Ben Dead (22 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. **YOUR PURCHASE SUPPORTS A SMALL BUSINESS!!**.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. An alphabetical encyclopedia of 1970s and 1980s pop culture is at once a send up and celebration of the icons of the times, offering nearly one thousand entries that range from eight-tracks and Farrah Fawcett to Valley Girls and break dancing. Original. Former library book. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Large crease(s) in the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Paper Back. Condition: Near Fine. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Binding is tight and square. Trivial shelving wear. Overall in excellent condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. This is a new book. All orders ship by next business day! We are a small company and very thankful for your business!

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Wraps (PB) in near fine condition with small patch of sticker residue on bottom left of front cover. Edited and published by Darby, assisted by Lorraine Mahru. Chris S. Morrill on Mr. T comix. Erotic Fluffy the Dog comix by Pattty Powers and Fiona Smyth. Darby interviews Ariel Schrag. Another comic entitled Monster. Dan Raeburn on Jack Chick comix. Leyna Marika P. on Japanese Girlz Comix. Darby interviews Tart artist Howie Dard. Interview with Last Gasp publisher Ron Turner. Darby on Golden Apple comic book store. And more interview of Mike Diana, the man forbidden to draw. Karen Eng interviews Adrian Tomine. Noel Tolentino interviews Christine Shields of Blue Hole. Howard Hallis interviews Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. Stymie Baldwin interviews Zap comic artists. Peter Bagge's Hate. Jim Woodring comix. Adults only. 154 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Publisher: Little, Btrown & Company, 1997, Good, Soft Cover, ISBN: 0-316-10282-2. Book.

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. David J. High (Illustration) and Marc Tauss (Photo (illustrator). The format is approximately 7.5 inches by 9.25 inches. xii, 276 pages. Illustrations. Index. Cover has some wear, soiling and small chip. Introduction by Bruce Elliott. An alphabetical encyclopedia of 1970s and 1980s pop culture is at once a send up and celebration of the icons of the times, offering nearly one thousand entries that range from eight-tracks and Farrah Fawcett to Valley Girls and break dancing. Ben Is Dead was a Los Angeles-based zine published from 1988 through 1999. Its creator, Deborah "Darby" Romeo, got its name from a dream she had about her husband Ben, a Frenchman she divorced not long into the magazine's run. Romeo would later write that during the magazine's early days Ben found the title amusing, and would introduce himself to people as "Ben, from Ben is Dead." Today Ben Is Dead is perhaps best known for the three-part series of "Retro" issues, in which dozens of writers looked back at the trends and fads of their childhoods with a mix of nostalgia and horror. These issues were compiled into the sprawling book, Retro Hell: Life in the '70s and '80s, From Afros to Zotz. In 1996, Romeo established the University of California, Los Angeles' "Darby Romeo Collection of Zines," a permanent archive currently housed in UCLA's Arts Library Special Collections. Many of Ben is Dead's writers have continued their writing careers (Vaginal Davis writes for LA Weekly, Lisa Crystal Carver and Mikki Halpin have each written several books) including Romeo, who has penned articles for LA Weekly, Alternative Press, Vanity Fair, the Chicago Tribune and The Village Voice. From material found on-line: For 11 years â" more than 30 issues published from 1988 through 1999 â" Ben Is Dead was the zine that offered a sure and brilliant glimpse into the then-mystifying world of alternative culture. Founded by Deborah "Darby" Romeo and featuring a revolving cast of writers and artists, each seeming more crassly erudite than the last, it felt indispensable. Edited and written by young women and a dazzling array of contributors from marginalized communities, issue by issue the LA-based magazine steadily established breakout appeal from its beginnings as a free black and white newsprint quarterly rooted in the regional music scene. This was a time when zines proliferated in the US, where cities and towns had spawned individual punk-inspired independent music circuits. Small circulation home-made print publications took their cue from the great DIY aesthetic of pioneering â70s titles such as Sniffin' Glue and provided a network of alternative media bringing the latest news on tours, record stores, venues, art galleries and films to young musicians and fans. By the early â90s, there were months-long gaps between issues, making the experience of encountering the latest BID all the more exciting, particularly when the subjects ranged from "Broke" and "Obsessions & Bad Habits" to "Modern Transmissions & Sensory Overload" and "Disinformation." Gaining international prominence ("I was mailing copies to people all over the world," confirms Darby), BID became packed with ads from underground labels and the faux-indies which had been launched by the majors to cash in on the grunge boom, though the BID crew viewed the rise of the genre uneasily, and often mocked it for what it was: the corporate response to the messily organic grass roots movements in which they participated. Overtures came from none less than Vanity Fair, which appointed Darby and Kerin contributing editors with their fingers on the pulse of America's youth. Darby supported herself with a day job in the art department of the giant advertising agency Grey, and credits the publication's distinctive flavor to the team which gravitated around her. "We were a collection of weird people, in a good way, and without the internet we developed our own collective consciousness," says Darby, "This was an amazing bunch who weren't falling for the mainstream, but sharing information from outside of the norms.". First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in wrappers. ; Small 4to.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Uncorrected proof. Gray wrappers. Fine.

[0-316-10282-2] [1977], 1st edition. (Trade paperback) Very good. 276pp. Illustrations, photographs, bibliography, index. Based on the work of Ben is dead magazine. (Ideas, Ideas, Popular Culture).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. in plastic wrap.

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 364 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 222 pages. 10.00x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.