Hysteria in Remission: Comix & Drawings by Robert Williams - Softcover

Williams, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560974656 ISBN 13: 9781560974659

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2002

Synopsis

.html by Robert Williams
Fantagraphics had a huge hit with the 1998 release of Malicious Resplendence, the ultimate collection of Robert Williams's paintings, which we're following up four years later with this equally overwhelming collection of Williams's comix and drawings. Included in this deluxe collection are all of Williams' contributions to such legendary underground anthologies as ZAP, Snatch, Arcade, Cocaine Comix, and more (much of which has been out-of-print for over 25 years). Also, the book will feature scores of never-before-published works, including the never-before-seen, full-color storyboards for a proposed animated ZAP movie, along with numerous cartoons from Williams' early years at L.A. City College. Plus, the seminal Coochy Cooty Men's Comics, dozens of examples of hot rod art done for Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's studio, and the rare, two-color strip "Yama Yama." The book features two introductions, one by Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers creator and fellow ZAP cohort, Gilbert Shelton, and the other by Williams himself, contextualizing his comix work within his better-known career as a painter.
MATURE READERS
SC, 8x11, 300pg, PC

About this title

Synopsis:

A Deluxe Collection of the Works of This Legendary Artist; Legendary imagist painter Robert Williams sprang from the custom car culture of Southern California and the roots of the underground comics movement. Though better known today as one of the world's most iconoclastic fine artists, Williams is also, of course, first and foremost a cartoonist. As one of the original ZAP artists, along with Robert Crumb, he eventually transcended the world of comics by cultivating his mastery of oil paints and forging a career as the pre-eminent among a new generation of imagist painters. Hysteria in Remission is a perfect and comprehensive complement to Williams' Malicious resplendence, finally collecting all of his comix art and illustrations in one place, as his previous book did for his paintings to great acclaim. Included in this deluxe collection are all of Williams' contributions to such legendary underground anthologies as ZAP, Snatch, Arcade, Cocaine, Comix and more (many of which have been out of print for 25 years or more).

It also includes two introductions, one by Gilbert Shelton (creator of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers), and the other by Williams himself, placing his comics work within the context of his career as a painter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1560974656
• ISBN 13: 9781560974659
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288