The Art of Richard Thompson
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Individual Artists
The Art of Richard Thompson Details
About the Author Bill Watterson is the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, one of the most popular and well-regarded cartoon strips of the twentieth century. Calvin and Hobbes appeared in newspapers from November 1985 until Watterson's retirement in 1995.Online: gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ Nick Galifianakis is an American cartoonist whose work is nationally recognized alongside the must-read advice column by Carolyn Hax. The column appears in nearly two hundred newspapers and is one of the most popular features on washingtonpost.com. It also was named by Time magazine as America's best advice column. Contributing a foreword is Zach Galifianakis, the author's first cousin and the runaway star of The Hangover and Due Date. Nick resides in the Washington, D.C., area with his canine alter ego, ZuZu. Chris Sparks is a lifelong fan of the comic medium and the driving force and editor behind Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson's, a book nominated for Eisner and Harvey awards. Sparks won the 2013 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award for his work on the Team Cul de Sac project which raises money for the Michael J Fox Foundation. He co-owns Sparking Design, a print and website development company in Asheville, NC. Read more
Reviews
Richard Thompson and his work are presented in depth in The Art of Richard Thompson, giving the readers a first row seat to the daily battles in his career as an editorial illustrator and later on against Parkinson's disease. The candid interviews and Richards input are incredible, laying bare a lot of the thought process and behind the scenes stuff every artist, specially cartoonists and writers go through. It's a very humbling, telling occasion as Bill Watterson and Pete de Seve, among others, pay tribute to Richards hardcore, "all in", commitment and we get to see what it really takes to make great work. There's no holding back with Richard and the Art of Richard Thompson shows. The scope of the book is wide and in spite of the many quality reproductions, you should get separate volumes for Cul de Sac. The Poor Almanac pieces are brilliant as well, since the out of print hardcover became an expensive collectors item. The Kindle version is good, the images are reasonably sized and you get the sense special care was taken to present it nicely. Do you draw and want to become a real professional artist/ author/ cartoonist? Get this book.
