Printed-Matters

Mortgage By David Sandlin

Andy — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:15:38 +0000

David Sandlin is a painter, illustrator and cartoonist who has called New York’s Lower East Side his home for the past 25 years. David has a rich body of work that’s well worth digging into including his book and corresponding show Land of 1,000 Beers which features his recurring theme of “Sinland”.

Featured here is Mortgage, a recent four-color screenprinted artists’ book of David’s work, printed by Dernier Cri. It’s 20-pages at 8 x 11 1/2 inches and bursting with color and surreal horror imagery. You can pick up a copy from the Booklyn Artists Alliance web shop.

Images via Booklyn Artists Alliance.

Mere By C.F.

Andy — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:46:35 +0000

Providence-based cartoonist C.F. (Christopher Forgues) works in a style that’s hard to pin down, but unmistakably his own. He uses a loose drawing style which is a great vehicle to inject his brand of abstract humor into often humorless subjects like epic sci-fi, crime and drama. The overall effect is as surreal as it is absurd.

In 2012, C.F. self-published a series of mini comics which were distributed through his Twitter account. PictureBox has collected these minis plus unpublished art and photos into a new 180-page book called Mere. You can purchase Mere directly from the PictureBox website.

Images via PictureBox.

COMMON PEOPLE By Museums Press

Andy — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:08:15 +0000

Glasgow-based publisher Museums Press have been releasing a steady output of interesting compilation style box sets, books and zines for the past four years. Their latest is another boxed-compilation featuring 100 one-sheet zines from 100 artists from around the world called COMMON PEOPLE. The Risograph and laser printing of the set make for a highly unique and visually engaging whole. Head over to the Museums Press site to see the full list of contributors and online purchase information.

Images via museumspress.goodpressgallery.co.uk.

Sonatina #2

Andy — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:57:07 +0000

Sonatina is a small press comics publisher based in the San Francisco Bay Area, run by Scott Longo who acts as editor and sometime contributor. Their latest release is the 2nd installment of the Sonatina anthology that has been released as a pair of books.

The presentation of Sonatina #2 compliments the abstract and often surreal work that has been curated for the books. There is a wide variety of work and styles at play, with contributions by Aidan Koch, Alex Degen, Andy Burkholder, Argel Brown, Austin English, BlaiseLarmee, Chris Andersen, Dunja Jankovic, Jason Overby, Julie Delporte, Leslie Weibeler, Maré Odomo, Michael Litven, Patrick Keck, Sarah Ferrick, Scott Longo, and Sophie Yanow.

Below of are excerpts from Sonatina #2 which you can purchase online at the Sonatina web store.

Memorexia By Box Brown

Andy — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:43:30 +0000

Box Brown of Retrofit has a new risozine comic called Memorexia. It’s a 16-page, futuristic story of a man looking to have a suppressed memory recovered by an advanced technology. The 2-color format fit’s Box’s clean and minimal style well, adding a slightly surreal quality to the book.

You can pickup a copy of Memorexia from the Secret Prison web store and be sure to checkout more of Box Brown’s work at boxbrown.com.

Images via Secret Prison

Brian David Downs

Andy — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:47:01 +0000

Brian David Downs is an illustrator and painter who has been creating a steady stream of poster work for local music and arts events in Minnesota for the past several years. The posters featured here are mainly ink drawings and most have a narrative, comic-like structure. It’s a great style that feels loose and sketch-booky, but well crafted and composed at the same time.

See more of David’s work at his Flikr photostream.

Nobrow 8: HYSTERIA

Andy — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:32:04 +0000

Nobrow 8: HYSTERIA is the latest edition of UK small press publisher Nobrow’s anthology of contemporary cartoonists and illustrators. It’s release in the form of 2 full-color magazines rolled into one and sealed with a double cover. The line-up features some of the best of not only UK, but worldwide: Jim Rugg, Emmanuelle Walker, Sam Bosma, Marta Monteiro, David Lucas, Kenard Pak, Bob Flynn, Keith Negley, Carmen Segovia, Gwendal Le Bec, Robin Davey, Andrea Kalfas, William Grill, Luke Pearson, Dustin Harbin, José Domingo, Matteo Farinella and Dilraj Mann.

As with most everything Nobrow releases, it’s a thing of beauty. Here’s what they have to say about #8′s theme of Hysteria:

We can all agree what the prevalent mood seems to be these days: Hysteria! And what the hell’s wrong with that?! The world seems to be taking a turn for the worse, so we let 14 of the world’s leading comic creators and more than 30 of the very best illustrators take the theme of Hysteria for a whirl. Hopefully they’ll shed some light on all the madness.

Pickup a copy of Nobrow 8 directly from their site: www.nobrow.net

Images via www.nobrow.net.