Drawn

Check out Dash Shaw’s comic, Bodyworld, which he’s posting online in its entirety. Shaw’s comics and illustrations are sometimes obtuse and challenging – and frankly that’s what makes them so good. You have to reach a bit further to get them, but you’re rewarded for making the effort. (Incidentally, Bodyworld was just nominated for an Eisner Award in the Best Digital Comic category).

Shaw’s last book, Bottomless Bellybutton, was one of the most memorable books of 2008 thanks to the subtlety of its pacing and experimentation.

New York Magazine described it as, “720 pages of knotty family drama, emotional teen angst, lyrical passages about nature, good jokes, bad parenting, architectural schematics, rudimentary codes, and explicit sex” and called it the graphic novel of the year.

Also of interest:
Dash Shaw: Comics Journal interview