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    Bonni Reid's Retro-Tech Surrealism

    Welcome back to Jewels of Apator, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer's column about the intersection of art and the fantastic. Bonni Reid often displays an uncanny meshing of the real and the surreal in her artwork—it's as if she's recording something odd or disturbing that's just happened in her backyard. Some of her strangest work takes the form of what appear to be formal portraits. “Deadpan” is also an apt description of her art. However, there’s also an underlying sense of play or the mischievous. Full-blown humor comes out in Reid’s work as a color designer for animation productions, including six seasons of Cartoon Network’s Ed, Edd ‘n Eddy. We talked to Reid about her work, and put together a gallery of her best stuff. More »