Art
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Memorial Day, 2013
Happy Memorial Day! To start the holiday off right, an illustration from Rumpus illustrator-in-chief Jason Novak:
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The Rumpus Interview with Jason Polan, Part I
An illustrated look at the life and times of Jason Polan, the artist behind Michelle Tea’s newest book, Mermaid in Chelsea Creek.
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A Peek Inside Mermaid in Chelsea Creek
We wade into Michelle Tea’s new novel, Mermaid in Chelsea Creek, with a collection of enticing excerpted illustrations by Jason Polan.
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ALBUM #5, AUDIO PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS AND WRITERS AT WORK: Ariel Schrag
Ariel Schrag first achieved recognition in her teens, when she began writing the autobiographical comic books Awkward, Definition, Potential, and Likewise
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Drawing the Connection
Art is an act of finding, making, and forcing meaning; a synthesis of witness and imagination; a course that veers always toward empathy.
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Spotlight: Hip-hop Is the Future
Though Matt Dojny has become known primarily as a novelist since the publication of The Festival of Earthly Delights this past June, he’s been making comics since his earliest childhood:
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The Rumpus Interview with Dmitry Samarov
Dmitry’s spontaneous cab drawings had such great composition and confidence. You could almost feel his grimace in so many of his lines.
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ALBUM #2, Audio Portraits of Artists and Writers at Work: Angela Jimenez
Audio Portraits of Artists and Writers at Work
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The Rumpus Interview with Roger Gastman
Graffiti impresario Roger Gastman sits down and talks about the evolution of street art, his new film The Legend of Cool “Disco” Dan, and his newest exhibit and ode to Washington D.C., Pump Me Up: D.C. Subculture of the 1980s.
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Fifty Shades of Abe
A Presidents’ Day surprise courtesy of Rumpus literary pun master Timothy Leo Taranto:
