It’s going to be awhile before this appears in bookstores (April of 2016) but the wait will be worth it. Here’s a description from the publisher (Fantagraphics): The Realist was a legendary satirical periodical that ran from 1958 to 2001 and published some of the most incendiary cartoons that ever appeared in an American magazine. The Realist Cartoons collects, for
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Books of Interest: A Harvey Kurtzman Biography & A Box of Clowes
Looking forward to this forthcoming biography of the late great Harvey Kurtzman. Due May 2nd from Fantagraphics. While you’re waiting for the biography to be released you might want to check out Mr. Kurtzman’s autobiography, My Life As A Cartoonist (Aladdin; First Minstrel Books, 1988) _________________________________________________________________________________ Also coming from
Read moreUncollected Gahan Wilson Cartoons in 2015
This coming July, Fantagraphics brings us Gahan Wilson’s Out There. According to the publisher’s notes: …in 1964 [Wilson] brought his brilliantly controlled wiggly-but-sophisticated pen line to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Wilson’s freaks and geeks found a home among the stories of the best fantasy and sf writers of the day, offering a welcome, if sometimes macabre
Read moreBook of Interest: Cartoons for Victory
Coming from Fantagraphics in April of 2015: Cartoons for Victory by Warren Bernard. Foreward by Bob Dole With its eye-catching cover reminiscent of the great Peter Arno collections of the 1940s and 1950s, this collection promises to be a must-have addition to any cartoon library (full disclosure: Mr. Bernard has contributed scans of rare book covers to Ink Spill‘s
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