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{{Short description|American illustrator, comic book artist, children's book author, and musician}}
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'''Richard McGuire''' (born 1957)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Heller|first1=Steven|title=The One-Room Time Machine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/richard-mcguires-time-machine-with-a-view/380736/|accessdate=November 11, 2014|publisher=The Atlantic|date=September 25, 2014}}</ref> is an American illustrator, [[Cartoonist|comic book artist]], [[Children's literature|children's book author]], and musician. His illustrations have been published in the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[The New Yorker]]'', and ''[[Le Monde]]''. His short story ''[[Here (comics)|Here]]'' is among the most lauded comic book stories from recent decades.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schuessler|first1=Jennifer|title=Sharing a Sofa With Dinosaurs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/books/here-richard-mcguires-book-an-exhibition-at-the-morgan.html?_r=3|accessdate=November 11, 2014|publisher=The New York Times|date=September 25, 2014}}</ref> An updated book-length version of ''Here'' was published by [[Pantheon Books]] in December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/richard-mcguire/here-mcguire/|title=Here by Richard McGuire|website=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2014/12/11/here-is-richard-mcguires-epi.html|title=Here is Richard McGuire's epic of time|last1=Lohier|first1=Patrick|website=Boing Boing|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref>
'''Richard McGuire''' (born 1957)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Heller|first1=Steven|title=The One-Room Time Machine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/richard-mcguires-time-machine-with-a-view/380736/|accessdate=November 11, 2014|publisher=The Atlantic|date=September 25, 2014}}</ref> is an American interdisciplinary artist and musician.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-17 |title=Chris Ware on Here by Richard McGuire – a game-changing graphic novel |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/17/chris-ware-here-richard-mcguire-review-graphic-novel |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Sokol |first=Brett |date=2018-09-19 |title=From '80s Street Art to Graphic Novels. And Back. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/arts/design/richard-mcguire-new-york-art-book-fair-alden-projects.html |access-date=2022-12-19 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Garner |first=Dwight |date=2014-12-23 |title=While Stuck in a Corner, an Artist Bends Time |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/books/here-richard-mcguires-new-graphic-novel.html |access-date=2022-12-19 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gabel |first=J. C. |date=2014-12-04 |title=Q&A: Richard McGuire's 'Here' takes on a larger life as graphic novel |url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-richard-mcguire-20141207-story.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> His illustrations have been published in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The New Yorker]]'', and ''[[Le Monde]],'' and his work is in the collections of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] and the [[Morgan Library & Museum]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2018-05-18 |title=The Profound Mundanity of Richard McGuire's "My Things" |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-profound-mundanity-of-richard-mcguires-my-things |access-date=2023-05-02 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> His comic ''[[Here (comics)|Here]]'' is among the most lauded comics from recent decades, with an updated graphic novel version published by [[Pantheon Books]] in December 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schuessler |first1=Jennifer |date=September 25, 2014 |title=Sharing a Sofa With Dinosaurs |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/books/here-richard-mcguires-book-an-exhibition-at-the-morgan.html?_r=3 |accessdate=November 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Here by Richard McGuire |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/richard-mcguire/here-mcguire/ |accessdate=14 December 2014 |website=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lohier |first1=Patrick |title=Here is Richard McGuire's epic of time |url=http://boingboing.net/2014/12/11/here-is-richard-mcguires-epi.html |accessdate=14 December 2014 |website=Boing Boing|date=December 11, 2014 }}</ref> A [[Here (2024 film)|film adaptation]] of ''Here,'' directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]] and starring [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Robin Wright]], is set to be released in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=2023-01-31 |title=Tom Hanks, Robin Wright to Be De-aged in Robert Zemeckis' New Movie Using Metaphysic AI Tool |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/metaphysic-ai-tom-hanks-robin-wright-deaged-robert-zemeckis-caa-1235313318/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>


