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Post by mikesheawright on Apr 9, 2022 14:24:30 GMT
these are some of the books i go back to the most, always looking for suggestions for others. xerox, bound, whatever. some faves:
chris ware - acme novelty date books brandon graham - walrus sophie franz - orange thief crumb - various james jean - process recess kim jung gi - various guillaum singelin - junky
other cool ones i should track down?
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Post by kevinfong on Apr 9, 2022 15:22:02 GMT
Driven by Lemons - Josh Cotter
Be a Nose three-pack (McSweeney's) - Art Spiegelman
Eager to hear other recommendations!
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Post by mikesheawright on Apr 9, 2022 15:31:48 GMT
oh i have driven by lemons too, forgot about that one! so good. will peep the other one.
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Post by kevinfong on Apr 9, 2022 15:34:51 GMT
One recent release just came to mind:
Hasta que el sol estalle - Apolo Cacho
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Post by moe on Apr 9, 2022 20:09:28 GMT
Noah Van Sciver - Constant Companion (Fantagraphics Underground)
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Post by daisyjaberi on Apr 10, 2022 6:58:24 GMT
Highly highly recommend Seth's "Vernacular Drawings"
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Post by griffen on Apr 11, 2022 20:14:42 GMT
There are 2 volumes of Love & Rockets Sketchbooks. They are OOP but you can still find them pop up for an okay price if you're patient. If I recall Jaime did a few sketchbook zines that he would sell at conventions. Those are extremely rare tho.
Correct me if I am wrong but Free Shit by Charles Burns is basically isolated sketches from his sketchbook. That book also was made from zines he used to have at conventions. Wonder if all the zine stuff made it into the book or it was a curated collection.
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Post by gorillariviera on Apr 12, 2022 3:34:30 GMT
Paul Pope's PULPHOPE is pretty amazing. I might like it more than any of his actual comics. It Feels like it does a great job of showing who he is as an artist and person
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Post by thebeautifulpuffin on Apr 12, 2022 6:57:37 GMT
There are 2 volumes of Love & Rockets Sketchbooks. They are OOP but you can still find them pop up for an okay price if you're patient. If I recall Jaime did a few sketchbook zines that he would sell at conventions. Those are extremely rare tho. Correct me if I am wrong but Free Shit by Charles Burns is basically isolated sketches from his sketchbook. That book also was made from zines he used to have at conventions. Wonder if all the zine stuff made it into the book or it was a curated collection. Funny, I just signed in to mention exactly those three books! Also worth a look are many of the Fanta FBI minis, not least of which Joe Daly's and the pair of Woodrings. |
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Post by crapmasterzac on Mar 4, 2024 21:48:13 GMT
Has anyone read the new love and rockets sketchbooks? I've been thinking about ordering it for the fantabucks sale but wanna know if its worth it.
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Post by pentimento on Mar 5, 2024 3:15:58 GMT
Has anyone read the new love and rockets sketchbooks? I've been thinking about ordering it for the fantabucks sale but wanna know if its worth it. They're not "new" but rather reprints of the two separate volumes from 30 years ago. They were great, if you like their work. |
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Post by owaddled on Mar 5, 2024 4:36:38 GMT
Gary Panter's The Land Unknown is a great survey of Panter's art. Comics, sketchbook pages and some paintings. Also ridiculously affordable. 15 euros and shipping was only 2 euros from France to the US. www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=4295&menu=0There's also Patner's Wildest Dream from Desert Island that is purely sketchbook stuff and a delight to look at. |
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Post by crapmasterzac on Mar 5, 2024 14:47:39 GMT
Has anyone read the new love and rockets sketchbooks? I've been thinking about ordering it for the fantabucks sale but wanna know if its worth it. They're not "new" but rather reprints of the two separate volumes from 30 years ago. They were great, if you like their work. i haven't read the original volumes but I love their work. theres an issue bigger issue of love and rockets that had sketches in the back and I really wanted more of it. I think ill pick it up then. |
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Post by crapmasterzac on Mar 5, 2024 14:48:34 GMT
Gary Panter's The Land Unknown is a great survey of Panter's art. Comics, sketchbook pages and some paintings. Also ridiculously affordable. 15 euros and shipping was only 2 euros from France to the US. www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=4295&menu=0There's also Patner's Wildest Dream from Desert Island that is purely sketchbook stuff and a delight to look at. I like Land Unkown, but the part where it has all of his sketches shrunk down kind of disappoints me, but that and Wildest Dream are really amazing to look at and am lucky to have. |
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Post by pentimento on Mar 6, 2024 3:28:20 GMT
The two big sketchbooks for my generation were surely Steve Rude (Kitchen Sink) and Bill Sienkiewicz (Fanta). Rude's was exactly as expected: highly disciplined and broad ranging, lots of different media and influences. It's still beautiful, but kind of a bore now. I'd rather see his work connected to a narrative. Bill's was a little disappointing then, and still is. Almost entirely thin-lined pen drawing, no surprises, no highly developed or worked-over pieces. He needs a new one published, nice and fat, covering his whole range of styles.
Panter's sketchbook pages in Raw v 2 # 3 blew my mind and always thrill me when I revisit it (bright purple ink!). I can post those if anyone wants to see them. That issue is amazing, by the way, also includes one of the best comics of that decade, The Bowing Machine by Moore/Beyer, a stunning comic.
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