| Description |
448 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Mammoth Book series |
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Mammoth Book series.
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| Contents |
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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
"22 long-lost masterpieces of underground comic strip art"--Back cover. |
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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. |
| Subject |
Underground comic books, strips, etc -- United States.
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Underground comic books, strips, etc -- Great Britain.
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Underground comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst01160907
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
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Graphic novels.
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Graphic novels.
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| Added Author |
Ilya, editor.
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| Added Title |
Cult comics |
| ISBN |
0762454687 |
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9780762454686 |
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