Some things I have made
Categories:
Books
Comics
Book covers
Illustration
Critical writing
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Hicksville Written, drawn & designed by Dylan Horrocks 264 page graphic novel, black & white (1998, revised edition 2010) Published in various languages and editions Award nominations: Ignatz Awards (USA), Harvey Awards (USA), Alph’Art Awards (France), Attilio Micheluzzi Awards (Italy), Barcelona Comics Festival (Spain). A Comics Journal book of the year. Included (at #12) in Rolling Stone’s list of the 50 Best Non-Superhero Graphic Novels of all time. |
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Incomplete Works Written, drawn & designed by Dylan Horrocks A collection of short comics from 1986-2012 192 pages, colour and black & white (2014) Published in English and French Award nominations: Eisner Awards (USA) “In my ideal world all comics readers |
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Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen Written, drawn & designed by Dylan Horrocks 228 page graphic novel, full colour (2014) Published in various languages and editions Award nominations: Eisner Awards (USA), PANZ Book Design Awards (NZ). Best of the Year lists: NZ Listener (NZ), NZ Herald (NZ), Amazon.com, and more. “An effortless, magical read from front to back.” |
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The Names of Magic
Written by Dylan Horrocks (with art by Richard Case) A reboot of DC Vertigo’s The Books of Magic series (created by Neil Gaiman) |
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New Zealand Comics and Graphic Novels
Edited, designed & published by Dylan Horrocks A directory of New Zealand comics creators, published for distribution at the Frankfurt Book Fair and other events. Includes profiles of 65 creators, plus an introductory essay by Tim Bollinger. |
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American Retrospective
Edited, designed & published by Dylan Horrocks “A notable and significant collection.” |
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Pickle Written & drawn by Dylan Horrocks Published by Black Eye (Canada) (10 issues, 1992-1997) Award nominations: Ignatz Awards (USA) |
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Atlas Written, drawn & designed by Dylan Horrocks Published by Drawn & Quarterly (Canada) (3 issues, 2011-2006) Award nominations: Harvey Awards (USA), Ignatz Awards (USA). A Comics Journal comic of the year. |
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Faultlines (Pickle) Written, drawn, designed & published by Dylan Horrocks A6 zine, 24 pages, black & white (2016) Deliberately low-fi zine, in the style of my earliest photocopied mini-comics. First distributed at the New Zealand Arts Foundation Art Awards, where I was made a New Zealand Arts Laureate. |
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Darkest Dungeons Written, drawn, designed & published by Dylan Horrocks (Ongoing series: 1st issue, 2018) A re-imagining of the infamous 1985 anti-Dungeons & Dragons Chick Tract ‘Dark Dungeons.’ Readers are invited to vote on what the main character does next; the result of that vote determines what happens in the following issue. Format, colours, lettering and fonts are as close as possible to the original tract. |
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Book covers |
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Are Angels OK? The Parallel Universes of New Zealand Writers and Scientists Edited by Paul Callaghan and Bill Manhire (Victoria University Press, 2006) Covers illustrated and designed by Dylan Horrocks |
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Bird North and Other Stories by Breton Dukes (Victoria University Press, 2011) Covers illustrated and designed by Dylan Horrocks |
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Empty Bones and Other Stories by Breton Dukes (Victoria University Press, 2014) Covers illustrated and designed by Dylan Horrocks |
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Wake by Elizabeth Knox (Victoria University Press, 2013) Cover illustrated by Dylan Horrocks |
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The Comics Journal Cover illustration for The Comics Journal #243, May 2002 (Fantagraphics Books, USA). This issue featured a long interview with me about my work. |
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System of a Down Poster for System of a Down’s concert at the Rock en Seine music festival in Paris, and shown as part of their Rock Art exhibition (2013). |
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Wandering Monster Collection of 14 postcards, illustrated and designed by Dylan Horrocks (2018). Drawings of monsters inspired by the 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (TSR Games, 1977). The title is hand-lettered, based on the typeface used in the original AD&D logo. All other text recreates the typography used in the Monster Manual. |
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Words are a Gas Heavier than Air Series of poem comics written and drawn by Dylan Horrocks. Commissioned and published in Poetry Magazine (USA). (Poetry Foundation, 2018) |
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The Adventures of Audubon Children’s book about the life of John James Audubon, written by Peter Rees, illustrated by Dylan Horrocks (Weldon Owen, 2005) |
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Dear Hinewai… Story told as a series of postcards, first written and drawn for a limited edition art project commissioned by NZ Post, and later published in Faction Presents: High Water (Faction Comics, NZ, 2015). |
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Untitled A 10 metre-long drawing on paper drawn by Dylan Horrocks in collaboration with the Italian multimedia artist Paola Pivi (2009). Exhibited at Grand Cafe Centre d’Art Contemporain, St Nazaire; Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris; and Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai (where it was also displayed as a giant billboard outside the museum). |
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Critical Writing (PDFs) |
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Inventing Comics: Scott McCloud’s Definition of Comics The Comics Journal #234, June 2001 (also published online here, and in booklet form on paper and as a PDF). This essay has been frequently cited in academic work. |
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The Perfect Planet: Comics, Games, and World-Building Writing at the Edge of the Universe, edited by Mark Williams (Canterbury University Press, 2004) Originally presented at the conference ‘Creative Writing in New Zealand’ (Canterbury University, Christchurch, 2003). |
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The Wood Between the Worlds Study Group Magazine #4, 2016. Reprinted in Tell You What: Great New Zealand Non-Fiction Writing 2017, edited by Susanna Andrew & Jolisa Gracewood (Auckland University Press, 2016). (Note: this PDF is an uncorrected proof) |
