LAST GASP NEW BOOKS FOR 11/4/11
Hi! This week's highlights include: marijuana-themed removable postcards by Bay Area artist Pat Ryan, from our very own Last Gasp Press; a collection of super-hero-themed comics from the award-winning newspaper cartoon, Bizarro, again from our own Last Gasp Press; the second Last Gasp edition (and the fourth edition total) of Mary Ryden's famed "Fushigi Circus"; a collection of folk art tattoo flash from boundary- stretching wartime tattoo artist Tino "Rosie" Camanga; a treasure trove of flash, rough drawings for unique pieces, unfinished works and more from Sailor Jerry; the always- anticipated new issue of "Hi-Fructose" magazine; with an eclectic and awe-inspiring mix of underground artists, pop surrealists, emerging and rediscovered counter cultures; massive and stunning new collections of Chinese and Latino tattoo and tattoo-inspired art; a retina-searing collection of lowbrow illustration from Juxtapoz; a hilarious and questionable illustrated book of myths, rumours and legends about street artist Banksy; the definitive book on Alan Moore, and the first book on his work to have Moore's cooperation and support; a three-book slipcased collection from Edward Gorey; the latest issue of "Crap Hound," the zine of art from vintage catalogs, advertising, obscure books, and found ephemera; the vividly drawn, intensely colorful art of Tomer Hanuka; and the much-anticipated new graphic novels from Craig Thompson, Anders Nilsen, and Daniel Clowes.
In our Adult catalog, we have the new reissue of "Femalia," the beloved book of close-up photos of female genitalia of all shapes and sizes and colors, from our very own Last Gasp Press; three new high-quality adult photo books from the beloved European publisher, Editions Reuss, with explicit photos of pussies, more pussies, and pregnant women; and a highly non-traditional new adult comic, feauturing monster porn. As always, the adult stuff is at the bottom of the newsletter, so if that's what you're looking for, that's where to look.
More new items can be found on our Website at:
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LAST GASP BOOKS
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FEATURED ITEM: FUSHIGI CIRCUS (MYSTERIOUS CIRCUS) – SILVER COVER Mark Ryden – $35.00 – ISBN-13: 9780867197204 Hardcover – Color A collection of the works of Mark Ryden. Features new works, including Blood, Sweat, Tears, and The Creatrix. A survey of 55 of Ryden's most impressive works from past shows through 2006. This is the second Last Gasp edition, and the fourth edition of the book. Mark Ryden came to preeminence in the 1990s during a time when many artists, critics and collectors were quietly championing a return to the art of painting. With his masterful technique and disquieting content, Ryden quickly became one of the leaders of this movement on the West Coast. Upon first glance Ryden's work seems to mirror the Surrealists' fascination with the subconscious and collective memories. However, Ryden transcends the initial Surrealists' strategies by consciously choosing subject matter loaded with cultural connotation. His dewy vixens, cuddly plush pets, alchemical symbols, religious emblems, primordial landscapes and slabs of meat challenge his audience not necessarily with their own oddity but with the introduction of their soothing cultural familiarity into unsettling circumstances. Viewers are initially drawn in by the comforting beauty of Ryden's pop-culture references, then challenged by their circumstances, and finally transported to the artist's final intent — a world where creatures speak from a place of childlike honesty about the state of mankind and our relationships with ourselves, each other and our past. Clearly infused with classical references, Ryden's work is not only inspired by recent history, but also the works of past masters. He counts among his influences Bosch, Bruegel and Ingres with generous nods to Bouguereau and Italian and Spanish religious painting. Over the past decade, this marriage of accessibility, craftsmanship and technique with social relevance, emotional resonance and cultural reference has catapulted Ryden beyond his roots and to the attention of museums, critics and serious collectors. Ryden's work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including a recent museum retrospective "Wondertoonel" at the Frye Museum of Art in Seattle and the Pasadena Museum of California Art.Mark Ryden was born in Medford Oregon. He received a BFA in 1987 from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles where he paints slowly and happily amidst his countless collections of trinkets, statues, skeletons, books, paintings and antique toys.Also available by Mark Ryden:Mark Ryden Holiday Cards: Santa Snake, set of 10Mark Ryden Holiday/Note Cards: Creatrix, set of 10 |
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FEATURED ITEM: SINSEMILLA SINSATIONS: Cannabis-Inspired Art Spanning Four Decades Pat Ryan – $12.95 – ISBN-13: 978-0-86719-766-2 Flexibound – 30 removable, full color postcards Thirty marijuana-themed removable postcards to mail or keep by Bay Area artist Pat Ryan. |
