ROSETTA COMICS ANTHOLOGY GN VOL 01 (MR)

Rosetta is an anthology of sophisticated works by an international cast of award winning artists. Rosetta not only entertains with new stories by over 20 award-winning cartoonists, but also reveals the creative processes and compromises that occur in the creation of comic art in the form of a sketchbook section. Nick Bertozzi dreams about Hokusai's prints, Ivan Brunetti muses upon the music of Erik Satie, David Choe examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, David Collier discusses the quirks of Islam, Renee French provides an eccentric example of portraiture, Tom Hart explores his literary side, cartoonist Lat retrieves a distant memory of his childhood, Matt Madden produces sequential magic out of mugshots, Miriam Katin delves into the moral questions surrounding her childhood, Megan Kelso provides another chapter in her "Artichoke Tales," James Kochalka provides an atypical example of his realism, Ron Regé Jr. philosophizes about consumerism, Katja Tukiainen provides a diary of her trip of India, and Stefan J. H. van Dinther tests the boundaries of experimental comics.