Opriți planeta, Mișu s-a apucat de desenat comics care zdrobesc inimi. Pe a mea prima. Vineri am primit acest episod pilot, pe care nu știu cum să-l împac.
Într-un an și ceva mi i-a pus în brațe pe William Steig, Hannah Arendt, Lynda Barry, John Berger, William Grill, Dominique Goblet, Beatrice Alemagna, Raschka & Radunsky, Simon Hanselmann, Nora Krug, Sempé, Emil Ferris, Russell Hoban, Sophie Calle, David Wojnarowicz, Saul Leiter, Giuliana Bruno, Paddy & Joan Leigh Fermor, Nick Drnaso, Nicole Hollander, Agnès Varda, Zhu Yingchun, Edward Gorey și nici nu mai știu pe câți alții, pe ei i-am luat repede de pe cotoarele din teancul preferatelor recente.
Înainte să-l cunosc pe Vali Petridean, am citit un text descriptiv (despre el) de vreo 3 ori, învârtindu-mă în jurul poveștii lui ca țăranul lui Preda în jurul girafei: așa ceva nu există!
Physically, Heimat is a Cabinet of Wonder. A Wunderkammer. A collection of wonderful drawings, handwritten diary-like entries, old photos, postcards, official documents - all interlaced to give birth to a flawless visual performance.
Finding relatable behaviours and characters and situations always strike me with an oxymoronic mix of relief, sadness, and humour. A phew, I’m not the only one. An oh, boy, this world is screwed.
It's been quite a while, but here they are: a new round of 5 favorite poems illustrated by 5 lovely local artists.
Carina Davidoiu, Cristina Frei, Alina Marinescu, Alexandra Mocanu and Biliana Velikova received the poems via e-mail only a few days ago and sent them back to me as wonderful illustrations.
I first thought about writing this article 4 years ago, when I was freshly welcomed into the Visual Playground family. But I thought, as one does, that maybe my list would be perceived as patronizing or (hopefully) redundant – as it was supposed to mark mostly common sense advice.