Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 | 4 Comments
A Graphic Cosmogony
Publisher: Nobrow (Oct 21 2010)
The Judeo-Christian story has God making the universe and everything in it in 7 days. Now the good people at Nobrow have given 24 artists 7 pages each to tell their stories of the creation of everything in A Graphic Cosmogony. The results are strange, beautiful and as varied as the styles of the artists involved.
The book itself is an art object, beautifully printed and bound with stunning cover art by Micah Lidberg. A Graphic Cosmogony is our favorite book yet from Nobrow who, since 2008, has been publishing an amazing assortment of books and comics out of London, UK. Be sure to check out their website for more titles.
Cover art by Micah Lidberg
Man’s fall from grace in Brecht Vandenbroucke’s “Genesis”.
Our universe as the result of a God-child’s science project gone wrong in Andrew Rae’s “Deity School”.
A plague-dropping mosquito bite causes a vision of the true nature of the universe in “Illumination” by Stuart Kolakovic”.
The Norse creation myth retold in Michael Sommers’ “Ginnungagap”.
Luke Pearson’s “New Game”
Artists appearing in A Graphic Cosmogony:
Stuart Kolakovic, Mikkel Sommers, Brecht Vandenbroucke, Luke Best, Rob Hunter, Jon McNaught, Ben Newman, Andrew Rae, Luke Pearson, Jack Teagle, Jon Boam, Jakob Hindrichs, Clayton Junior, Daniel Locke, Isabel Greenberg, Mike Bertino, Nick White, Rui Tenreiro, Sean Hudson, Luc Melanson, Katia Fouquet, Yeji Yun, Matthew Lyons, Liesbeth De Stercke.
Marie Bergeron
February 6, 2011 @ 12:02 am
I definately recommend those books to any graphic/illustrator lovers out there. It gives a hell of inspirations and beautiful work to discover among great artists.
Squidface & The Meddler
February 6, 2011 @ 5:02 pm
Hey Marie,
We totally agree! Can’t help but get inspired with this amazing collection. Check out Nobrow’s website (http://www.nobrow.net/). Pretty much every book they put out is a work of art unto itself – great roster of of artists!
Pierre-Paul Pariseau
April 5, 2011 @ 10:04 am
Hello,
Thanks for letting us know about this very interesting book. I’ll definitively look at it when I have the opportunity. Should be very inspiring.
Squidface & The Meddler
April 6, 2011 @ 10:04 pm
Couldn’t agree more!