Pop (up) Art

   

I was never into the comic book/graphic novel thing. Friends were when I was younger: Steve, who took over from me as studio junior in my first job, was into all the Frank Miller stuff. Super cool and interesting but my mind was on typographical matters. Ten years later it was Mike, my lodger. A superb illustrator but a house-mate from hell; he attempted to indoctrinate me in the super-hero way but again, I was thinking about other things (like how I could get rid of him).

So I'm no aficionado by any stretch of the imagination and have no idea if this X-Men pop-up book would be considered by such to be worthy of interest. All I know is that, on face value, it appears to be ace: Nicely produced with admirable attention to detail; nifty, irregular polygonal shape; ingenious pop-up constructions; and respectful use of original artwork, it would seem. Bought it in England last week for three quid.

Comments

[AndrewK]

Hi Richard,
I sent your post to my own comic book expert, and got the reply:

"
check out the Star wars pop up
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Pop-Up-Guide-Galaxy/dp/0439882826
Its totally amazing, Matthew Reinhart is a mad genius.
"

[Graham G]

£3! Bargain. I've got all three in the series and I love the quirky shape and the quality of the production.

Future classics to be sure.

[Richard]

There's actually four Graham. I've also got the Fantastic Four one, which I'll be blogging soon. that one's really funny, The Four are kind of stupid; there's a great scene in which they discuss how their car looks like a bath tub - they were very image conscious. The other two are Spiderman and Hulk, which I'd be less interested in - I think I like teams. Which ones do you have?

[Graham G]

Well I don't have the Fantastic Four!
Thanks for the heads-up and blast play.com for making it far too easy for me to spend my money.

btw How are the chickens?

[Richard]

The Fantastic Four book is funny. Have you checked out the last two pics close up? They're reveal the Four's image anxiety that specifically centres on their bath-tub-like, so called "Fantasic Car".

Chicken? Well, The Hoods got a mite problem that I need to address but otherwise they're still providing so must be happy enough.