David Thompson
Recent articles by David Thompson
A fraternity of trifles
Issue 43, Spring 2002
With Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan upending expectations of the comic book form (and winning the…
A waking dream
Issue 53, Autumn 2004
The notion of the brand and its plausible functions have been derailed and abstracted
Stripped for action
Issue 62, Winter 2006
To my knowledge, this is the first cross-media anthology of gay comic art and illustration…
Density, magic, genius and loss
Issue 40, Summer 2001
Chris Ware’s comic strip was originally published in Chicago’s alternative New City paper and Ware’s…
Big subject, little pictures
Issue 44, Summer 2002
Joe Sacco uses the comics medium to describe the lives of Palestinians
Ware comes back with a darker narrative
Issue 59, Spring 2006
After a four-year hiatus spent repackaging earlier work for a mainstream audience, Chris Ware finally…
Agenda: Artspeak
Issue 62, Winter 2006
How did ‘Art bollocks’ become the default way of writing about visual culture? Could Mao have the answer?