The title of Jim Shaw’s current retrospective at the New Museum, The End is Here, comes from the title of his first zine made in 1978, displayed in a vitrine on the first floor of the exhibition. Gathered in the museum’s theater last month, curator Massimiliano Gioni and Jim Shaw discussed the artist’s range of influences for his early graphic work and the thinking behind the development of the exhibition. The iconography and formal properties of comics, magazine illustrations, and books feature prominently in Shaw’s work and make up a significant portion of the show.