Landis Blair | |
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Born | Peter Landis Blair September 4, 1983 |
Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
Known for | Illustration, Writing |
Notable work | The Hunting Accident The Envious Siblings Vers le Sud |
Awards | 2021 Fauve d'Or 2018 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards 2020 Quai des Bulles prize 2021 Grand prix des lectrices de Elle |
Website | Official website |
Landis Blair (born Peter Landis Blair; 4 September 1983) is an American illustrator and comics artist. He illustrated the graphic novel The Hunting Accident and later wrote and illustrated The Envious Siblings,The Night Tent and Vers le Sud. He is also known for his work with Caitlin Doughty [1] [2] and as a member of The Order of the Good Death. [3]
Blair's heavily crosshatched drawings and dark storytelling are influenced by Edward Gorey. [4] [5] The New York Times referred to his work on The Hunting Accident as drawn with "a graphomaniacal fervor". [6]
Landis Blair came to prominence in 2017 with his 420 pages of illustration for The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry, written by David Carlson. [7] [8] [9] [10] The same year saw the publication of Caitlin Doughty's second book, From Here to Eternity, illustrated by Blair. [11]
He both wrote and illustrated The Envious Siblings: And Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes for publication by Norton in 2019. [12] [13] This was followed by The Night Tent for Holiday House in 2023. [14] [15] [16] [17]
Vers le Sud ("Towards the South") was published in France by Les Éditions Martin de Halleux in 2023. It is a 32-page silent comic story. [18] [19] 2023 also saw the publication of Chris Woodyard's A is for Arsenic: an A-Z of Victorian Death, illustrated by Blair. [20]
Blair also writes and publishes some of his own books under the publishing label Sastergoodment Press. [18] [21]
The foyer of an Art Deco apartment building in downtown Memphis contains an etched glass site-specific work by Landis Blair. It depicts a map of Memphis, historic locations, and the history of the building. [31] [32]
His illustrations have appeared in print and online magazines [33] and have been used for commercial art such as t-shirt and tote bag designs. [34]
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