Reviews & Writings — Chester Alamo-Costello Archive

Artist’s Q&A’s & Writings:

Collected here is a sampling from over 300 artist/musician interviews and writings produced since 2014 with a focus on events and practitioners working in Chicago.

For Artist Interviews and Q&As from 2021 to present, please visit: https://www.thecompmagazine.com/archive/

1-SHERIFFMarquee_563ac4f75c0e71.01997526-B.jpg — 10 Comics Read at Least Twice in 2020, The COMP Magazine, 12/23/20

5 Games Played Obsessively in 2020, The COMP Magazine, 12/17/20

Bersano AAA Final True B&W Sharper HR IMG_3091.jpg — Don Bersano - Building Elegant and Striking Forms, The COMP Magazine, 10/30/20

Chester Alamo-Costello - A Two-Pronged Approach, The COMP Magazine, 10/22/20

Documenting Place - Part 1, Details of an Office in 2020, The COMP Magazine, 9/29/20

The Last of Us 2 – A Reflection on Ellie’s (& Our) Transformation, The COMP Magazine, 9/22/20

C2E2 2020 - A Summary in Photos & Word, The Comp Magazine, 3/3/20

5 Games Played Obsessively in 2019, The COMP Magazine, 12/19/19

10 Comics Read at Least Twice in 2019, The COMP Magazine, 12/15/19

Dungeons & Dragons - A Return @ Mid-Life (Anti-Crisis), The COMP Magazine, 11/22/19

Todd-Read-07-Peel It Back Peek Inside.jpg — Todd Reed - Polished Mechanised Optical Recall, The COMP Magazine, 12/3/19

Andy Warhol - (Distinctly Altering Celebrity) A to Be & Beyond, The COMP Magazine, 11/12/19

Jeffrey Grauel - Life Cycles: Antiquated Patterns to Funerary Wreaths, The COMP Magazine, 11/8/19

Todd Mattei - Highly Reactive Intospection, The COMP Magazine, 11/2/19

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Into the Belly of the Moon, The COMP Magazine, 10/13/19

Joe Tallarico - Spinner Racks to Inspired Portraits, The COMP Magazine, 10/6/19

Expo CHGO @ Navy Pier 2019, the COMP Magazine, 10/1/19

NADA Art Fair 2019 - A Short Writing & Photos, The COMP Magazine, 9/23/19

Elana Marte Adler - Exploring Transferential Colors, Forms & Structures, The COMP Magazine, 9/18/19

The 18th Lemon, 2019, enamel and oil on canvas, 32.5x51.JPG — Roni Packer - Interpreting Obsessive Moments in Yellow, The COMP Magazine, 9/6/19

Jno Cook - Recalling Kitchen Conversations & Most Unusual Art Inventions, The COMP Magazine, 8/3/19

Neal Vandenbergh - Figurative Power & Breaking Old Habits, The COMP Magazine, 7/24/19

Jason Dunda - Examining a Rogue Gallery of Unflattering Portraits, The COMP Magazine, 7/20/19

Scott Fortino - A Tour of Charged & Privileged Spaces, The COMP Magazine, 7/11/19

Caleb Beck - Bent Paintings & an Impossible Shot, The COMP Magazine, 6/23/19

10 Games from E3 2019, The COMP Magazine, 6/13/19

self portrait 2019, oil on canvas with googly eyes, 40 x 40 in, 2019 .jpg — Cindy Bernard - Calling Attention to Illusionistic Form, The COMP Magazine, 6/7/19

C.A.K.E.: Chicago Alternative Comics Expo 2019, The COMP Magazine, 6/3/19

ACEN: Anime Central 2019 - A Review in Photos, The COMP Magazine, 5/23/19

Matt Kayhoe Brett - Shifting Vision & Weird Phenomena, The COMP Magazine, 5/16/19

Karen Azarnia - A Convergence of Fragments & the Cinematic, The COMP Magazine, 5/7/19

Kwak_Balanced Talk_01.jpg — Ji Su Kwak - Balanced Talk & Fluid Identities, The COMP Magazine, 4/25/19

