New BLAB!, meet Used BLAB! Together they make the most impressive and expressive illustration and comics compendium around. BLAB! is the annual forum for a diverse roster of the finest illustrators of our day to do essentially as they please, a publication that carries the proud tradition of unfettered graphic innovation into the future. The "used" side of this book brings together the finest of BLAB!, including the work of such luminaries as Gary Baseman, Peter Kuper, Blanquet, Christian Northeast, the Clayton Brothers, and more. The "new" side features never-before-seen work specially created for this book, with contributors including Haley Johnson, Sue Coe, Jonathon Rosen, Spain, and an introduction by neo-Dada pop star Mark Mothersbaugh. The many faces and voices of BLAB! are reproduced in a resplendent back-to-back package that provides multiple points of entry. A best-of collection, an art and design manifesto, and a new kind of visual art form in itself, New & Used BLAB! is the best survey of progressive illustration today.
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"Like the New Yorker - for mutants." --Los Angeles Reader
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In lieu of Blab 14 comes this two-for-one combo of half new stuff and half reprints from earlier numbers of the premier avant comics showcase. (After finishing one-half, you must flip the book top-over-bottom to read the other right-side-up--a circumstance that the, er, stunning cover art makes explicit.) As usual, the artwork is technically awesome and awesomely mannerist. Standouts among the new selections are Blanchet's grim folktale takeoff "Sweet Teddy," in which all the figures are silhouettes; Mark Landman's twisted "Fetal Elvis!" done entirely in lurid Day-Glo hues; Richard Sala's German-expressionistic rendering of a Scandinavian folktale; and the funniest piece, "The Paper Grin," by the writer-artist trio Charles Paul Freund and Peter and Maria Hoey, which incorporates mordantly twisted parodies of conventional comic strips. The reprints, though generally outshone by the new stuff, notably include Julien Mandel's art nouveau photo-comic, in which a lovely nude strikes balletic poses, and a portfolio of satiric drawings by Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965). Ray Olson
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
About the Author
Mark Mothersbaugh is a composer, cartoonist, and lead singer for the band Devo. He lives in Los Angeles.
Monte Beauchamp is the editor and creator of BLAB! He lives in Chicago, where he works in advertising as an art director.
Monte Beauchamp is the editor and creator of BLAB! He lives in Chicago, where he works in advertising as an art director.
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Definite own for a great price!,
This review is from: New and Used Blab! (Paperback)
Nothing "gross" about this book. It's a marvelous art book filled with intriguing & wonderful material. I have nothing to complain about seeing I got this at my local Half Price Bookstore for $9.98! I would have gave it 4 stars but i added an extra star because of the unfair review from the previous person. Truly an awesome find!
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pretty gross,
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While some of the original artwork was intriguing, much of it was really obscene. I did like the collections of "vintage" cards and album art.
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awesome camille rose garcia art!,
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This review is from: New & Used BLAB! (Paperback)
this book has the peppermint man story by camille rose garcia.the print at the m k gallery is around $500 dollars.the camille rose art makes this book worth it for me!bLINkY
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THE PLACE MAKES YOU THINK IT'S A CITY. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fetal Elvis, The Country House, Annan Road Appearances, Bucktown Pub, Colonel Placenta, Windy City New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
THE PLACE MAKES YOU THINK IT'S A CITY. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fetal Elvis, The Country House, Annan Road Appearances, Bucktown Pub, Colonel Placenta, Windy City New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Droll Stories by Honore de Balzac on page 67
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- The Dore: llustrated Balzac Droll Stories by Gustave Dore on page 67
- The Saturday Evening Post Magazine Covers from 1945 to 1962: An Untroubled Season : Ordinary Life in Mid-Century America by Ken Kawai on page 13
- Droll Stories by Honore de Balzac on page 67
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