American cartoonist
Ivan Brunetti
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Brunetti at "Lines on Paper" panel, Chicago 2012
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Born
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1967-10-03
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October 3, 1967
(age 56)
Mondavio
,
[1]
Italy
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Nationality
| American
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Area(s)
| Cartoonist
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Notable works
| Schizo
Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice
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Awards
| Ignatz Award, 2006
Eisner Award
, 2012
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Ivan Brunetti
(born October 3, 1967) is an Italian and American
[1]
cartoonist
and
comics
scholar based in
Chicago
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Career
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Noted for combining blackly humorous taboo-laden subject matter with simplified and exaggerated cartoon drawing styles, Brunetti was strongly influenced by
Charles M. Schulz
and
Peanuts
. His best known comic work is his largely autobiographical series
Schizo
, of which four issues appeared between 1994 and 2006, the first 3 of which have been collected as
Misery Loves Comedy
.
[2]
Schizo
#4 received the 2006
Ignatz Award
for Outstanding Comic of the Year.
[3]
He has also produced two collections of
gag cartoons
,
Haw!
(2001) and
Hee!
(2005). He has worked as an illustrator, including cover designs for
The New Yorker
since 2007.
[4]
His early work includes also the strip
Misery Loves Comedy
which he created for the
University of Chicago
newspaper
The Maroon
while a student there. The strip bears no relation to the 2007
Fantagraphics Books
collection of the same name, which collects the first three issues of
Schizo
in their entirety, along with additional material contributed to various other publications during the same time period.
In 2005, Brunetti curated
The Cartoonist's Eye,
an exhibit of 75 artists' work, for the A+D Gallery of Columbia College Chicago.
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He then edited
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories
(2006,
Yale University Press
), which was declared a bestseller by
Publishers Weekly
in January 2007.
[7]
The second and final volume of the anthology was released in October 2008. Brunetti also illustrated the cover of comedian
Patton Oswalt
's album,
My Weakness Is Strong
.
[8]
Brunetti's nonfiction book
Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice
(2011,
Yale University Press
) won a 2012 Eisner Award. Also in 2012, Brunetti contributed to
The Guardian
'
s "Cartoonists on the world we live in" series.
[9]
His second nonfiction book,
Aesthetics: A Memoir
, appeared in 2013 to positive reviews.
He is currently on the faculty of
Columbia College Chicago
, where he teaches classes on comics, drawing and design.
[10]
Bibliography
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Comics
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- Schizo
#1?4 (Antarctic Press, 1994?2006)
- Haw! Horrible, Horrible Cartoons by Ivan Brunetti
(Fantagraphics, 2001)
- 32 Drunks
(Self-published mini-comic, 2001)
- Hee! Yet More Horrible Cartoons
(Fantagraphics, 2005)
Collected editions
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- Misery Loves Comedy
(Fantagraphics, 2007)
- Ho!
(Fantagraphics, 2007)
Nonfiction
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- Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice
(Yale University Press, 2011)
- Aesthetics: A Memoir
(Yale University Press, 2013)
Children's books
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- Wordplay
(TOON Books, 2017)
- 3x4
(TOON Books, 2018)
- Comics: Easy As ABC
(TOON Books, 2019)
Anthologies (as editor)
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- An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, & True Stories
(Yale University Press, 2006)
- An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, & True Stories, Volume 2
(Yale University Press, 2008)
New Yorker
covers
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- January 8, 2007
- May 7, 2007
- March 2, 2009
- September 7, 2009
- January 4, 2010
- February 15 & 22, 2010
- November 1, 2010
- May 31, 2010
- March 19, 2012
- July 1, 2013
[11]
- September 23, 2013
- November 4, 2013
- April 21, 2014
- December 15, 2014
- November 2, 2015
- September 12, 2016
Illustrator
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References
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