Off-The-Beaten-Track Publishing News

It's not like Harry N Abrams needs the gift of extra press, or that this book won't be widely available, but Saul Steinberg occupies such a strange place in comics circles that a mention here of a new, looks-to-be-major book seems appropriate. Steinberg was a popular artist who used a variety of cartoon techniques but only rarely did what most people would define as comics. His drawings were not just really, really clever, but the ways in which he approached the line and spacial relationships and even the incorporation of found art have been inspirational to any number of talented cartoonists who have worked in more easily defined areas of sequential narrative. Although the earler coffee table books are gems, and well worth haunting abebooks.com or your local used books seller, I think this new one may be the only art book of Steinberg's currently in print. At the very least, this could be something you may wish to seek out the next time you're squatting in one of those oversized chairs at the chain bookstore. Here's a link to an exhibition held in conjunction with the book.
 
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