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Title: BLAB! Vol. 11 by Monte Beauchamp ISBN: 1-56097-407-9 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Hardly revolutionary, but pretty.
Comment: Just look at the lovely cover by Mark Ryden. It's practically impossible not to like his work even though the "ironic" juxtapositions of fluffy bunnies and raw meat, etc were NEVER really clever or thought-provoking and have since become mere conventions. So for most of the stuff in a typical issue of BLAB - a rather aptly named journal indeed. It's supposed to look as though it's being incendiary or at least cutting-edge, but it's really just so much hot air. Not that I'm not recommending it. It has always functioned as a showcase for my favorite commercial illustrators - Ryden, Christian Northeast, Gary Baseman, Camille Rose Garcia, Fred Stonehouse, blabblabblab - and thus there are always at least a couple pages of technically interesting artwork per issue. But I say "technically" because there is just not a whole lot going on conceptually with BLAB. It's just a bunch of pretty weirdness. It's the literary equivalent of "Liquid Television." But I don't know that anybody was expecting anything else out of it...nor should they, really. Fans of Ryden or Baseman know what to expect.
Rating: 5
Summary: Let's start a new book category and call it BLAB!
Comment: BLAB! sets a new standard in printed art media. One most often finds this beautifully crafted book displayed along with comic books and comics anthologies, graphic novels, etc,...when in fact, it's obviously none of the above. BLAB! exists in a realm beyond these other categories of which I am also an avid connoisseur. It's an amusement park ride that I'll savor to take upon my first glance at a new cover when it appears at a local bookstore! But what makes BLAB! truly special, aside from the highest degree of artist/writer talent, is it's remarkable eccentricity in design and conception. Blab! is the definitive wunderbook! Congratulations, Monte!
Rating: 5
Summary: Zany illustrations and art deco
Comment: The black and white and color cartoons of the social commentary/cartoon book presentation Blab are presented in an oversized, eye-catching publication. Zany illustrations and art deco illustration make for a hard to describe yet appealing presentation.
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Title: Blab! Volume 12 by Monte Beauchamp ISBN: 1560974575 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Pub. Date: 14 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: BLAB! Vol. 14 by Monte Beauchamp ISBN: 1560975571 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: New and Used Blab! by Monte Beauchamp, Mark Mothersbaugh ISBN: 0811840263 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: BLAB! Vol. 13 by Monte Beauchamp ISBN: 1560975008 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Blab #10: Jokes! Gags! (Fantagraphics) by Monte Beauchamp ISBN: 1560973234 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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