He’s someone who drinks and likes the typewriter. I just think he thinks there’s something cool about being downtrodden. He doesn’t have the disease of alcoholism. He’s already a great writer and he’s not going to work on that.Īctually, no.
Because in his mind he doesn’t need that. He would never go to a writing workshop or anything like that. He has an interest in being an alcoholic. He has an interest in being a writer and just having that title. He doesn’t have an interest in learning the craft. I don’t know if that’s admirable, though.ĭo you think deep down he may actually be a good writer? Is he admirable? He’s dedicated to being a drunken writer. I think it’s admirable to dedicate your life to this role. NVS: I’m always interested in people who are obsessed with one thing, like people who become obsessed with comics history. Do you find something admirable in his belief in his own greatness? PW: You’ve written three books about Fante Bukowski, a delusional, arrogant, and slovenly character. PW talked with the Ignatz award-winning Van Sciver about the many qualities of Fante Bukowski. The parody volume features LoA’s distinctive black cover jacket, the famous type font and red/white/blue ribbon marker (running vertically down the cover rather than horizontal), as well as the aforementioned mock appreciation by Boudinot. There’s also a cheeky, passive aggressive foreword by novelist Ryan Boudinot, and a section of visual tributes to the character by cartoonists Box Brown, Nina Bunjevac, Ed Piskor, Leslie Stein, Simon Hanselmann, and others.Ĭreated in deference to the character’s self-proclaimed literary genius-born Kelly Perkins, he renamed himself for legendary tough-guy writers John Fante and Charles Bukowski-the new volume is tricked out to look like an iconic Library of America hardcover edition.
The new volume includes Fante Bukowski (2015), Fante Bukowski Two (2017), and Fante Bukowski Three: A Perfect Failure (2018), all published by Fantagraphics.
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