LAST GASP GRAPHIC NOVELS
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FEATURED ITEM: BIZARRO HEROES Dan Piraro – $11.95 – ISBN-13: 978-0-86719-756-3 Softcover – 100 Color and black and white cartoons A collection of super-hero-themed comics from the award-winning newspaper cartoon, Bizarro. Cartoonist Dan Piraro skewers these masked and caped crime fighters like no other, poking fun at their super powers, superlatives, and their tights. Piraro's elaborate renderings often reveal the true identities of these heroes: Superman lounging on the couch at home, the Hulk in his psychotherapist's office, Wolverine at the nail salon, and many more. Bizarro Heroes collects these smart, funny send-ups of all your favorite comic heroes in one incredible, amazing, fantastic volume. |
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
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ALTERED IMAGES: NEW VISIONARIES IN 21ST CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY RomanyWG, editor – $39.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-908211-00-2 Hardcover – Mostly color, some b&w Blurring the boundary of real and surreal, Altered Images features never- before- seen digital photography masterpieces while giving a voice to the visionaries who created them. It hones in on emerging artists who are pushing post-production image creativity to its limits, bringing portraiture, digital manipulation, social realism, conceptual art and more into context. |
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HUMAN ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS Andras Szunyoghy, Dr. Gyorgy Feher – $29.99 – ISBN-13: 978-3-8331-6256-5 Softcover – Black and white Boasting more than 1200 highly detailed drawings by Hungarian professor of arts Andras Szunyoghy, Human Anatomy for Artists offers insights into our physique and how the human body moves. These presentations are perfectly complemented by professor Dr. Gyorgy Feher's scientific comments. |
ART, DESIGN/GRAPHICS
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ILLUSTRATORS IN & OUT: WHAT MOVES THEM AND HOW THEY MOVE ART Youjia Nie – $39.95 – ISBN-13: 978-0-9562880-9-7 Softcover – Color The freshest, most cutting-edge international illustrations and applications. Readers can observe the emancipation of young designers' personal styles, and see how they cooperate with the commercial world. "Illustrators In" refers to the trend for illustrations to become personalised and stylised; "Illustrators Out" refers to the gradual diversification of the illustrator's role. |
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INSIDE THE WORLD OF BOARD GRAPHICS: Skate, Surf, Snow Robynne Raye, Michael Strassburger – $35.00 – ISBN-13: 978-1-59253-718-1 Flexicover – Color Photos throughout An in-depth, comprehensive look at the global nature and cultural influence of Surf/Skate/Snow board art and design. International design luminaries Art Chantry, Katrin Olina and James Victore are placed along side industry super stars Terry Fitzgerald, Martin Worthington, Yoshihiko Kushimoto and Rich Harbour (who has been shaping and designing surfboards since 1959). |
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SEE YOURSELF SENSING: REDEFINING HUMAN PERCEPTION Madeline Schwartzman – $45.00 – ISBN-13: 978-1-907317-29-3 Softcover – Color Did you know we can see with our tongue? Or plug our nervous system directly into a computer? With cybernetics, prosthetics, robotics, nanotechnology and neuroscience altering the way we experience space, the body has re-emerged as an important architectural site and creative medium. This explosive survey captures the relationship between design, the body, the senses, and technology. |
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THE ART OF INSTRUCTION: VINTAGE EDUCATIONAL CHARTS FROM THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES Katrien Van Der Schueren – $35.00 – ISBN-13: 978-1-4521-0111-8 Hardcover – Color Large-scale wall charts were fundamental tools of classroom instruction throughout Europe in the mid-19th and 20th centuries. Collected here for the first time in one deluxe volume are over 100 of these vintage educational posters, now important relics in the history of science, art, and design: from the anatomy of a tulip or an apple tree to that of a hedgehog or starfish. |
ART, LOWBROW
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ALIVE CHARACTER DESIGN: CHARACTER DESIGN COURSE FOR GAME, ANIMATION AND FILM Haitao Su, Vincent Zhao – $29.95 – ISBN-13: 978-0-9562880-7-3 Softcover – Color With the development of video games, animation and cinema, character design has become a hot topic. Alive Character Design brings together the leaders of the field to explain the tricks and techniques, providing a detailed explanation of the process, including sources of inspiration, creative orientation, the drafting process, proposal discussions and the tools of the trade. |
