Synopses & Reviews
"A Graphic Cosmogony is the first anthology from publishers Nobrow Press. This is a Nobrow equivalent of McSweeney's albeit with a very deliberate theme. The twenty-four artists in A Graphic Cosmogony tackle creation in a fitting seven pages eachand#151;each one becoming that shamanic presence, creating their own wild, imaginative versions to answer that perennial question: 'how did we get here?' . . . A damn fine read!"and#151;Forbidden Planet International
"The Biblical creation myth proposes that God created the world in seven days, or six plus one day off to chill out, so in that spirit the two-dozen cartoonist-shamans corralled into this compendium were given just seven pages to devise their own version of how we all got here. . . . Entire world faiths have been built on equally unlikely accounts. Perhaps if enough readers of this volume start believing in certain stories, they might cause a spate of new religions to spring up based upon them. Pull up a rock and gather round the flickering fireand#151;the universe is about to be born again."and#151;From the introduction by freelance journalist, curator, and lecturer Paul Gravett, co-author of Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life (Laurence King Publishing, 2005)
Features contributions from artists such as Stuart Kolakovic, Ben Newman, Mike Bertino, Brecht Vandenbroucke, and Luke Pearson.
Review
In A Graphic Cosmogony, twenty-four of todayand#8217;s most celebrated illustrators and graphic artists each take seven pages to tell their version of the story of the universeand#8217;s origin and how our world came to be. There are unusual takes on traditional creation myths like The Book of Genesis...imaginative homages to evolution, gorgeous interpretations of Japanese folktales, and all kinds of fanciful alternative mythologies that fuse the playful with the profound.
andmdash;Brainpickings
Synopsis
and#149; 176 pages of stunning graphic short stories by leading comic book artists and illustrators
Synopsis
Drawn from the mythology of myriad cultures and the ever creative minds of the artists within, we are taken from the fog of Niflhelm to the frescoes of Florence in a worldwide collaboration of yarn-spinning talent.
"The Biblical creation myth proposes that God created the world in seven days, or six plus one day off to chill out, so in that spirit the two-dozen cartoonist-shamans corralled into this compendium were given just seven pages to devise their own version of how we all got here. . . . Entire world faiths have been built on equally unlikely accounts. Perhaps if enough readers of this volume start believing in certain stories, they might cause a spate of new religions to spring up based upon them. Pull up a rock and gather round the flickering firethe universe is about to be born again."From the introduction by freelance journalist, curator, and lecturer Paul Gravett, co-author of Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life (Laurence King Publishing, 2005)
Features contributions from artists such as Stuart Kolakovic, Ben Newman, Mike Bertino, Brecht Vandenbroucke, and Luke Pearson.
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Synopsis
In the first graphic anthology to be produced by Nobrow, twenty four artist take on seven pages each to tell their tales of the creation of everything....
Drawn from the mythology of myriad cultures and the ever creative minds of the artists within, we are taken from the fog of Niflheim to the frescoes of Florence in a worldwide colloboration of yarn-spinning talent.
About the Author
Alex Spiro is creative director and a founding partner of Nobrow Press, London.
Paul Gravett is a highly respected journalist, author and curator, with a specialism in comics, graphic novels and the sequential narrative.
Table of Contents
Page 3: Introduction by Paul Gravett
Page 4: Illumination by Stuart Kolakovic
Page 11: Ginnungagap by Mikkel Sommer
Page 18: Genesis by Brecht Vandenbroucke
Page 25: End by Luke Best
Page 32: Luna by Rob Hunter
Page 39: Pilgrims by Jon McNaught
Page 46: All That Dreams Matters by Ben Newman
Page 53: Deity School by Andrew Rae
Page 60: New Game by Luke Pearson
Page 67: Dust to Dust by Jack Teagle
Page 74: The Void by Jon Boam
Page 81: The World Must Be Destroyed by Jakob Hinrichs
Page 88: Ara Poty by Clayton Junior
Page 95: Moshiri Ikkewe Chep by Daniel Locke
Page 102: Masters of the Universe by Isabel Greenberg
Page 109: The Biggest Banger by Mike Bertino
Page 116: Derek by Nick White
Page 123: Innocent Theorem by Rui Tenreiro
Page 130: The Great Hunter by Sean Hudson
Page 137: Deus Magicus by Luc Melanson
Page 144: Evoution by Katia Fouquet
Page 151: Solitude by Yeji Yun
Page 158: Push It Backwards by Matthew Lyons
Page 165: Ulgen Tenger by Liesbeth De Stercke