Comic Nerds & Art Critics: Gift Guide
Author: Antonio Gonzalez Cerna
December 8, 2010
An art dealer has an mid-life crisis; a famous artist goes psychotic; a photographic diary is uncovered; and yet another iconic painter is outed. Meanwhile, Batwoman declares her Lesbianism, a polar bear makes it to Hollywood, and two Queer comic tales are re-told. Thus outlines the artistic merit of these 9 books.
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AN OBSCENE DIARY: The Visual World of Sam Steward by Justin Spring, Illustrations by Sam Steward Antinous Press The ideal addendum to one of the most talked about biographies of the year. |
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BATWOMAN: ELEGY by Greg Rucka Illustrated by J.H. Williams and J.G. Jones DC Comics Batwoman is Jewish and a lesbian! Gasp! |
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THE BEAUFORT DIARIES by T Cooper Illustrated by Alex Petrowsky Melville House “A fun, quick read, beautifully created, and a strange delight to explore.” —Riley Macleod |
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BY NIGHTFALL by Michael Cunningham Farrar, Straus and Giroux Interview “A novel about the challenges of finding—and holding on to—beauty, and about the importance of resisting death; a force that beautiful people seem drawn to and beautiful things resist.” —June Thomas
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GRANT WOOD: A Life by R. Tripp Evans Knopf Photo “The life of Grant Wood has often been eclipsed by his paintings, leaving him a constant enigma in the history American art.” —James Polchin |
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HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture by Jonathan D. Katz Smithsonian Books |
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STUCK RUBBER BABY by Howard Cruse Vertigo “Cruse’s tale is a brilliant meld of two American coming-of-age stories: civil and gay rights.” —Cathy Camper |
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THE ART OF JAIME HERNANDEZ: The Secrets of Life and Death By Todd Hignite Abrams ComicArts “The book shines a bright light on Hernandez’s comics and graphic short stories. The printing is excellent. The paper quality is sturdy with a matte finishe, just like comics.” —Aaron Krach |
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THE PETTING ZOO by Jim Carroll Viking Adult
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