Underground Comix Pioneer Denis Kitchen Rediscovers Nws Passion Rau Art Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 75

Denis chav ua noj yeej ib txwm yog ib tug contrarian. Nyob rau xyoo 1960s, thaum kev tsis ntseeg txog kev tsis ntseeg txog kev lag luam tau nce siab, tus kws kos duab kos duab hauv av hauv chav ua noj tau pib ua lag luam, qhov kev ua haujlwm ntev ntawm Chav Dej Sink Press imprint uas muaj cov haujlwm tseem ceeb los ntawm R. Crumb, Jay Lynch, Howard Cruse, Trina Robbins, thiab ntau lwm tus, suav nrog chav ua noj nws tus kheej. Tam sim no 50 xyoo tom qab, raws li kev pib ua lag luam thiab cov ntawv luam tawm tshiab tau tshwm sim thoob plaws hauv toj roob hauv pes, tus neeg ua lag luam erstwhile tau plua plav tawm ntawm nws daim duab kos thiab thaum kawg tau rov qab mus rau nws cov hauv paus hippie.

Nws txoj haujlwm tam sim no yog sau los ntawm psychedelic kos duab hu ua Creatures los ntawm Subconscious los ntawm Colorado-based Tinto Press, tab sis nws hais tias ntau artwork, suav nrog comics, yuav los tom ntej. Qhov no yog xov xwm zoo rau cov kiv cua ntawm chav ua noj ua haujlwm, uas tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv undergrounds ntawm 60s thiab 70s, tab sis tau ntev coj lub rooj zaum rov qab rau nws cov lag luam ventures.

"Kuv xaiv txoj kev tshaj tawm thaum ntxov, vim tias muaj lub sijhawm loj," Chav ua noj piav qhia. "Hippies tab tom xav txog lawv tus kheej comics, thiab koj tsis tas yuav yog ib tus neeg txawj ntse ua lag luam kom ua tiav vim qhov kev xav tau ntau dua li cov khoom siv. Txawm tias tus kws kos duab kos duab tuaj yeem ua tau. "

Chav ua noj pib los ntawm nws tus kheej-tshaj tawm nws tus kheej ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv ib tug comic hu ua Niam Tsev Ua Yeeb Yam, uas nws tau luam tawm thiab muab faib rau hauv nws lub tsev turf ntawm Wisconsin thaum xyoo 60s lig. Nws tau kawm txaus los ntawm cov kev paub dhau los uas thaum ib tus kws kos duab kos duab nug nws seb nws puas tuaj yeem tshaj tawm cov ntawv comic uas nws tab tom ua, Chav ua noj muaj hmoo tau txiav txim siab tias "ob leeg yuav yooj yim li ib qho."

Ua ntej ntev, Chav Dej Sink Publishing tau faib ntau pua txhiab tus hauv av rau cov khw muag khoom noj, cov khw muag ntawv ywj pheej thiab lwm qhov chaw nyob thoob plaws lub tebchaws, tso cov hauv paus rau cov qauv uas yuav cheb los ntawm kev lag luam comics tseem ceeb hauv xyoo tom ntej nrog rau kev lag luam ncaj qha (kev faib tawm. mus rau qhov chaw tshaj tawm uas tsis yog cov ntawv xov xwm, xws li cov khw muag khoom comic), tus tsim tswv yim, kev tshaj tawm ywj pheej, thiab kev tawg ntawm kev kos duab, kev sau ntawv thiab kev nom kev tswv hauv comics tshaj li ib txwm nyiam ntawm superheroes, science ntawv tseeb thiab kev lom zem.

Nyob rau hauv nruab nrab-70s, "kev ua tsov ua rog ntawm cov tshuaj" tau tsoo cov khw muag khoom siv tshuaj, kaw lub khw muag khoom tseem ceeb rau hauv av thiab tsav ntau tus tshaj tawm tawm ntawm kev lag luam. Kitchen Sink tub rog nyob rau, ib feem los ntawm kev sib txawv ntawm nws cov kab thiab rov luam tawm cov haujlwm qub xws li Will Eisner's Tus Ntsuj Plig, Al Capps Li-lum Abner thiab Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon nrog rau cov tiam tshiab ntawm lwm cov comics artists.

Chav ua noj muab qhab nia rau nws tus kws cob qhia, Eisner thiab tus neeg humorist Harvey Kurtzman (MAD), rau kev pab nws nkag siab qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev tsom mus rau kev lag luam ntawm kev tshaj tawm. Ironically, lub lag luam-minded thiab ua lag luam Eisner tau ntuas chav ua noj kom mus nrhiav nws cov duab, whereas tus stereotypically phem-ntawm-kev lag luam artist Kurtzman qhia qhov ntxeev, piav qhia tias comics xav tau ntse, ncaj ncees ua lag luam ntau dua li nws xav tau lwm tus cartoonist.

