Bob Adelman était un photojournaliste primé dont l'objectif a capturé des moments cruciaux de l'histoire, notamment en documentant le mouvement des droits civiques. Souvent aux côtés de Martin Luther King, ses images offraient une perspective intime de cette époque transformatrice. Son travail a orné les couvertures de grands magazines et fait partie des collections d'institutions renommées telles que le Smithsonian et le Museum of Modern Art, solidifiant son héritage de conteur visuel essentiel.
One of the founders of pop art, the author is best known for largescale renditions of comic-strip art, and for fusing comicbook techniques with high art in his appropriations of such artists as Picasso and Mondrian. In this title, the author's unique style celebrates the ABC, with results that are surprising, delightful and amusing.
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.