DIRTY PICTURES HOW REBELS INVENTED COMIX (C: 0-1-1)(W) Doherty, BrianABRAMS PRESSStockID: 41725 SKU: APR221143In Dirty Pictures: How an Underground Network of Nerds- Feminists- Misfits- Geniuses- Bikers- Potheads- Printers- Intellectuals- and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix- author and journalist Brian Doherty tells the wild history of the outlaw- outsider- and sometimes illegal world of Underground Comix. This subterranean subgenre of comic strips and books was printed in lofts on out-of-date machinery- published in handbound zines and underground newspapers- and distributed in headshops- porno stores- and on street corners. Comix-spelled that way to distinguish the work from its dime-store superhero contemporaries-presented tales of illicit sex- casual drug use- and a transgressive view of American society that was embraced by hippies- the fine-art world- and legions of future creatives. With a narrative that weaves together the stories of Harvey Kurtzman- R. Crumb- Trina Robbins- Spain Rodriguez- and Art Spiegelman- among many others- Doherty details- in the first complete narrative history of this movement- the local scenes that sprang up in the 1960s and '70s in New York City- San Francisco- Los Angeles- Cleveland- and Chicago- and provides insight into the rivalries- ideological battles- and conflicts that flourished. The book begins with the artists' origin stories and follows them through major successes- including Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus and Robbins's Wimmen's Comix- and tragedies- from S. Clay Wilson's spiral into alcohol abuse that resulted in career-ending brain damage to Crumb's neurotic running from his own success (and his use of controversial race and gender imagery)- and ends with an examination of these creators' legacies. Dirty Pictures is the essential exploration of a truly American art form that recontextualized the way people thought about war- race- sex- gender- and expression.This is a PRESALE. Release date stated in title. Books will ship after release date. Release dates subject to change without notice. We do not guarantee release dates set by publishers.This listing uses stock images, images may not have final trade dress. Final art may vary and will have trade dress (logos). Virgin covers will be explicitly stated in the title. If the title does not state that the cover is virgin, it will have logos/trade dress. Industry standard is to provide retailers with images prior to release, these images usually do not contain logos but logos will be on the actual product when it is released.Books will be in Near Mint (NM) 9.4 or better condition.Any CGC offerings will ship in approximately 60 - 90 days after the release date. Signed, special or limited edition items usually have later release dates than the initial release. Title may state the release date of the unsigned/non limited item.No returns or refunds on presale items.
