{"id":4251,"date":"2009-11-23T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2009-11-21T23:17:54","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T23:17:54","slug":"all-and-sundry-uncollected-work-2004-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2009\/11\/23\/all-and-sundry-uncollected-work-2004-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"All and Sundry – Uncollected Work 2004-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Paul Hornschemeier<\/strong> (Fantagraphics Books)
\nISBN: 978-1-60699-285-2<\/p>\n

In his relatively short artistic career Paul Hornschemeier has produced relatively little work, but all of it has been of phenomenal quality and boldly dedicated to deeper themes and compelling expansions of the medium of graphic narrative. Its also manages to be funny sad and pretty all at once. Don’t take my word for it: acquire The Collected Sequential<\/strong>, The Three Paradoxes. Let Us be Perfectly Clear<\/strong> and the incredible Mother, Come Home<\/a><\/strong> and see for yourself.<\/p>\n

While you’re at it, the perfect accompaniment for that enviable investigation is this delicious collection of art and ideas ranging from the broadest sketches, prose and ideas to fully finished and coloured strips and stories gathered from such disparate sources as the experimental strip anthology Mome<\/a><\/strong> to the back up strips produced for Dark Horse’s comic interpretation of Michael Chabon’s brilliant novel The Escapist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also included are assorted commercial illustrations from magazines such as the Wall Street Journal<\/strong>, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung<\/em><\/strong> and Nickelodeon Magazine<\/strong>, Penguin Books and many others, designs and typography for the numerous foreign editions of his creations and many other visual treats from this always enchanting and thought-provoking creator.<\/p>\n

If you want – or need – a peek inside the head of a truly creative force, or just love great drawing and fine amusing, sad whimsy this is a book you must have.<\/p>\n