- Hardcover: 207 pages
- Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly (Nov 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1896597416
- ISBN-13: 978-1896597416
- Product Dimensions: 31.3 x 23.8 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #436,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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beautifully drawn in a classic New Yorker cartoon style. -- The Philadelphia Weekly
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Vernacular Drawings is a sumptuous, full-color, cloth bound coffee table book collecting the drawings of award-winning cartoonist Seth. A broad range of subject matter is covered here, from portraits of early jazz greats and scenes of burlesque shows to an oddly intriguing gallery of successful insurance salesmen circa 1947. Nothing is out of place in Vernacular Drawings: there are portraits of R. Crumb and Django Reinhardt and an image of a glorious 1920's ballroom scene is followed by a dilapidated, circa 2000 industrial building. A bold portrait of a North American Indian is preceded by another of a Spanish matador. Seth's illustrations have been seen by millions throughout North America in publications such as The New York Times, Forbes, and The Washington Post, and he is best known as a cartoonist from his series Palooka-Ville and his award-winning book, It's A Good Life, If You Don't Weaken. Available exclusively in this cloth-bound edition, Vernacular Drawings is Seth's first "non-comics" collection, a lavish, full-color art book that will appeal to aesthetes everywhere.
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Fantastic work
Oct 10 2007
Format:Hardcover
I try to buy every piece of printed material that has Seth's work on it (whether it is his comic work or illustration work in mags). His drawings seem oddly familiar, but they are fresh and full of atmosphere. Fantastic work.
The best comic artist to never make a fortune.
Aug 21 2003
Format:Hardcover
It's some kind of sin that a hack like Todd MacFarlane can afford things like multi-million dollar baseballs on an empire based on his comic work when there are artists out there like Seth. MacFarlane's work is like a Harlequin novel, and Seth's is like Romeo and Juliet. There's art in every line, every detail, instead of being a force for sheer commericialism. Do yourself a favour: instead of picking up whatever garbage MacFarlane is peddling, go buy this book and Seth's trade, "It's A Good Life, If You Don't Weaken".
Staggeringly beautiful!
Mar 2 2002
Format:Hardcover
One of the most beautiful books published in recent memory.
Even before opening the book, one sees that a great deal of care was taken in the printing of this book, the embossed cover, design, etc., ...and that's just the outside. Inside is page after page of drawings and paintings of innumerable subjects, seeming to defy any categorizing. An admirer of Seth's comic art may yet be surprised by his depth and skill as an artist outside of the comic realm. His mastery of the line is rivalled by his use of color and light. He writes that the book is composed of pages from his sketchbooks, things that he created for his own pleasure. And after poring over the book, one gets a sense that there is something personal in the subject matter, that indeed they are things that he drew for his enjoyment. Lucky for us, we get to enjoy it too.
Even before opening the book, one sees that a great deal of care was taken in the printing of this book, the embossed cover, design, etc., ...and that's just the outside. Inside is page after page of drawings and paintings of innumerable subjects, seeming to defy any categorizing. An admirer of Seth's comic art may yet be surprised by his depth and skill as an artist outside of the comic realm. His mastery of the line is rivalled by his use of color and light. He writes that the book is composed of pages from his sketchbooks, things that he created for his own pleasure. And after poring over the book, one gets a sense that there is something personal in the subject matter, that indeed they are things that he drew for his enjoyment. Lucky for us, we get to enjoy it too.
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