July 6, 2019 - Uncivilized

Everyday Alchemy: The Comics of Gabrielle Bell

By Tom KaczynskiPosted on July 6, 2019July 20, 2019Posted in Archive, History of UncivilizedTagged diary comics, essay, Gabrielle Bell, tom kaczynski, uncivilized books1 Comment

NOTE: This essay was originally published as introductory text to L.A. Diary by Gabrielle Bell in October, 2009. L.A. Diary was collected in The Voyeurs. “Quit the night and seek the day”— from a Magick ritual The Diary as a form didn’t begin to flower until the Renaissance and the “invention” of the individual. However, […]

History of Uncivilized Books, Part 1, L.A. Diary

By Tom KaczynskiPosted on July 6, 2019October 11, 2019Posted in History of UncivilizedTagged Gabrielle Bell, history, tom kaczynski, uncivilized books6 Comments

Check out the first installment of the history of Uncivilized Books. Last time, I detailed the pre-history of Uncivilized books. This time I wanted to recall the events that led to the publication of our first proper mini comic: L.A. Diary by Gabrielle Bell. The Situation 2009 By 2009, I was back in Minneapolis, drawing […]