Richard McGuire

Richard McGuire (born 1957) is an American interdisciplinary artist and musician. 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. 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. A film adaptation of Here, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, is set to be released in 2024.

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, best known for their song "Cavern", whose bass line has been frequently sampled.

Short stories

 * "The Dot Man," 1 pg. from Bad News #3 (Fantagraphics, 1988)
 * "Here", 6 pgs. from RAW vol. 2 #1 (1989) (ISBN 9780140122657). Reprinted in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories vol. 1 (Yale University Press, 2006) (ISBN 9780300111705) and Comic Art #8 (Buenaventura Press, 2006) (ISBN 9781584232575)
 * "The Thinkers," 1 pg. from RAW vol. 2 #2 (1990) (ISBN 9780140122657)
 * "Bon appétit," fold-out comic booklet from 2wBOX Set I (Switzerland: Bülb Comix, 2002)
 * "ctrl," 6 pgs. from Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern (2003) (ISBN 9781932416084)

Graphic novels

 * Here (Pantheon: 2014) (ISBN 9780375406508)

Children's literature

 * The Orange Book (New York: Children's Universe, 1992) (ISBN 9780847814657)
 * Night Becomes Day (New York: Viking, 1994) (ISBN 9780670855476)
 * What Goes Around Comes Around (New York: Viking, 1995) (ISBN 9780670863969)
 * What's Wrong With This Book? (New York: Viking, 1997) (ISBN 9780670868520)

Adult literature

 * Popeye and Olive (Paris: Cornelius, 2001) (ISBN 9782909990620)
 * P+O (Paris: Cornelius, 2002) (ISBN 2909990605)

Filmography

 * "Micro Loup" (7-minute short from Loulou et autres loups, 2003)
 * Peur(s) du noir (16-minute untitled segment, 2007)