The city influences and inspires artists in all fields – from jazz musicians to graffitists. Life in the city also plays a key role in many outstanding comics. The magazine accompanying the Big City Life exhibition at Cartoonmuseum Basel shows works that cast an eye at urban society, by major comics artists from Europe and the USA. A diverse selection of powerful and pioneering combinations of narrative and drawing.

With works by: Will Eisner, Gabriella Giandelli, Yann Kebbi, Frans Masereel, Michaël Matthys, Lorenzo Mattotti, Christoph Niemann, Helge Reumann, Marcel Schmitz, Sempé, Art Spiegelman, Thierry Van Hasselt and Chris Ware.

24 images, coloured, 51 pages
ISBN 978-3-033-08360-8
39 x 27.5 cm