An image from Charles Burns’ “Final Cut”
Gabriel Martinez talks with Robert Boyd about Charles Burns, Gary Panter, and the art of underground comics.
“The publishing industry doesn’t work the way the art industry does. You have a royalty system. Whereas if you resell a painting, unless you’re in California, the artist doesn’t get anything.”
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Related Readings:
—The Believer: An Interview with Charles Burns
—Brooklyn Rail: The Death-Ray
—Artforum: Gary Panter Talks About His Life and Art
—The Comics Journal: The Charles Burns Interview by Darcy Sullivan
—NY Times: Art Spiegelman on Life With a ‘500-Pound Mouse Chasing Me’
—Paul Gravett: Mark Beyer: More Disturbing Evenings
—Lambiek: Comics History “RAW”
—Cultural Daily: Art Spiegelman and RAW: His Other Masterpiece
—AIPT: ‘Kommix’ presents a gorgeous, fictional collection of the absurd
—NY Times: ‘Love and Rockets,’ a Series that Helped Redefine Comics
—The Comics Journal: Growing Old in Gasoline Alley: Ninety-four Years And Counting
—Washington Post: Daniel Clowes sheds cynicism and embraces maturity
