I’m pleased to report that ATTITUDE 2 will be heading off to the printers in a few days! This sequel to the hit anthology ATTITUDE: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists (still in print, so order now to prepare for ATTITUDE 2!), is due out in February 2004. As before, I interviewed 21 of America’s most interesting social commentary (and a few hard-hitting political) cartoonists, most of whom work in the alternative weeklies. Along with the interviews are tons of cartoons, childhood photos and other ephemera of these great artists. It’s a great sampler of the most important work going on in American cartooning–too hip for the mainstream press, yet not obscure like those boring “art comix” the critics are always yammering on and on about but don’t do anything for you when you actually splurge on them. Literate, intelligent, and most of all funny–this is an amazing book, at least according to the few famous cartoonist types who have been privileged to lay their eyes on the proofs.
Cartoonists featured in this 128-page book are:
Alison Bechdel – Dykes to Watch Out For
Jennifer Berman – Berman
Max Cannon – Red Meat
Barry Deutsch – Ampersand
Emily S. Flake – Lulu Eightball
Marian Henley – Maxine!
Justin Jones – Soda-Pong
Keith Knight – The K Chronicles
Tim Kreider – The Pain–When Will It End?
Aaron McGruder – Boondocks
Kevin Moore – In Contempt Comics
Stephen Notley – Bob the Angry Flower
Eric Orner – The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Greg Peters – Suspect Device
David Rees – Get Your War On
Mikhaela Blake Reid – The Boiling Point
Neil Swaab – Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles
Brian Sendelbach – Smell of Steve, Inc.
Tak Toyoshima – Secret Asian Man
Shannon Wheeler – Too Much Coffee Man
Jason Yungbluth – Deep Fried
There’s no ordering info available, but you can e-mail NBM through www.nbmpub.com
