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Big Gorgeous Jazz Machine
Big Gorgeous Jazz Machine is a collection of experimental graphic works and comics poetry. It includes more traditionally-minded comics (with a lyrical bent) with abstract and conceptual works, including text-based comics and comics inspired by modernist abstractions. Taken together, the work finds kinship with contemporary avant-cartoonists like Warren Craghead, Aidan Koch, and Simon Moreton, while striking out toward something altogether new. Parts of this collection have appeared in Devil's Lake, TYPO Magazine, The Offing, PANK Magazine, Entropy Magazine, Big Other, Horse Less Review, Heavy Feather Review, among others.
132 pages, Paperback
Published March 22, 2022
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March 26, 2022
A riveting combination of comics, text, poetry, and storytelling. I've never read anything quite like it, and I found it thoughtful and artistically inspiring. I read it in one fell swoop, and I'll likely reread it again sometime at a slower pace, as the drawings and poetry both invite more than a single visit. Innovative work. I'd recommend if you like comics, graphic novels, multi-genre work, experimental texts, and/or free-verse poetry.
March 4, 2022
Beautiful! I love it!
April 26, 2026
Very interesting alternative, experimental comics. Nice conversation with the author included at the end.
June 8, 2026
the poetry inside pisses me off for whiny millennial themes; but the art is super textured and emotive
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