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Terminal Exposure

Terminal Exposure

Comics, Sculpture, and Risky Behavior

by Michael McMillan, introduction by Dan Nadel

$37.95
$37.95
American Literature Comics & Graphic Novels
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Michael McMillan has said he’s “not really a cartoonist,” but the evidence suggests otherwise. Born and raised in California, he was a draftsman and industrial designer by trade before he plunged into the burgeoning San Francisco underground comix scene of the early 1970s. He drew for legendary publications such as Weirdo, Young Lust, Lemme Outa Here!, Arcade, and produced his own one-issue wonder, Terminal Comics. But just as often he drew for himself, playing with the form of comics out of the sight of readers.

He reimagined the kinds of stories single-panel, two-panel, and many-panel strips could tell and blended favorite genres from his childhood (horror, sword-and-sandal, science fiction) with more mature themes (autobiography, dating, sex) to create new and striking forms.

Terminal Exposure brings together McMillan’s comics for the first time, alongside a selection of his electrifying sculptures, his eye-popping paintings, and stunning pages from his rock climbing journals. With an introduction by Dan Nadel, this volume offers a comprehensive portrait of an exceptional artist, sculptor, climber, and—yes—cartoonist.

Additional Book Information

Series: New York Review Comics
ISBN: 9781681379319
Pages: 200
Publication Date:

Praise

I am one of the people who has been waiting for this collection for a long, long time. I hope lots of us time travelers will find this book and enter Michael’s unique, entrancing, gently enfolding world.
—Gary Panter

He is the purest artist I’ve ever known.
—Bill Griffith

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