Alive Outside
By Cullen Beckhorn and Marc Bell
Now available at Artbook @ MoMA PS1 in accompaniment with the current MoMA PS1 exhibition "Julien Ceccaldi: Adult Theater" on view through August 25, 2025!
Anthology of experimental artists in comics, including Julien Ceccaldi.
Other contributors include: Aapo Rapi, Aaron Rossner, Andy Cahill, Angela Fanche, Becchi Ayumi, Bridget Trout, Christian Schumann, Clayton Schiff, Dongery, Doug Allen, Dylan Jones, Eden Veaudry, J Bradley Johnson, Jordan Rae Herron, Joe Grillo, Joey Haley, Julie Doucet, Kari Cholnoky, Keith Jones, Leomi Sadler, Lilli Carre, Lukas Weidinger, Marc Bell, Mark Connery, Matt Lock, Poncili Creation, Roman Muradov, Ron Rege Jr., Shoboshobo, Steven M. Johnson, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Theo Ellsworth, Trenton Doyle Hancock
Neoglyphic Media | | 248 pages | Multiple inset booklets, mixed-process 6-color offset, and extraneous Risograph materials | $55.00
Julien Ceccaldi uses a fatalistic and genre-bending style—influenced by his early exposure to anime that aired on France Télévisions in the 1990s, the transgressive shōjo manga of the Year 24 group, and the autobiographical comics of Aline Kominsky-Crumb. His work amalgamates the discomfort, melodrama, and romance of contemporary social life into shrewdly observed drawing, painting, and sculpture. Despite the smooth circulation promised by slick media technologies, Ceccaldi’s work maintains a handmade quality that mirrors the conflicting feelings of his characters.
