a deluxe anthology of art, illustration, articles, profiles, found graphics, cartoons and sequential art collected by award-winning art director Monte Beauchamp
“In this climate of consumer pollution and corporate framework, it’s no small feat when an act of creative freedom rears its pretty head. Blab! is one of the platforms for unharnessed art that deserves a standing ovation.”
—Juxtapoz magazine
IN THIS ISSUE:
Tributes!
A tribute to 1950s MAD comics artist Will Elder by Drew Friedman, a tribute to R. Crumb’s Zap Comix by Steven Heller, and a lush illustrated tribute to Amazing Stories first cover artist Frank R. Paul
Adolf’s Abberation by Nora Krug · Dispatches from Oblivion by Greg Clarke · The Great Sea Serpent of Brazil’s Parahiba River by Mark Todd · Liderc by Andrea Dezso · Visitation by Peter Kuper · The Vexing Thing Upstairs by Denis Kitchen · Leftovers by Sergio Ruzzier
“The Hereafter”—a 50-page section of artists interpreting the afterlife! Contributors include Femke Heimstra, Kris Kuksi, Gary Baseman, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Martin Wittfooth, Gary Taxali, Yoko d’Holbachie, Ryan Heshka, Eric White, Owen Smith, Xiaoquing Ding, Lou Beach, Marc Burckhardt, Chet Zar, and many more!
—The Onion
“BLAB is beautiful!”
– Chicago Tribune Magazine
Blab World No. 2
Designed & edited by Monte Beauchamp
Cover by Gary Taxali
hardcover · 10 x 10 · 128 pages · $24.95
Full color images throughout
isbn 978-0-86719-850-8
Available August 2012 from Last Gasp
