David Heatley

This is a terrific video narrated by Ivan Brunetti and animated by John Kuramoto about the latest Yale comics anthology. I have an embarrassing number of pages in the book compared to other people my age. It was nice to have both “Portrait of My Mom” and “Portrait of My Dad” housed in the same collection. Ivan has done another great job of pulling together a selection that feels essential in some way. I have a feeling the 2 Yale books will stay in print forever and will have a life in and outside college classrooms for as long as comics remain on the cultural radar. I always refer people to them whenever anyone is curious about the broader landscape of “literary” or “art” comics or whatever you want to call what people like me make

Here’s Dan Clowes’ great cover:

You can buy at Powell’s or at amazon.