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AMAZING EVERYTHING: THE ART OF SCOTT C. Scott C. – $24.99 – ISBN-13: 978-1-60887-047-9 Hardcover – Color With equal parts style, humor, and insight, Scott C. has delighted an international fanbase with his unique watercolor paintings, illustrations, and drawings. This first monograph has his best, most imaginative works. Victorian-era dinosaurs at high tea; lumberjacks and their sometimes-awkward relationship with trees; ninjas lounging in their living room. Foreword by Jack Black. |
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CRAZY ART Chantal Alles – $24.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-908126-08-5 Softcover – Color A revelation to anyone who thinks that art is more or less limited to painting, sculpture and photography. Over 60 contemporary artists around the world demonstrate that there are absolutely no boundaries to expressing the most inventive and exciting ideas, through a vast range of different media and materials: from Food Art to Body Art, Junk Art to Street and even Dust Art. |
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DEAD LETTERS: THE VERY BEST OF GRATEFUL DEAD FAN MAIL Paul Grushkin – $29.99 – ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-3854-4 Hardcover – Color Dead Heads went to extraordinary lengths to get concert tickets by mailing the band and its staff. Most often, this took the form of letters and envelopes with personalized Dead artwork: inspirational, hugely insightful, brilliantly illustrated and unique in the world of rock. Now, for the first time in print, these unique pieces of art have a home. Over 300 of these envelope masterpieces. |
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INK ALCHEMY VOL. 4 Jeral Tidwell, Angryblue – $22.00 Saddle-stitched – Jeral Tidwell and Angryblue present to you Ink Alchemy 4, 40 pages containing 89 of the sickest illustrations they have ever created. More of the insanity that Tidwell and Angryblue pour onto the pages 7 days a week. The books have a 4 color screen printed cover with aged parchment pages. Limited edition of only 800 books. Signed by both artists. |
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FEATURED ITEM: JUXTAPOZ ILLUSTRATION 2 Saelee Oh, editor – $29.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-58423-423-4 Hardcover – Color Once again an exciting roster of contributors from commercial illustrators to outsider artists puts forth a retina-searing collection. From Johnny Ryan's irreverent cartoon style, to fine drawings by Josh Cochran marked by precision and depth, to Evah Fan's mysterious miniature universes, Juxtapoz Illustration 2 traverses a generous cross section of contemporary illustrators. |
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FEATURED ITEM: OVERKILL: THE ART OF HOMER TANUKA Tomer Hanuka – $29.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-58423-465-4 Hardcover – Color Compressed visual narratives are Tomer Hanuka's stock-in-trade. He's an illustrator by occupation, but his book covers, comics and editorial renderings transcend that title. In Overkill, he's selected some of his most vividly drawn and intensely colorful work, juxtaposing intense imagery with a truly unique palette. |
ART, STREET/GRAFFITI
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FEATURED ITEM: BANKSY: MYTHS & LEGENDS Banksy, Marc Leverton – $9.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-908211-01-9 Softcover – Color No single living artist has created as many myths, rumours and legends as Banksy. Compiled between 2009 and 2011, some of these stories are quite old and have been told so many times they have become the stuff of legend, while others are more questionable and can best be described as myths. Some are laugh out loud bollocks and others are simply gossip. Accompanied by Banksy and Banksy-themed art. |
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COLOR ME GRAFFITI 2 Various – $8.95 – ISBN-13: 978-3-937946-30-6 Saddle stitched – Black and white Color Me Graffiti 2 continues to deliver the freshest graffiti styles, characters and illustrations. This time around, with a regional slant, the artwork is provided by graffiti writers and street artists from all corners of Germany, brought together for your coloring pleasure. Plus artist statements and coloring tidbits. A fun activity book for urban culture addicts of all ages. |
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GRAFFITI 365 Jay "J.SON" Edlin – $32.50 – ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-9744-8 Hardcover – Color A real insider's view into the contemporary graffiti and street-art scenes, as well as their antecedents. A fun, wide-ranging survey, it uses over 600 rare, previously unpublished, or legendary images to introduce and describe important artists from Blade to Banksy, and styles from bubble to wild, coveing different eras, cities, legendary walls and crews, and more. |
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GRAFFITI OF CATS: A Nasimo – $14.00 – ISBN-13: 978-1-897476-73-4 Hardcover postcard book – Color In this ABC book of removable postcards by acclaimed graffiti artist Nasimo, each letter features a different cat, from wily to wicked, clever to curious, skittish to shy. Nasimo's art remains a striking blend of fine art qualities and graffiti. Felines and femmes fatales dominate Nasimo's works. In fact, many see Nasimo as a cat himself, scratching his art out in the streets. |
