Syncopated An Anthology of Nonfiction Picto-Essays

Plot

The stories in Syncopated challenge convention, provide perspective, and search out secret truths–all in the inviting, accessible form of comics.

Syncopated will give you a daringly different view of the past–from the history of vintage postcards to the glory days of old Coney Island. It will immerse you in fascinating subcultures, from the secret world of graffiti artists to the chess champs of Greenwich Village. And it will open your eyes to pieces of forgotten history–for example, the Tulsa race riots of 1921–and to new perspectives on critical current events, such as the interrogation of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. These “picto-essays” encompass memoir, history, journalism, and biography in varied visual styles–each handpicked by Brendan Burford, one of America’s top editors.

Including:

How and Why to Bale Hay by Nick Bertozzi

Penny Sentiments by Rina Piccolo

Boris Rose: Prisoner of Jazz by Brendan Burford and Jim Campbell

Portfolio by Tricia Van den Bergh

Father Figures by Josh Neufeld

West Side Improvements by Alex Holden

The Evening Hatch by Richard and Brian Haimes

What We So Quietly Saw by Greg Cook

“Like Hell I Will” by Nate Powell

Welcome Home, Brave by Dave Kiersh

The Sound of Jade by Sarah Glidden

Subway Buskers by Victor Marchand Kerlow

Erik Erikson by Paul Karasik

Dvorak by Alec Longstreth

A Coney Island Rumination by Paul Hoppe

An Encounter with Richard Peterson by Brendan Burford