Richard McGuire (born 1957)[1] is an American illustrator, comic book artist, children's book author, and musician. His illustrations have been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Le Monde. His short story Here is among the most lauded comic book stories from recent decades.[2] An updated book-length version of Here was published by Pantheon Books in December 2014.[3][4]

Richard McGuire
McGuire in 2015
Born	1957 (age 64–65) New Jersey, US
Known for	Comics, Illustration, musician

McGuire is a founding member and bassist for the band Liquid Liquid,[5] best known for their song "Cavern", whose bass line has been frequently sampled.[6]

Bibliography

Comics

Short stories

• "The Dot Man," 1 pg. from Bad News #3 (Fantagraphics, 1988)
• "Here", 6 pgs. from RAW vol. 2 #1 (1989) (ISBN 9780140122657). Reprinted in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories vol. 1 (Yale University Press, 2006) (ISBN 9780300111705) and Comic Art #8 (Buenaventura Press, 2006) (ISBN 9781584232575)
• "The Thinkers," 1 pg. from RAW vol. 2 #2 (1990) (ISBN 9780140122657)
• "Bon appétit," fold-out comic booklet from 2wBOX Set I (Switzerland: Bülb Comix, 2002)
• "ctrl," 6 pgs. from Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern#13 (2003) (ISBN 9781932416084)

Graphic Novels

• Here (Pantheon: 2014) (ISBN 9780375406508)

Children's literature

• The Orange Book (New York: Children's Universe, 1992) (ISBN 9780847814657)
• Night Becomes Day (New York: Viking, 1994) (ISBN 9780670855476)
• What Goes Around Comes Around (New York: Viking, 1995) (ISBN 9780670863969)
• What's Wrong With This Book? (New York: Viking, 1997) (ISBN 9780670868520)

Adult literature

• Popeye and Olive (Paris: Cornelius, 2001) (ISBN 9782909990620)
• P+O (Paris: Cornelius, 2002) (ISBN 2909990605)

Filmography

• "Micro Loup" (7-minute short from Loulou et autres loups, 2003)
• Peur(s) du noir (16-minute untitled segment, 2007)

References

External links

• Official website
• A sample of his New Yorker covers
• Notes from a UK comics event
• An interview on his music and comics careers
• An interview concerning his animated works
• Spoiler Alert Radio interview
• Who's Afraid of Noir- an interview
• Strapazin interview(in German)
• Follow the oranges in The Orange Book