Blab SC (1988-2007 Kitchen Sink/Fantagraphics) comic books 2000-2002

Volume 11 - 1st printing. Monte Beauchamps art-comix anthology. The Story of the Inventor of the Paroximus Elixir by Richard Sala; another Fred Toote story by Spain Rodriguez; Spine by Peter Kuper. Also features stories and art by Drew Friedman, Doug Allen, Lloyd Dangle, David Goldin, Stephane Blanquet, Agnes Muckensturm and Walter Minus, Greg Clarke, Lou Brooks, Fred Stonehouse, Michael Hernandez de Luna, Rob and Christian Clayton, Jethro Kamberos, Steven Guarnaccia, Laura Levine, Matti Hagelberg, Jeffrey Steele and Teresa Mucha, Christian Northeast, Gary Baseman, Peter Hoey, and Jonathon Rosen. All this plus a 7-page tribute to Krampus, the anti-Santa of German folklore. Typically cute/disturbing painted covers by Mark Ryden. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 120 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. Monte Beauchamp's annual darling of the graphic design and illustration world is back with its most spectacular collection of cutting-edge comics, illustration, and graphic design yet. Blab!'s list of contributors past and present reads like a Who's Who of the contemporary visual art world, including Mark Ryden, Chris Ware, Gary Panter, Joe Coleman, and many more. Blab! is edited and designed by five-time New York Festival of Advertising award-winner Monte Beauchamp, whose work has appeared in Print, Graphis, Communication Arts and American Illustration. Under his guidance, Blab! has grown from a digest-sized B&W fanzine he began over 10 years ago to an annual coffee-table showcase event of impeccable production values and master craftsmanship, an object d'art that has become a standard-bearer in the world of professional graphic arts. Volume 12 features stunning front and back covers by Christian Northeast, as well as a stories by the Clayton Brothers, Northeast, Peter Kuper, Peter Hoey, Lou Brooks, Fred Stonehouse, and children's book illustrator Mike Bartolas, appearing in Blab! for the first time. Blab! stalwarts Gary Baseman, Drew Friedman, Spain, Blanquet, and Walter Minus are also back, along with Blab! newcomer and DEVO frontman Mark Mothersbaugh, who contributes a four-page color story, and several others. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 10-in., 120 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. The latest, all-new volume cruises with a cover by Rocket USA's (Futurama tin toy makers) phenomenal robot artist George Eisner, Rolling Stone artists Rob & Christian Clayton, Washington Post contributors Peter& Maria Hoey, and the return of Time Magazine artist Peter Kuper! Also, Raw artist Sue Coe joins Blab! with the six-page story, "Ghost Tiger," and Little Lit illustrator Marc Rosenthal contributes "Une Crise de Style," a tour de-force of two interlocking comic strips. There is also a spotlight on the great Johnson & Smith novelty ads from the '40s, which have influenced Chris Ware and others so strongly. Also featuring contributions from Gary Baseman, Drew Friedman, Stephane Blanquet, Spain, Walter Minus, David Goldin, Laura Levine, Christian Northeast and many more of America's best award-winning illustrators. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 10-in., 120 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.