Joanna Neborsky, a student in the MFA illustration program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, has produced an illustrated edition of many of Félix Fénéon's concise reports of crimes and misdeads misdeeds in early 20th-century France (aka Novels in Three Lines) as her thesis project. The work will be part of an MFA student exhibit that's on view until May 16, 2009 at the Visual Arts Gallery.
You can see more of Ms. Neborsky's work at the website of Gigantic Magazine.
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Hey, if Sarah Palin can coin a word, why can't we? But if you insist, we will revert to the fancier, standard-English "misdeed." Thanks for pointing this out.
Posted by: Sara | July 22, 2010 at 11:42 AM
What is a 'misdead'? Is it a portmanteau of a crime reverberating into the underworld? (No, not THAT underworld - the real one that follows our brief earthly adventure, and goes on and on and on)
Posted by: Byron Black | July 22, 2010 at 05:26 AM
David! You're in luck—Joanna Neborsky's Illustrated Three-Line Novels is coming out in July from Mark Batty Publishers: http://www.joannaneborsky.com/Project%20landing%20pages/3lineNovels.html
Posted by: Sara | June 25, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Feneon's "Novels in Three Lines" is a fascinating book. This would be a wonderful choice for an anthology of illustrators, each taking one of the "nouvelles" and interpreting it. (EH would be one of my first choices!)
Posted by: David Hargrove | June 25, 2010 at 10:29 AM
A must-share. Thanks.
Posted by: Eric Hanson | May 06, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Joanna Neborsky is an incredible talent! Just as Maira Kalman gave new life to Strunk and White, Neborsky brings ingenious wit to "Novels in Three Lines." Someone should publish her take on Fénéon's reports. It's too good to pass up!
Posted by: Anna Raff | May 05, 2009 at 10:49 AM