Star Wars Celebration 2019 in Review, The COMP Magazine, 4/15/19

Boris Ostrerov_06-b.jpg — Boris Ostrerov - Iniquitous Poo, Colorful Forms & an Uzbek Voice, The COMP Magazine, 4/2/19

C2E2 @10 - A Comic Con Transforming Identity, The COMP Magazine, 3/26/19

Eric Stefanski - Paint Drips, Death & Humor, The COMP Magazine, 3/19/19

Yinka Shonibare’s A Tale of Today @ the Driehaus, The COMP Magazine, 3/7/19

Brian Russo - Stages on Life’s Way, or: Become What You Are, The COMP Magazine, 2/28/19

Cahill_Propositional_Object_For_A_Future_Interior_A_watercolor_and_ink_on_canvas_thread_and_fiberfill_2014.jpg — Holly Cahill - Propositions of a Female Craftsman, The COMP Magazine, 2/19/19

Destiny - The Art of Play in Recurring Galactic Engagements, The COMP Magazine, 2/5/19

10_Smego_Lumber Drawing Series (Make-up Bag_ Train Case); Make-Up Bag, lumber, staples, screws; 2018.JPG — Erin Smego - Navigating Sculptural Fashion, The COMP Magazine, 1/25/19

KT Duffy - Giant Amoebas & A.I./Digital/Real Identity, The COMP Magazine, 1/15/19

Leslie Baum - Mysterious Depths and Worlds Within, The COMP Magazine, 1/10/19

Hairy Who? 1966-1969 at AIC: A Reflection, The COMP Magazine, 1/2/19

10 Comics Read at Least Twice in 2018, The COMP Magazine, 12/20/18

Julie Weber - Subtleties in Light, Form & Being, The COMP Magazine, 12/13/18

Monica Rezman - A Persistant Winding Path, The COMP Magazine, 12/4/18

Cody Tumblin - Nourishing Lambent Visual Provisions, The COMP Magazine, 11/26/18

Michelle Wasson - A Sizeable Unencumbered Aesthetic Approach, The COMP Magazine, 11/20/18

8.Joe Batts Arm Post Card.jpg — Zachary Cahill - Contemplating & In Search of the Devine, The COMP Magazine, 11/15/18

Allison L. Wade - Transformations of Language Into Form, The COMP Magazine, 11/8/19

Ali Seradge - Synthetic Fables & Unorthodox Narratives, The COMP Magazine, 10/30/18

Art Kleinman - The Cyclic Nature of a Long Career, The COMP Magazine, 10/25/18

Installation view NADA NY 2018.jpg — Orkideh Torabi - Revisiting Male Dominated Narratives, The COMP Magazine, 10/20/18

01_NGO_Huong_The Voice is an Archive copy.png — Huong Ngo - Reflecting Winds of Perception & Change, The COMP Magazine, 10/15/18

Susan Giles - Translating Hand Gestures & Space, The COMP Magazine, 10/9/18

Jill Posener - Dirty Girls in London II - 1988.jpg — Alisa Swindell - Examining Notions of Desire, The COMP Magazine, 10/5/18

Tatlin_Counter-Corner Relief 1915.jpg — Jeff Carter - Functional Formats of Occupying, The COMP Magazine, 9/28/18

111 (2016) Acrylic on Canvas 24x24.jpg — Cole Pierce - Color Strategies & Vinyl Tape, The COMP Magazine, 9/24/18

Buddy Damen and the Last Call - Closing Time Melodies, The COMP Magazine, 9/21/18

Ciurej & Lochman - Evolving Histories and Processed Views, The COMP Magazine, 9/13/18

Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford - Transient Sculptural Assemblies, The COMP Magazine, 9/4/18

Robin Dluzen - Bloodroot, Ameraucana & the Midwest, The COMP Magazine, 8/18/18

Gina Hunt - From the Badlands to Azimuth, The COMP Magazine, 8/12/18

Outside Within.jpg — Michelle Bolinger - A Visual Tug of War, The COMP Magazine, 8/7/18

