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Informationen zum Autor Author and coach Jessica Abel is the author of many books, including the graphic novels La Perdida and Out On the Wire and two textbooks about making comics. She is Chair of the Illustration Program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and lives with her family in Philadelphia. Klappentext Soundtrack collects the best of Jessica Abel's self-published Artbabe series! one of the most exciting comic books to emerge in the late-1990s. Abel's stories intuitive ear for dialogue and characterization have made Artbabe a hit among people of all ages! especially women! and her painterly brushstrokes have drawn comparisons to European masters like lose Munoz and Blutch. Zusammenfassung by Jessica Abel Soundtrack collects the best of Jessica Abel's self-published Artbabe series! one of the most exciting comic books to emerge in the late-1990s. The first four were self-xeroxed efforts! and led to a prestigious Xeric Grant in 1996! enabling her to publish a more professionally packaged fifth issue. This volume presents the best of these five comic books! as well as other short strips! to a larger audience for the first time. Abel's stories are peppered with hipsters! fashion! and trendy locales - all of which have contributed to her considerable appeal - but don't let the generational trappings fool you. Her intuitive ear for dialogue and characterization have made Artbabe a hit amongst people of all ages! especially women. TP! 120pg! b&w
