Rare Book and Manuscript Library
New York Comics Community collection
13500684
MS#1945
English
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/repositories/2/resources/5101
1 Linear Feet
2 document boxes; 2 mapcase drawers
2001-2017
Conditions Governing Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Arrangement
Arranged by individual artist.
Biographical / Historical
A cumulative collection, creating a snapshot of the work of the comics community in the NYC metropolitan area. It will allow researchers to track who was working here, when, and how.
Scope and Contents
The first acquisition is from Emily Flake (1977-), and consists of the original art and process sketches for her "'Parent' as a verb" series for THE NEW YORKER.
Scope and Contents
The second acquisition is from Peter Kuper. The roughs and original art for his post-9/11 story, "September 11, 2001," which appeared in his semi-autobiographical graphic novel, STOP FORGETTING TO REMEMBER.
Scope and Contents
This addition to the New York Comics Community is by Carolita Johnson, a New Yorker cartoonist who has been creating illustrated essays for Longreads.com. This essay, "A woman's work," details her relationship with her late husband, also a New Yorker cartoonist, and examines the sacrifices women artists are forced to make for their partners. The work is ink on board with visible blue pencil, and includes process materials.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); New York Comics Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located on-site.
Conditions Governing Use
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Kevin Sacco, 2019.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Peter Kuper, 2018-2019.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Emily Flake, 2018.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Carolita Johnson, 2018.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Lauren Weinstein, 2019.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Cartoonists -- New York City
Flake, Emily, 1977-
Kuper, Peter, 1958-
Johnson, Carolita
Rehr, Henrik
Dabaie, Marguerite/repositories/2/archival_objects/1303062Biographical / HistoricalMarguerite Dabaie is a prominent indie cartoonist, whose work often deals with her Palestinian-American heritage. In addition to her comics and illustration work, she maintains a series of sketchbooks in which she sketches a daily comic strip.
Sketchbook #3/repositories/2/archival_objects/13030631 volume2011-201222Scope and Contents(2020.2021.M069)
Flake, Emily/repositories/2/archival_objects/147476Scope and ContentsA cartoonist, writer, performer. teacher, and illustrator. Flake has had cartoons published in
The New Yorker, MAD Magazine, and the New Statesman. She had a weekly strip called Lulu Eightball that carried the jokes that are too vulgar for grown-up publications and too racy for MAD. She also does a bi-weekly cartoon for The Nib, usually about current political or cultural topics."'Parent' as a Verb" series for The New Yorker:/repositories/2/archival_objects/147480"Haunted by pre-mom version of yourself", May 16, 2018/repositories/2/archival_objects/14748511"Mommy rage", February 28, 2018/repositories/2/archival_objects/14748612"Bullying", March 21, 2018/repositories/2/archival_objects/14748713"Sleep training", January 24, 2018/repositories/2/archival_objects/14748814Johnson, Carolita/repositories/2/archival_objects/147477Scope and ContentsA
New Yorker cartoonist who has been creating illustrated essays for Longreads.com. This essay, "A woman's work," details her relationship with her late husband, also a New Yorker cartoonist, and examines the sacrifices women artists are forced to make for their partners."A woman's work":/repositories/2/archival_objects/147481Roughs and original art. The work is ink on board with visible blue pencil, and includes process materials./repositories/2/archival_objects/14748915Kuper, Peter/repositories/2/archival_objects/147478Biographical / HistoricalPeter Kuper's illustrations and comics have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world including
The New Yorker and MAD where he has written and illustrated "SPY vs. SPY" every issue since 1997. He is the co-founder of World War 3 Illustrated, a political comix magazine, and has produced over two dozen books, including Sticks and Stones, The System, Diario de Oaxaca, Ruins (winner of the 2016 Eisner Award) and adaptations of many of Franz Kafka's works into comics, including The Metamorphosis. His most recent graphic novel is Kafkaesque.He has been teaching comics courses at The School of Visual Arts since 1987 and is a visiting professor at Harvard University.
"September 11, 2001":/repositories/2/archival_objects/147482Roughs and original art./repositories/2/archival_objects/14749021Rehr, Henrik/repositories/2/archival_objects/1441197Tribeca Sunset:/repositories/2/archival_objects/1441198Two pages of original art of the experience of 9/11/repositories/2/archival_objects/144119915-H-16David Crook: souvenirs d'un revolution/repositories/2/archival_objects/1441200Two pages, with process sketches, focus on his arrival in the United States and his time as a student at Columbia University./repositories/2/archival_objects/144120115-H-16Sacco, Kevin/repositories/2/archival_objects/1049986"Josephine" Slave Labor Graphics, 2017. Two page of pencil art and one page of ink process sketch/repositories/2/archival_objects/104998723Scope and ContentsBoth have a strong sense of Manhattan place. Sacco, who has published three graphic novels, grew up on the Upper West Side, and, like the boy in his book, was often left in the care of a nanny.
(2019.2020.M072)
Weinstein, Lauren R./repositories/2/archival_objects/147479Biographical / HistoricalI am a cartoonist, illustrator, painter and avid gardener who lives in scenic New Jersey with my family and dog, Dr. Buddy.
I have published three books:
Girl Stories, Inside Vineyland and Goddess of War.My work has been included in
The Best American Comics, An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Kramer's Ergot, and The Graphic Cannon.I have won and been nominated for an Ignatz. This year "Carriers" was also nominated for Slate's studio prize for Cartoonists. Carriers won a gold medal from The Society of Illustrators.
"Being an Artist and a Mother":/repositories/2/archival_objects/147483Scope and ContentsThe New Yorker, July 24 2018.Four pages of original art and many versions of process material for this moving meditation on balancing art and motherhood, inspired by a Paula Modersohn-Becker painting from 1906. Graphite, colored pencil, ink, and watercolor on drawing board, with many paste-downs./repositories/2/archival_objects/14749115-H-13"Last Year Recap…":/repositories/2/archival_objects/147484Scope and ContentsNormel Person in the
Village Voice, September 20 2017.This installment of Weinstein's weekly comic for the Village Voice (now available at Popula.com) ran in the last print edition of the long-running alt-weekly./repositories/2/archival_objects/14749215-H-13