| | TITLE | Kramers Ergot 8 | IMPRINT | PictureBox | PRICE US | $32.95 CDN $32.95 | ISBN | 9780984589272 TRADE | FORMAT | Hbk, 6.5 x 9 in., 232 pgs, 204 color. | CATALOG | FALL 2011 p. 48 | DISTRIBUTOR | D.A.P. | PUB DATE | 1/31/2012 | STATUS | Active | STOCK | In stock |
| "Underground comics have grown from their sordid and combative camp-inspired origins into a respectable industry. They have shed many of their initial gay-inherited affectations such as outrageousness, vulgarity, and hatred for all mankind. Now they typically resemble something more akin to the gentle post-hippie craft-ism of the middle-class do-gooder. The paper is archival and the drawings tend toward Zen inksmanship. The stories are often about relationships. Form trumps content. The comic, instead of being a campy launch pad from which to lacerate humanity, is held in high regard as a sacred institution, with the forebears of comicdom being revered as heroic themselves (just look at Crumb and his Bible stories). But we know that burning within this serene, highly personal, self-referential, and contented exterior is the contemptuous, reactionary bitchiness of pop, the movement that—by rehabilitating American capitalism for the world via art—not only liberated us from straining our brains but also helped vanquish human movements for social justice forever. ZAP! BLAM! POW!"
Ian F. Svenonius, excerpted from the essay, "Notes on Camp, Part 2." This eighth installment of Sammy Harkham's influential and critically acclaimed comics anthology—"the premier showcase for emerging/edgy talent," according to Time magazine—features work by Gary Panter, C.F., Kevin Huizenga, Ben Jones, Jason T. Miles, Leon Sadler, Johnny Ryan, Dash Shaw & Frank Santoro, and Ron Embleton & Frederic Mullally, among others.
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| | | Kramers Ergot 8Edited by Sammy Harkham.Kramers Ergot is the premier comics anthology of the twenty-first century. Since its inception in 2000, it has revolutionized the medium, introducing new talents, solidifying aesthetics and standing as a state-of-the-medium book. Kramers Ergot has always been a reflection of editor Sammy Harkham's current interests in comics past and future. So it is in this spirit, with this new volume, that he severs the anthology from many of the formal and stylistic elements with which it made its name. Whereas past issues were oversize, colorful and filled with a variety of artists all designed to overwhelm the reader with raw power, Kramers Ergot 8 is a complete shift both aesthetically and physically. The size of the book is smaller, to encourage a more intimate reading of the material, and the content reflects a focus on substantial works from a small group of no more than a dozen artists who, rather than being aesthetically disparate, reflect a more specific and unified aesthetic space of discipline, sophistication and quiet power. Among the contributors are Anya Davidson, Leon Sadler, Ben Jones, CF, Sammy Harkham, Tim Hensley, Kevin Huizenga, Takeshi Murata, Robert Beatty, Chris Cilla, Gabrielle Bell, Frank Santoro & Dash Shaw, Johnny Ryan and Gary Panter. It also includes a 40-page reprint of the 1970s comic strip "Wicked Wanda" by Frederic Mullally and Ron Embleton as well as an introductory essay by Ian Svenonius. Packaged in clothbound covers designed by artist Robert Beatty, this is the essential comics title of 2011.Featured image, by Ben Jones, is reproduced from Kramers Ergot 8.Kramers Ergot #8: The Trailer from Dan Nadel on Vimeo. | |
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| | This eighth installment of Sammy Harkham's influential and critically acclaimed comics anthology—"the premier showcase for emerging/edgy talent," according to Time magazine—features work by Gary Panter, C.F., Kevin Huizenga, Ben Jones, Jason T. Miles, Leon Sadler, Johnny Ryan, Dash Shaw & Frank Santoro, and Ron Embleton & Frederic Mullally, among others.
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Edited by Sammy Harkham.
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ISBN: 9780984589272 | US $32.95
Pub Date: 1/31/2012
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