Richard McGuire

Not to be confused with Richard Maguire.
Richard McGuire
McGuire in 2015
Born1957 (age 66–67)
New Jersey, US
Known forComics, illustration, musician

Richard McGuire (born 1957)[1] is an American author.[2][3][4][5] His illustrations have been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Le Monde, and his work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Morgan Library & Museum.[6] His comic Here is among the most lauded comics from recent decades, with an updated graphic novel version published by Pantheon Books in December 2014.[7][8][9] A film adaptation of Here, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, is set to be released in 2024.[10]

In McGuire's early career, he was a street artist in the 1980's East Village Art scene, a time during which he was also a founding member and bassist for the band Liquid Liquid,[3][11] best known for their song "Cavern", whose bass line has been frequently sampled.[12]

  1. ^ Heller, Steven (September 25, 2014). "The One-Room Time Machine". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "Chris Ware on Here by Richard McGuire – a game-changing graphic novel". the Guardian. December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Sokol, Brett (September 19, 2018). "From '80s Street Art to Graphic Novels. And Back". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  4. ^ Garner, Dwight (December 23, 2014). "While Stuck in a Corner, an Artist Bends Time". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Gabel, J. C. (December 4, 2014). "Q&A: Richard McGuire's 'Here' takes on a larger life as graphic novel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "The Profound Mundanity of Richard McGuire's "My Things"". The New Yorker. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  7. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (September 25, 2014). "Sharing a Sofa With Dinosaurs". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  8. ^ "Here by Richard McGuire". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  9. ^ Lohier, Patrick (December 11, 2014). "Here is Richard McGuire's epic of time". Boing Boing. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  10. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (January 31, 2023). "Tom Hanks, Robin Wright to Be De-aged in Robert Zemeckis' New Movie Using Metaphysic AI Tool". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  11. ^ "From Here to Here: Richard McGuire Makes a Book". The Morgan Library & Museum. July 11, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  12. ^ "Liquid Liquid: The Most Important NY Band You've Never Heard Of". Observer. July 16, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2018.