Landis Blair

Landis Blair (born Peter Landis Blair on September 4, 1983) is an American illustrator and comic artist. He both wrote and illustrated The Envious Siblings: and Other Morbid Nursery rhymes,[1] but is probably best known as the artist of The Hunting Accident[2] [3] with David Carlson[4][5] and for his work with [6] Caitlin Doughty[7] whose second book, From Here to Eternity,[8] he illustrated. He also writes and publishes some of his own books under the publishing label Sastergoodment Press[9] and is a member of The Order of the Good Death.[10]

Landis Blair
Landis Blair at the 2016 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo
Born
Peter Landis Blair

(1983-09-04)September 4, 1983
Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationThe School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Known forIllustrator, Writer
Notable work
The Hunting Accident
MovementLiterary nonsense, Surrealism
AwardsBest in Adult Books, 2018 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards
WebsiteOfficial website

Blair's heavily crosshatched drawings and dark storytelling are influenced by Edward Gorey[11][12] and The New York Times referred to his work on The Hunting Accident as being drawn with "a graphomaniacal fervor".[13]

His illustrations have appeared in print and online magazines[14] and have been used for commercial art such as t-shirt and tote bag designs.[15]

In 2018, he and David Carlson won Best in Adult Books for The Hunting Accident at the inaugural Excellence in Graphic Literature awards,[16] and in 2012 Blair was the Grand Prize winner of The New Yorker's Eustace Tilley contest.[15] The Hunting Accident was also awarded at fr:Quai des bulles[17] in 2020 and at Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême in 2021.[18]

Personal life

Landis rides a unicycle.[19][20]

References
  1. https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/envious-siblings-morbid-nursery-rhymes
  2. Clark, Noelene (December 8, 2016). "First Second graphic novel cover reveal for Gene Yang, Jason Shiga, more". Entertainment Weekly (Merideth). Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  3. Deahl, Rachel (October 21, 2016). "Book Deals: Week of October 24, 2016". Publishers Weekly (PWxy). Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  4. Carroll, Tobias (October 7, 2016). "First Second Exclusive: David Carlson and Landis Blair Announce The Hunting Accident, A Crime Family Drama". Paste (Paste Media). Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  5. Hahne, Seth T. "The Hunting Accident". Good OK Bad. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  6. "Members: Artists". Caitlin Doughty, Order of the Good Death via Internet Archive. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  7. "My Morbid Art Crush on Landis Blair". Caitlin Doughty, Order of the Good Death. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  8. Hintz, Charlie (March 9, 2017). "From Here to Eternity: How Other Cultures Care for Their Dead". Cult of Weird. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  9. "Progressive Problem". Landis Blair. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  10. "Members". Caitlin Doughty, Order of the Good Death. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  11. "Faces of Death: Landis Blair". Caitlin Doughty, Order of the Good Death. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  12. Rivera, Joshua (September 24, 2017). "One of the Best True Crime Stories of 2017 Isn't on TV (Yet)". Condé Nast: GQ. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  13. Wolk, Douglas (November 30, 2017). "The Latest in Graphic Novels". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  14. Copeland, Libby (October 27, 2017). "A Tour of the World in Cremations and Cadavers". The New York Times. and Parsi, Novid (September 11, 2017). "The Hunting Accident". Chicago magazine. and Parsi, Novid (December 9, 2014). "Kickstart: The Hunting Accident Graphic Novel". Ghettoblaster Magazine. and Wringham, Robert. "Leonard Dubkin". New Escapologist. and Doughty, Caitlin (September 26, 2014). "The Dead Beneath". Medium. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  15. "And the New Eustace Tilley Tote Bag Is…". The New Yorker. April 17, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  16. https://classroom.popcultureclassroom.org/programs/excellence-in-graphic-literature/
  17. https://www.ouest-france.fr/culture/bande-dessinee/quai-des-bulles-l-accident-de-chasse-meilleure-bd-de-l-annee-7040259}}.
  18. https://www.sudouest.fr/2021/01/29/festival-international-de-la-bd-d-angouleme-l-integralite-du-palmares-2021-8345587-4953.php.
  19. Mead, Rebecca (November 22, 2015). "Our Bodies, Ourselves". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  20. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/obsessed-with-wikipedia-personal-life-entries-youre-not-alone/2019/12/30/cb31a50a-2673-11ea-9c21-2c2a4d2c2166_story.html
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