Yale Press Log

New York Magazine calls Superheroes a "genuinely cool book"

New York Magazine got their hands on an advance copy of Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy by Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton. They decided to do an early preview of the exhibition, which premiered at the Met this past Wednesday.

New York Magazine called Superheroes a "genuinely cool book," and found it an eye-opening companion to the opening gala gossip: "For all the jokes one can make about the gala's red carpet being graced with celebrities awkwardly decked out in Catwoman leather or Captain America capes (per hostess Anna Wintour's request that attendees take the theme seriously), a look at what's actually being shown at the exhibit is rather illuminating." Read the entire preview here.

And the blog mblankier.com reviewed Superheroes, noting the "very provocative and interesting parallel" between superheroes and fashion. "All the essays, costumes, and clothing in the book," the blogger writes, "are really fantastic and really inspiring." Read the full review here.

Featuring designers including John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, and many more, this innovative book examines how the style of superheroes’ dress has influenced street wear and high fashion.

Ivan Brunetti Covers the New Yorker

The latest issue of the New Yorker features artwork from Ivan Brunetti, editor of our very own Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories.

Image from www.newyorker.com

NYTimes Holiday Book Review

Six books published by Yale University Press are featured in the annual New York Times Holiday Book Review, out this past weekend.

Francis Fukuyama’s America at the Crossroads was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2006 by the Review’s editors.

Reviewer David Hajdu wrote of An Anthology of Graphic Fiction Cartoons, and True Stories, edited by Ivan Brunetti, “Now going under the name graphic fiction, no doubt temporarily, the comics are all grown up, and this anthology represents the most cogent proof since Will Eisner pioneered the graphic novel and Art Spiegelman brought long-form comics to early perfection.”

Joel Smith’s Saul Steinberg: Illuminations, was called a “smartly annotated miscellany of rare familiar sketches and finished tableaus . . . Smith’s informative text sheds more than superficial light, exploring Steinberg’s wide range of themes and techniques.”

Picasso and American Art, by Michael FitzGerald and John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882 edited by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray were highlighted in Holiday Books: Art and America.

Palladio’s Venice by Tracy E. Cooper, was highlighted in Holiday Books: Venice.

Brunetti Gets Two in One

The Comics Journal recently reviewed Ivan Brunetti's An Anthology of Graphic Fiction (Yale University Press, 2006). Dick Deppey gives two reviews: "One for newcomers to the new breed of comics, and one for those who already know their way around."

He went with the newcomers first:

If you're looking for a good survey of what comics have been up to for the last thirty years or so, Ivan Brunetti's anthology is your one-stop shopping choice. Not only does it contain most of the high points in terms of short stories and strips, but also a good sampling of some of the earlier strip-oriented stories that served as influences on today's generation of art-comics cartoonists. Given that a survey of the modern graphic novel is essential to an understanding of where North American cartooning is turning, it's also worth noting how Brunetti manages to excerpt many of the top books with selections that are self-contained enough to work as short stories on their own. Buy this book now.

For "more experienced devotees of the modern comics," Deppey had this to say:

It really depends upon how much of this work you already own, and whether or not you want it all under a single cover. Alas, the book's "table of contents" is no help whatsoever, given that Brunetti chooses to run a series of iconic drawings and page numbers instead of, you know, actually telling you what the book contains. Fortunately for you, dear reader, I've gone ahead and created the table of contents that Ivan declined to produce. Do you need to own a copy of this book? Read on and decide...

You can view Deppey's version of the table of contents here, as well as the full text of the review.

Big Splash at Small Press Expo

Ivan Brunetti's An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, & True Stories made a big splash at the Small Press Expo a couple of weeks back.

Ivan's Schizo also scored an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic. In addition, awards went to two other cartoonists included in the Yale anthology: "Maakies" syndicated cartoonist Tony Millionaire and rising star Kevin Huizenga.

Read the Publishers Weekly Interview with Ivan that originally appeared Tuesday in PW Comics Week.

A Peek Into Ivan Brunetti's House

From An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories by Ivan Brunetti, forthcoming in October.

   

Stay tuned for more previews from this and other forthcoming titles from Yale University Press.

In the Studio...

Here is a sneak peek at In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists by Todd Hignite, the founding editor of Comic Art Magazine. In the Studio will be available in September.

2.03 Art Spiegelman, detail from “High Art Lowdown,” Artforum, December 1990. Copyright © 1990 by Art Spiegelman.

6.26 Daniel Clowes, preliminary sketch for “The Death Ray,” 2003.

Ivan Brunetti discusses An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories forthcoming from Yale this Fall.