R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country

Leggo un paio di giorni fa la notizia dal blog di Luca Sofri, ma credo che già ier l'altro non fosse poi così fresca :)

Dal sito dell'editore (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.):

R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
Illustrated by R. Crumb
112 full-color illustrations, 240 pages, 5 1/2x7 1/8", US $19,95

Anyone who knows R. Crumb's work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early-to-mid-1980s. Now they are packaged together for the first time in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself (featuring original recordings by Charlie Patton, "Dock" Boggs, "Jelly Roll" Morton, and others). A bio of each musician is provided, along with a full-color original illustration by the cartoonist. A characteristically idiosyncratic tribute by an underground icon to the musical innovators who helped inspire him, R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country is a must-have collection for Crumb aficionados, comics fans, and music lovers alike.

Girando per il catalogo novità sempre di Abrams trovo quest'altro libro che pare interessante:

Art Out of Time
Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969
By Dan Nadel
350 full-color illustrations, 320 pages, 8x11", US $40

Before there was Robert Crumb, there was Herbert Crowley. If you don't recognize that name, you're not alone. Crowley is one of nearly 30 American cartoonists featured in this eclectic anthology, artists whose work--created between 1900 and 1969--was overshadowed by more successful contemporaries. Art Out of Time at last gives these pioneers the showcase they deserve, reprinting--in most cases for the first time since their initial publication--complete comic books and strips by such visionaries as Raymond Crawford Ewer, Howard Nostrand, Ogden Whitney, and Dick Briefer. These under-recognized artists often deviated from the thematic and graphic conventions of the comics medium--and influenced Crumb, Art Spiegelman, and others--making this superb anthology a true "counter history," the untold story of an underground that wasn't.

Qui una recensione (molto illustrata) del volume.

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