Broadcast: The TV Doodles of Henry Flint

by Henry Flint, Cy Dethan (Contributor)

The mind of Henry Flint is a galaxy of beautiful atrocities - a nightmare factory where the bestial becomes benign, the mundane magical. Henry Flint is at once a full-service doodling savant and a one-man alien zoo, and this never-before-seen collection of his personal work is an attempt to chart a single, crooked leg of the artistic journey he takes daily. Welcome to the best of the bestiary.

98 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Chris Browning · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have not been able to write or draw since my accident and that, and my struggle physically to read, has been one of the toughest things I’ve ever had to get through ever. But this feels like doodling vicariously via some of the greatest doodles I have ever seen. Beautiful and wild and extraordinary

[Owen Watts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Markosia's astounding collection of Henry Flint's nonsense scribbling is an absolute must-buy. Cy Dethan's well-judged commentary is fluidly constructed and self-aware enough to avoid coming across as purely sycophantic or overly leading and Sharman's stark design is wisely unobtrusive and lets the doodles speak for themselves. Really though the star of the show is Flint - one of the most visually striking British artists and easily one of the brightest talents from the already-blinding pages of 2000ad. His transcendentally cluttered inky confusions are appealing in the extreme - even the most abstract having some small anchor into logic that makes them instantly accessible and endlessly absorbing. His collaborations with his daughter Rosalie are a delightful highlight - but the whole book is outrageously good. Markosia have done a grand thing putting this out and it's the pride of my bookshelf. Just knowing that at this very moment Flint is likely drawing up a storm somewhere makes me absurdly happy.