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‘Sammy Harkham draws himself well’

February 7th, 2007
Author Chris Mautner

Insert Sammy Harkham (SAMMY_selfportrait-779603.jpg)So say the folks at the Minneapolis City Pages, who wrote up a very nice profile about the artist and editor, primarily focusing on the new Kramers Ergot gallery show at Macalester College. There’s also a slideshow of some Jerry Moriarty art from the exhibit.
Meanwhile, Harkham manages to drop a few hints about the next Kramers:

“You’ve seen that Little Nemo book?” he asks, hands spreading reflexively to encompass the famous, full-page scope of Winsor McKay’s early-20th-century newspaper strip. “Issue number seven is going to be like that. Big—big—16 by 21! Every artist gets three pages. That’s it. But with that assignment, an artist is going to make work that wouldn’t exist otherwise. I’m so excited.

Well heck, now I am too. (link via Tom)

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