RUSS KICK is the originator of the Graphic Canonseries, for which he has commissioned new work from over 350 artists and illustrators, now going into its fifth volume. NPR descriped it as "easily the most ambitious and successfully realized literary project in recent memory." Kick's previous anthologies, You Are Being Lied To andEverything You Know Is Wrong, informed a whole generation of Americans with the hard truths of American politics and created a media frenzy for being the first to publish suppressed photographs of American flag-draped coffins returning from Iraq. The New York Timesdubbed Kick "an information archaeologist," Detailsmagazine described him as "a Renaissance man," and Utne Readernamed him one of its "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World." His popular website, thememoryhole2.org, is active again and getting national media coverage for archiving documents that the Trump administration has been deleting.
"Featuring adaptations of famous crime classics, most of which were
created specifically for this volume, this work displays a range of
absolutely stunning talent. From a relatively straightforward
depiction of the murder scene in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime
and Punishment to a wildly experimental take on Stanley
Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, [Russ Kick] presents a
fantastic survey of the literature concerned with criminal
activity, as well as a primer on everything possible in the graphic
format. ... As an introduction to the crime genre, this
edition is second to none." —Library Journal
"From Poe to Kafka to Dostoyevsky, all the masters are here, in
these short, graphic renderings of the darkest, most foreboding
writing of all time. With different artists and illustrators taking
on each tale, there are many revelations." —New York Times Book
Review, New & Noteworthy
"[Russ Kick] has managed to create something unprecedented in comic
art ... It is, for now, the most sustained anthology of comic art
in the English language – the best showplace of what comic art is
today and what it can do. That’s quite an accomplishment." —Paul
Buhle, Los Angeles Review of Books
"Almost anything can be seen as a crime story, and almost anything
can be adapted into a graphic novel. Few, however, have attempted
such an ambitious and quirky melding of these two truths as editor
and artist Russ Kick with his new anthology, The Graphic Canon
of Crime and Mystery. This cleverly arranged series of graphic
adaptations of classic mystery tales brings together a wide range
of artists matched with a diverse list of stories, many of which
are only loosely categorizable as crime fiction (that’s part of the
fun of it). With everything from biblical judgements to decadent
poetry to 19th century classics, Kick and his army of artists have
crafted a formidable and fascinating collection." —Molly
Odintz, Lit Hub
"This is a take on the crime & mystery genre that proves quite
refreshing and a true eye-opener. Russ Kick, in the role of
curator/editor, has taken an offbeat path in order to emphasize
just how diverse and unpredictable his subject can be. ... Kick
manages to keep just the right unsettling vibe running throughout
this impressive anthology." —Comics Grinder
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