The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective

The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective

The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective

Status:
Completed

Alternate name:
The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective 2010

Released:
2010

Author:
Patrick Rosenkranz

Genres:
Biography,

Summary

Holmes'' 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, Dope Comix, All Canadian Beaver, Death Rattle, Grateful Dead Comix, and many more. The full-length Harold Hedd comic novels, Wings Over Tijuana and Hitler''s Cocaine are reprinted in their entirety together for the first time. This unique collection of art documents a lifetime of work by one of the most talented artists of his generation.