Julia Hall & Chrissy Leggio
Julia Hall & Chrissy Leggio's "Slaves
of Christo" recounts their experiences as $6.25-an-hour wage
slaves toiling on the installation crew for Christo and Jean-Claude's
Central Park installation, "The Gates."
Angee Lenard contributes "The
Lennards: An Upper Middle Class Social History" a heavily researched
(with detailed bibliography!) coloring book narrating her family history
amidst the backdrop of the cultural shifts of the late 20th and early
21st century.
Patricia McFadden's pop-up book
on Jack the Ripper combines whimsical drawings, interactive three-dimensional
elements, and original text written in iambic pentameter with the
gruesome exploits of the legendary murderer.
Kristen Romaniszak's autobiographical
comic books also marry whimsy with disgust, as she details her experience
with a tapeworm; her dream about losing her lower lip; various body
odors; and a log of drawings depicting 30 days of bowel movements.
In Becky Suss' coloring book,
"Swell", pages zoom in and out on a tight cluster of cartoonishly
drawn houses. Flipping the book fast causes the images to pulsate,
like a wave or, well, a swell.