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Ollmann's cartooning style is at once conventional and grotesque. He works in a strict nine-panel grid system of tight little boxes. This makes his work very TV-like, with nearly every panel featuring a close-up of a character. Wide angles, experimental layouts, and non-action panels are...
The NBA's moves, however, aren't working on every court. In many foreign countries, pro athletes have less of a tradition of endorsing products than their American counterparts, and some of the league's newest stars aren't quite ready for their close-up....
The photos on his Web site range from wide-angle crowd shots to a close-up of a life-size Elmo holding a sign mocking President George Bush. One memorable photo shows a simple “No War in Iraq” placard in front of Grand Central Station...
What's particularly clever about "Eros" is the way Herpich uses the forms contained in a panel to mimic those of its predecessor. A fallen ice-cream cone transposes into an eye and a nose; the fluttering wings of a bug cut to a matching close-up of the ears...
Combining the tableaus and stunning organization of Japanese prints with the narrative and expression of Japanese theater, Patrick Atangan's comix feel alive with Japanese high culture. When he's not showing off carefully arranged landscapes, Atangan gives us highly dynamic action sequences. Even when two characters are talking he...