worth the price of admission, or library reserve.
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awesome want to read all.. such a different array of illustrators
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This was the best issue yet.
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David B rocks this one out. The rest was blah.
