That is changing quite significantly and readers are becoming more aware of how design shapes our reading experience, but there's a long way to go to give this specific craft the appreciation it deserves.
Chip Kidd (Pantheon Books), Francoise Mouly (Toon Books), and Alex Spiro (Nobrow Press) were excellent representatives of design in comics to help[...]
Alex Spiro Archives
David Dissanayake, our Washington DC Correspondent, interviews Nobrow co-founder Alex Spiro shortly after their New York office opening:
If you've ever seen a book published by Nobrow Press, you know they are some of the most beautiful, carefully crafted masterpieces of print work in all of Comics. The London publishing company pushes the boundary of comics[...]
Now Nobrow art printed sweaters (just an idea, Tucker)—there could be a real market for that, and that's not even an exaggeration.
The Creative Director of Nobrow New York, Alex Spiro, has drafted an extensive discussion of where Nobrow has come from in terms of its aspirations, and where it's headed, and it's nothing if not[...]