Art
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Alina Simone Has Arrived
Alina Simone, who just double-impressed us with her reading/musical performance at the last monthly Rumpus, was profiled in the Wall Street Journal. Her first book, You Must Go and Win, chock-full of wandering tales and witticisms and her latest album,…
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Let’s Take a Walk Together
James Yeh writes on the Spontaneous Society for Faster Times, Jon Cotner’s ambulatory, real-life interaction/art installation, inciting strangers to interact positively with one another. The project was created in hopes of reigniting a certain kind of social spontaneity that is…
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Dressed to Kill
I’m probably way behind the times here, but I’ve just discovered this project by artist Megan Rosalarian Gedris in which she cross-dresses male superheroes. But she’s doing more than just changing their outfits–after all, male superheroes in comic books are…
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Everything Is Its Own Reward
Paul Madonna‘s new book, Everything Is Its Own Reward, is out now. The book covers 4 years of work and features 6 countries and 13 cities. And there’s a removable poster. Here are some beautiful excerpted pieces.
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Animals in Midlife Crises
ANIMALS IN MIDLIFE CRISES: Hyenas (part 1 of 3) Another fantastic Rumpus Comic from Lincoln Michel and John Dermot Woods.
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The Rumpus Interview with Tony Perrottet
Cullen Thomas sits down with Tony Perrottet to discuss his latest book, The Sinner’s Grand Tour: A Journey through the Historical Underbelly of Europe.
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Small Potatoes
SMALL POTATOES: Lucky Mountain An amazing Rumpus Comic (that everyone, but especially every artist and writer, should read) by Paul Madonna.
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James Franco Does His THING
If you don’t know by now, THE THING is an object-based quarterly, created by artists Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan, where different artists create an object that incorporates text. All of the designs are objects you can use.