Larry Ross%2c School children with gift of pencils and paper-1.jpg — Larry Ross - The Reberenos & a Conversation, The COMP Magazine, 7/17/18

Heather Mekkelson - Crepuscular Beam & Other Recent Works, The COMP Magazine, 7/11/18

Mike Paro - Youthful Lived Experience, The COMP Magazine, 7/2/18

Kyle Davidson - Pristophone Arrangements & Live Performance, The COMP Magazine, 6/25/18

10 Video Games from E3 2018, The COMP Magazine, 6/20/18

Dan Gamble - Visual Meditations: Otherworldly & Quotidian, The COMP Magazine, 6/11/18

CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) 2018 - A Review in Photos, The COMP Magazine, 6/4/18

Vesna Jovanovic - Foreign Bodies & Visual Prompts, The COMP Magazine, 5/31/18

SaraNoa Mark_05.JPG — SaraNoa Mark - A Conversation with Ancient Objects, The COMP Magazine, 5/24/18

Anime Central 2018: A Review in Photos, The COMP Magazine, 5/18/18

Big Mirror, oil on canvas, 2017.jpg — Gwendolyn Zabicki - Disoriented & Reflective Moments of Pause, The COMP Magazine, 5/10/18

James Kao - An Idea, Reference or Sensation, The COMP Magazine, 5/6/18

Tom Torluemke - Blindfolded with Hands Stretched, The COMP Magazine, 4/20/18

C2E2 (Chicago Entertainment & Comics Expo) 2018 - A Review in Photos, The COMP Magazine, 4/13/18

Kevin Blake - Disjointed Intervals of Paint Slamming, The COMP Magazine, 4/5/18

CatieO and E.C. Brown - Shoulder-to-Shoulder, The COMP Magazine, 3/18/18

Doug McGoldrick - Juggling Art & Life Challenges, The COMP Magazine, 2/11/18

Jiba Molei Anderson - Afrofuturism & the Horsemen, The COMP Magazine, 1/30/18

Jason Reblando - Diaspora and New Deals, The COMP Magazine, 1/12/18

Jay_Wolke_Shirtless Man, Atlantic City, 1989.jpg — Jay Wolke - Cycles of Observation and Time, The COMP Magazine, 1/6/18

2. Mother & Attendents... 1985.jpg — Melissa Ann Pinney - A Feminist Gaze, The COMP Magazine, 1/2/18

03-Mike Norton.jpg — 10 Comics Read at Least Twice in 2017, The COMP Magazine, 12/29/17

Corner Outlet, Lied Jungle.jpg — Dana Fritz - Terraria Gigantica & Other Views, The COMP Magazine, 12/22/17

Malee (Oklahoma City, OK) at George Eastman Museum, Syracuse, NY, 2017.jpg — Colleen Plumb - Layers of Context & Experience, The COMP Magazine, 11/26/17

Ben Baker Billington - Sonic Explorations & Bedroom Productions, The COMP Magazine, 10/19/17

The Bleak Post-Humanism of Blade Runner 2049, The COMP Magazine, 10/16/17

Jake Acosta, Variety Colors & Informs the Other, The COMP Magazine, 9/15/17

Bob Thall, Navigating Chicago and Beyond, The COMP Magazine, 9/5/17

Jesse Malmed, Translating Language & Sound, The COMP Magazine, 4/9/17

Zelda’s Breathtaking Ascension, The COMP Magazine, 4/5/17

Graham Foundation Presents “Spaces Depth…”, The COMP Magazine, 3/13/17

Merce Cunningham - Common Time @ the MCA, The COMP Magazine, 2/15/17

Photo + Performance + Japan + 1960-1975 = “Provoke” @ AIC, The COMP Magazine, 2/8/17

