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COM.ONIXSUITE.9780872864566 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100720820 02 0872864561 03 9780872864566 15 9780872864566 BB <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText>All Over Coffee</TitleText> 1 A01 Madonna, Paul Paul Madonna Paul Madonna produces two weekly strips, "All Over Coffee" in the San Francisco Chronicle and on SFGate.com, and "Small Potatoes" on TheRumpus.net, where he is also Comics Editor. Paul regularly travels internationally to draw and his work is shown in museums, galleries, restaurants and cafes. His drawings are published in various book collections and publications, including his international newspaper coverage of the U.S. 2009 Presidential Inauguration, as well as in The Believer Magazine. In 2007 the first collection of All Over Coffee was published by City Lights Books to great acclaim. In 1994 Paul received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, and that same year he was the first (ever!) Art Intern at MAD Magazine, for which he proudly received no money. Paul currently lives with his wife in San Francisco. 2 A24 Greer, Andrew Sean Andrew Sean Greer 01 eng 176 00 176 03 24 Internet CL Hierarchy San Francisco Literature & History 01 In February 2004, the San Francisco Chronicle began printing an enigmatic feature called All Over Coffee. Almost immediately, letters of love and hate, confusion and praise, poured in. Accustomed to the familiar formats of comic strips and cartoons, some readers struggled to understand a creation that seemed to live both within and beyond those boundaries. All Over Coffee blends the timing of comics with the depth of poetry. Artist and writer Paul Madonna has fused art, literature, and comics by pairing timeless cityscapes with philosophical musings and poignant stories in masterfully rendered ink-wash drawings that surpass the art of Ben Katchor in elegance and architectural detail. His work has been compared to a meeting of the tone of Edward Gorey, the uniqueness of Chris Ware, and the artfulness of Raymond Pettibon. Quirky, whimsical, and often profound, All Over Coffees stunning imagery and thoughtful writing combine to create a conceptual world, both dreamlike and familiar. This selection will delight anyone who has ever lived in or visited San Francisco or dreamed of doing so with its original, off-the-beaten path view of the city and its inhabitants. "I can't believe how Paul Madonna can make you feel so mighty to be human at one moment, and then so completely humbled the next. This is my favorite poetry book of the year." Beth Lisick, author of Everybody Into the Pool "The architecture of residential San Francisco is about detail, willful eccentricity, an almost rococo approach to line, and a steadfast devotion to art for its own sake, beauty as its own reward. Paul Madonna's work gives itself fully to all of these notions, and to the city as a whole, and in doing so reminds us why, block by block and view by view, this is one of the most beautiful cities in the world." Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and What is the What Paul Madonna does amazing work, very precise but loose. He puts a lot of thought into waiting for just the right moment to stop looking around. These strips are a reminder to stop now and then and admire a corner of a room, a window or a rooftop. There are lovely details everywhere, at any time, no matter where you live. Tony Millionaire, author of Maakies "Paul Madonna's collection All Over Coffee evocatively demonstrates the evolution of his eponymous San Francisco Chronicle strip. The juxtaposition of floating scraps of overheard, disconnected conversations and masterful pen and ink drawings of San Francisco, the city he lovingly documents, reminds us of the serendipity of city life, its physicality and atmosphere, its unanticipated discoveries, its random intersections, its coincidences and ironies. Madonna opens a window into the specificity of place, time and circumstance, providingan articulate perspective and critique of where and how we live." Cathy Jensen Simon, Principal, SMWM Architects 02 "A comic strip with no characters, plot or comedy – just exquisitely observed, fine-lined drawings of sunlit San Francicso, captioned with bittersweet fragments of dialogue. For fans of . . . Pekar's slice-of-life miniatures . . ." – Entertainment Weekly 08 "Its principal appeal lies in the visuals -- inkwash drawings in a monochromatic palette of grays and sepia tones that suits a city famous for its fogs. . . . his real strength: his ability to suggest the small places and details that are unique to San Francisco. . . when he focuses on smaller scenes, on the details of houses and apartment buildings, Madonna's work becomes wonderfully evocative. He captures the feeling of the narrow, faceted spaces where the walls, bay windows and drainpipes of adjoining row houses meet. He limns the odd bits of sky framed by shingled roofs, chimneys and power lines with deft lines and brushstrokes. A study of horizontal siding and multiple chimneys shaded by evergreens displays an unmistakable sense of place: The architecture is nothing special, but it could only be San Francisco." San Francisco Chronicle Book Review 08 "A comic strip with no characters, plot or comedy just exquisitely observed, fine-lined drawings of sunlit San Francicso, captioned with bittersweet fragments of dialogue. For fans of . . . Pekar's slice-of-life miniatures; the architectural landscape of Ben Katchor's cartoons." Entertainment Weekly 08 "Artist Paul Madonnas work, which the San Francisco Chronicle began publishing in 2004, is an outstanding example of a brilliantly original hybrid of illustration and essay presented in ink-wash drawings, making a place for itself in the mainstream." Robert Birnbaum <blockquote></blockquote> The Morning News.org 08 "The architecture of residential San Francisco is about detail, willful eccentricity, an almost rococo approach to line, and a steadfast devotion to art for its own sake, beauty as its own reward. Paul Madonna's work gives itself fully to all of these notions, and to the city as a whole, and in doing so reminds us why, block by block and view by view, this is one of the most beautiful cities in the world." Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and What is the What Dave Eggers 08 Paul Madonna does amazing work, very precise but loose. He puts a lot of thought into waiting for just the right moment to stop looking around. These strips are a reminder to stop now and then and admire a corner of a room, a window or a rooftop. There are lovely details everywhere, at any time, no matter where you live. Tony Millionaire, author of Maakies 08 "Paul Madonna's collection All Over Coffee evocatively demonstrates the evolution of his eponymous San Francisco Chronicle strip. The juxtaposition of floating scraps of overheard, disconnected conversations and masterful pen and ink drawings of San Francisco, the city he lovingly documents, reminds us of the serendipity of city life, its physicality and atmosphere, its unanticipated discoveries, its random intersections, its coincidences and ironies. Madonna opens a window into the specificity of place, time and circumstance, providingan articulate perspective and critique of where and how we live." Cathy Jensen Simon, Principal, SMWM Architects 08 "I can't believe how Paul Madonna can make you feel so mighty to be human at one moment, and then so completely humbled the next. This is my favorite poetry book of the year." 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