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HOW & NOSM: THE BRAZIL DIARIES How & Nosm, Amber Grunhauser – $19.95 – ISBN-13: 978-3-937946-32-0 Hardcover – Color The Perre twins, aka How&Nosm, are European graffiti artists and professional muralists residing in New York. With a limited color pallet, they create eye-catching murals laced with social commentary. Their signature 'black, white and red' intricate patterns, stark line work and stylized forms allow the clarity of the message to come to the fore. This is an intimate look at their art in Brazil. |
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SCHWARZ AUF WEISS VOL. 2 Style Needs No Color – $29.90 – ISBN-13: 978-3-937946-06-1 Hardcover – Black and white Style Needs No Color works on the notion that excessive colors and flashy techniques should not be used to repair a weak foundation. They believe artwork should be able to stand alone, so their artists restrict their palette to black and white. In the follow-up release to their successful Schwarz auf Weiss II, you can see the stark beauty and striking simplicity of this idea in action. |
BEAT GENERATION
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KADDISH AND OTHER POEMS 1958-1960: THE POCKET POETS SERIES Allen Ginsberg – $9.95 – ISBN-13: 978-0-87286-511-2 Softcover – A few b&w photos Allen Ginsberg's "Kaddish," a poem about the death of his mother, Naomi, is one of his major works. This special fiftieth anniversary edition of Kaddish and Other Poems features an illuminating afterword by Ginsberg biographer Bill Morgan, along with previously unpublished photographs, documents, and letters relating to the composition of the poem. |
CALENDARS
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BIG BUDS MINI WALL CALENDAR 2012 Ed Rosenthal – $7.95 – ISBN-13: 978-0-932551-99-3 Saddle-stitched – Color Marijuana expert Ed Rosenthal brings another new cannabis calendar to the wild weed's many fans. Each month features a spectacular portrait of a different marijuana plant in full, vibrant flower. The resins look good enough to roll up, and the full plant shots are enough to make any gardener grow green with envy. Starting in September 2010, this calendar gives a full 16 months of buds. |
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MUTTER MUSEUM WALL CALENDAR 2012 Laura Lindgren, editor – $19.95 – ISBN-13: 978-0-922233-41-0 Saddle stitched – Color With an annual visitorship exceeding 100,000, the Mutter Museum has become America's most popular medical museum, with unique anatomic and pathological materials. This calendar presents 12 new images of the museum's fascinating collection by a renowned group of photographers who have turned their attention to the unexpected art inherent in the study of medical science. |
COMIC THEORY/HISTORY/BIOS
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AL JAFFEE'S MAD LIFE: A BIOGRAPHY Mary-Lou Weisman – $16.99 – ISBN-13: 978-0-06-186449-0 Softcover – Color A cliff-hanger of a life deserves a page-turner of a biography. Since 1955, when his work began enlivening the pages of MAD magazine, Al Jaffee has pickled three generations of American kids in the brine of satire. Jaffee has a life story that is truly bizarre, that reads like a comic strip of traumatic cliff-hangers with cartoons by Jaffee and captions by Freud. Illustrated by Jaffee. |
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FEATURED ITEM: ALAN MOORE: STORYTELLER Gary Spencer Millidge – $45.00 – ISBN-13: 978-0-7893-2229-6 Hardcover – Color The definitive book on Alan Moore, renowned as one of the most important talents in comics and graphic novels. Drawing on new and unpublished interviews, plus rarely seen art and photos, this richly illustrated survey of his expansive work is the first book on his work to have Moore's cooperation and support. Audio CD features excerpts from some of Moore's multimedia performances and songs. |
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FLOATING WORLDS: THE LETTERS OF EDWARD GOREY & PETER F. NEUMEYER Edward Gorey, Peter F. Neumeyer – $35.00 – ISBN-13: 978-0-7649-5947-9 Hardcover – Some art (color and b&w) Edward Gorey and Peter Neumeyer met in the summer of 1968. Their invigorating friendship was fueled by a wealth of letters and postcards that sped through the fall of 1969. Those letters, published here for the first time, are remarkable for their quantity and their content. A thoughtful and merry discourse driven by intellectual curiosity, and an intimate portrait of Gorey. |
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JACK MAGIC VOL. 2: THE LIFE AND ART OF JACK KIRBY Greg Theakston – $25.00 – ISBN-13: 978-1-56685-067-4 Softcover – Black and white The story of Jack Kirby, The King of Comics and co-creator of The X-Men, Thor, The Fantastic Four, The Silver Surfer, Captain America, The Hulk, Iron Man, Nick Fury, The Avengers, Doctor Doom, and hundreds more! Jack Kirby was amazing: as an artist, and a human being. A rare handful of people got close to him — close enough to be Jack's son. Greg Theakston was one. This is the second volume. |