10 Comics Read at Least Twice in 2016, The COMP Magazine, 12/30/16

Final Fantasy XV - The Long Long Drive…, The COMP Magazine, 12/3/16

Thoughts on Retro Video Gaming Aesthetics, Pt. 1, The COMP Magazine, 11/19/16

Aleksandr Zhitomirsky - 20th c. Humanist Critic, The COMP Magazine, 11/10/16

Mitch Eckert - Natural History & Environmental Concerns, The COMP Magazine, 10/19/16

Mike Norton - Battlepug, Revival & a Whole Mess More, The COMP Magazine, 10/13/16

Moholy-Nagy: Future Present @ AIC, The COMP Magazine, 10/7/16

Expo Chicago 2016 - A Reflection & a Couple Questions, The COMP Magazine, 9/30/16

Daniel Warren Johnson - Martok, Space Mullet & Beyond…, The COMP Magazine, 9/22/16

Alison Ruttan - Investigting Instinct & Aggression, The COMP Magazine, 9/16/16

DEHD - Sunburn, Horses & a Love Song, The COMP Magazine, 8/26/16

No Man’s Sky - ProGen Exploratory Philosophies, The COMP Magazine, 8/19/16

Street Scene- Girls at Play-2.jpg — Damon Locks - Exploring Sound & the Urban Scene, The COMP Magazine, 8/12/16

Ono - An Unabridged History in Conversation, The COMP Magazine, 8/7/16

With a Wink and a Nod at the Driehaus Museum, The COMP Magazine, 8/1/16

Anya Davidson - Cultivating Freedom in Failure, The COMP Magazine, 7/24/16

Alice Q. Hargrave - Memories and the Natural World, The COMP Magazine, 7/18/16

Jill Flanagan - Rage, Fear & Despair, The COMP Magazine, 7/14/16

Factory Farm composite 6 copy.jpg — Victoria Fuller - Strategies of Power Play, The COMP Magazine,7/8/16

Alan D. Caesar - Touring Destroit with Rena Rouge, The COMP Magazine, 7/4/16

Tony Fitzpatrick - The Secret Birds @ the Depaul Art Museum, The COMP Magazine, 6/23/16

CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) 2016 - In Review, The COMP Magazine, 6/16/16

Andreas Fischer - Negotiating Function and Representation, The COMP Magazine, 6/11/16

Sleep All Summer-2.jpg — Ryan Richey - Making Lemonade from Lemons, The COMP Magazine, 6/7/16

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry - A Dialogue in Review, The COMP Magazine, 5/30/16

ACEN: Anime Central Midwest 2016 Review, The COMP Magazine, 5/21/16

Gateway Drug Single by NÆ, Album Art, 2015.jpg — JaNae Contag - Evolving Apparitions & Environments, The COMP Magazine, 5/12/16

111 South Wacker (from above, looking West) - Chicago, IL July 2013.jpg — Brad Temkin - Traversing Rooftops, The COMP Magazine, 5/5/16

Doug Fogelson - Destructive Transformations, The COMP Magazine, 4/29/16

Julie Haw - Comfort and Control & Other Paintings, The COMP Magazine, 4/10/16

Gum in the Garden#10.jpg — Barb Eberhard - Gummin’ It Up & Other Investigations, The COMP Magazine, 4/5/16

C2E2 (Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo) 2016 - In Review, The COMP Magazine, 3/22/16

Aimée Beaubien - Collecting Within & Recent Works, 3/15/16

Vincent Uribe - Sugar Talk and Winter Chat, The COMP Magazine, 2/28/20

Thomas Frank - Environmental and Urban Ruminations, The COMP Magazine, 2/23/16

16_Installation Shot.jpg — MoCP (Museum of Contemporary Photography) @ 40, The COMP Magazine, 2/16/16

members of Brave New Art World throwing around big huge bouncy balls for Rhona Hoffman's exhibition closing, August 2013.jpg — Claire Molek - Art Wing and Building a Base, The COMP Magazine, 2/2/16

