The Story
TERMINAL EXPOSURE HC (C: 0-1-2)
(W) McMillan, Michael (A) McMillan, Michael
NEW YORK REVIEW COMICS
StockID: 149323 SKU: MAR251506
Michael McMillan has said he's 'not really a cartoonist-' but the evidence suggests otherwise. Born and raised in California- he studied architecture and design before a visit in 1969 to an exhibition of Chicago's Hairy Who and encounters with the bourgeoning San Francisco underground comix scene convinced McMillan to make his own comics. He plunged in- drawing for legendary publications like Weirdo- Young Lust- Lemme Out Here- Arcade- and eventually his own one-issue wonder- Terminal. Over the following decades- McMillian kept playing with the form of comics. He reimagined the kind of stories single-panel- two-panel- and many-panel strips could tell- blending favorite genres from his childhood (horror- swords and sandals- science fiction) with more mature themes (autobiography- dating- sex) into new and striking forms. McMillan's comics are collected here for the first time- alongside a selection of his electrifying sculptures- eye-popping paintings- and stunning pages from the journals he kept during his years rock climbing in California's Sierra Nevada.
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TERMINAL EXPOSURE HC (C: 0-1-2)
(W) McMillan, Michael (A) McMillan, Michael
NEW YORK REVIEW COMICS
StockID: 149323 SKU: MAR251506
Michael McMillan has said he's 'not really a cartoonist-' but the evidence suggests otherwise. Born and raised in California- he studied architecture and design before a visit in 1969 to an exhibition of Chicago's Hairy Who and encounters with the bourgeoning San Francisco underground comix scene convinced McMillan to make his own comics. He plunged in- drawing for legendary publications like Weirdo- Young Lust- Lemme Out Here- Arcade- and eventually his own one-issue wonder- Terminal. Over the following decades- McMillian kept playing with the form of comics. He reimagined the kind of stories single-panel- two-panel- and many-panel strips could tell- blending favorite genres from his childhood (horror- swords and sandals- science fiction) with more mature themes (autobiography- dating- sex) into new and striking forms. McMillan's comics are collected here for the first time- alongside a selection of his electrifying sculptures- eye-popping paintings- and stunning pages from the journals he kept during his years rock climbing in California's Sierra Nevada.