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STAR WARS ART: COMICS Douglas Wolk, Virginia Mecklenburg, Dennis O'Neil – $40.00 – ISBN-13: 978-1-4197-0076-7 See FILM & TEEVEE below. |
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THE ART OF JOE KUBERT Bill Schelly, editor – $39.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-60699-487-0 Hardcover – Color One of the great comic book artists, Joe Kubert's career literally traverses the history of comics, from 1938 at age 12, to today as one of the greatest draftsmen in the field. He has worked as an artist, editor, publisher, entrepreneur, and auteur. This deluxe coffee table book honors this legendary creator with beautifully reproduced art from every phase of his career. |
COMICS
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LEMON STYLES David King – $9.00 Saddle-stitched – Black and white with some spot color Do you like stories about feeling good? Stories about feeling lousy? How about drawings of train cars and fishing boats? These and more are included. There is backstabbing, infidelity, murder, fear, menacing insinuation, and other stuff that will make you laugh laugh laugh. Lots more cranky and cynical than King's previous (Ignatz nominated) collection, Danny Dutch, and funnier, too. |
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OPTIC NERVE 12 Adrian Tomine – $5.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-77046-068-3 Saddle stitched – Color and b&w In the new, long-awaited Optic Nerve #12, award-winning Shortcomings cartoonist Adrian Tomine returns to the multiple short story format familiar from early issues of the iconic series. These full-color stories showcase Tomine's trademark humor and observational skill, making Optic Nerve #12 a great entry point for new readers. |
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PAPERCUTTER 17 Greg Means, editor – $4.00 Saddle-Stitched – Black and white The anthology series showcasing the best young, underexposed and emerging comic book artists. In this issue, they turn the whole comic over to acclaimed zinester Jason Martin (Laterborn) who fills the issue with seven autobiographical stories illustrated by seven of today's best cartoonists: Jesse Reklaw, Calvin Wong, Corinne Mucha, Francois Vigneault, Sarah Oleksyk, Hellen Jo, and Vanessa Davis. |
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REICH 8 Elijah J. Brubaker – $4.00 Saddle-stitched – Black and white A biographical account of psychoanalyst and sex researcher Dr. Wilhelm Reich, a protege of Freud. He courted scandal throughout Europe where he became known mostly for his controversial and radical ideas. Reich claimed to discover a palpable sexual energy, which he called "Orgone." #8 brings Reich to American shores. He begins a new life and the discovery of the orgone is explained (sort of). |
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THE DISGUSTING ROOM Austin English – $6.00 Tabloid on newsprint – Color Austin English's long awaited The Disgusting Room is a complex and misleadingly simple narrative. Margaret walks into the kitchen and finds Bobby wearing an off-putting expression. He covers it up and is quickly back to throwing his weight around. The art is an evolution in English's expressionist styles. The new larger size allows for a more personal relationship with the art. |
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THE MAN WHO GREW HIS BEARD Olivier Schravwen – $19.99 – ISBN-13: 978-1-60699-446-7 Softcover – Color Belgian cartoonist Olivier Schrauwen's first American book after having staked a reputation as one of Europe's most talented storytellers. Seven short stories, each a head-spinning display of craft and storytelling that mixes early 20th-century comics influences like Winsor McCay with a contemporary voice, with subversively surreal humor and subtle criticism of 20th-century tropes and images. |
COUNTRY & FOLK MUSIC
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BOB DYLAN: THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS 1962-1969 Andy Gill – $14.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-84732-759-8 Softcover – Mostly b&w, some color Bob Dylan's songs defined a generation, and Andy Gill assesses his groundbreaking 1960's hits. Tracing the artist's progress from tyro folkie to protest singer and beyond, Gill examines Dylan's symbolist lyrics; controversial shift from acoustic to electric; and surprising embrace of country music. |
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HOUSE OF CASH: THE LEGACIES OF MY FATHER, JOHNNY CASH John Carter Cash – $39.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-60887-028-8 Hardcover – Color House of Cash is an unprecedented look at the life and inspirations of the Man in Black, by none other than his namesake son, John Carter Cash. Gathering together previously unpublished photographs, lyrics, art, notes, and recollections from the Cash family archives, John Carter paints a portrait of his father's inner life, and the values he imparted to his son and family. |
