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At the age of 76, the painter/cartoonist Jerry Moriarty moved from his studio loft in Manhattan,?where he lived and worked for 49 years, to his childhood home in Binghamton, New York, where he lived from the age of six until he went to Pratt Institute at 18. The artist uses this as an opportunity to interrogate his past via the act of painting as a mnemonic. He invents teenager Sally, based on his sister Pat, with whom he talks and shares his paintings: ""The painting becomes a time machine...""

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Jerry Moriarty's work moves me to my very core and helps me remember what's most dear to me. He is a true genius, and one of the greatest cartoonists who's ever lived.--Chris Ware This delightfully idiosyncratic book uses a mixture of gorgeous acrylic paintings and simple black-and-white comics panels to explore the septuagenarian author's childhood in Binghamton, New York. Whatsa Paintoonist? is an intensely personal act of remembrance.

This delightfully idiosyncratic book uses a mixture of gorgeous acrylic paintings and simple black-and-white comics panels to explore the septuagenarian author's childhood in Binghamton, New York.-- ""Vulture"" Jerry Moriarty's work moves me to my very core and helps me remember what's most dear to me. He is a true genius, and one of the greatest cartoonists who's ever lived.--Chris Ware For fans who've followed the artist since his first appearance in Raw as well as newbie art comics devotees, Moriarty delivers with edgy, absurdist unpredictability.-- ""Publishers Weekly"" Whatsa Paintoonist? is an intensely personal act of remembrance.-- ""Slings & Arrows""

Jerry Moriarty's work moves me to my very core and helps me remember what's most dear to me. He is a true genius, and one of the greatest cartoonists who's ever lived.--Chris Ware This delightfully idiosyncratic book uses a mixture of gorgeous acrylic paintings and simple black-and-white comics panels to explore the septuagenarian author's childhood in Binghamton, New York.

This delightfully idiosyncratic book uses a mixture of gorgeous acrylic paintings and simple black-and-white comics panels to explore the septuagenarian author's childhood in Binghamton, New York. Jerry Moriarty's work moves me to my very core and helps me remember what's most dear to me. He is a true genius, and one of the greatest cartoonists who's ever lived.--Chris Ware Whatsa Paintoonist? is an intensely personal act of remembrance.

This delightfully idiosyncratic book uses a mixture of gorgeous acrylic paintings and simple black-and-white comics panels to explore the septuagenarian author's childhood in Binghamton, New York. Jerry Moriarty's work moves me to my very core and helps me remember what's most dear to me. He is a true genius, and one of the greatest cartoonists who's ever lived.--Chris Ware

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Jerry Moriarty is a painter and cartoonist (self-described as a paintoonist) from New York. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pratt institute, and his best known work in cartooning is the comic Jack Survives. He taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York City for 50 years.

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