In a art theory lesson we had to go down to the library and look for a art magazine which shows what we as art students were into. Either that being illustration, fine art, sculpturing, architecture and much more. Well my favourite art form is illustration so I found a magazine which was called 'no brow 9'. It was filled with wonderful images and highly imaginative comic like layouts; one of these which I found interesting was a comic strip named 'dead end' and was created by a woman called Kirsten Rothbart. I loved the dark and light pastel shades ranging through the whole strip; each square has fine details while still showing a cartoon appearance. I believe the story is about a women who we see as coming back from her job to her caravan, she is just ready to relax with a cigarette and play her guitar. She seems to fall seemingly into a calm chilled out mode, surrounded by full, unwashed bowls or cereal and a mess all around. I noticed she looks at a Polaroid photograph capturing her past self on stage performing with the words 'keep going'. So as I see it she used to be a famous pop star or rock chick and then something happened and the dream died out; and now she has a job dressing up as a bear and selling produce. Which maybe that was her dead end which links to the title of the comic strip. Kirsten Rothbart may be joining my favourite artists list.
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