And then I popped his head like a balloon!
Stripped (2014) is a documentary of the cartoon strip genre of art. It’s a frenetic collage of fragmented interviews and strip clips, which drove my Arts Editor mad as she loves to examine artwork, and there was no time. Interviews range from old-timers bemoaning the loss of the traditional markets to newly minted cartoonists who embrace, if sometimes reluctantly, the entire experience of the professional cartoonist of today, from the actual creative work which is displayed online, to the advertising via fan conferences and other venues, to the public correspondence with fans, skeptics, and the random reader.
It’s fascinating but jarring. I wish they had explored the storytelling aspect in a little more depth, but just getting this peek into cartoon stripping was a gift.
