Today we are breaking our general rule of talking mostly about autobiographical work to dive into a conversation with artist Jessica Campbell, whose compelling graphic novel Rave is out today. In this novel, which Campbell elsewhere calls “auto-bi-fictional-ography” after Lynda Barry, she draws upon her formal background in painting to explore a coming-of-age story where sexuality and Christianity collide.
Exciting! I, too, am from Victoria BC and did a BFA in painting at Concordia University. And though I'm lagging far behind Jessica in terms of trajectory, I too am a painter who's been exploring graphic memoir. I have a show coming up with all of this exploratory work, and then I'll be starting the paintings for the graphic memoir in earnest. AND I'll be buying Jessica's book.
Exciting! I, too, am from Victoria BC and did a BFA in painting at Concordia University. And though I'm lagging far behind Jessica in terms of trajectory, I too am a painter who's been exploring graphic memoir. I have a show coming up with all of this exploratory work, and then I'll be starting the paintings for the graphic memoir in earnest. AND I'll be buying Jessica's book.