Housing Works talk and signing with Jessica, October 1

Jessica and I will be appearing at a special event at the Housing Works Cafe on Wednesday October 1.

Creating a Graphic Novel: Matt Madden and Jessica Abel discuss their working methods
Wednesday, October 1
7 pm
moderated by Tom Hart

Housing Works Used Book Cafe
126 Crosby Street, NYC 10012
212-334-3324

We are planning to have a pretty wide ranging discussion of our work methods and approaches to making comics. Tom will be moderating but we'll probably drag him into the conversation as an artist at various points as well. We'll talk about our personal work and also touch on Drawing Words & Writing Pictures. Copies of most of our recent books will be on sale and we will be signing after the talk. Read more...

Reviews for Bookforum

I have a review round-up in the new issue of Bookforum. I talk about the re-issue of art spiegelman's Breakdowns, Dash Shaw's Bottomless Belly Button, Josh Cotter's Skyscrapers of the Midwest, Eddie Campbell and Dan Best's Amazing, Remarkable M. Leotard, and Seiichi Hayashi’s Red Colored Elegy. In different ways, they're all works that are right up my alley so it was a fun review to write.

I've decided to take a break from reviewing for a few years. The main reason is that I'm too busy with my other projects but I have to admit it is also getting harder to find books to review where I don't have some kind of personal or professional link to the artist or publisher. I certainly haven't compromised myself in any way in my writing but I have been getting increasingly self-conscious about the issue so maybe best to recuse myself for a while.

I'll continue to occasionally write short pieces here about comics and other things that I'm excited about. Read more...