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| Comics Will Break Your Heart (pencil & watercolour on 300gsm paper) A5 (148 x 210mm, 5.7 x 8.3 inches) |
Go to: Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks (via Trouble With Comics)
This sketch tells the story behind the quote that opens Hicksville. It was told to me by James Romberger, an artist and cartoonist whose amazing graphic novel Seven Miles a Second (written by activist and artist David Wojnarowicz) has just been reissued by Fantagraphics.
In the 1980s, Romberger met Kirby at a convention in New York. Kirby kindly looked at Romberger’s work and then gave him a piece of advice: “Kid, you’re one of the best. But put your work in galleries. Don’t do comics. Comics will break your heart.” - Dylan Horrocks
