Artists' book featuring comics, photographs, drawings, and text by art collective Paper Rad (Jessica Ciocci, Jacob Ciocci and Ben Jones) with additional drawings by Beau LaBute, C.F. and M.B. Poetry by Paper Rad and Suzy Jones as well as two graphic novellas, "Spaceballz," and "Alfe," by Ben Jones. ... [details]
"Free Radicals, a book of comics and drawings, is the product of the seminal Providence, Rhode Island Paper Rodeo group and its eponymous underground comics tabloid. The group, which has published 18 issues so far, was founded in 2000 by Mat Brinkman and Leif Goldberg of the art, music, and performance collectives Forcefield and Fort Thunder, among others. ... [details]
"Ninja is the first book by Fort Thunder co-founder and Lighting Bolt drummer Brian Chippendale. It is both an epic 80-page graphic novel and a document of his vibrant drawings, collages and posters. The graphic novel, a work 5 years in the making, takes readers through a fantastic landscape delineated in Chippendale''s dense pen and ink linework and starring a Ninja hunted by the forces of evil. ... [details]
"In this follow-up to his acclaimed graphic novel, Ninja--which was reviewed in such diverse sources as The New York Times, Art Review and The Comics Journal--the co-founder of the legendary Providence underground art and music space, Fort Thunder, gives us an immersive, frenetic reading experience. ... [details]
"''Cartoon Workshop/Pig Tales'' is the follow up to Paper Rad''s acclaimed ''Paper Rad, B.J. and da Dogs'' is both a return to form and a move forward for the group. Focusing on their joke-oriented side, they''ve produces a book of exuberant fun. ... [details]
"This first monograph and storybook from young Trenton Doyle Hancock describes an ancient conflict: the peaceful, organic Mounds may have been created by the same father, Homerbuctas, who made their violent, nightmarish enemies the Vegans, but the two clans have been caught up in a tragi-comic struggle. ... [details]
