Inaugural issue of Raw Magazine. Edited by Francoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman. Contents include: "Can't It Be Done?," by Ray Gross and Winter; "Hommages Posthumes," by Alfred Jarry, illustrated by Bruno Richard; "Corpus Delecti," by Geoff Robison; "Vamp Dance," by Kaz; "Manhattan," by Jacques Tardi; "I'll Play the Blues for You," by Joost Swarte; "Jack Survives," by Jerry Moriarty; "Mutton Geoff," by Mark Newgarden; "Fifi Gaga Magazine," by Bazooka; "Centerfold: Two-Fisted Painters," by Art Spiegelman; "He Turned, Saw Me, Waved His Arm, Continued," by Patricia Caire, from a text by James Barth; "Not Dreams," by Lynne Tillman; "Dead Things," by Mark Beyer; "The Andy Griffith Show," by Josh Alan Friedman and Drew Friedman; "One Panel from The Basis of Make-Up," by Heinz Emigholz; "Drawn Over Two Weeks While on the Phone," by Art Spiegelman; "Four Supermarkets in Iowa," by David Marc, illustrated by Gary Hallgren; "Piquer, Lucas, & Fermin," by Mariscal; "Industry News and Review No. ... [details]
Collaborative artists' book edited by Aleksandra Mir and Tim Griffin, with contributions by 150 artists. "Bad reviews of 150 artists who submitted their worst reviews for reprint. Beginning in the 1960s and including translations from thirteen languages, this collaborative project makes for the broadest historical and geographical survey of severe Art Criticism, its shifting form, nature, and impact, by those directly subjected to it--the artists. ... [details]