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"T. Motley’s funny and poignant strips stand in direct historical continuity with the familiar comic strip of the past, but in their content - psychologically and existentially raw - and their brilliant condensation of narrative time and space, they point as well to its future.” --Simon Zalkind, Director, Singer Gallery at the Mizel Arts Center, Denver, CO

"T. Motley, whoever he or she is, does not seem to be a happy person and should possibly consider anti-depressants, but I cannot deny the power of these stories. This person will either crack up or go on to write for Fantagraphics; perhaps both." --Sequential Tart

"He’s a SKILLED SICK MOTHERFUCKER! --Reverend Ivan Stang, The Subgenius Foundation

Some links:

T. Motley's Tragic Strip appears monthly in The Brooklyn Rail. Mot's comic for kids, Aline The Alien can be viewed at Kidjutsu.com: Kids Comics at Kidjutsu Mot created illustrations and comics for Rikki Ducornet's The One Marvelous Thing, now available from Dalkey Archive Press. The Twilight of the Bums, written by Raymond Federman and George Chambers and illustrated by Mot, can be purchased from Starcherone Books and Amazon.com The fall 2007 issue of Backwards City Review, a literary anthology, opened with three of Mot's short comic stories. Mot also has short comics in Mapjam #1 and Not My Small Diary #13 and #14. The Eisner-nominated compilation 24 Hour Comics Day 2005 includes a 16 page piece by Mot titled "The Gaiman Variations." Mot's pinup illustrations have appeared recently in SubCulture #3, Betty Paginated, Maximum Traffic's White Buffalo Gazette, and __ Are Always Fun To Draw. Want more Mot? He's got a ComicSpace page, some of his constrained comics can be found at Oubapo-America here and here, and his wife has a blog in which she muses about their recent relocation to Brooklyn, New York.

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