Non #5

Non #5

by Jordan Crane (Editor)

Jordan Crane's anthology Non is to young experimental cartoonists what Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly's Raw was in the '80s—rule-free turf to find their voices, sometimes explosively. This volume features a couple of creative breakthroughs—Megan Kelso's sly, tender "Retreat" and Brian Chippendale's ferociously surreal "Program,"—as well as solid shorter work from Greg Cook, Ron Regé Jr., and others. It's inventive and gorgeous as a design object, too, from its hand-screened cover to the two smaller books tipped into the package: a collection of Crane's own Col-Dee mini-comics and a freewheeling, wordless piece by Kurt Wolfgang, "Where Hats Go."
- Village Voice's Favorite Book of 2001

Contributors:
Jason
Mat Brinkman
Dave Kiersch
Greg Cook
Megan Kelso
Ron Regé Jr.
Teven Weisman
Paul Lyons
James Kochalka
Paul Pope
Nick Bertozzi
Brian Chippendale
Pshaw
Brian Biggs
Tom Devlin
Brian Ralph
Ulf K.
David Choe
Kurt Wolfgang
Jordan Crane

Genres: Comics

474 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Jordan Crane is a cartoonist living in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and kids. Crane first emerged in 1996 with the iconic comics anthology NON, which he edited, designed, printed, contributed to, and published.

He has four graphic novels, The Last Lonely Saturday, Col-Dee, and The Clouds Above, and Keeping Two.

Reviews

[Ron · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've collected almost every single thing that Jordan Crane has produced, but the production and design of this project is just amazing. Two smaller graphic novels printed on heavy paper stock: "Where Hats Go" by Kurt Wolfgang and "Col-Dee" by Crane in addition to the large, beautifully printed Non #5 containing an early James Kochalka story among 20+ other creators.
All of that wrapped in a large silk-screened wrap around cover that forms a box around the contents.