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Introductory Essay by Art Spiegelman Commentary by Richard Merkin ABOVEGROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME As wry and raunchy as the subject it celebrates, this inspired volume introduces a new generation to the Tijuana Bibles, underground comic art form the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s devoted to making sexual mockery of every sacred cow in the pasture. Folk art with a subversive edge, the Bibles are unveiled here with a hundred life-size reproductions.
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Tijuana Bibles, Bob Adelman, Art Spiegelman, Richard Merkin
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- Tijuana Bibles
- Subtitle
- Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bob Adelman, Art Spiegelman, Richard Merkin
- Publisher
- EPS, The Erotic Print Society
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN10
- 1904989187
- ISBN13
- 9781904989189
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Humor, Art
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
- Description
- Introductory Essay by Art Spiegelman Commentary by Richard Merkin ABOVEGROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME As wry and raunchy as the subject it celebrates, this inspired volume introduces a new generation to the Tijuana Bibles, underground comic art form the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s devoted to making sexual mockery of every sacred cow in the pasture. Folk art with a subversive edge, the Bibles are unveiled here with a hundred life-size reproductions.