Pictures That Tick
by Dave McKean
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Pictures That Tick collects Dave McKean's groundbreaking short comics stories from the 1990s and early 2000s. A true iconoclast, McKean mixes illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and digital art for a comics experience unlike any other. Some pieces are poignant, some are silly, but all are beautiful and thought provoking. Each is completely unique, and gathered together they represent a tour-de-force achievement. Pictures That Tick stretches the boundaries of comics art, and the show more short-story format allows him to create an even broader artistic vision. show lessTags
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Like a fever dream you wake from to see a bright light breaking through the gap in your curtains - only to find it’s an orange-d full moon reflecting light from a distant star. A reminder of life’s slightly off kilter, but nonetheless lovely, moments of incredulity. Wonder and merriment, grief and confusion, all can be found within these pages of pictures that do, indeed, …[tick]...
This book could only loosely be described as a graphic novel. This is to a typical graphic novel what poetry is to prose - in its text, pictures, and narrative structures.
"Ash" and "His Story" made the book for me. But the whole thing is incredibly unique and VERY Dave McKean. Which is a Good Thing.
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95+ Works 13,760 Members
Dave McKean was born on December 29, 1963 in Maidenhead, England. He is an illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, filmmaker and musician. McKean is best known for his regular collaboration with Neil Gaiman. MirrorMask, McKean's first feature film as director and visual designer, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2005. The show more screenplay was written by Neil Gaiman. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Genre
- Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5941 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography European British Isles
- LCC
- PN6727 .M417 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
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- Languages
- English, French, Polish, Portuguese
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- 5
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