About this project
My project is a graphic novel with the working title "Imitating Life." It is the story of a young academic/cartoonist named Veronica Fleece who lives her life through art, in both her professional and personal lives. By day she teaches art history (specifically Rembrandt) at NYU and by night (and at any spare moment) she commits herself to documenting her thoughts on life and art through comics. The book will combine scenes from her life -- navigating work, art, sex, love, friendship -- with the comics/art that she has made, reflecting her feelings and insights. It will be illustrated in a number of mediums (including oil paint, watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil) to mirror the breadth of ideas and tones the book will deal with.
Here are some links to reviews of my work:
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/30628/
http://techland.time.com/2011/01/07/emanata-life-drawings/
http://www.carrollandsons.net/exhibitions/pdf/Stevens_2010-07.pdf
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Signed copy of the first printing, the prints, and an original self portrait sketch.
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Signed copy of the first printings, the prints, the sketch, and a signed limited edition poster (100 copies).
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All of the above and signed original piece of art from the book (a work on paper).
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All the above and one of the 20 original oil paintings from the book.
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Karl Stevens is a graphic novelist and painter. His first book, Guilty, was published in 2004 with a grant from the Xeric Foundation. He is also the author of Whatever (2008) and The Lodger (2010). His comic strips have appeared since 2005 in the alternative newsweekly the Boston Phoenix.
