I love Ms. Tamaki's work but this piece needs an editor!!! And that computer-generated lettering is awful. Lovely drawing though. I'll hafta try this recipe.
Recipe Comix: Spanakopita
"Draw us a recipe." That's the brief we sent to a slew of our favorite comic artists earlier this year; each week, we're thrilled to present what they sent back. They're fantastic, beautiful, hilarious, thoughtful, informative, and often all of the above — and they prove that a recipe doesn't just have to be words on paper. Check out all the comics published so far in the archive »
This week's comic comes from Jillian Tamaki, a Canada-born, Brooklyn-dwelling artist whose prolific illustrations have graced the pages of many very fancy publications, and who is also the mastermind behind the online comic strip SuperMutant Magic Academy (it's about, well, super mutants at a magic academy). Here, SuperMutant protagonist Marsha has a recipe for spanakopita that may or may not be authentic — but it doesn't matter, because it tastes good:
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Jillian Tamaki grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she teaches at the School of Visual Arts. Her illustrations have appeared in publications like the New York Times, Esquire, and the New Yorker; she is the illustrator of the graphic novel Skim
; and she's the creator of the online comic SuperMutant Magic Academy.
See previous weeks' Recipe Comix in the archive »
Jillian Tamaki grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she teaches at the School of Visual Arts. Her illustrations have appeared in publications like the New York Times, Esquire, and the New Yorker; she is the illustrator of the graphic novel Skim
; and she's the creator of the online comic SuperMutant Magic Academy.
