Queen of the Black Black

Informationen zum Autor Megan Kelso has been drawing comics for over 30 years. In 2007, she was invited by The New York Times to serialize her Watergate Sue comic as part of the weekly Funny Pages feature. In 2019, she was selected for a public art commission for Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Her books include The Squirrel Mother (2006), Artichoke Tales (2010), and Queen of the Black Black (2011). She lives in Seattle, WA with her husband and daughter. Klappentext The earliest stories by Girlhero Megan Kelso. Zusammenfassung Queen of the Black Black collects Megan Kelso's self-published early Girlhero stips as well as a few from other sources. Fans will rememberher other works: the "Watergate Sue" serial in the New York Times' SundayMagazine and Artichoke Tales . In this new collection! Kelsoscrutinizes bicycle messengers! venereal diseases! infidelity! unwantedpregnancies! temporary work assignments! family reunions! and classroomdaydreams in subtle and unexpected manners! setting herself technical challengessuch as depicting music in comics (the virtuoso "The Daddy Mask!" with itssensuous gray swirls of sound on the page)! integrating lettering into artworkin creative ways! and generally working her way toward what would become hermature style.

Product details

• Authors: Megan Kelso, Megan Kelso
• Assisted by: Gary Groth (Editor), Gary Groth (Editor), Megan Kelso (Editor), Kelso Megan (Editor)
• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.2011
• EAN: 9781606994597
• ISBN: 978-1-60699-459-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General, Graphic Novels, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions