For all fans of film noir and graphic novels, I present "M." Photo-realistically painted by Jon J Muth, this was originally released as a four part graphic series in 1990 and has finally been compiled into one beautiful hardcover. It's an epic...
expand review remake of Fritz Lang's original serial killer thriller released in 1931. If you don't know Lang already, you might have heard of his famous sci-fi film Metropolis. This was his first film with sound and has gone down in history for laying the groundwork for every serial killer movie following it. The graphic adaptation was painstakingly painted over two years by Muth, focusing heavily on the Noir element in page after page of beautiful tonal watercolors. You really won't believe your eyes. Even I was like, "That's a painting?" As for the story, it's a beast of a tale that involves the hunt for a whistling pedophile child murderer by police in the Berlin underground. Sounds pretty dark, eh? It only gets intensified by the pages. Hardcover, 189 pages. -C'mish
Gas Book #16 features a retrospective on the work thus far of Lodown magazine creator Marok. It's an intense bombardment of visuals from the magazine, his personal artwork, and freelance projects for companies like Stussy, Supreme, etc. 63 pages, hardcover. Imported from...
expand review Japan. Recommended. -mgmnt
Idn with another show of high production values and cutting edge design. The theme here is "fusion," and the book assembles a wide range of designs with an emphasis on characters displayed in art, design, products, and more. But just when you...
expand review think you got a finger on it, they throw in something totally unrelated (without any characters). The book is basically an onslaught of imagery and features a Lab all star cast: Andy Mueller, Buro Destruct, Chris Yormick, Dalek, Dave Ellis, Dave Kinsey, Delta, Devilrobots, Eboy, Faile, HVW8, Kozyndan, Mr. Jago, Pete Fowler, Rostarr, Rinzen, Struggle Inc, WK Interact, and much more. The book comes packaged in cardboard case with a 6" toy figure designed by Hong Kong designer Steven Lau. 300 pages. -the mgmnt