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| Frédéric Fleury, Johnny Ryan, WAR + PENIS, The Milan Review, Milano 2012 (immagine dal link) |
Ogni tanto mi piace esplorare mondi nuovi dell'editoria, scoprire universi a me sconosciuti ma, al contrario, molto noti a cultori di generi a me estranei. Così mi succede di incappare in libri assurdi, prodotti da personaggi altrettanto assurdi ma incredibilmente intriganti.
E' il caso di WAR + PENIS, da me acquistato qualche tempo fa e realizzato dai due disegnatori di fumetti Frédéric Fleury (francese) e Johnny Ryan (americano). I libri da scegliere sono due, a seconda se si vuole come vincitore l'uno o l'altro fumettista.
Un'opera che si autodefinisce "offensiva, disgustosa, scandalosa", ma che proviene da due matite illustri e da un editore di nicchia: The Milan Review.
Questa casa editrice milanese, con punti vendita a New York, Los Angeles e altre città del mondo, produce soprattutto un magazine, ma si diletta anche nell'editoria di qualità e squisitamente underground (al link potete visitare il loro sito, che è munito anche di uno store online).
Milanesi che collaborano con statunitensi, che editano libri straordinari e che ci riescono perfettamente (e non sempre volendo scandalizzare).
La loro ultima chicca è uscita di recente: la prima graphic novel italiana di Johnny Ryan, Il Pozzo di Sangue.
...inutile dirvi che mi sono precitata a comprarla!
Sometimes I like to explore new worlds of books, to discover new universes unknown to me but, on the contrary, very known to lovers of some genres I don't know. So it happens that I buy some absurd books, realized by absurd but intriguing people.
This is the case of WAR + PENIS that I bought a while ago, realized by the comic creators Frédéric Fleury (French) and Johnny Ryan (American). The choice was of two books, depending on if you wanted the cover with the first or the second illustrator winning.
The authors defined it "offensive, disgusting, scandalous", but in fact it's coming from two famous pencils and a niche publisher: The Milan Review.
This firm, having shops in New York, Los Angeles and many towns in the world, is producing especially a magazine, but sometimes they create also quality and underground editions (at the link you can visit their website, which has also an online shop).
Milaneses that are working with Americans, who are publishing extraordinary books and who are doing it quite well (and not always through a provocation). Not bad isn't it?
Their last thing came out recently: the first italian Johnny Ryan's graphic novel, Il Pozzo di Sangue.
No need to say that I immediatelly bought it!
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| Johnny Ryan, Il Pozzo di Sangue, The Milan Review, Milano 2013 (immagine dal link) |
Sometimes I like to explore new worlds of books, to discover new universes unknown to me but, on the contrary, very known to lovers of some genres I don't know. So it happens that I buy some absurd books, realized by absurd but intriguing people.
This is the case of WAR + PENIS that I bought a while ago, realized by the comic creators Frédéric Fleury (French) and Johnny Ryan (American). The choice was of two books, depending on if you wanted the cover with the first or the second illustrator winning.
The authors defined it "offensive, disgusting, scandalous", but in fact it's coming from two famous pencils and a niche publisher: The Milan Review.
This firm, having shops in New York, Los Angeles and many towns in the world, is producing especially a magazine, but sometimes they create also quality and underground editions (at the link you can visit their website, which has also an online shop).
Milaneses that are working with Americans, who are publishing extraordinary books and who are doing it quite well (and not always through a provocation). Not bad isn't it?
Their last thing came out recently: the first italian Johnny Ryan's graphic novel, Il Pozzo di Sangue.
No need to say that I immediatelly bought it!
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