Celluloid by Dave McKean

07/06/2013 by alaundre

Been a while since I’ve picked up or viewed a Dave McKean book and I’ve only posted three of them here on the blog (view other posts). This one’s a graphic novel (can easily see this as a short film….though more NC-17) without any dialogue or words. I’ve always liked his mixture of illustration, painting, photoshop/collage, and photography. This book leans heavier to line art/illustration which reminds me a bit of Peter Chung’s Aeon Flux: Dave McKean      |     Fantagraphics […]

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complete world war robot

03/31/2012 by alaundre

managed to pick up the hardcover version at the local bookstore while I was waiting for a movie to start: // bit of damage on the cover.

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popbot : big beautiful book

08/14/2011 by alaundre

– or as i like to call it, BAB (Big Ass Book). Large (11×14), limited edition hardcover collection of Ashley Wood’s Popbot volumes 1-8 .

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Zombies vs Robots

04/10/2011 by alaundre

– Found a copy at a nearby bookstore and picked one up. Much better than the prices it seems to be going for online, i mean wtf is up with that?!? . Complete Zombies vs Robots by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood. Published by IDW Publishing. Third Printing, includes Zombies vs Robots #1-2, D’Airain #1-2 and Zombies vs Robots vs Amazons #1-3

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swapping crows, counting goldfish

04/01/2010 by alaundre

. Dave McKean re-used the same illustration for the cover of the Counting Crows album This Desert Life a year later. The image became more associated with the album, when the book was re-released it came with this cover instead…: …which is rather sad to look at in my opinion.

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plastic forks, ted mckeever

11/23/2008 by alaundre

this is the only series i have of his work. about Ted McKeever. synopsis (i took this off an ebay auction): In this short and simple story Ted McKeever asks some very big questions. Like: “What is humanity?” The plastic fork of the title is a metaphor for a society so throwaway that it’s losing a grip on what makes us human. All this within an adventure story about the not very heroic or sympathetic Henry Apt, who, like Dr. […]

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