Richard McGuire, author portrait
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Richard McGuire

RICHARD McGUIRE is a regular contributor to The New Yorker. His comics have appeared in The New York Times, McSweeney’s, Le Monde, and Libération. He has written and directed two omnibus feature films: Loulou et Autre Loups (Loulou and Other Wolves, 2003), and Peur(s) du Noir (Fear[s] of the Dark, 2007). He designed and manufactured his own line of toys, and is the founder and bass player of the band Liquid Liquid. Here was based on his six-page comic that appeared in RAW magazine in 1989 and was quickly acknowledged as a transformative work that expanded the possibilities of the comics medium.

Books

Stock Up on Pantheon’s HERE in Advance of the New Tom Hanks-led Film!

“Life happens here.” Sony released the trailer last week for HERE, the 2024 adaptation of the Richard McGuire graphic novel of the same name. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis, the Oscar-winning director of Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, and Castaway, and stars Oscar-winner Tom Hanks and Emmy-nominee Robin Wright. The original graphic

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