McGuire is a founding member and bassist for the band [[Liquid Liquid]],<ref>{{cite web|title=From Here to Here: Richard McGuire Makes a Book|url=http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/From-Here-to-Here|accessdate=November 11, 2014|publisher=The Morgan Library & Museum}}</ref> best known for their song "[[Optimo (EP)|Cavern]]", whose bass line has been frequently sampled.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://observer.com/2015/07/liquid-liquid-the-most-important-ny-band-youve-never-heard-of/|title=Liquid Liquid: The Most Important NY Band You've Never Heard Of|date=2015-07-16|work=Observer|access-date=2018-04-25|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Liquid-Liquid/Cavern/|title=Cavern by Liquid Liquid on WhoSampled|website=WhoSampled|access-date=2018-04-25}}</ref>
In McGuire's early career, he was a street artist in the 1980's [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]] Art scene, a time during which he was also a founding member and bassist for the band [[Liquid Liquid]],<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=From Here to Here: Richard McGuire Makes a Book|date=July 11, 2014 |url=http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/From-Here-to-Here|accessdate=November 11, 2014|publisher=The Morgan Library & Museum}}</ref> best known for their song "[[Optimo (EP)|Cavern]]", whose bass line has been frequently sampled.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://observer.com/2015/07/liquid-liquid-the-most-important-ny-band-youve-never-heard-of/|title=Liquid Liquid: The Most Important NY Band You've Never Heard Of|date=2015-07-16|work=Observer|access-date=2018-04-25|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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==== Short stories ====
==== Short stories ====
* "The Dot Man," 1 pg. from ''Bad News'' #3 (Fantagraphics, 1988)
* "The Dot Man," 1 pg. from ''Bad News'' #3 (Fantagraphics, 1988)
* [[Here (comics)|''Here'']], 6 pgs. from ''[[Raw (magazine)|RAW]]'' vol. 2 #1 (1989) ({{ISBN|9780140122657}}). Reprinted in ''An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories'' vol. 1 (Yale University Press, 2006) ({{ISBN|9780300111705}}) and ''[[Comic Art]]'' #8 (Buenaventura Press, 2006) ({{ISBN|9781584232575}})
* "[[Here (comics)|Here]]", 6 pgs. from ''[[Raw (comics magazine)|RAW]]'' vol. 2 #1 (1989) ({{ISBN|9780140122657}}). Reprinted in ''An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories'' vol. 1 (Yale University Press, 2006) ({{ISBN|9780300111705}}) and ''[[Comic Art]]'' #8 (Buenaventura Press, 2006) ({{ISBN|9781584232575}})
* "The Thinkers," 1 pg. from ''[[Raw (magazine)|RAW]]'' vol. 2 #2 (1990) ({{ISBN|9780140122657}})
* "The Thinkers," 1 pg. from ''[[Raw (comics magazine)|RAW]]'' vol. 2 #2 (1990) ({{ISBN|9780140122657}})
* "Bon appétit," fold-out comic booklet from ''2wBOX Set I'' (Switzerland: Bülb Comix, 2002)
* "Bon appétit," fold-out comic booklet from ''2wBOX Set I'' (Switzerland: Bülb Comix, 2002)
* "ctrl," 6 pgs. from ''[[Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern#13]]'' (2003) ({{ISBN|9781932416084}})
* "ctrl," 6 pgs. from ''[[Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern#13]]'' (2003) ({{ISBN|9781932416084}})


==== Graphic Novels ====
==== Graphic novels ====


* ''Here'' (Pantheon: 2014) ({{ISBN|9780375406508}})
* ''Here'' (Pantheon: 2014) ({{ISBN|9780375406508}})
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== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
* ''Micro Loup'' (7-minute short from [[Loulou et autres loups]], 2003)
* "Micro Loup" (7-minute short from ''Loulou et autres loups'', 2003)
* ''[[Peur(s) du noir]]'' (16-minute untitled segment, 2007)
* ''[[Peur(s) du noir]]'' (16-minute untitled segment, 2007)


