Description

In this short graphic novel, acclaimed author Youme joins with Anthony Horton to tell the true story of how Anthony lived and created art underneath the New York City subway system.

On the subway, do you ever notice that people are always looking, but they only see what they want to?Anthony Horton asks. A guide, an observer of the many, and resident of the spaces below New York City streets, hes happy to show you how he lives in the tunnels underneath the subway systemthat is, if youll let him show you. Which is exactly what happened when Youme and Anthony began a conversation in the subway about art. It turns out that both Youme and Anthony are artists. While part of Youmes art is listening long and hard to the stories of the people she meets, part of Anthonys job is making art out of what most people wont even look at. Thus began a unique collaboration and conversation between two artists over a year, which culminated in this very graphic novel Pitch Black. With art and words, they map out Anthonys life and worlda tough one from many perspectives, startling and undoing from others. But from Anthonys point of view, its a life lived as art.

Author: Anthony Horton, Youme Nguyen Ly
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
Published: 09/05/2023
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 10.94h x 5.75w x 0.24d
ISBN: 9781643796567
Language: English