![]() ![]() The artist’s most accessible work to date, If ‘n Oof is replete with the frenzied line work and concise, witty dialogue for which he has become known. Comedy and horror ensue in this fast-paced trip through Chippendale’s unconscious. This newest volume is a departure from his last work, Maggots, and from his first book, Ninja, which elicited the following assessment of the artist’s style by ’s Douglas Wolk: “Chippendale’s howling hyperspeed attack on every page with his pen is the kind of manifestation of pure style that has more to do with the contemporary visual art scene than with traditional comics and their ideals of clarity and representation.” If and Oof are a Laurel and Hardy-esque duo who suffer a series of misadventures amidst Chippendale’s frenetic landscapes on their simple quest to just survive, eat, pay rent and avoid confrontation. ![]() If ‘n’ Oof focuses on the misadventures of the mismatched eponymous duo Chippendale’s very own Laurel and Hardy. ![]() Brian Chippendale, drummer for the acclaimed and outrageously loud noise-rock duo Lightning Bolt and collaborator on Björk’s 2007 album, Volta, is an increasingly in-demand graphic novelist, one of those artists who draw because they’re compelled to. ![]()
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