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GOD'S
BOSOM
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OTHER STORIES
THE HISTORICAL STRIPS OF JACK
JACKSON |
| by Jack Jackson |
Paperback
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560971711 |
$14.95
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From
Booklist:
Much
of the work of 1960s underground comics veteran Jackson, who signs his
strips "Jaxon," has depicted the early history of his beloved home state,
Texas. The lurid title story here tells of the gory deaths of 300 Spanish
shipwreck victims at the hands of savage, cannibalistic Indians. Other
historical tales depict conflicts between natives and missionaries, the
invention of the Colt revolver, and the development of the Camino Real--the
King's Highway that traverses the state. Rounding out the volume are an
encounter with two characters from Jackson's underground days, Oat Willie
and God Nose; an on-the-scene history of the underground comics publisher,
Rip Off Press; and brief anti-Yankee strips and other chauvinistic propaganda
that originally appeared in Austin area publications. This rather motley
assortment lacks the cohesion of Jackson's earlier Spaniards and Indians
tale, Secret of San Saba (1989), and Jackson's scratchy but straightforward
graphic style lacks the sophistication of the best of today's alternative
comix artists. But what Jackson lacks in finesse, he makes up for in gusto.
--Gordon
Flagg
Copyright© 1995, American
Library Association. All rights reserved
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| Walt
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Pogo:
Volume One |
| by Walt Kelly |
Paperback: 80 pages
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560970189 |
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$9.95
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| Walt Kelly's
POGO, a satirical masterpiece commonly acknowledged as one of the three
greatest comic strips ever published, is finally back in print in this
series from Fantagraphics Books!
Vol. 1 includes the legendary
(pre-syndication) STAR strips, in which most of the cast is introduced. |
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comic strips will enjoy POGO, VOLUME 1, the first installmen in a reprint
of Kelly's complete work. Kelly had an unmatched ability to blend superb
draftsmanship with absurd humor, sophisticated wordplay and political satire."
LOS ANGELES
TIMES
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POGO
Volume
Eight |
| by Walt Kelly |
$9.95
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Paperback: 80 pages
Fantaco Enterprises
ISBN: 1560972858 |
Walt Kelly's
Pogo, a satirical masterpiece commonly acknowledged as one of the three
greatest comic strips ever published, is finally back in print in this
series from Fantagraphics Books. Vol.1, 2 and 3 show Kelly's first steps
in the direction of the kind of political satire that would make him one
of the greatest cartoonists of all time, and Vol.4 includes an early courtship
between Porkypine and Lady Hepzibah. Vol.9 includes one of those beloved
Christmas sequences, as well as a battery of get-rich-quick schemes.
Each volume includes an informative introduction by comics historian R.C.
Harvey.
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POGO transcended the funny
animal strip tradition (as perpetuated by such strips as Bugs Bunny or
Donald Duck). At its core, Kelly's strip was a reincarnation of vaudeville,
and its routines were often laced with humor that derived from pure slapstick.
To that, Kelly added the remarkably fanciful and inventive language of
his characters - a "southern fried" dialect that lent itself readily to
his character's propensity to take things literally and permitted an unblinking
delight in puns.
All this is funny enough,
but Kelly went further in honing the satirical edge of his humor. In the
early 1950's, the double meaning of the puns took on political as well
as social implications, and the vaudeville routines frequently looked suspiciously
like animals imitating people in high government.
--R.C. Harvey,
from his introduction
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POGO
Volume
Ten |
| by Walt Kelly |
$9.95
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Paperback: 80 pages
Fantaco Enterprises
ISBN: 1560973242 |
| Walt Kelly's
POGO, a satirical masterpiece commonly acknowledged as one of the three
greatest comic strips ever published, is finally back in print in this
series from Fantagraphics Books! |
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