Artist of the Day - MARC BELL

Marc Bell lives in Vancouver, and has done some of the most visually inventive, yet demanding-of-close-attention comics I've ever seen. His Shrimpy & Paul is amazing, and his latest from Fantagraphics "Worn Tuff Elbow" is an amazing allegory of the interplay at work between the wealthy and the downtrodden. Plus its goofy. I could try to sound all uppity about his work, but honestly, the best part about it is its fun to look at, and relook at, following every line to another bit you missed before. Check out his pieces from The Stacks gallery show now on display at the prestigious Adam Baumgold Gallery in New York.

His pocket-sized art book The Stacks is available now from Drawn & Quarterly.

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