Exploring the artistic medium of comics with the kid-gloves long gone.
I remade this post into a page, since I’ll be updating it over time, adding links and books I think are worth checking out: http://kevinczap.com/artofcomics/reading-list/.
I’ll be sure to let you know where there’s something new!
Arguably a webcomics masterwork by a young artist who has quickly become the star of art comics. BodyWorld tells what happens to the future suburb of Boney Borough when gonzo botanist Paulie Panther comes to research his book on hallucinogenic plant life. The discovery of a plant that grants telepathic abilities starts to break down the barriers between the self-loathing Paulie’s psyche and the rest of the town.
BodyWorld will be released in printed form this spring, although it seems Dash will leave the comic online as well. This is a long, strange, trippy kind of comic, so be warned. As Shaw describes on his website, “the online version is best if you followed it weekly as it was serialized, or if you want to read it in short bursts online for free.”