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* {{Official website|http://www.richard-mcguire.com/}}
* {{Official website|http://www.richard-mcguire.com/}}
*[https://thenewyorkercovers.wordpress.com/category/richard-mcguire/ A sample of his New Yorker covers]
* [http://www.willing-to-try.com/index.html Willing to Try- a Flash-based site he designed]
* [http://blog.familylosangeles.com/2010/08/richard-mcguire.html A general overview of his entire career]
*[http://popculturehound.net/event-richard-mcguire-steven-appleby-in-conversation-november-14-2011/ Notes from a UK comics event]
* [https://thenewyorkercovers.wordpress.com/category/richard-mcguire/ A sample of his New Yorker covers]
* [http://www.bulbfactory.ch/comix/auteurs.php?b=9&a=46#book Sample images of his "Bon appétit" booklet]
* [http://popculturehound.net/event-richard-mcguire-steven-appleby-in-conversation-november-14-2011/ Notes from a UK comics event]
* [http://www.honeyee.com/think/2008/richard_mcguire/ An interview on his music and comics careers]
* [http://www.honeyee.com/think/2008/richard_mcguire/ An interview on his music and comics careers]
* [http://www.aiga.org/whos-afraid-of-noir-an-interview-with-richard-mcguire/ An interview concerning his animated works]
* [http://www.aiga.org/whos-afraid-of-noir-an-interview-with-richard-mcguire/ An interview concerning his animated works]
* [http://spoileralertradio.libsyn.com/richard_mc_guire_fear_s_of_the_dark Spoiler Alert Radio interview]
* [http://spoileralertradio.libsyn.com/richard_mc_guire_fear_s_of_the_dark Spoiler Alert Radio interview]
* [http://www.aiga.org/whos-afraid-of-noir-an-interview-with-richard-mcguire/ Who's Afraid of Noir- an interview]
* [http://www.aiga.org/whos-afraid-of-noir-an-interview-with-richard-mcguire/ Who's Afraid of Noir- an interview]
* [http://www.strapazin.de/inhalt88/txt_mcguire.htm Strapazin interview]{{De icon}}
* [http://www.strapazin.de/inhalt88/txt_mcguire.htm Strapazin interview]{{in lang|de}}
*[https://turtleandrobot.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/follow-the-oranges/ Follow the oranges in The Orange Book]


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Latest revision as of 18:25, 18 December 2023

Richard McGuire
McGuire in 2015
Born1957 (age 66–67)
New Jersey, US
Known forComics, illustration, musician

Richard McGuire (born 1957)[1] is an American interdisciplinary artist and musician.[2][3][4][5] His illustrations have been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Le Monde, and his work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Morgan Library & Museum.[6] His comic Here is among the most lauded comics from recent decades, with an updated graphic novel version published by Pantheon Books in December 2014.[7][8][9] A film adaptation of Here, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, is set to be released in 2024.[10]

In McGuire's early career, he was a street artist in the 1980's East Village Art scene, a time during which he was also a founding member and bassist for the band Liquid Liquid,[3][11] best known for their song "Cavern", whose bass line has been frequently sampled.[12]

Bibliography[edit]

Comics[edit]

Short stories[edit]

  • "The Dot Man," 1 pg. from Bad News #3 (Fantagraphics, 1988)
  • "Here", 6 pgs. from RAW vol. 2 #1 (1989) (ISBN 9780140122657). Reprinted in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories vol. 1 (Yale University Press, 2006) (ISBN 9780300111705) and Comic Art #8 (Buenaventura Press, 2006) (ISBN 9781584232575)
  • "The Thinkers," 1 pg. from RAW vol. 2 #2 (1990) (ISBN 9780140122657)
  • "Bon appétit," fold-out comic booklet from 2wBOX Set I (Switzerland: Bülb Comix, 2002)
  • "ctrl," 6 pgs. from Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern#13 (2003) (ISBN 9781932416084)

Graphic novels[edit]

Children's literature[edit]

Adult literature[edit]

Filmography[edit]

  • "Micro Loup" (7-minute short from Loulou et autres loups, 2003)
  • Peur(s) du noir (16-minute untitled segment, 2007)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Heller, Steven (September 25, 2014). "The One-Room Time Machine". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "Chris Ware on Here by Richard McGuire – a game-changing graphic novel". the Guardian. December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Sokol, Brett (September 19, 2018). "From '80s Street Art to Graphic Novels. And Back". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  4. ^ Garner, Dwight (December 23, 2014). "While Stuck in a Corner, an Artist Bends Time". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Gabel, J. C. (December 4, 2014). "Q&A: Richard McGuire's 'Here' takes on a larger life as graphic novel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "The Profound Mundanity of Richard McGuire's "My Things"". The New Yorker. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  7. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (September 25, 2014). "Sharing a Sofa With Dinosaurs". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  8. ^ "Here by Richard McGuire". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  9. ^ Lohier, Patrick (December 11, 2014). "Here is Richard McGuire's epic of time". Boing Boing. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  10. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (January 31, 2023). "Tom Hanks, Robin Wright to Be De-aged in Robert Zemeckis' New Movie Using Metaphysic AI Tool". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  11. ^ "From Here to Here: Richard McGuire Makes a Book". The Morgan Library & Museum. July 11, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  12. ^ "Liquid Liquid: The Most Important NY Band You've Never Heard Of". Observer. July 16, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2018.

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