i looked up some old vertigo covers expecting to see some of this look but for the most part they're a lot more conventional than i remembered
― for sale: steve bannon waifu pillow (heavily soiled) (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
Functionally, Chris Bachalo reminds me of that aesthetic (simultaneously visually interesting and kinda shit at communicating anything coherent).
― Likely? No. Possible? Absolutely. Iffy? Can't say. Doubtful? Maybe. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
ashley wood's design-ish stuff is sometimes like this, although his narrative stuff was never my thing
there's also someone whose design book i have whose name is on the tip of my tongue and i'm blanking. he did some invisibles covers, i think?
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
chip kidd?
― for sale: steve bannon waifu pillow (heavily soiled) (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
ah, rian hughes
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link
yeah, i can see rian hughes kinda fitting in here
i looked up some scans of old issues of deadline, the uk comic hughes worked on, but i think it was a bit too early to ride this wave
this is a hard question!
― for sale: steve bannon waifu pillow (heavily soiled) (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 16 February 2017 13:13 (seven years ago) link
Oh! Maybe some of Brendan McCarthy's stuff?
― Likely? No. Possible? Absolutely. Iffy? Can't say. Doubtful? Maybe. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 February 2017 13:18 (seven years ago) link
He was active during the 90s so he's more the influencer than the influenced
― Nhex, Thursday, 16 February 2017 13:35 (seven years ago) link