The object of unhealthy devotion in THE GENIUS (Putnam, $24.95) isn't a person, it's a monumental work of art — some 135,000 drawings comprising a singular vision of a surreal world — discovered when Victor Cracke, the reclusive artist, disappears from the slum apartment where he has spent decades drawing his insane masterpiece and stashing it away in cardboard boxes.
The drawings that comprise the majority of Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons are taken from her time as a high school student at Peabody and then an undergraduate at Georgia State, and would have been published in journals alongside news stories relating to the life of the school and college itself.
Develop a storyboard, which is basically a series of rough drawings that comprise a story.
The three tales are accompanied by the illustrations of Rohan Daniel Eason, whose predominantly black-and-white drawings are comprised of dizzying, wispy-lined details beside thick walls of black.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 11 W. 53rd St. (212-708-9400) — "Projects 85: Dan Perjovschi" opens on May 2. In the two weeks leading up to the opening, the Romanian artist can be seen working in the galleries, making the politically themed wall drawings that will comprise his installation.
While about two-thirds of the Kafka estate eventually found its way to Oxford's Bodleian Library, the remainder — believed to comprise drawings, travel diaries, letters and drafts — stayed in Brod's possession until his death in Israel in 1968, when it passed to his secretary and presumed lover, Esther Hoffe.
The documents, which run at an estimated 2,000 pages, allegedly comprise drawings of flying saucers as well as alleged samples of alien writing.
The plans come from the Codex Atlanticus, an 11-volume collection of da Vinci's drawings and writings, comprising work on a range of subjects from botany to physics.
Most of the 38 drawings and watercolours that comprise this show have been gathered from abroad and from private sources, and many are being exhibited publicly for the first time.
"Home Revisited," by Yen-Hua Lee, comprises 58 drawings, including three rendered directly on the wall.
