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Weirdo, No. 27, Aline Kominsky-Crumb (Editor), Special Collections, Fleet Library Mar 1990

Weirdo, No. 27, Aline Kominsky-Crumb (Editor), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 27 Contributors: Robert Crumb, Peter Bagge, James MacArthur, Joe Matt, B.N. Duncan, Garret …


Weigh Ideas Carefully, Amy Gendler, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1990

Weigh Ideas Carefully, Amy Gendler, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.


On An Average Day In America, Tania E. Fine, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1990

On An Average Day In America, Tania E. Fine, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.


Vitamin Abc's, Ingrid Pearce, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1990

Vitamin Abc's, Ingrid Pearce, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Food

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.


I Caught A Tremendous Fish, Lori Giovanni, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1990

I Caught A Tremendous Fish, Lori Giovanni, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Animals

This book was created for Jan Baker's artists' book class.


This Book Is An Interpretation Of A Music Piece Written In September Of 1990., Raphael Attias, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1990

This Book Is An Interpretation Of A Music Piece Written In September Of 1990., Raphael Attias, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.


Domestic Science: Idioms, Nance O'Banion, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

Domestic Science: Idioms, Nance O'Banion, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, slipcase, 50 pages. Added title-page has subtitle: Pop-up icons. "Edition of 150 copies and a deluxe edition of 15 copies"--Colophon. Printed on both sides of a continuous strip with additional leaves attached, folded accordion style and laid loose in a box. The "idioms" appear on 1 side of the strip, the "pop-up icons" on the other. Julie Chen printed the book and designed the book structure and engineered the pop-ups. Letterpress printed from handset metal type; linoleum block prints.


Ste. Ostrich In Manhattan: The Visitations Of A Martyr, Lois Morrison, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

Ste. Ostrich In Manhattan: The Visitations Of A Martyr, Lois Morrison, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations. "Ste. Ostrich ... was written and illustrated by Lois Morrison. It was designed and printed by Julie Chen with the assistance of Elizabeth McDevitt ... In an edition of 125 copies this is number: 70." Gift of Freshman Foundation. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.


A Murder Of Crows, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

A Murder Of Crows, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch binding with dust jacket; front cover; interior page; page spreads. edition size unknown


Spectacle, Warja Honegger-Lavater, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

Spectacle, Warja Honegger-Lavater, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 folded sheet : color illustration. "Pictoson mural"--Cover. Parallel text in French, German, English, Spanish, Swedish, Czech, Dutch and Italian on verso of sheet. Continous sheet folded in 11 sections, with images on one side and writing on the other. Accordion fold. Symbols and graphic design, wordless.


Altered Book, Unknown. Possibly Risd Student., Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

Altered Book, Unknown. Possibly Risd Student., Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 object. Altered book, consists of a portion of the spine (blue buckram) and a small part of the text block. Portions of words and illustrations can be seen as pages are flipped. Possibly made by a Rhode Island School of Design student. Donated to the library by Jan Baker, a former graphic design instructor who taught classes in artists' books. Case binding. Text in English. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.


American Splendor, No. 15, Harvey Pekar, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

American Splendor, No. 15, Harvey Pekar, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

volumes : illustrations. Began in 1976 with #1; ceased in 1993 with #17. American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. In addition to R. Crumb, Pekar's most well-known and longest-running collaborators included Gary Dumm, Greg Budgett, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Zabel, Gerry Shamray, Frank Stack, Mark Zingarelli, and Joe Sacco. …


I Would Have Known You Anywhere, Claudia Bruno, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1990

I Would Have Known You Anywhere, Claudia Bruno, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.


Deconstruction And Reconstruction Of The Book, Norman Clayton, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1990

Deconstruction And Reconstruction Of The Book, Norman Clayton, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.


Dingbats, Sharyn O'Mara, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1990

Dingbats, Sharyn O'Mara, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed books.


Patience Hope Content Virtue, Jane Grigg Cleary, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1990

Patience Hope Content Virtue, Jane Grigg Cleary, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Stories

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.


Where Is Everybody?, Ruth Laxson, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

Where Is Everybody?, Ruth Laxson, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Ruth Laxson Artist Book Archive

[10] leaves : ill. ; 18 cm. Two outsized leaves, one a pentagon, the other with a serrated outer margin. "Fall 1990"--Leaf [10]. Library has copy no. 15 of 20. Binding is oriental stitch (traditional format, Japanese).