{"product_id":"9780867197464","title":"Blab World Number 1","description":"Blab World is the new incarnation of the celebrated art \u0026amp; comics annual Blab! \"It's like the New Yorker for Mutants,\" proclaimed the Los Angeles Reader. \u003cp\u003eBlab World defies description: neither book or magazine, it is obviously a work of art. Over the last decade, BLAB! has accrued countless design awards and honors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1986 by acclaimed Chicago-based graphic designer and art director Monte Beauchamp, Blab World has evolved from a digest-sized comics mag into a beautifully designed and printed keepsake. Over the years BLAB! has featured such (now celebrated) illustrators and painters as Chris Ware, Gary Baseman, The Clayton Brothers, SHAG, Camille Rose Garcia, Mark Ryden, and many, many more. Blab World also features selections of \"found\" graphic ephemera such as Depression-era matchbook covers, Valmor cosmetic labels, vintage decals, and European devil postcards. Blab World is an annual publication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlab World Number 1 contains the following:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe main feature is Artpocalypse! (Artists Interpret End Times) Featuring: Mark Ryden, Joe Sorren, Kris Kuksi, Femke Hiemstra, \u003cbr\u003eRon English, Natalia Fabia, Alex Gross, Sue Coe, Gary Taxali, \u003cbr\u003eGary Baseman, Ryan Heshka, Owen Smith, Martin Wittfooth, \u003cbr\u003eYoko D'Holbachie, Andy Kehoe, Travis Lampe, Jean-Pierre Roy, John Pound, Andrea Dezso, Edel Rodriguez, Fred Stonehouse, Spain (ZAP!) Rodriguez, and MANY MORE!!! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther articles include: \u003cbr\u003eSKULL! A history of the skull motif on the covers of Pre-Code Comics, Pulps, and Paperback books, lavishly illustrated throughout. By Bill North, Senior Curator, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art\u003cbr\u003eCOVERING WEIRDO\u003cbr\u003eA loving analysis of R. Crumb's Weirdo Covers by Steven Heller, columnist for The New York Times Book Review and the author of more than 100 books on design and popular culture. \u003cbr\u003eAXE THE AXIS! \u003cbr\u003ePropaganda Caricature Art of World War II\u003cbr\u003eby WW II Historian Jim Lowes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtist profiles include:\u003cbr\u003eBALLPOINT BRAVURA: Drawings by C.J. Pyle by Bill North, Senior Curator, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art\u003cbr\u003eCOLLODION \/ NOIDOLLOC \u003cbr\u003eThe Wetplate Collodion Photography of Kari Laine McCluskey by Monte Beauchamp \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSequential Art:\u003cbr\u003eThe Dreaded Mothman of West Virginia \/ Mark Todd\u003cbr\u003eThe Neurotic Art Collector \/ Greg Clarke\u003cbr\u003eQUICKSAND! The Tumultuous Life of Isabelle Eberhardt \/ Nora Krug\u003cbr\u003eFour Horsemen \/ Peter Kuper\u003cbr\u003eSlime Molds \/ Geoffrey Grahn\u003cbr\u003eThe Life of an Artist \/ Sergio Ruzzier\u003cbr\u003eFetal Elvis' Art Empire \/ Mark Landman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Last Gasp of San Francisco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022330937584,"sku":"9780867197464","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780867197464_p0.jpg?v=1763841971","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780867197464","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}