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Drew Friedman




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Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories: Volume Two David Mazzuchelli, Leif Goldberg, Brian Chippendale, Elinore Norflus and more ... Yale University Press $20.00
($28.00 list)
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Read more and comment... 		edited by Ivan Brunetti It's too early to say for certain, but this follow-up to Brunetti's already classic 2006 anthology, also published by Yale University Press, might just be even better than its precursor.  One thing's for certain:  Brunetti has held onto -- and further refined -- his editorial vision of arranging the work contained in this volume in an organic sequence, deftly managing to map out the similarities between artists so that each piece flows smoothly into into the other, creating an amazing sense of an innate connectivity between all areas of comics here on display.  This book is a powerful ally in the struggle to bring the light of comics to those poor souls still dwelling in the darkness.  It's the perfect choice to turn on a friend or relative to the joy, beauty and pleasures of our favorite medium.  Hold onto your hats, here's the contributor list:  Daniel Clowes, Saul Steinberg, Sammy Harkham, Chris Ware, R. Sikoryak, Michael Kupperman, Drew Friedman, Mark Beyer, Mack White, Jayr Pulga, Renee French, Kim Deitch, Richard Sala, J. Bradley Johnson, Archer Prewit, Anonymous (utility sketchbook), HJ Tuthill, Milt Gross, Bill Holman, Harvey Kurtzman, R.Crumb, Basil Wolverton, Art Spiegelman, Jess, John Hankiewicz, Tim Hensley, Bill Griffith, Richard McGuire, Gilbert Hernandez, Jim Woodring, David Collier, Eugene Teal, Charles Burns, Karl Wirsum, Gary Panter, Paper Rad, Fletcher Hanks, CF, Charles Forbell, Ron Rege, Jr., Winsor McCay, Matthew Thurber, Souther Salazar, Kevin Scalzo, Megan Kelso, James McShane, Laura Park, Vanessa Davis, Onsmith, Joe Matt, Jeffrey Brown, Martin Cendreda, Dave Kiersh, John Porcellino, Carrie Golus/Patrick Welch, Jessica Abel, Cole Johnson, Lynda Barry, Debbie Drechsler, Diane Noomin, Aline Kominsky-Crum, Ariel Bordeaux, Chester Brown, Anders Nilsen, Joe Sacco, Phoebe Gloeckner, Elinore Norflus, Brian Chippendale, Leif Goldberg, David Mazzuchelli, Jerry Moriarty, Ben Katchor, Frank Santoro, Dan Zettwoch, Kevin Huizenga, Harvey Pekar/R.Crumb, Carol Tyler, Maurice Vellekoop, Seth, Adrian Tomine, Jaime Hernandez & David Heatley.  It's simply amazing.  Comics Power!  PLEASE NOTE:  We feel compelled to mention that this volume includes several pieces that contain quite explicit sexual content; and while this content represents only a miniscule fraction of the total, it nevertheless renders this volume fit for ADULTS ONLY.
More Old Jewish Comedians Drew Friedman $15.00
($16.99 list)

Read more and comment... 		Nuff said.
The Fun Never Stops Drew Friedman Fantagraphics $15.00
($16.95 list)
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Read more and comment... 		It really is almost too much.  The mind reels.   Over one hundred pages of Drew Friedman all at once.  After a decade and a half of being able to get one's hands on only one or two pages at a time, to be deluged with an entire book full that collects the last 15 years of Friedman's supernaturally detailed renderings of media figures -- the famous as well as, and especially, the obscure --  which manage, through an alchemical process involving pen, ink and paper known only to him, to reveal secret, hidden meanings of American celebrity that connect us poor citizens to aspects of our lives that we might not otherwise have suspected (and, to be honest, might have preferred never discovering) were there, is an overwhelming experience which leaves us, for once almost (but, admittedly, not quite) speechless.  So, we'll let Dan Clowes do the talking:  "(H)e is so far and away the best caricaturist I hesitate to even imply a competition for fear of embarrassing the few distant contenders.  His portraits are each embedded with some form of commentary that is often so subtle as to defy notice....  Often a visionary artist is rendered passé to the general public by a flurry of imitators in his wake, but since nobody could possibly imitate Friedman's style, he remains a singular entity, existing in his own sub-category of comic-book history."  Following Clowes's eloquent testimony there is  a 20-page appreciation of Friedman and his work by Ben Schwartz, followed by the frantic Friedman fest itself.