artists – Page 3 – Cannonball Read 17

“I should like to be famous and unknown.” Edgar Degas

Degas & Cassatt : A Solitary Dance by Salva Rubio

April 30, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Degas & Cassatt : A Solitary Dance is a graphic novel told from the point of view of Edgar Degas himself, the flow of the text is romantic, artistic and even a bit abstract. We see the life of an artist with contradictions surrounding him, the selfishness and the reasons behind his lifestyle. The arrogance of the Degas oozes off the page, the haughty attitude towards dogs (nothing is worse than a dog, unless it is …. and he rattles off a laundry list of […]

Faith blankets you

Blankets by Craig Thompson

January 17, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR16SweetChallenge #Exciting Craig Thompson is a new author for me and one that I will check out again as Blankets was a powerful and interesting read. I was going to put this as a New category because of that, but Exciting came after finishing. I was intrigued by the cover, the concept, and all of the blue that was on that cover and inside. I was hoping to find a copy from my library, and eventually did find a mid-2000s published edition. After finishing, I want to find the […]

Relatable or One really long acid trip or One Last Selfish Act or What do I know? I’m a cartoonist or the Monologue that got away

It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

October 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am not giving It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood a rating of 5 because I absolutely loved it, or thought it was the best thing in the world, or even because I found it original. Actually, I don’t really like the author or her life choices. However, she is a freaking genius and can paint a story in a way that is relatable and a bunch of hooey. And you love her for it. She tells us she is […]

Art and Artist

Edward Hopper: The Story of His Life by Sergio Rossi

August 22, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you are looking for a true biography of Edward Hopper, the graphic novel Edward Hopper: The Story of His Life, is not it. But if you want a more artistic look at the artist and his relationship with art in general, his own art, his wife of decades, the artists he was taught by, and were students with, plus feelings he had on Paris, New York, and life itself told by conversations between himself and his wife, then this is it. We even see […]

Sometimes even your favorites can disappoint

The Baby-Sitters Club: Claudia and the New Girl by Gabriela Epstein (based on Ann M. Martin's novel)

January 5, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Claudia and the New Girl focuses (big shock) on Claudia, who is my favorite character in the series. A new girl, Ashley, joins Claudia’s class, and she’s also an artist! And she likes Claudia’s art and wants to be friends! Claudia gets swept up in the validation of having a friend share an interest and validate her work as something special. This leads to tension with her other friends and her not living up to her duties as vice-president of the Baby-Sitters Club. Friends falling […]

Art Show

Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint and Wasn’t Sorry by Fausto Gilberti

Yves Klein painted Everything Blue and Wasn’t Sorry by Fausto Gilberti

Banksy Graffitied Walls and Wasn’t Sorry by Fausto Gilberti

September 3, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Fausto Gilberti has a (currently) four book series of modern artists. These contemporary people are profiled in a simple, hit the highlights manner. The cover of each one tells you all you need to know about the artwork that is inside. Gilberti has their own style they use to help give you a look into people like Banksy, Jackson Pollock, Yves Klein, and Yayoi Kusama. I recently read the Pollock, Klein, and Banksy books. I think I have seen Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots […]

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