The Strange Death of Alex Raymond
Dave Sim author Carson Grubaugh author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Living the Line LLC
Published:17th Aug '21
Should be back in stock very soon
"Comics' answer to Finnegan's Wake, an inspired work of obsessivegenius that will take a long time to untangle." - Rob Salkowitz, SeniorContributor, FORBES
"The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is one of the most spectacularcomics I have ever read or seen. I can't recommend it enough, although you mayhate it. Bizarre and beautiful and completely unique." - Jim Rugg, Cartoonist Kayfabe, Street Angel, The P.L.A.I.N. Janes
"This is a master work. I'm honoured to have even laid eyes on it." - E.S.Glenn, author of Unsmooth, cartoonist for The New Yorker
"Amust-read for anyone interested in the history and craft of comics" - BrandonGraham, King City, Warhead, Prophet
"Grubaugh provides a brilliant and fitting conclusion to what would haveotherwise been one of the most notable unfinished works of recent times. I forone am excited at holding the completed Strange Death of Alex Raymond inmy hands." - Gary Spencer Millidge, Strangehaven, Alan Moore: Portrait of anExtraordinary Gentleman
Legendary creator Dave Sim is renownedworld-wide for his groundbreaking Cerebus the Aardvark. Now, in TheStrange Death of Alex Raymond, Sim brings to life the history of comics'greatest creators, using their own techniques. Equal parts UnderstandingComics and From Hell, Strange Death is a head-on collision ofink drawing and spiritual intrigue, pulp comics and movies, history and fiction.The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, RipKirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant),and more, dissecting their techniques through recreations of their artwork,and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together.
Foreword by Eddie Campbell.
"It's a magnificent piece of work and should be readby lovers of the medium." - Down The Tubes
"It's a magnificent piece of work and should be readby lovers of the medium." - Down The Tubes
"Bottom line is that The Strange Death of AlexRaymond is a beautifully designed volume with endlessly clever use of pages,panels, black ink, and blank space. It's clear that before his unfortunatemedical issue, Sim has mastered the very photorealistic techniques he writesabout as the art is the kind one continues to stare at long after one hasfinished reading the page." - Forces of Geek
"Bottom line is that The Strange Death of AlexRaymond is a beautifully designed volume with endlessly clever use of pages,panels, black ink, and blank space. It's clear that before his unfortunatemedical issue, Sim has mastered the very photorealistic techniques he writesabout as the art is the kind one continues to stare at long after one hasfinished reading the page." - Forces of Geek
"...obsessivelydetailed, demanding, and dazzling..." - PublishersWeekly
"...obsessivelydetailed, demanding, and dazzling..." - PublishersWeekly
"The finelydetailed, highly stylized art [...] is beyond masterful and a trueaccomplishment." -- Kirkus Reviews
"The finelydetailed, highly stylized art [...] is beyond masterful and a trueaccomplishment." -- Kirkus Reviews
ISBN: 9781736860502
Dimensions: 305mm x 203mm x 25mm
Weight: 1325g
320 pages