Bob Adelman fue un fotoperiodista galardonado cuya lente capturó momentos cruciales de la historia, especialmente documentando el movimiento por los derechos civiles. A menudo al lado de Martin Luther King, sus imágenes ofrecieron una perspectiva íntima de esta era transformadora. Su obra adornó las portadas de importantes revistas y se encuentra en las colecciones de instituciones estimadas como el Smithsonian y el Museo de Arte Moderno, solidificando su legado como un vital narrador visual.
One of the founders of pop art, the author is best known for largescale renditions of comic-strip art, and for fusing comicbook techniques with high art in his appropriations of such artists as Picasso and Mondrian. In this title, the author's unique style celebrates the ABC, with results that are surprising, delightful and amusing.
Introductory Essay by Art Spiegelman Commentary by Richard Merkin ABOVEGROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME As wry and raunchy as the subject it celebrates, this inspired volume introduces a new generation to the Tijuana Bibles, underground comic art form the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s devoted to making sexual mockery of every sacred cow in the pasture. Folk art with a subversive edge, the Bibles are unveiled here with a hundred life-size reproductions.