Not familar with that, but have you ever seen any of William Blake's stuff? Personally, I think his art is more interesting than his poety, but the fact that he could carve his words in metal plates backwards was pretty fasinating.
Shea;
As an artist with a deep passion for the book arts (Illuminated Manuscripts,
livres artistes, etc...) I've always loved Blake's work (although I would include his poetry as well as his art). I will note that with the exception of a few late wood engravings...:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...uild/blake.jpg
...Blake did not actually "carve" his words or images. He utilized a variety of etching including some self-developed relief etching and color etching techniques. My understanding was that he utilized something akin to a negative, drawing the image out first forward and then tranferring it in reverse upon the plate which was to be etched which would then return to the correct order when printed. These finished prints were then touched up or embellished through hand painting undertaken by both himself and his wife (whom he trained as something of an assistant.apprentice). The artistic quality of these works is still wonderful (and in actuality some of his techniques are far more demanding that the mere need to carve an image in reverse. For some wonderful examples of wood-engraving in which the letters were carved in reverse you might look to Blake's fan William Morris... especially his
Kelmscott Chaucer:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...tChaucersm.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...95_frontsm.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...elmscottsm.jpg
As for actual comics... I'm not a big fan outside of some of the work by R. Crumb and Spiegelman's
Maus.