Roger Carlson - Painting In Reverse, The COMP Magazine, 1/30/16

Anders Lindseth - Transitioning Points of View, The COMP Magazine, 1/26/16

Lee Blalock - Re-designing Bodies and Worlds, The COMP Magazine, 1/14/16

Alex Gartelmann - Shit Guilty & Collaborative Efforts, The COMP Magazine, 1/2/16

Darrell Roberts - The Intuitive Traveller, The COMP Magazine, 12/30/15

Ellis von Sternberg - Defining Aesthetic Spheres, The COMP Magazine, 12/23/15

Mika Horibuchi - Familiar Reality Translations, The COMP Magazine, 12/18/15

Serhii Chrucky - Operating Principles & Programmatic Intent, The COMP Magazine, 12/14/15

Paul Erschen - Mayor Daley & Store Brand, The COMP Magazine, 12/8/15

Dan Rizzo-Orr - IGF & Alternative States of Being, The COMP Magazine, 12/4/15

Nancy Lu Rosenheim - Swallow City & Other Investigations, The COMP Magazine, 12/1/15

7.Comp_FamArc.jpg — Deb Sokolow - Manipulative Individuals & Shadowy Histories, the COMP Magazine, 11/17/15

Jennifer Greenburg - Revisiting Vernacular Contributions, The COMP Magazine, 10/27/15

ACRE (Artists’ Cooperative Residence and Exhibitions) Interview, The COMP Magazine, 10/20/15

Nancy Fewkes - Notes Along a Shallow Margin, The COMP Magazine, 10/15/15

usfwebmail4.stfrancis-5.jpg — Lise Haller Baggesen - Mothernism at the Intersection, The COMP Magazine, 10/8/15

fig 7.jpg — William Conger - Constructing Multi-Layered Ambiguity, The COMP Magazine, 9/18/15

Dan Devening - Manifestations on How and Why We Look, The COMP Magazine, 9/10/15

Michelle Keim - Beauty, Power & Masculinity, The COMP Magazine, 9/8/15

Baroque Blue Bellies Mazomanie, WI 2012 photo by Mick McKiernan.jpg — Corey Gearhart - The Consummate Collaborator, The COMP Magazine, 8/19/15

Existential Crisis Chester-2.jpg — Steve Sherrell - The Referential Painter, The COMP Magazine, 8/16/15

Andrei Rabodzeenko - Technotropic Romance and Other Works, The COMP Magazine, 8/10/15

Roxane Legenstein - From Chicago to Weinerwald, The COMP Magazine, 7/29/15

Pitchfork Music Festival 2015 in Review, The COMP Magazine, 7/21/15

Lines of Flight #3 acrylic-canvas 18x22 sq. 2014-B.jpg — Corey Postiglione - The Minimalist’s Tango, The COMP Magazine, 7/9/15

JOE_BALTZ_VIMY_RIDGE_#2.jpg — Revisiting - The Kingdoms of Dreams and Madness, The COMP Magazine, 7/5/15

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit, The COMP Magazine, 6/23/15

Image for CD.jpg — Bob Kase - As We Gather, The COMP Magazine, 6/9/15

Ray_Hand_Holding_Egg 2-B.jpg — Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997-2014 Review, The COMP Magazine, 6/5/15

CAKE 2015 - Chicago Alternative Comics Expo Review, The COMP Magazine, 5/14/15

Jno Cook - Saturnian Cosmology, The COMP Magazine, 5/12/15

April 3 2013 Selenium-Toned Gelatin Silver Print-Chicago.jpg — Jerry Cargill - Analog to Digital Transitions, The COMP Magazine, 5/7/15

Kathie Shaw - Recurring Warning Signs, The COMP Magazine, 4/30/15

EsauMcGhee_Untitled#17(Yellow).jpg — Esau McGhee - Inspecting Urban Constructs, The COMP Magazine, 4/23/15

Plastic Crimewave - Galactic Vision, The COMP Magazine, 4/21/15

Dan Luedtke - Ideas of Dissidence, Difference & Negativity, The COMP Magazine, 4/18/15

