Nobrow 7: Brave New World

Nobrow #7

by Alex Spiro

"Nobrow's bold, expansive formula dissolves the borders supposedly demarcating illustration and comics. Their fluidity and hybridity infuse each miniature in this expertly crafted, alluringly colored feast for the eyes, mind, and heart."—Paul Gravett, author of 1001 Comic Books You Must Read Before You Die "You want a cool book showing the latest and the best comics design out there, Nobrow will more than double your fun."—Warren Bernard, executive director, Small Press Expo Taking inspiration from Aldous Huxley's seminal 1931 novel of the same name, Nobrow 7 invites forty-five creative visionaries to re-interpret the theme of a "Brave New World." Is this our brave new world? This is just one of the questions posed in a stunning large-format, 128-page presentation that features cutting-edge work from the world's most exciting cartoonists and illustrators. Comprised of fifteen cartoonists and thirty illustrators, the latest edition of Nobrow's flagship anthology continues to showcase the very best talent in the world of visual and narrative arts. Maintaining the acclaimed flip-cover format of Nobrow 6 , Nobrow 7 is, in fact, two titles rolled into one side dedicated to comics, the other dedicated entirely to illustration. Jillian Tamaki ( Indoor Voice , Drawn & Quarterly), Luke Pearson ( Hilda and the Midnight Giant , Nobrow Press), Joost Swarte ( Is That All There Is? Fantagraphics Books), Tom Gauld ( Goliath , Drawn & Quarterly), Anders Nilsen ( Big Questions , Drawn & Quarterly), Joseph Lambert (winner of Ignatz Outstanding Artist award for I Will Bite You ), and many more.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Art, Comics, Graphic Novels Comics

40 pages, Paperback

First published September 11, 2012

Reviews

[Mathew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of stories based on Huxley's own work. The double-flip booklet approach means that half of the book is full of glorious full-spread artwork and the other are stories presented in panel style. There are a variety of artists and writers who each bring their individual style with words and pictures and this is where the appeal, for me, lies.

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like most collections there were a few selections that I didn’t love but most of them I did and the book is so cleverly designed.

So glad I was able to read a physical copy through an inter-library loan.

[The_J · Rating 2 out of 5]

Split into two halved starting from each end and flipped. The first covers and single page stories - interesting and some thought provoking. The scend longer stories which was significantly weaker and almost entirely without anything interesting.

[Lucas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This might be the most stacked Nobrow Magazine issue I've read so far. You got Anders Nilsen, Eleanor Davis, Jillian Tamaki, Joost Swarte, Luke Pearson, Michael Deforge and Tom Gauld, among others. Surprisingly, those weren't even my favorites (though they're certainly all very good). Richard Short, Andrew Rae and Domitille Collardey give us thoughtful and colorful explorations of the human spirit. I didn't know either of them but I'm sure to follow them now

[Grg · Rating 4 out of 5]

It makes me mad that so many of these artists spend their time drawing books for children when they are so brilliant at telling stories for grown ups.

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Liked the stories and theme in this book a bit more than Nobrow 8. But that is just personal preference more than the actual skill with which the stories were done. The artists were given the theme "brave new world" and they interpreted it any way they liked. Since it can be interpreted different ways, there were many different types of stories,

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nobrow's usually good mix of illustration and story telling by a variety of British artists, this time with the parameter that they work within showing an alternative world--usually, here, in the various forms of dystopia.

[Azem · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another inspiring volume