Richard McGuire facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Richard McGuire
McGuire in 2015
Born	1957 (age 67–68) New Jersey, US
Known for	Graphic novel
Notable work	"Here"

Richard McGuire (born in 1957 in New Jersey) is an American artist, musician, and graphic novelist. He creates amazing drawings that have appeared in famous magazines like The New York Times and The New Yorker. His art is even displayed in important places like the Museum of Modern Art.

One of his most famous works is a comic called "Here". It was first published in 1989 and then made into a longer graphic novel in 2014. This comic is so popular that a movie based on it came out in 2024, starring actors like Tom Hanks!

Richard McGuire's Early Life and Music

Richard McGuire grew up in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He went to college at Rutgers University. After college, he and his friends started a band called Liquid Idiot. In 1979, they moved to New York City and changed their band name to Liquid Liquid. Richard played the bass guitar in this dance-punk band.

Liquid Liquid became well-known for their song "Cavern". The bass line from this song has been used in many other songs by different artists. The band stopped playing together in 1983 but got back together in 2008. Since then, they have performed in many countries around the world.

Richard McGuire's Art Journey

In the 1980s, Richard McGuire started his art career as a street artist in New York City. He was part of a big art show in 1981 called "New York/New Wave" at MoMA PS1. He showed his art alongside other famous artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Richard also helped create a special kind of story called a "chain story" or "comic jam" in 1995. This project was called The Narrative Corpse. Many different artists worked on it, each adding a part to the story. Richard helped connect different parts of the story together.

His drawings started appearing on the covers of The New Yorker magazine in 1996. From 2006 to 2011, his art was often featured on the magazine's covers.

In 2001, Richard made two special books called Popeye and Olive and P + O. These books were "abstract love stories" that used the shapes of the famous characters Popeye and Olive to tell a story without words.

In 2009, Richard McGuire received an important award called The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center fellowship. This award allowed him to spend time researching and writing at the New York Public Library.

Movies Featuring Richard McGuire's Work

Richard McGuire has also contributed to animated films.

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

Awards and Recognition

Richard McGuire has won several awards for his amazing work:

• 2009: Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers fellowship at the New York Public Library.
• 2016: Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album for the French version of Here, called Ici.
• 2017: Gaiman Award 2nd place for Here.
• 2018: Prêmio Grampo Silver for the Portuguese version of Here, called Aqui.

Art Shows and Exhibitions

Richard McGuire's art has been shown in many public exhibitions:

• 1981: "New York/New Wave" at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City.
• 2014: "From Here to Here: Richard McGuire Makes a Book" at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City.
• 2018–2019: "Richard McGuire: The Way There and Back" at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. This show featured 60 of his tabletop sculptures.
• 2024: "Richard McGuire: Then and There, Here and Now" at the Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art in Basel, Switzerland.