Lane Milburn - Cartooning’s Strange Cosmic Web, The COMP Magazine, 4/9/15

Allison Glenn - Compelling Collaborative Selections, The COMP Magazine, 4/2/15

Anthony Musiala - Talks Minty Fresh, The COMP Magazine, 3/28/15

11-MIGRATION INSTALLATION VIEW.jpg — Ian Weaver - Black Knights’ Archive, The COMP Magazine, 3/15/15

N-Mason-photo 5-B.jpg — Nathan Mason - Curating, Slabbies, & Squeezimals, The COMP Magazine, 3/10/15

Melissa Potter & Maggie Puckett - Seeds Inservice, The COMP Magazine, 2/24/15

Matt Siber - Consuming Desires, The COMP Magazine, 2/19/15

Matthew Girson - Contemplating Libraries, The COMP Magazine, 2/17/15

Soto & Sullivan - The Franklin, The COMP Magazine, 2/3/15

Sierzputowski & Dye - Inside/Within Interview, The COMP Magazine, 2/1/15

Onsmith - Poking the Fringes, The COMP Magazine, 1/29/15

Assaf Evron - Image Space Philosophy, The COMP Magazine, 1/25/15

Phyllis Bramson - Affectionate Arbitrary Anecdotes, The COMP Magazine, 1/23/15

2013 litterarti_animation on the Cube .jpg — Susan Coolen - Scavenger Aesthetics, The COMP Magazine, 1/19/15

Kirsten Leenaars - Fictionalized Real Experience, The COMP Magazine, 1/15/15

KUNZ_COMP_dayandnight_latexoncanvas_60%22 x 120%22_2012.jpg — Anna Kunz - Invitations & Reflections, The COMP Magazine, 1/9/15

atomic credtis_install6.jpg — Meg Duguid - The Entropic Tramp, The COMP Magazine, 1/5/15

Scott Dietrich, Eyes on Asia, The COMP Magazine, 1/1/15

Miguel Cortez - Antena Style Anarchy, The COMP Magazine, 12/31/14

Gerald Lee 10241982.jpg — Ron Gordon - Preservationist Photographer, The COMP Magazine, 12/30/14

clear painter med.jpg — Alberto Aguilar - Family Formations, The COMP Magazine, 12/28/14

Victoria Martinez - Intuitive Interventions, The COMP Magazine, 12/24/14

Ensor_Bad-Doctors_1892 2.jpg — James Ensor @ AIC - The COMP Magazine, 12/17/14

usfwebmail4.stfrancis-8.jpg — Chuck Jones - Questioning Authority, The COMP Magazine, 12/14/14

icebox.install1.300b.jpg — Claire Ashley - Inflatable Absurdity, The COMP Magazine, 12/8/14

The MCA Deserves David Bowie, The COMP Magazine, 11/20/14

Today is a New Day, Tomorrow is Another2014C2.jpg — Iris Bernbum - Power & Play, The COMP Magazine, 11/23/14

Olea Nova - Spontaneous Dialogue, The COMP Magazine, 11/20/14

Jesse Bercowetz - Nomadic Mystic, The COMP Magazine, 11/15/14

ACRE: Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions, The COMP Magazine, 11/13/14

Special Gentlemen's Time with Paul Hopkin, 2014-C.jpg — Paul Hopkin - The Slow Storyteller, The COMP Magazine, 11/3/14

Satan's Cue Card #7.jpg — Carol Jackson - Epic Americana, The COMP Magazine, 10/21/14

Ryan Wolfe - Engineering Abstraction, The COMP Magazine, 10/14/14

Stripped: The Cartoon Documentary, The COMP Magazine, 10/11/14

Linda Adele Goodine - Elegant Tableaux, The COMP Magazine, 9/23/14

The Passion of Jodorowsky, The COMP Magazine, 8/28/14

Lollapalooza Lost?, The COMP Magazine, 8/7/14

Bob Mould at the Pritzker Pavilion, The COMP Magazine, 6/25/14

Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animals, The COMP Magazine, 6/14/14

Josef Koudelka - Nationality Doubtful, The COMP Magazine, 6/8/14