Nicole Hollander–pioneering cartoonist, native Chicagoan, political satirist, and the official muse of inkt|art–has begun a new project. This shouldn’t surprise us. Hollander’s always got a few irons in the fire. Whether she’s working on a graphic memoir or blogging about the election, Hollander’s brain doesn’t take a break and it holds no medium sacred. Sylvia, her … Continue reading
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Never Tell Your Mother This Dream #8: The Magic Mobster
BY NICOLE HOLLANDER I’ve been working on a visual memoir called In the Old Neighborhood, which is a treatment of the ideas I worked on at Ragdale in 2010. I’m concentrating on the courtyard section of the building and the 3 families that lived in those apartments. My family lived in the middle apartment. The … Continue reading
Never Tell Your Mother This Dream #7: Biography of a Graphic Memoir
BY NICOLE HOLLANDER 2 years ago I took a residency at Ragdale in Lake Forest Illinois. I was a given a huge studio with enormous ceilings, and a view of the prairie all around. I had been thinking about working on a graphic memoir telling the story of my childhood in Chicago from age 7 … Continue reading