December 14, 2009
Top Comics/Art Books 2009 Via Drawn!
Matt Forsythe and John Martz at the stupendous illustration blog
Drawn! are offering up their lists of the best of 2009 in comics and art books. A lot of nice commentary and illustrations for each book can be found through the individual links.
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Matt Forsythe
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Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books, Jason Godfrey (Laurence King)
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Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life, Todd Oldham and Charley Harper (AMMO)
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Cecil and Jordan in New York: Stories, Gabrielle Bell (Drawn and Quarterly)
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GoGo Monster, Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz)
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PR3: James Jean Sketchbook, James Jean (AdHouse)
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The Mourning Star, Vol. 2 by Kazmir Strzepek (Bodega)
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Oishinbo Series, Tetsu Kariya and Hanasaki Akira (Viz)
Honorable Mentions:
Starting Point, Hayao Miyazaki;
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley;
30 Postcards, Ray Fenwick
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John Martz
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Asterios Polyp, David Mazzucchelli (Pantheon)
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Big Rabbit's Bad Mood, Ramona Badescu and Delphine Durand (Chronicle)
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Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life (Popular Edition), Todd Oldham and Charley Harper (AMMO)
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George Sprott: (1894-1975), Seth (Drawn and Quarterly)
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Gig Posters Volume 1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century, Clay Hayes (Quirk Books)
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Monsters, Ken Dahl (Secret Acres)
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Naive: Modernism and Folklore in Contemporary Graphic Design, Robert Klanten and Hendrik Hellige (Die Gestalten Verlag)
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Never Learn Anything From History, Kate Beaton
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Pictorial Webster's: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities, John M. Carrera (Chronicle)
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Stitches: A Memoir, David Small (WW Norton)
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The Book of Genesis Illustrated, R. Crumb (WW Norton)
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The Gigantic Robot, Tom Gauld (Buenaventura Press)
Honorable Mentions:
Funny Misshapen Body, Jeffrey Brown;
Talking Lines, RO Blechman;
Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix, Denis Kitchen;
Masterpiece Comics, R. Sikoryak.
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