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[Flex Mentallo]

Lurking in there is one of the Folio Society's best productions - a signed edition of Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun.

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

Really great selection of books! You've given me reason to head to Stuart Ng's shop out here and look for some of that material. I love the diversity of your collection. I didn't notice any American artists from the Ashcan school, John Sloan etc.they are some of my favorites.

[Yorick]

@Flex Mentallo have you heard of the Daniel Maghen gallery?  I've discovered some really wonderful Euro artists just browsing their online listings.

[PopKulture]

On 8/31/2021 at 4:23 AM, Flex Mentallo said:

Your library is insane, and its breadth is inspiring. Having moved tons of my own books recently, I do hope yours are staying put, as it would require a Herculean effort to move and reassemble such holdings.  

[Pat Calhoun]

here's a corner with 3 zones: some comics, some mushroom jungle UK PBs, and some old color-plate (well the Undine is B&W but still nice) books (between Odyssey and Hoffman is the great 'Peter Schlmiehl' by Albert Chamisso 1830 ed w/ Cruikshank illos -also b&w- and to right of Hoffman the awesome 'Three Tales' by Gustave Flaubert featuring his master fantasy novella 'The Legend of St Julian'. (Athene = NC Wyeth, Great Stag (Flaubert) = Robert Diaz de Soria, and Fountain Scene (Hoffman) = Mario Laboccetta.) + small comic & pb sample of ones shown...and (seen through glass at upper left 5" square Don Quixote tile...

Edited September 1, 2021 by Pat Calhoun

[Flex Mentallo]

On 9/1/2021 at 9:48 PM, PopKulture said:

Your library is insane, and its breadth is inspiring. Having moved tons of my own books recently, I do hope yours are staying put, as it would require a Herculean effort to move and reassemble such holdings.  

I move and reassemble all the time - but metres rather than kilometres! [To ease the boredom of lockdown, I finally decided it was time to rationalize my three rooms, in which so many books and bookcases had accumulated I could scarcely move around. Played around with little diagrams and tape measures for weeks looking for creative solutions to intractable problems. Then the logistics of moving everything. At one point I found myself jammed into a corner of the corridor surrounded by, well, just about everything. Barely got out of the logjam. And found better solutions on the fly. The exhilaration of problem solving coupled with physical effort. Indiana Jones of the bookshelves.]

 

I'm conscious this may be the most boring post I've ever made, which is going some - but am curious to know if any of you can relate?!

Edited September 2, 2021 by Flex Mentallo

[Flex Mentallo]

On 9/1/2021 at 9:43 PM, Yorick said:

@Flex Mentallo have you heard of the Daniel Maghen gallery?  I've discovered some really wonderful Euro artists just browsing their online listings.

You know, I am not sure that I had known of that particular gallery, though I have hazy recollections that might be of one or two others - but sadly, no links.  Just found the web site. Very interesting!

 

This might be of interest - if you don't know it already!

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/marvelmasterworksfansite/european-comix-t12207.html

 

Here are some of the Humanoids Press livres I have - they can be a challenge especially OOP in hardback, and in English translations - but that's the fun! These were my collecting focus for a while... [pics sourced from the internet -I'm too lazy to dig mine out]

 

These are multiple editions of Jodorowsky's Moebius and I have several. This version is over 40 cm tall.

 

 

 

[Flex Mentallo]

and these are deluxe single editions

[Flex Mentallo]

The artwork is always striking, and the world building is exceptional.

[Flex Mentallo]

[Flex Mentallo]

On 9/1/2021 at 9:26 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

Really great selection of books! You've given me reason to head to Stuart Ng's shop out here and look for some of that material. I love the diversity of your collection. I didn't notice any American artists from the Ashcan school, John Sloan etc.they are some of my favorites.

Stuart Ng can be very expensive - but he does have some interesting stuff!

 

I dont have anything on the Ashcan School, though as an art student years ago I did take inspiration from them - especially George Bellows. I do have several shelves of American artists - from Thomas Cole to Cindy Sherman, Abstract Expressionism to Photorealism. If I had space and adequate resources, I'd include a lot more, but I've had to be ruthless.

 

The closest I have is a monograph on Reginald Marsh [Sloane was his teacher.]

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[Yorick]

On 9/2/2021 at 12:34 AM, Flex Mentallo said:

You know, I am not sure that I had known of that particular gallery, though I have hazy recollections that might be of one or two others - but sadly, no links.  Just found the web site. Very interesting!

 

This might be of interest - if you don't know it already!

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/marvelmasterworksfansite/european-comix-t12207.html

That's a fun site with images too!  Thank you, I did not know of it.

I am so happy that Humanoids is making available so much great material for us here in the USA.  I was super excited when Charest's work on Metabarons was finally published.  Recently, I was able to borrow a friend's Bluray copy of Jodorowsky's Dune.  It's a documentary on what he and Moebius had planned to create before the rights were taken from them.

My current endeavor is tracking down English editions of anything Paul Gillon (Lost in Time/ The Survivor/ Etc), and reading copies of earlier Heavy Metal magazine.

[Flex Mentallo]

On 9/2/2021 at 10:09 PM, Yorick said:

My current endeavor is tracking down English editions of anything Paul Gillon (Lost in Time/ The Survivor/ Etc), and reading copies of earlier Heavy Metal magazine.

Would love to see what you have on Gillon!

[Flex Mentallo]

Some of my little 'pulp library'...

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Edited September 3, 2021 by Flex Mentallo

[Flex Mentallo]

Again, most of the images are sourced from the internet.

[Flex Mentallo]