Synopsis
Blab World is the new incarnation of the celebrated art & comics annual Blab! "It's like the New Yorker for Mutants," proclaimed the Los Angeles Reader.
Blab 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.
Founded 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.
Blab World Number 1 contains the following:
The main feature is Artpocalypse! (Artists Interpret End Times) Featuring: Mark Ryden, Joe Sorren, Kris Kuksi, Femke Hiemstra,
Ron English, Natalia Fabia, Alex Gross, Sue Coe, Gary Taxali,
Gary Baseman, Ryan Heshka, Owen Smith, Martin Wittfooth,
Yoko D'Holbachie, Andy Kehoe, Travis Lampe, Jean-Pierre Roy, John Pound, Andrea Dezso, Edel Rodriguez, Fred Stonehouse, Spain (ZAP!) Rodriguez, and MANY MORE!!!
Other articles include:
SKULL! 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
COVERING WEIRDO
A 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.
AXE THE AXIS!
Propaganda Caricature Art of World War II
by WW II Historian Jim Lowes
Artist profiles include:
BALLPOINT BRAVURA: Drawings by C.J. Pyle
by Bill North, Senior Curator, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
COLLODION / NOIDOLLOC
The Wetplate Collodion Photography of Kari Laine McCluskey
by Monte Beauchamp
Sequential Art:
The Dreaded Mothman of West Virginia / Mark Todd
The Neurotic Art Collector / Greg Clarke
QUICKSAND! The Tumultuous Life of Isabelle Eberhardt / Nora Krug
Four Horsemen / Peter Kuper
Slime Molds / Geoffrey Grahn
The Life of an Artist / Sergio Ruzzier
Fetal Elvis' Art Empire / Mark Landman
About the Authors
Monte Beauchamp is founder, editor and designer of BLAB!/Blab World. His work has appeared in Communication Arts, American Illustration, Society of Illustrators Annual, Print, Graphis, and SPD. He has served as a juror for American Illustration and The Society of Illustrators, and has received numerous advertising and design awards, including five New York Festival Awards for excellence in print and television communications. Since 2005, Monte has curated five BLAB! Gallery shows and five BLAB! Museum Retrospectives.
Bill North, Senior Curator, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Steven Heller, columnist for The New York Times Book Review and the author of more than 100 books on design and popular culture.
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