FUNNY (NOT FUNNY)
Catalog to the exhibition FUNNY (not funny), held at the University of Michigan School of Art + Design WORK·DETROIT gallery, from January 22 - February 26, 2010.
56 pages | full color | perfect bound | 2010An overview of Black Humor as manifest in contemporary American alternative comics, it included the work of Ivan Brunetti, Chris Cilla, Sue Coe, Lisa Hanawalt, Glenn Head, Tim Hensley, Ian Huebert, Ben Katchor, Michael Kupperman, Mats!?, Daniel Maw, Taylor McKimens, Travis Millard, Tom Neely, Mark Newgarden, David Paleo, Jonathon Rosen, David Sandlin, Rob Sato and Jon Vermilyea. This publication is fully illustrated with images both new and old (many of which previously unpublished), and contains a comprehensive essay on the history of Black Humor in American comics. and new statements written by all of the participating twenty artists, addressing the relationship of their work to Black Humor.