The Strange Death of Alex Raymond

EARLY PRAISE FOR The Strange Death of Alex Raymond:

"Comics’ answer to Finnegan’s Wake, an inspired work of obsessive genius that will take a long time to untangle."

— Rob Salkowitz, Senior Contributor, FORBES

“With Strange Death of Alex Raymond, Sim and Grubaugh crafted a must-read masterpiece on the beauty and tragedy of comics.”

— Joseph Keatinge, Shutter, Ringside

“The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is one of the most spectacular comics I have ever read or seen. I can't recommend it enough, although you may hate it. Bizarre and beautiful and completely unique. “

— Jim Rugg, Cartoonist Kayfabe, Street Angel, The P.L.A.I.N. Janes

“This is a master work. I’m honoured to have even laid eyes on it.”

— E.S. Glenn, author of Unsmooth, cartoonist for The New Yorker

"A must-read for anyone interested in the history and craft of comics"

— Brandon Graham, King City, Multiple Warheads, Prophet

“Grubaugh provides a brilliant and fitting conclusion to what would have otherwise been one of the most notable unfinished works of recent times. I for one am excited at holding the completed Strange Death of Alex Raymond in my hands.”

— Gary Spencer Millidge, Strangehaven, Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman

About the Authors:

David Victor SIM is the author, cartoonist, and publisher of Cerebus the Aardvark, a groundbreaking independent comic which ran from December 1977 to March 2004. In 2018 he was entered into The Guinness Book of World Records for “most consecutive issues of a comic book written and drawn”. The series, which largely followed the life of the titular character, was noted for its exquisitely-rendered art and stylistic flexibility, its novelistic character development and story arcs, and bold violations of audience expectations. Throughout his career Sim has advocated for self-publishing as a means of securing both creative and financial freedom for comic creators. His influence, mentoring and advocacy led to a wave of self-publishing throughout the 1980s and the1990s, prompting such notable (and distinct) self-published works as From Hell (Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell) A Distant Soil (Colleen Doran), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird).

Carson GRUBAUGH earned an MFA in Painting from the Cranbrook Academy of Art as well as BFAs in Fine Art and Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley. He has shown in the US, Germany, England at venues such as The Cranbrook Museum of Art, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, ABTART, Virginia Beach Museum of Contemporary Art, The Chrysler Museum, Museum of New Art, Sotheby’s NY and the European Museum of Modern Art among many others. Carson is currently a Full-Time Instructor of Art at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.