comics influenced by postmodern/grunge design

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Do these exist?? Surely it must have bled over SOMEWHERE but all I've found so far is Channel Zero

Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 14:19 (seven years ago) link

not quite sure i get what you're asking about here - that ray gun magazine kinda aesthetic or something else?

for sale: steve bannon waifu pillow (heavily soiled) (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 14:29 (seven years ago) link

Feel like Dave McKean's stuff kinda approximates that? Some Sienkiwicz, as well. And the little bit of comics work I've seen from Le Dernier Cri (like Henriette Valium). Gary Panter, maybe? I dunno. I don't feel like I'm quite hitting this particular nail on the head.

Likely? No. Possible? Absolutely. Iffy? Can't say. Doubtful? Maybe. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link

i feel like every 90s comic i ever read featured advertisements heavily influenced by this style but i'm struggling to think of any actual comic book art over and above what old lunch has suggested already, although i must be overlooking some

for sale: steve bannon waifu pillow (heavily soiled) (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 14:52 (seven years ago) link

my first thought was paul pope but that's not right either

for sale: steve bannon waifu pillow (heavily soiled) (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link

ya I thought ppl might recommend Paul Pope, it's tangentially similar but tbh I read 100% and did not like it

Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link

i looked up some old vertigo covers expecting to see some of this look but for the most part they're a lot more conventional than i remembered

for sale: steve bannon waifu pillow (heavily soiled) (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link

Functionally, Chris Bachalo reminds me of that aesthetic (simultaneously visually interesting and kinda shit at communicating anything coherent).

Likely? No. Possible? Absolutely. Iffy? Can't say. Doubtful? Maybe. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link

ashley wood's design-ish stuff is sometimes like this, although his narrative stuff was never my thing

there's also someone whose design book i have whose name is on the tip of my tongue and i'm blanking. he did some invisibles covers, i think?

mh 😏, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link

chip kidd?

for sale: steve bannon waifu pillow (heavily soiled) (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link

ah, rian hughes

mh 😏, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link

yeah, i can see rian hughes kinda fitting in here

i looked up some scans of old issues of deadline, the uk comic hughes worked on, but i think it was a bit too early to ride this wave

this is a hard question!

for sale: steve bannon waifu pillow (heavily soiled) (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 16 February 2017 13:13 (seven years ago) link

Oh! Maybe some of Brendan McCarthy's stuff?

Likely? No. Possible? Absolutely. Iffy? Can't say. Doubtful? Maybe. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 February 2017 13:18 (seven years ago) link

He was active during the 90s so he's more the influencer than the influenced

Nhex, Thursday, 16 February 2017 13:35 (seven years ago) link


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