BLAB WORLD NO. 2 - Rare Fine Rare Fine Review Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed, Dated (Shortly After Publication), And Inscribed With Drawing by Founder Monte Beauchamp

Beauchamp, Monte (Founder/Editor/Designer/Artist) & Various Graphic Artists

ISBN 10: 0867198508 / ISBN 13: 9780867198508

Published by San Francisco, CA: Last Gasp Of San Francisco, 2012, 2012

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 128 pages. Published in 2012. Anthology of graphic art. One of the best collections of Blab World's remarkable graphic art ever published in our time. Review Copy. Review Material laid-in. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Monte Beauchamp's "Blab World Volume 2". Some of the most advanced narrative graphic art of our time, gathered by the Blab World Founder in perhaps its single most representative selection. "Defies description: Neither book or magazine, it is obviously a work of art. Founded in 1986 by graphic designer and art director Monte Beauchamp, Blab World has evolved from a digest-sized comics magazine into a beautifully printed keepsake: A hardcover anthology of art, illustration, articles, profiles, found graphics, cartoons, and sequential art. Comic Book Stories: 'Adolf's Aberration' by Nora Krug; 'Dispatches From Oblivion' by Greg Clarke; 'The Great Sea Serpent of Brazil's Parahiba River' by Mark Todd; 'Liderc' by Andrea Dezso; 'Visitation' by Peter Kuper; 'The Vexing Thing Upstairs' by Denis Kitchen; and 'Leftovers' by Sergio Ruzzier" (Publisher's blurb). Supplemented with Essays, including an irreverent tribute to Robert Crumb, the Resident Genius of underground graphic art. "The New Yorker for Mutants" (Los Angeles Reader). An absolute "must-have" title for Monte Beauchamp and Blab World collectors. This is a Review Copy. The Review Material is laid-in. It is very boldly and beautifully signed, dated (shortly after publication), and inscribed in black pen-marker by the Blab World Founder: "11/12/2012 For Paul, Blabingly yours, Monte Beauchamp". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Beauchamp could not resist adding a fabulous drawing of a semi-mythical animal (which bears a strong resemblance to a rabid dog in its last legs, its ears erect, and its infected tongue sticking out) that fills up the whole page. The recipient, Paul Berlanga, who is named, is an important Chicago-based artist and photography expert. This title is a graphic art classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, publication-year dated, and inscribed copy (with large drawing) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. Some of the most brilliant American graphic artists of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 0867198508.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BLAB WORLD NO. 2 - Rare Fine Rare Fine Review Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed, Dated (Shortly After Publication), And Inscribed With Drawing by Founder Monte Beauchamp
• Publisher: San Francisco, CA: Last Gasp Of San Francisco, 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0867198508
• ISBN 13: 9780867198508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

Blab World No. 2 is a deluxe, 10 x 10 inch, hardcover anthology of art, illustration, articles, profiles, found graphics, cartoons, and sequential art,

COVER ARTIST: Gary Taxali

COMIC BOOK STORIES:

"Adolf's Abberation" by Nora Krug

"Dispatches from Oblivion" by Greg Clarke

"The Great Sea Serpent of Brazil's Parahiba River" by Mark Todd

"Liderc" by Andrea Dezso

"Visitation" by Peter Kuper

"The Vexing Thing Upstairs" by Denis Kitchen

"Leftovers" by Sergio Ruzzier

ARTICLES:

"Will Elder" by Drew Friedman
A tribute to 1950s MAD comics artist

"A Passion for Paul" by Ryan Heshka
An illustrated tribute to Amazing Stories first cover artist, Frank R. Paul

"The ZAP in My Life" by Steven Heller
A tribute to R. Crumb's Zap Comix

PROFILE:
"Fred Stonehouse: A Life In Between" by Bill North

50-PAGE FEATURE:The Hereafter!

Artists interpret the afterlife. Contributors include:

Nicolette Ceccoli
Femke Heimstra
Joe Sorren
Kris Kuksi
Gary Baseman
Ryan Heshka
Martin Wittfooth
Eric White
Owen Smith
Jana Brike
Xiaoquing Ding
Lou Beach
Lauire Hogan
Marc Burckhardt
Chet Zar
Travis Lampe
Elvis Studio
and MANY MORE!

Blab World is edited, designed, and produced by Chicago-based art director,
Monte Beauchamp.

About the Author

Blab World's creator, Monte Beauchamp, is a Chicago-based art director.

Beauchamp's work has appeared in GRAPHIS, PRINT Magazine, COMMUNICATION ARTS, AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION, and THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS. He has received numerous design awards for
Excellence in Print and Television Communications.

His books include: STRIKING IMAGES: Vintage Matchbook Cover Art (Chronicle Books), KRAMPUS: The Devil of Christmas (Last Gasp), THE LIFE & TIMES OF R. CRUMB (St. Martin's Press), and NEW & USED BLAB! (Chronicle).