By various (Fantagraphics Books)
ISBN: 978-1-56097-872-5
The latest volume of the alternative cartooning and graphic arts series is truly autumnal in tone despite the addition of many more brightly coloured pages. The experimental nature of the features is often challenging but the rewards are great for the devotee prepared to work with the material rather than slavishly absorb. It also helps to let go of style preconceptions.
This volume features a fantastic variety of work by Ray Fenwick, Tim Hensley, Al Columbia, Eleanor Davis, Gabrielle Bell, Andrice Arp, Joe Kimball, Tom Kaczynski, Kurt Wolfgang, Brian Evenson, Zak Sally, Paul Hornschemeier and Sophie Crumb. There’s also a frankly astounding art feature on the multi-media illustrator Mike Scheer, but the real gem is the first instalment of a wordless and surreal epic ‘The Lute String’ by Jim Woodring.
Mome is as much magazine as book and each one is a graphic event. The earnest and dedicated creators make intense and often hard to read comics which are then reproduced to the highest print standards. It is well on the way to achieving its goal of becoming the twenty-first century successor to Art Spiegelman’s seminal Raw. This one, as always, is challenging, diverting, pretentious, absorbing, compelling, annoying and wonderful.
If you love our art form and think without moving your lips you need to see this series.
Mome © 2007 Fantagraphics Books. Individual stories are © the respective creator. All Rights Reserved.
My daughter wants a subscription to MOME. How do I order?
Thanks.
Hi Kristen,
depending on where you live there are a number of avenues open to you.
The most obvious way is to contact Fantagraphics directly.
Their address is 7563 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA. 98115 USA
customer service ‘phone 800-657-1100 or email fbicomix@fantagraphics.com
Their website is http://www.fantagraphics.com
If you’re in Britain you might try contacting the wonderful Claire at TURNAROUND PUBLISHER SERVICES.
They are the UK distributors for Fantagraphics (tel: 020 8829 3000) and might tell you what local book or comic shops do mail order accounts.
Shops such as Gosh! in London or Page 45 in Nottingham often have mail order services or if there is a shop in your area you could open a standing order there.
Perhaps your best bet though would be to order through Amazon – and they will happily keep your daughter supplied and also inform her of similar publications as they are released.
I hope that’s been of some help.