DRUG & ALCOHOL INFO
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STONER COFFEE TABLE BOOK Steve Mockus – $16.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-4521-0332-7 Hardcover – Color Being high rewards deep attention, and lots of things can seem really interesting. This entertaining collection of images is specially created to amaze and delight pot smokers and their friends. Featuring dozens of immersive, trippy, funny, meditative, and mind-bending images, each page offers a new visual world of wonder everyone can enjoy — especially those living the high life. |
EATING & DRINKING
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NEW AMERICAN VEGAN Vincent Guihan – $17.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-60486-079-5 Softcover – Two-color All across America, people are looking to eat healthier, more environmentally friendly, great tasting food. In New American Vegan, Vincent goes back to his Midwestern roots. Weaving small town values, personal stories and 120 great recipes, it delivers authentically American food that has to be tasted to be believed. Clear instructions provide step by steps and help new cooks find their feet. |
FICTION – GENERAL
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MCSWEENEY'S 37 Dave Eggers, editor – $25.00 – ISBN-13: 978-1-934781-86-9 Hardcover – Color McSweeney's returns to pure hardcover bookness. Jonathan Franzen on Upper East Side ambition, Jess Walter on the men who ride children's bicycles in Spokane, Joe Meno on women who want to be eaten by lions, Etgar Keret and Joyce Carol Oates on murder and language in a restaurant called Cheesus Christ and at Gate C34 of Newark Airport, more. The first full-color issue in a while, illustrations on every page! |
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MCSWEENEY'S 38 Dave Eggers, editor – $18.00 – ISBN-13: 978-1-936365-00-5 Softcover w/color comics insert – A little art, color and b&w Issue 38 is a real beauty, with stories from all over the world — a grand tour, in prose, of a dozen places you have perhaps neglected to visit! There is Ariel Dorfman in Paris, Bisi Adjapon in Ghana, Chanan Tigay with the Israeli Arabs of the Desert Scouts Brigade, Steven Millhauser deep in the woods, new fiction from Dave Eggers, and more. Plus color photography and a comic by Jack Teagle. |
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THE GRAVEYARD BOOK Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean – $12.99 – ISBN-13: 978-0-06-208155-1 Softcover – Black and white Nobody Owens, known as Bod, would be a completely normal boy if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, raised and educated by ghosts. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will come under attack from the man Jack — who has already killed Bod's family. Magical, terrifying, and sure to enthrall readers of all ages. Illustrated by Dave McKean. |
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WHY AREN'T YOU SMILING? Alvin Orloff – $14.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-933149-58-5 Softcover – When 14-year-old Leonard decides to quit being a Dweeb and joins the Burnouts, his "good boy" persona is abandoned as he embarks on a comically painful journey of self-discovery through an unconventional friendship with Rick, an older Jesus-freak barefoot hippie. Growing up in the 1970s has never before been portrayed with such delightful ludicrousness and heartrending tenderness. |
FILM & TEEVEE
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ANY GUN CAN PLAY: The Essential Guide to Euro-Westerns Kevin Grant – $39.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-903254-61-5 Softcover – Cynical and stylish, bloody and baroque, Euro-westerns replaced straight-shooting sheriffs and courageous cowboys with amoral adventurers, whose murderous methods would shock the heroes of Hollywood Westerns. They became box-office sensations around the world, and their influence can still be felt today. Any Gun Can Play explores the films' reaches, recurrent themes, characters, quirks and motifs. |
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STAR WARS ART: COMICS Douglas Wolk, Virginia Mecklenburg, Dennis O'Neil – $40.00 – ISBN-13: 978-1-4197-0076-7 Hardcover – Mostly color, some b&w The very best artwork from the entire history of Star Wars comics publishing, showcasing original art from the top comics artists working in the industry. Hand-selected and curated by George Lucas, it includes interior pages and fully painted covers, as well as new work created exclusively for this book by over 20 renowned artists, including Mike Mignola, Paul Pope, Jim Steranko, more. |
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THE WALKING DEAD CHRONICLES: THE OFFICIAL COMPANION BOOK Paul Ruditis – $19.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-4197-0119-1 Softcover – Mostly color, some b&w The only authorized, behind- |