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
