I've posted here before that I love seeing where creative people work: mechanics' garages, artist's studios, scientists' labs, writers' offices. The folks at Dark Horse Comics apparently do too! In July, they're publishing a beautiful hardcover book called "The Artist Within: Portraits of Cartoonist, Comic Book Artists, Animators, and Others." Inside are Greg Preston's striking photos of some of my favorite artists–Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, Frank Miller, Adrian Tomine, Coop, Los Bros Hernandez, Peter Bagge, Art Spiegelman, and dozens of others–in their natural habitats. The book features 100 photographs, 100 illustrations, and brief profiles of the subjects and their work. The Artist Within is filled with intimate glimpses of people who have entertained me for years, many of them decades, but most of whom I've never met. It's a delight to put faces with the names and a real treat to finally see where the magic happens.
