Tom Devlin

Admittedly, I didn't read the whole thing (skipped a lot of the text, read almost all of comics,) but to be fair, this book is like 800 pages long.

I got exactly what I wanted though. Found some new artists/comics I want to check out. Glad I (sorta) read it.

I enjoyed flipping through this. It's a huge tome and I was only borrowing it from the library, so I certainly didn't get to read all of it. D&Q has quite the history in only 25 years. Amazing!

While I respect what the publisher Drawn & Quarterly has done for the comic art form, I did not find this a particularly enjoyable read. It is an 800 page, fawning, back-slapping awards show: guests come in to praise an artist, then there's a small clip of their work. It is useful if you want to try out new artists and then go find more of their work, but this collection in-and-of itself is unsatisfying.

A goldmine of artistry that chronicles the complete history of D+Q. A bit self-serving, but well deserved. I found some authors to put in my graphic novels queue via this anthology.