Lost Art of Ah Pook is Here HC (2012 Fantagraphics) Images from the Graphic Novel comic books 2011-2013

1st printing. By Malcolm McNeill and William S. Burroughs. The Lost Art Of Ah Pook gathers the visual elements from the legendary unfinished collaboration between William S. Burroughs and artist Malcolm McNeill. Begun in the early 1970's, Ah Pook was to be a meditation on time, power, control and corruption that evoked the Mayan codices and specifically, the Mayan god of death, Ah Pook. Although the work was never completed, Malcolm McNeill created over a hundred paintings, illustrations and sketches for the book, and these are finally seeing the light of day in The Lost Art of Ah Pook. Even in a context divorced from the words (Burroughs' text will not be included), they represent a stunning precursor to the graphic novel form to come. Also included is a historical essay chronicling the long history of Burroughs' and McNeill's work together. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 13-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.