David Thompson
Recent articles by David Thompson
A fraternity of trifles
Issue 43, Spring 2002
With Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan upending expectations of the comic book form…
A waking dream
Issue 53, Autumn 2004
The notion of the brand and its plausible functions have been derailed and abstracted
Comic novels for starters
Issue 58, Winter 2005
Paul Gravett’s Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life is a beginner’s…
The Republic of South Yorkshire
Issue 57, Autumn 2005
Browsing ‘Brain Aided Design SoYo’, the ‘mini-retrospective shrine’ of work…
Photo-strip odyssey on fine paper
Issue 56, Summer 2005
Paper manufacturers are well aware that one of the best ways to sell their products…
Art’s oversized memorial
Issue 55, Spring 2005
Throughout ten broadsheet-sized pages and various found addenda, Art Spiegelman’s…
Pop without point [EXTRACT]
Issue 54, Winter 2004
Hailed in some quarters for its ‘aesthetic savvy’ and obsession with pop…
Blank criticism
Issue 45, Autumn 2002
Given how mischief and misdirection have been central threads during the…
Artfully bizarre
Issue 43, Spring 2002
The woodcut lines and visceral surrealism of the Philadelphia cartoonist Charles…
Stripped for action
Issue 62, Winter 2006
To my knowledge, this is the first cross-media anthology of gay comic art and…
Density, magic, genius and loss
Issue 40, Summer 2001
Chris Ware’s comic strip was originally published in Chicago’s alternative New…
Big subject, little pictures
Issue 44, Summer 2002
Joe Sacco uses the comics medium to describe the lives of Palestinians
Ware comes back with a darker narrative
Issue 59, Spring 2006
After a four-year hiatus spent repackaging earlier work for a mainstream…
Agenda: Artspeak
Issue 62, Winter 2006
How did ‘Art bollocks’ become the default way of writing about visual culture? Could Mao have…