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"Neufeld's design sense and aesthetics are subtle and refined.... Neufeld stretches the bounds of the unfamiliar as an artist and collaborator, and the reader is treated to a one-man anthology more diverse than many multi-creator anthologies." "... several comix adaptations of poems ... each of which argues that the "graphic poem" works just as well as the graphic novel." "If you do happen to be approaching the comics rack with an extra four bucks in hand, it'd be well-spent on this Vagabonds." |
The Vagabonds #2
"Of Two Minds"
By Josh Neufeld and friends. 32 pages, full-color covers, dark brown
ink on cream paper interiors. Oversized, 7-3/4" x 9-1/4", $3.95. ISBN: 1-891867-17-2. Diamond Item Code: AUG062933; Oct. 2006.
Xeric Award-winning cartoonist Josh Neufeld returns with The Vagabonds #2: Of Two Minds, featuring an array of Neufeld's comics collaborations.
Collaboration has always been part of Neufeld's comix repertoire — with Dean Haspiel in Keyhole and R. Walker in Titans of Finance, with Duplex Planet Illustrated's David Greenberger, and with American Splendor's Harvey Pekar (still ongoing). And in The Vagabonds #2, that tradition continues — with some strange twists and turns. Contributors include Pekar, Greenberger, Walker, artist Martha Rosler, award-winning poet/memoirist Nick Flynn, literary cult figure Eileen Myles, and the New York downtown theater company The Civilians — as well such offbeat collaborators as The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby," a 1980 issue of Superman, and Neufeld's own mirror reflection!
A good collaboration is a conversation between artist and writer, each challenging the other, with the result truly being Of Two Minds.
Josh Neufeld is the author of the Xeric Award-winning A Few Perfect Hours (and Other Stories From Southeast Asia & Central Europe), a graphic novel collection of real-life stories about his travel experiences. He is the creator of the comic book The Vagabonds, and the co-creator of Keyhole (nominated for an Ignatz Award) and Titans of Finance: True Tales of Money and Business. Josh is a long-time artist for Harvey Pekar's American Splendor. His comics have also appeared in World War 3 Illustrated, Fortune Small Business, mMode magazine, ReadyMade, The Village Voice, The Chicago Reader, In These Times, and many other venues. Josh lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife.
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| "Cartoon Physics, Part One " p. 1 |
"Cartoon Physics, Part One " p. 2 |
"No Words" [The Civilians] |
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| "Untitled" [Eileen Myles] |
"Alien Finger" [broken finger] |
"Father McKenzie's Sermon" [Lennon/McCartney] |
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Other Books by JOSH NEUFELD |
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| A Few Perfect Hours | Titans of Finance | The Vagabonds #1 | |
Images, characters and likenesses © and ™ Josh Neufeld
