Mark V :: M.S. Harkness || Time Under Tension

Time Under Tension, pgs. 256-257 (2023)

Artist: M.S. Harkness (All)

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Time Under Tension, pgs. 256-257 (2023) Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Time Under Tension, pgs. 256-257 (2023)
Artist:	M.S. Harkness (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Double Page Splash
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	171
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	5/8/2024
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Description

18 x 28 DPS

Harkness works at a surprisingly large scale for a graphic memoirist and her latest book, Time Under Tension, features several massive and intricate double page spreads. I've included a couple of these DPSs as additional images so you can see how Harkness visually represents her interiority, the events of her own life, and her family history in compelling ways. A storyteller to keep an eye on.

Publisher's description of Time Under Tension:

M.S. Harkness is graduating from art school in Minneapolis and facing a crossroads in life. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a sexually abusive father on parole, and is in love with an aspiring MMA fighter who mostly hangs out with her to get high and already has a girlfriend and career prospects with a fight promotion. An art career feels untenable ― as one professor tells her, �Don�t expect to get by on this fucked-up broke girl shit.� She decides to get a personal trainer�s certificate ― it seems like a feasible and sensible career option ― but continues to dabble as a sex worker and weed dealer because the money is too irresistible. With idle hands due to no classes or full-time work, M.S. has ample time to aimlessly fuck around ― or, to get her shit together. �I want to be better, I want to be stable and solid. I don�t want to keep aimlessly shifting between untenable situations.�

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Dan T
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 5/8/2024

Absolutely meticulous cartooning! Wonderful!

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 5/8/2024

Absolutely beautiful, graphic design. 'Nuff Said!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/9/2024

Looks like a bird parading around with the big hair. Maybe aimlessly as there is no clear start or finish point.

F M
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/9/2024

Cool and inventive use of layout

Doug L.
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 5/9/2024

Terrific book and amazing images!

Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018

2 - Posted on 5/10/2024

Kind of shyed away from this book as I was memoir'd out. But this art has me intrigued.

M L
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 5/11/2024

GREAT choice!!! Compelling and almost hypnotic storytelling.

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