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MARK SCHULTZ CARBON VOLUME. 1

Following his acclaimed "Various Drawings" art book series, "Carbon" serves as the first of a new series assembling the best recent graphic works of Mark Schultz. The element carbon, common yet...

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MEXICAN WALL PAINTING: BARDAS DE BAILE

For many Mexicans, a wall has only one meaning: the border. And what is a border but a wall at its fiercest? Walls also play a key role in Mexican daily life, far from the border. For Octavio Paz, the...

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DISHU: GROUND CALLIGRAPHY IN CHINA

The first survey on contemporary calligraphic practices in Chinese public spaces. This photographic essay traces the roots of this hand writing phenomenon and its development in Chinese society and...

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ART MADE FROM BOOKS

Artists around the world have lately been turning to their bookshelves for more than just a good read, opting to cut, paint, carve, stitch or otherwise transform the printed page into whole new...

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ORIENTAL MOTIFS IN MODERN DESIGN

This comprehensive reference book examines the history and meanings of more than two dozen classic Chinese motifs while providing countless examples of contemporary applications. Spanning several...

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ABANDONED FUTURES

Photographer Tong Lam explores answers to the question what would the end of the world look like? From Hashima Island off the coast of Japan to the despair of a crumbling industrial Detroit, his...

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DRAWING ATTENTION

Drawing Attention by John Van Hamersveld concentrates on this legendary artist's distinctive designs through his approach to drawing. Accompanying the 2013 exhibition at California State University...

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IN LOVE WITH ART

In a partnership spanning four decades, Françoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman have become the pre-eminent power couple of cutting-edge graphic art. Their landmark magazine Raw, which first published...

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FESTIVAL FRENZY

Burning Man, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury: eat your hearts out. This is the festival to end all festivals. Prepare to get frenzied! What if Spinal Tap, AC/DC, and Metallica teamed up to throw the most...

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THE ART OF BROM

The Art of Brom is the largest, most comprehensive retrospective ever published on the work of this extraordinary dark fantasy artist. Brom has collected together the very best of his art spanning his...

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SKETCHING GUANTANAMO

The U.S. government does not allow photographs of the military trials at Guantanamo, but in 2006, Janet Hamlin went to Guantanamo as a courtroom sketch artist — the only one covering these trials —...

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YOKAI MUSEUM: THE ART OF JAPANESE SUPERNATURAL BEINGS

Yokai are a class of supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore. Yokai have attracted the artists and have been a common theme in art works until these days because of their unique forms and their...

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ORNAMENT & INITIAL: BEAUTY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN 17-20TH CENTURY

This enthusiastic selection of typographic fonts and styles, from 17th to early 20th century in Europe, traces the modern evolution of the printed letter, reproducing pages from exquisitely designed...

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TADANORI YOKOO: COMPLETE BOOK DESIGNS

Tadanori Yokoo, born in 1936, is one of the most successful and internationally recognized graphic designers and artists in all of Japan. This book is the first and only collection in which all of his...

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THE GREAT WAR

From “the heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman” (Economist) comes a monumental, wordless depiction of the most infamous day of World War I. Launched on July 1, 1916, the Battle of the Somme has come to...

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HR GIGER ARH+

H.R. Giger is a painter, Oscar award winner and cult figure for the international artistic community for which his aesthetics of the apocalypse represent inspiration and spiritual healing. This book...

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INK ALCHEMY VOL. 5: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION

Fresh out of the coven: Crackhead Press has now finally put out the newest edition of Ink Alchemy. This limited-edition book has 40 pages of American-made trustworthy(?) illustrations and features a...

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8469 VOLUME ONE

Jeral Tidwell's latest project created with the love of his life, Ms. Sarah Smith. These two together are an Amazing creative force of nature that has to be seen to be believed. Their book project is...

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STAR WARS ART: CONCEPT

From Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston to Doug Chiang, Ryan Church, Iain McCaig, Erik Tiemens, and the next generation of animation and video-game artists, Star Wars Art: Concept collects, for the...

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MUSHROOM BOTANICAL ART

This book is a collection of mushroom and fungi paintings by European and Japanese naturalists in 18th to 19th century. The paintings each show the plant in its habitat and have been executed in a...

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