Last Gasp Books » dreamland http://www.lastgasp.com/blog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:59:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Last Gasp Comic-Con Signings – Booth #1616 http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2009/07/14/last-gasp-comic-con-signings-booth-1616/ http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2009/07/14/last-gasp-comic-con-signings-booth-1616/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:01:36 +0000 Colin http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/?p=177 Todd Schorr, Mark Ryden, Joe Ledbetter, James Jean, The Pizz, Scott Musgrove, Ron English, and Travis Louie will all be signing at the Last Gasp booth (#1616) at Comic-Con this year.

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Todd Schorr will be signing American Surreal (preview) and Dreamland

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Mark Ryden will be signing The Tree Show book, Tree Show Micro-portfolio (preview), Sweet Wishes, and his new toy YHWH (limited quantities)

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Joe Ledbetter will be signing Creatures of Habit

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The Pizz will be signing The Dizzy Dictionary (limited quantities)

Late Fauna
Scott Musgrove will be signing The Late Fauna of Early North America

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James Jean will be signing The Hallowed Seam: Process Recess Vol. 3, limited quantities of Fables Covers, and XOXO Postcards

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Ron English will be signing Abject Expressionism and Popaganda

Curiosities
Travis Louie will be signing Curiosities with a Comic-Con exclusive cover

Hi-Fructose
We will also have copies of the Hi-Fructose Collected Edition Box Set (sold out) for sale, as well as many other new, rare, and exciting books.

The schedule is as follows:

Friday
Ron English, Noon
Mark Ryden, 2pm
Scott Musgrove, 4pm

Saturday
Joe Ledbetter, noon
Todd Schorr, 2pm
The Pizz, 3:00pm
Mark Ryden, 4:00pm
Joe Ledbetter, 5:30pm (2nd signing)

Sunday
Travis Louie, noon
James Jean, 2pm

]]> http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2009/07/14/last-gasp-comic-con-signings-booth-1616/feed/ 3 Todd Schorr: American Surreal http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2009/06/22/todd-schorr-american-surreal/ http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2009/06/22/todd-schorr-american-surreal/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:08:10 +0000 Colin http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/?p=148 We’re super-excited about our newest book, Todd Schorr: American Surreal. It just arrived at our warehouse and you can see a preview here.

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This is the latest collection of paintings by one of contemporary surrealism’s most influential artists. American Surreal picks up where Dreamland, Schorr’s previous bestselling collection of mind-bending paintings, left off. The viewer can look forward to countless hours of eye bulging investigative thought while examining the impeccably rendered subject matter that has become the hallmark of Schorr’s outrageous vision.

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One of the seminal figures in what has come to be known as the Lowbrow or Pop Surrealism art movement, Schorr has continually and systematically set the bar ever higher in his quest to bring classic old master painting technique to his pop-culture-infused subject matter. This latest collection continues that journey culminating with the epic masterpiece Ape Worship, included in this volume. Schorr’s paintings are the subject of museum retrospectives in 2009 and 2010, and are highly prized and coveted by collectors the world over. American Surreal is sure to satisfy those with an overly-developed visual appetite.

The book accompanies a museum retrospective of Todd’s work that is now up at the San Jose Museum of Art. Todd will be signing his new book at a special book release and opening party at the museum on July 16 (information below). He will also be on a signing tour, including the following stops:

July 16 – Opening reception and book signing at SJMA (7:30-10pm), 110 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113 • (408) 271-6840 • www.sjmusart.org

July 25 – San Diego Comic-Con International, Last Gasp booth (#1616).

Aug 15 – Merry Karnowsky Gallery, 170 S. La Brea Avenue (in the Art 170 Building) • Los Angeles, CA 90036 • (323) 933-4408 • www.mkgallery.com

Oct 10 – Jonathan Levine Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, 9E New York, NY 10011 • (212) 243-3822 • www.johnathanlevinegallery.com

Sept/Oct (exact date TBA) – Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Via Reggio Emilia 32 c/d, 00198 Roma, Italy • 06 44247451 • www.mondobizzarro.net

Todd Schorr at San Jose Museum of Art

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