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UqQ0NoUox Marc Bell's Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks: 2001-2008 vBPu7OB0L PH-58945 Fowoqlzge USmix/Data/US-2009 SO48TJ04e 5/5 From 471 Reviews COnjRIPjE Marc Bell U2MDWlupy ebooks | Download PDF | *ePub | DOC | audiobook 8gjtw6pcw mrzzR6J3k jQUyUn0gj oYZBG5zNj NRn2R3US4 gnvuor7sU UAge6Tn6e wVcJOu8Dv 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Fantastic!By BuffyI was a little CrirT7UQR surprised when this book came out because although I love Marc Bell's 1eX6u1bEj drawings and artworks up til now his illustrations have only been reproduced in sHxFWNI4J comic book or graphic novel type formats. But this is a beautiful, large, thick 33XIRCvHS hardcover collection that gives you all the Marc Bell artwork you could want. If HbchSWPVz you know his work then you can't go wrong here. One of my favorite books from BtHf5pe6B 2009.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. An Amazing Volume That lTeWO6312 Reveals Itself Over TimeBy David K. Sarpal"Hot Potatoe" is full of delightful EsQHEw4in details, quirky catchphrases and drawings that make the impossible seem rquE3zImt normal, and even rational in this strange world of Marc Bell. If you enjoy vo1PocUCg taking your time to delve into idiosyncratic worlds full of visual puns, then this f53EzZNow book is most definitely for you.After having the book in my possession for just oZ6PlKgAH over a month, I have opened it here and there and returned to it over and over 046bBQHmz again. The result has been a body of work that has revealed itself over time. It's wlYhOUtXK an immersive experience, really, and one that asks viewers to reconsider what they think they know in favor of something else that challenges perception itself.An added bonus to the book are the essays, which are well-thought out and complement the entire monograph nicely.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Guston Meets Segar; Meet Marc BellBy EisNinEAnyone who has picked up copies of Kramer's Ergot is likely familiar with the art of Marc Bell. His heavily detailed comics and illustrations fit in well with Sammy Harkham's editorial aesthetic, favoring opaque storytelling and idiosyncratic styles. Reminiscent of Philip Guston's later representational paintings and the newspaper strips of E.C. Segar, his dreamlike approach relies on a personal lexicon that is made up of often repeated and deliberately misspelled words and phrases, despite the lack of reference points with which to decode any kind of message or meaning. Even when it feels like an extended in-joke seen from the outside, the pleasure of scrutinizing the layers and levels of his amusement-park world-crafting is endless. Frequently depicting his creations in cross-sections, labelling objects and creatures like a map, he is a truly original comic talent, and well-deserving of this expertly and beautifully produced monograph. Released by Canadian independent Drawn Quarterly. who began publishing works by the most respected and influential Canadian cartoonists in the mid- 90's, artists like , , , began to also attract American standouts like Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware and Joe Sacco with their focus on cutting edge book design and high-quality production standards. As well, when legendary comic-publisher faced a financial catastrophe that threatened to bankrupt them, D Q was still thriving, and took over publishing duties for several key artists, establishing themselves as the most prestigious publishing concern in North American. When Fantagraphics survived their near-fatal crisis, it devised a new model for producton and design, obviously based on D Q. 'Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks -- 2001-2008', a 289 page, 9" x 11.5" hardcover with wraparound graphics, utilizes paper-stock changes for the sections that are best suited; it transitions, for example, from thick, unfinished acid-free stock to heavy, glossy material for photographs of his sculptures and collages. The only comic-artist monograph that approaches the quality of this one is 'Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes', published by Abrams.

A gifted . . . cartoonist . . . The delight of his work is in the play of a free- associating and funny imagination. Ken Johnson, The New York Times Marc Bells Hot Potatoe seamlessly combines more than a decades worth of comics activities with a lifelong devotion to, as Bell calls it, Fine Ahtwerks. Part artmonograph, part comics collection,Hot Potatoe is filled with mixed-media cardboard constructions, watercolor drawings, altered found texts, and Bells most intense, dizzying comics from the co ...