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Descripción

448 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm

Colección

Mammoth Book series

Mammoth Book series.

Contenido

Introduction by Ilya -- A day/shane - lessons still to learn from Andy Roberts and Steve Whitaker -- Gregory Benton's hummingbird - you have to admire the man's guts -- Blues, an early work from the co-creator of From Hell, Eddie Campbell -- Amir Idrizovic is in the house -- Jeff Nicholson takes us on a nightmarish trip through the habitrails -- Pandora - Howard Stangroom - with Eddie Campbell, Pete Martin and Steve Whitaker. "What's in the bag man?" -- A visit down south to Calico County with John Bagnall -- John Welding's life-and-death existence in the wilds of Goathland -- Jonathan Edwards - Aunt Connie and the plague of beards -- Butler and Hogg's tick tock follies, plus Murphy the lizard -- Oscar Zarate and Susan Catherine are walking with Melanie Klein - if ever a wiz there is, it's Oz! -- Magnum force from Peter Rigg and Paul "Mooncat" Schroeder's Lee Butler -- Herr Shite reveals your most intimate secrets with the help of Ilya -- Dom Morris - sadist - nebulae dwarfs & holes. What's the beef, Harry? -- Paul O'Connell's The sound of drowning presents Happy Daze and Charlie Parker - from rock and roll madness to mellow jazz -- Les peintres maudits (the cursed painters) by Simon Gane -- Daniel Locke's green fingers present These Fists Fly -- Paul B. Rainey addresses his plea to dear Robert and partner -- Holiday sketchbook by Ilya. Who are you calling a wanker? -- Julia Gfrörer - too dark to see -- Triple threat from Karl Wills' twisted Jessica of the Schoolyard -- Vague Cities by Tomasz Kaczynski - saving the best until last.

Hummingbird / Gregory Benton -- Blues / Eddie Campbell -- The house / Amir Idrizovic -- Through the habitrails / Jeff Nicholson -- Calico County / John Bagnall -- Goathland / John Welding -- Aunt Connie and the plague of beards / Jonathan Edwards -- Tick-tock follies / Chris Butler (words) and Chris Hogg (pictures) -- Walking with Melanie Klein / Oscar Zarate, with Susan Catherine -- Lee & Jenny Butler / Peter Rigg (story/pencils), with Paul "Mooncat" Schroeder (inks) -- Sadist / Dom Morris -- The sound of drowning / Paul O'Connell (with Lawrence Elwick) -- Les peintres maudits / Simon Gane -- These fists fly / Daniel Locke -- Dear Robert and partner / Paul B. Rainey -- Too dark to see / Julia Gfrörer -- Jessica of the schoolyard / Karl Wills -- Vague cities / Tomasz Kaczynski.

Sumario

"22 long-lost masterpieces of underground comic strip art"--Back cover.

Brought together for the first time in a single volume, these cult comics are lost classics of underground and independent British and American comic-strip art. The comics collected in this anthology are the hidden gems of the comic world's independent artists and writers who greatly influenced the world of comics.

Materia

Underground comic books, strips, etc -- United States.

Underground comic books, strips, etc -- Great Britain.

Underground comic books, strips, etc.

Great Britain.

United States.

Género/Forma

Graphic novels.

Graphic novels.

Graphic novels.

Otro Autor

Ilya,

Otro Título

Cult comics

ISBN

0762454687

9780762454686