These were from Pantheon Books There were many buttons at the show, but Pantheon actually pointed them out and said "take some", so I did Here I recognize, of course, Persepolis One should never come home from an indie show without some buttons That would be a failure of cultural tradition.
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Pantheon Books Archives
That is changing quite significantly and readers are becoming more aware of how design shapes our reading experience, but there's a long way to go to give this specific craft the appreciation it deserves.
Chip Kidd (Pantheon Books), Francoise Mouly (Toon Books), and Alex Spiro (Nobrow Press) were excellent representatives of design in comics to help[...]