Weekly sketchbook blog: Tour Journal
COMIC DIORAMA is out now on Top Shelf.
All my other books are available at QUIMBY'S BOOKS and SHORT PANTS PRESS. The M'Lady Serene 7"/book is also for sale at INTERPUNK.
SOME REVIEWS:
"...Comic Diorama hits all the right notes for a crowd accustomed to indie books. However, its engaging storytelling and capacity to quickly establish a mood make it a book fated for an audience as varied as the stories it houses." -- Wizard Magazine's Top 50: number twenty-one Comic Diorama
"I do believe that Grant has reinvented a genre. It's a genuinely brilliant read, from his seamless transition from dreams to reality and back again...really not a comic to be missed." -- Optical Sloth, Hot and Cold Running Ghosts
"Singularity (Al Burian and Grant Reynolds, super team up)" -- Quimby's Quimblog Best of 2007
"It's a comic book and a record, all in one! It's gorgeous. This is probably the most disturbing thing that Grant has done, and I say more power to him. He should revel in ugliness like this more often." -- Optical Sloth, M'Lady Serene: Tales of Achilles
"This is the best work we've seen by both to date!" -- Art of the Underground, M'Lady Serne: Tales of Achilles
"Reynolds does a fantastic job of echoing the lyrics in his images...His art conjures up scenes of desolation and desperation...however, Reynolds' mini is also uplifting and rewarding." -- The Drama #9, To the Mouth of the Source
"He uses very few words,
masterfully weaving together recurrent Newsom motifs:
bones, white coats, water, gnawing, night. When strung
together this way - and when accompanying Reynolds'
expressive images - the lyrics take on new meaning,
while still adhering, remarkably, to the overall mood
of Newsom's songs. Indeed, this book is right on." -- Punk Planet #76, To the Mouth of the Source
"Finally a hefty collection, Grant has been doing some of the most interesting and cutting edge comics in Chicago for a while. A great well-rounded introduction to his work." -- Logan Bay (Quimby's, Lumpen), Smaller Parts
"Overall, this book made me want to pull the covers up over my head and just think for awhile." -- Optical Sloth, Smaller Parts