Raws li kev tshaj tawm kev lag luam loj hlob, Chav ua noj pom tsawg thiab tsawg lub sijhawm los kos nws tus kheej ntxim nyiam, quirky comics, txawm tias lawv muaj koob meej. Volume 2010 Lub Oddly Compelling Art ntawm Denis chav ua noj (Cov Phau Ntawv Tsaus Nees) muab cov npe zoo rov qab los ntawm nws txoj haujlwm.

Los ntawm 80s thiab 90s, Chav Dej Sink pom cov neeg tuaj saib tshiab hauv kev lag luam comic khw muag khoom. Chav ua noj yog tus tshaj tawm thaum ntxov ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom tseem ceeb xws li Charles Burns, Joe Matt, James O'Barr (Tub Yajthiab Mark Schultz (Cadillacs thiab Dinosaurs), thaum nthuav comics 'tus hneev taw ntawm cov phau ntawv nrog cov duab qub qub, luam tawm phau ntawv luam tawm ntawm classics, thiab cov khoom xws li Scott McCloud's seminal treatise ntawm nruab nrab ntawm comics, Nkag siab Comics. Nyob rau hauv nruab nrab-90s, Chav Dej Sink tau koom ua ke nrog Tundra, tus tshaj tawm tsim los ntawm Teenage Mutant Ninja vaub co-creator Kevin Eastman, tab sis tsis ntev tau khiav mus rau hauv cov teeb meem nyiaj txiag thiab kaw nws lub qhov rooj hauv 1998.

Ntau dua li rov qab mus rau kev kos duab thaum lub sijhawm ntawd, Chav ua noj tau nkag mus tob rau hauv kev lag luam raws li tus neeg sawv cev, phau ntawv ntim khoom, tus sau, tus kws kho, tus tsim ntawm kev tawm tsam kev txwv tsis pub muaj txiaj ntsig. Comic Book Legal Defense Fund thiab comics historian, txoj hauv kev uas nws tau mus txog thaum muaj kev sib kis tau tso cai rau nws rov tsom mus rau nws qhov tseem ceeb.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tseem nyob hauv kuv 70s, tab sis kuv tseem noj qab haus huv, tseem muaj zog, thiab kuv tau ua kom yooj yim rau kuv lub neej los ntawm kev txo kuv cov neeg siv khoom thiab cov luag haujlwm sab nraud," nws hais. "Thaum kawg kuv muaj caij nyoog los puv lub voj voog."

Chav ua noj hais tias nws muaj qhov rov qab ntawm cov haujlwm uas tau ua rau nws tsis khoom nyob rau ntawm daim duab kos duab. Cov Creatures los ntawm Subconscious phau ntawv yog ib phau ntawm cov duab kos duab uas nws sau thaum nws txaus "so." Tab sis nws kuj tseem ua haujlwm ntawm cov khoom siv ntau ntxiv nrog rau cov dab neeg tsis txaus ntseeg thiab cov xwm txheej lom zem uas nws tau sau ntau xyoo, koom tes nrog lwm tus neeg ua yeeb yam.

"Kuv tab tom ncav tes rau cov phooj ywg qub thiab cov npoj yaig uas txaus siab ua haujlwm ua ke ntawm cov no raws li Harvey Pekar [American splendor] tau siv los ua haujlwm nrog cov kws ua yeeb yam sib txawv [xws li Crumb] los ua cov dab neeg hauv nws lub suab, "nws hais.

Chav ua noj hais tias nws yuav tsis muaj tag nrho lub zog ntawm nws cov hluas, tab sis nws txoj kev paub ntau xyoo ua rau nws. "Thaum koj ua neej nyob, koj dhau los ntawm ntau qhov kev mob thiab kev ntxhov siab thiab kev lom zem, uas ua rau cov dab neeg tob tob uas koj tuaj yeem qhia tau." Nws kuj tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm nws tus ntxhais Violet, nws tus kheej yog tus kws kos duab kos duab, uas "kom kuv ntawm kuv tus ntiv taw."

Txawm hais tias nws qhov kev tsom mus rau kev kos duab tshiab, Chav ua noj tsis tuaj yeem pab qhuas cov kev tsim kho tshiab hauv kev lag luam uas tau ua rau txoj haujlwm no ua tau zoo. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv nyiam tus qauv kev pab nyiaj txiag," nws hais. "Yog tias Kickstarter tau nyob ib puag ncig thaum kuv tab tom pib, kuv paub tseeb tias kuv yuav tau txais nws txij thaum pib. Tsis tsuas yog nws daws qee qhov teeb meem kev lag luam tseem ceeb ntawm kev tshaj tawm, koj kuj tau txais kev cuam tshuam nrog koj cov neeg siv khoom lag luam uas koj yuav tsis pom lwm yam. "