Each year brings a new crop of books by SVA alumni and faculty—titles that span an array of genres and reader interests. Below are some notable recent publications from the College's community, for all the bookworms on your "nice list" this year—and to see this year's list of other gift ideas, click here.
Happy holidays from the School of Visual Arts!
Children's/Young Adult
Raina Telgemeier (BFA 2002 Illustration)
Ages 8 – 12
Scholastic; hardcover/paperback/e-book, $24.99/$12.99/$7.99
The latest book by Telgemeier, a bestselling YA graphic novelist (Smile, Sisters), tells the true story of her anxiety and anxiety-related illness as a grade-schooler.
Other recent children's/young adult titles by SVA alumni:
Away with Words: The Daring Story Of Isabella Bird
Written by Lori Mortensen; illustrated by Kristy Caldwell (MFA 2010 Illustration as Visual Essay)
Ages 6 – 10
Peachtree Publishing; hardcover, $12.73
Written by John Himmelman (BFA 1981 Media Arts); illustrated by Jeff Himmelman (BFA 2006 Illustration)
Ages 8 – 11
Henry Holt and Co.; hardcover/paperback/e-book, $15.29/$7.99/$9.99
Written by Erin Entrada Kelly; illustrated by Lian Cho (BFA 2019 Illustration)
Ages 8 – 12
Greenwillow Books; hardcover, $16.99; e-book, $9.99
Written by Matthew Farina (MFA 2014 Art Writing and Criticism; director, SVA Admissions); illustrated by Doug Salati (MFA 2014 Illustration as Visual Essay; faculty, Pre-College and English and the Visual Arts)
Ages 3 – 5; hardcover/e-book, $11.72/$10.99
Jerry Craft (BFA 1984 Media Arts)
Ages 8 – 12
HarperCollins; hardcover/paperback/audio/e-book, $21.99/$12.99/$13.99/$10.99
Comics
By Joe Quesada (BFA 1984 Media Arts)
Marvel Universe; hardcover, $50
This book collects selected art and sketches by Quesada, now the EVP creative director at Marvel Entertainment, from his years as an illustrator for the company.
Other recent comics series, one-offs and collected editions by SVA alumni:
By Dash Shaw (BFA 2005 Illustration)
IDW Publishing; paperback/e-book, $4.99/$1.99 per issue
Hazel & Cha Cha Save Christmas: Tales from the Umbrella Academy
Written by Gerard Way (BFA 1999 Cartooning) and Scott Allie; illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards
Dark Horse Comics; paperback, $4.99
Written by Andy Diggle; illustrated by Shawn Martinbrough (BFA 1993 Illustration)
Comixology Originals; e-book, $2.99 per issue
Written by Jody LeHeup; illustrated by Nathan Fox (MFA 2002 Illustration as Visual Essay; chair, MFA Visual Narrative)
Image Comics; paperback/e-book, $3.99/$1.99 per issue
Cookbooks
Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton (BFA 1983 Fine Arts)
Voracious; hardcover/e-book, $24.99/$16.99
It's been a busy year for "cookbook legends" Hirsheimer and Hamilton: the pair published their latest collection of recipes and celebrated the opening of their restaurant, Canal House Station, in Milford, New Jersey.
Other recent cookbooks by SVA alumni:
Almonds, Anchovies, and Pancetta: A Vegetarian Cookbook, Kind of
Cal Peternell (BFA 1987 Fine Arts)
HarperCollins; hardcover/e-book, $25.99/$10.99
Eat, Drink, Animate: An Animator’s Cookbook
CRC Press; paperback, $36.90; e-book, $34.99
The Forest Feast: Mediterranean
Erin Gleeson (MFA 2007 Photography, Video and Related Media)
Abrams Books; hardcover/e-book, $35/$14.27
Fine Art/Photography
Edited by Joseph Maida (chair, BFA Photography and Video); books by BFA Photography alumni Zak Krevitt (2014), Molly Matalon (2014), Cory Olsen (2014), Pat O'Malley (2014), Tim Schutsky (2015) and Caroline Tompkins (2014)
Convoke; limited-edition set of seven books with slipcase, $100
A collection of books featuring the work of six young photographers, all of them former students of editor Joseph Maida.
Other recent fine-art and photography books by SVA alumni and faculty:
Michael De Feo (BFA 1995 Graphic Design)
Abrams Books; hardcover/e-book, $35/$22.16
Middle Distance or the Anxiety of Influence: Photographs from Los Angeles
Isaac Diggs (faculty, BFA Photography and Video, and MFA Photography, Video and Related Media)
Kris Graves Projects; limited-edition hardcover, $40
Brandon Isralsky (MFA 2015 Photography, Video and Related Media; BFA 2013 Photography), Ina Jang (MPS 2012 Fashion Photography; BFA 2010 Photography) and Dean Sameshima
Convoke; paperback, $40
Nonfiction
Mag Men: Fifty Years of Making Magazines
Walter Bernard and Milton Glaser (acting chairman, SVA Board of Directors; faculty, MFA Design)
Columbia University Press; hardcover/e-book, $34.95/$33.99
Renowned magazine designers Bernard and Glaser (The Atlantic, The Nation, Time) reflect on their careers in the industry.
Other new nonfiction titles by SVA alumni and faculty:
How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency
Akiko Busch (faculty, MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism)
Penguin Press; hardcover/audio/e-book, $26/$17.50/$12.99
Last Days at Hot Slit: The Radical Feminism of Andrea Dworkin
Edited by Johanna Fateman (BFA 1997 Fine Arts) and Amy Scholder
Semiotext(e)/Native Agents; paperback/e-book, $10.22/$9.71
Vincent LoBrutto (BFA 1974 Film and Video)
University of Kentucky Press; hardcover/e-book, $36.37/$23.99
Periodicals
Founded by Ryan Snelson (BFA 2004 Graphic Design)
$20/issue
Celebrate motorcycles and "moto" culture with Motoveli, which publishes each issue in limited editions and sells online and in select New York City shops.
Other periodicals founded and run by SVA alumni:
Co-founded by Peter Ash Lee (MPS 2012 Fashion Photography; BFA 2009 Photography) and Hannah Chloe Lee
$15/issue
Co-founded by MFA Illustration as Visual Essay alumni Matt Barteluce (2010), Kristy Caldwell (2010), Christopher Darling (2010), Ray Jones (2009) and Russ Spitovsky (2009; BFA 2003 Illustration)
$30/issue
This feature includes content from the fall 2018, spring 2019 and fall/winter 2019 editions of the Visual Arts Journal.