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PublisherPotter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-101580087531
ISBN-139781580087537
eBay Product ID (ePID)49214243
Product Key Features
Book TitleArt of S. Clay Wilson
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndividual Artists / General, American / General, Graphic Arts / Illustration, Graphic Arts / General
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign, Art
AuthorS. Clay Wilson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight39.1 Oz
Item Length12.3 in
Item Width9.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-008725
TitleLeadingThe
SynopsisThe long-awaited career retrospective of the most extreme of the Zap cartoonists of the late 1960s. Features 200 full color images, including new work and previously unpublished prints commissioned for private collections. Includes an introduction by R. Crumb., THE ART OF S. CLAY WILSON is the long-awaited career retrospective of the most extreme of the Zap cartoonists of the late 1960s. A self-described ""graphic agoraphobe,"" Wilson draws manically dense scenes of lurid mayhem that rank among the seminal works of underground, counterculture American art. It's all here, from the classic chronicles of the Checkered Demon to salacious stories about the pirates, prostitutes, and poets that inhabit Wilson's divinely depraved world.The definitive collection of the art of legendary Zap comic artist S. Clay Wilson.Features 200 full-color images, including new work and previously unpublished prints commissioned for private collections.Introduction by R. Crumb touts Wilson's role as one of the originators of underground comix."Wilson was the strongest, most original artist of my generation that I had yet met. . . . There was something very familiar about the drawings, yet something entirely new, never before seen It looked like folk art, like old-time tattoos, like some high school hotrodder's notebook drawings. They were rough, crazy, coarse, deeply American."-from R. Crumb's introductionReviews"To hell with Capt. Jack Sparrow, when are they going to make a movie about Cap'n Pissgums and his Pervert Pirates'. . . Even the least of the prints throb with diabolical energy and are ornamented by the kind of hardboiled captions you wish could be turned into movie dialogue."-San Jose Metro." . . rather rude (but very welcome). . . it's mesmerizing work, and hugely influential as well."-PW Daily, THE ART OF S. CLAY WILSON is the long-awaited career retrospective of the most extreme of the Zap cartoonists of the late 1960s. A self-described ""graphic agoraphobe,"" Wilson draws manically dense scenes of lurid mayhem that rank among the seminal works of underground, counterculture American art. It's all here, from the classic chronicles of the Checkered Demon to salacious stories about the pirates, prostitutes, and poets that inhabit Wilson's divinely depraved world.The definitive collection of the art of legendary Zap comic artist S. Clay Wilson.Features 200 full-color images, including new work and previously unpublished prints commissioned for private collections.Introduction by R. Crumb touts Wilson's role as one of the originators of underground comix."Wilson was the strongest, most original artist of my generation that I had yet met. . . . There was something very familiar about the drawings, yet something entirely new, never before seen! It looked like folk art, like old-time tattoos, like some high school hotrodder's notebook drawings. They were rough, crazy, coarse, deeply American."-from R. Crumb's introductionReviews"To hell with Capt. Jack Sparrow, when are they going to make a movie about Cap'n Pissgums and his Pervert Pirates'. . . Even the least of the prints throb with diabolical energy and are ornamented by the kind of hardboiled captions you wish could be turned into movie dialogue."-San Jose Metro". . . rather rude (but very welcome). . . it's mesmerizing work, and hugely influential as well."-PW Daily
LC Classification NumberPN6727.W55 2006
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- 24. Sep. 2022
Classic underground comic art work
S. Clay Wilson is certainly not for everyone, but if you enjoyed underground comics from the 1970's you'll love this art book.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 15. Dez. 2023
S. Clay Wilson comes to life
Wonderful collection of S. Clay Wilson’s work.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
