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Drawn & Quarterly Launches "Fire Away"

By The Editor
February 17, 2008 - 07:28

FIRE AWAY by Chris von Szombathy

Book launch at Lucky's
3972 Main Street, Vancouver, BC
604-875-9858

ABOUT FIRE AWAY:
Chris von Szombathy’s surreal illustrations explore the bold juxtaposition of color and use of iconic imagery characteristic of modern underground screenprinting as practiced by sub-cultural icons such as The Little Friends of Printmaking. Von Szombathy breaks new ground in the aesthetic by simultaneously emphasizing the repetition of shape and the subversion of expectations with jarring intersections of organic, inorganic and purely abstract elements. Swirling fractals of curves and angles erupt from and entangle his subjects, invading the void space of his backgrounds with injections and infections of form and light. Fire Away is Von Szombathy’s first published collection.

$12.95 * ISBN: 978-1-897299-49-4 * Paperback original
preview: http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/imagesPreview/a4720bb9814bfb.pdf

ABOUT CHRIS VON SZOMBATHY:
Chris von Szombathy works and lives in Vancouver, B.C., as a visual and auditory artist. He does graphic design work and musical production, in addition to working on new paintings and drawings for a non-linear graphic novel about other time dimensions, angels, demons, people, animals, other spiritual entities and instructions on the nostalgic meditation method.

ABOUT THE PETITS LIVRES SERIES:
D+Q’s innovative “Petits Livres” (Little Books) series stands alone as the only small-and-affordable art book imprint in the market, as well as the only imprint dedicated to acknowledging the wide variety of talent within the comics community and beyond, giving artists an opportunity to engage with this unique format. The series includes branching-out works by the critically-acclaimed cartoonists Guy Delisle, Charles Burns, Anders Nilsen, Julie Doucet, and more.

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