Ivar Zeile

Rodger Binyone

Rodger is the core of my collection, it’s hard not to become obsessive about his work. There is no other artist alive with a studio practice so focused, principles so forthright and craft so giving to those engaged in collecting work of this, or any other nature. His career output consists of ltd edition large format illustrations, risograph printed booklets with generally nonsensical titles featuring creatures, and cats, and lately an expansion into the kind of multi-dimensional territory few artists dare go on their own, the attention to experimentation and craft simply outstanding. I am and will always be a lifelong fan and supporter.

Michael Olivo

A rare independent, exquisite artist who takes the time to produce essential works of the highest standards and imaginative depth. I wish I had discovered him sooner, but have managed to acquire a couple of his more rare publications eventually compiled within the hardbound volume DCXXXL.

Olivier Schrauwen

A singular genius of infinite head-tripping proportions, whose work is grounded in a hallucinatory reality I cannot possibly help bu t adore. Absolutely essential for anyone collecting in this category of art. I have hunted down nearly all Schrauwen has to offer since first picking up Parallel Lives, a journey to be savored while much of his extraordinary Sunday had yet to completely unfold. Schrauwen excels in shifting sensibilities within the genre, each page a ghostly masterpiece in the making in his latest, wonderfully crafted works.

J. Webster Sharp

J. Webster Sharp is not an easy artist to indulge in, her work drawing from the most disturbing regions of the human soul and storybook. Boy how she draws it though, her incredible, complex pointilist style and compositional abilities offering a rare wellspring that can only be described as grotesque sublime. Not for the faint of heart, but certainly for those who understand, appreciate and cherish art.

Helge Reumann

Helge Reumann is the full deal for me, an illustrator of prodigious consistency and technical awe, each panel in his work exhibiting tremendous compositional intricacies as well as imaginative depth. His talent is applied almost entirely towards a universe populated by obscenely vicious creatures, characters and blobs of unknown origin, all residing and terrorizing each other within a colossal natural landscape where austere industrial operations can be found, tucked away, as well as mystical flashes and orbs. On occasion, he also reflects a parallel world of contemporary art where he’s also dipped his fingers. His work is a total trip, easy to relish and spend a great deal of time contemplating with jaw dropped. It’s astounding, truly singular and strange work.

Lale Westvind

Gosh, what can I say about Lale that the comic art world doesn’t already know? She is simply one of the most profound talents on the planet right now, one whose output ends compiled in exquisitely produced publications, while continually dosing out variable format ltd. edition constructions that are always a treat to land. I was fortunate to have presented a motion-based work of Lale’s to the public in Denver through an introduction by MMCIII (buddy!) in 2015 as part of Friday Flash. I was uncertain how it all grooved at the time, but in looking back I now see he was asserting curatorial chops and knowledge well beyond my own, a gift that only manifested upon discovering her bound works at a much later date.

Juliette Joe Collet

My favorite discovery in 2024, though I only wish I had caught up with this artist a bit sooner, as her earliest publications are unavailable. But that’s okay, her many gifts include being open, frightfully honest, and super experimental both on a single page as well as throughout an entire publication and growing body of work. She’s also a terrific wordsmith and the type of artist you seek to follow and support as you watch a fabulous career unfold.

Mike Shea

Mike Shea is raunchy. Mike Shea is a rocker. Mike Shea is a fascinating independent artist producing his own publications through a DIY ethic that corresponds so well to his style and output. Reminds me of my early days doodling incessantly on my wooden top school desk in Junior High, only he’s much, much better, an artist with a true gift for out of the box thinking and delightfully dense compositions that seize your full attention for long periods of time.

Simon Hanselmann

My discovery of Simon Hanselmann in 2020 was a defining moment that opened up a whole new world of comic illustration as art, narrative, abstract composition, etc…to me that I had not quite realized was going on, leading to a good deal of what you see above and below on this page. It didn’t take much to realize that this artist’s work was engaged with something more profound than just provocation, the pure talent flowing onto the page, as deranged as it all is, coming from a place of spiritual manifestation and genuine artistic grace, as good as any in the world. It seemed that publishing had come a long way with books like his well produced and readily available. I realized I had missed out on the ability to collect his work during its early stage of development, through limited edition publications that are the true gemstones of the industry. But that’s okay, it led to discovering so many sources for such collecting, and a tantalizing number of like-talented if not minded artists within. Crisis Zone could not have been more perfect to hit home at this time too, what a gift to what can only be called a fucked up world!

Moebius / Jodoworsky / Janetov

The most influential comic book illustrator and artist of all time was Moebius, who in collaboration with Alejandro Jodoworsky, an individual who established an unprecedented reputation in film, produced The Incal series in the 1980’s. Finding the series at a comic shop in Idaho Falls as a teenager was like unearthing rare gold coins, a thrill I feel I’ve rediscovered more recently through a broadening market of artists exploring and exploding similar pathways in art. (TBC)

Additional artists of interest

Going Digital!

My interest in digital motion artists has manifested in a small array of related and revelatory publications, all of them pretty rare and essential components of my collection.

Additional weirdness, rarities, works of major influence from the contemporary art world, older publications and texts on art and film.