The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective

Name: The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective
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ISBN: 9781606991701

ISBN-10: 1606991701

ISBN-13: 9781606991701

Edition: 2009

Authors: Patrick Rosenkranz, Patrick Rosenkranz

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Rand Holmesâ€™ hippie hero, Harold Hedd, became the internationally famous spokesman for the emerging Canadian counterculture. Holmes preferred a lower profile. His artistic history began in Edmonton, flourished in Vancouver and San Francisco, and concluded on Lasqueti Island. Holmesâ€™ life story is richly illustrated with drawings, comic strips, watercolors, and paintings that span his whole career: from the hot rod cartoons he drew as a teenager, dozens of covers for the Georgia Straight, pornographic cartoons for the sex tabloid Vancouver Star, to complete comic stories from Slow Death Funnies , Dead Comix , and many more. The full-length Harold Hedd comic novels, Wings Over Tijuana and…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Publication date: 8/10/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.354
Language: English

Patrick Rosenkranz is widely acknowledged as one of the premiere scholars of the underground comix movement. His books include Rebel Visions (the most widely-heralded history of the era) and The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective. He lives in Portland, OR.