Go, Read: Greg Cook On William Steig

My first recommendation to combat any case of the late-summer too-close-to-comics blues is to take a vacation. If that's not possible and you're still feeling more irritated than invigorated by the art form my second recommendation is to pick one of the past or even modern giants of comics and cartooning and look at as much of their stuff as you have in your library or as you can find on-line. There are opportunities for this practically everywhere you look. Drawn and Quarterly has for sale their collection of Joe Sacco's non-Safe Area Gorazde Bosnian comics out that's been my companion for a week now, Heidi MacDonald reminds us that Jordan Crane is posting Abner Dean, and the Boston Phoenix has a lovely article up on the late William Steig by the talented cartoonist and arts writer Greg Cook. It's amazing to me how reluctant comics and cartooning fans are to claim Steig despite decades of laudatory work in a variety of different expressions.
 
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