Deadly Virus, 1997
Graphite, gouache, and watercolor on heavy tan hand-made paper
20 x 25 3/4 in (50.8 x 65.4 cm)
LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel examines the evolution of the long-form comic. Organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., the traveling exhibition features more than 146 artworks by 24 contemporary graphic novelists and historic practitioners of this ever-evolving art form. The show is as varied as the artists themselves: wordless narratives by 1920s woodcut artist Lynd Ward and modern-day commentator Peter Kuper; revolutionary underground comix by R. Crumb and humorous, personal Girl Stories' by Lauren Weinstein; works by Mad Magazine co-creator Harvey Kurtzman and Breathtaker co-creator Marc Hempel, and the pioneering art of Will Eisner (Contract with God), Dave Sim (Cerebus) and Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise).
Original book pages and studies, sketchbooks and videotaped interviews with graphic novelists are featured.
LitGraphic exhibition venues:
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, 2009
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, 2010
James A Michner Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, 2010-2011
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, 2012
Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY, 2012