My favorite LA comic shop, Secret Headquarters of Silver Lake, is hosting an art show by Jordan Crane — the opening is the evening of Oct 27. Crane's latest, The Clouds Above is described as "a cross between Where the Wild Things Are and The Wizard of Oz." Sounds like a great show!
Winner of numerous awards in the design and comic industries, Jordan Crane first emerged in the comic world in 1996 with the anthology NON. Crane edited, contributed to, and published Non, which has become known as that era's showcase for the most explosive young experimental cartoonists. The short lived series has been compared to Spiegelman and Mouly's Raw.
Crane's first self published comic novella, The Last Lonely Saturday (now published by Fantagraphics), is noted for well observed narratives that focus on the vulnerability and mystery of the human experience. Crane's work simultaneously has the feel of humble handcrafted objects made in the garage of a lonely teenager, and the sophisticated work of an artist at the height of his form.
