New York magazine spotlights cartoonist Dash Shaw, and dubs his recently released Bottomless Belly Button “the graphic novel of the year.”
But the magazine’s Vulture blog zeros in on a comment from Shaw about more-commercial work — “If Marvel called and asked if I wanted to do Ghost Rider, I would be like, ‘Hell, yeah.’ ” — and asks how he’d handle the Spirit of Vengeance:
“I think Ghost Rider should really be drawn as if the target audience is people in motorcycle gangs,” Shaw told us. “Totally badass tattoo imagery. Because right now, it just feels like he’s a superhero who rides a motorcycle. So I really see that as having a crazy oddball aesthetic, culled from tattoo art.”
The blog also provides a 20-page excerpt from Bottomless Belly Button.
June 17th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Bottomless Belly Button is a great read. Here’s my review, if you need more encouragement!