Almost Completely Baxter
New And Selected Blurtings
Published on 24. May 2016
Book
Hardback
140 pages
978-1-59017-985-7 (ISBN)
Description
Over four decades and a multitude of books, "Colonel" Glen Baxter has built a world and a language all his own-slightly familiar, decidedly abnormal, irresistibly funny. Have you felt the terror of a failed Szechuan dinner? Have you seen what happens at precisely 6:15? Do you know where the beards are stored? Either way, this is the book for you.
Baxter's drawings are a delicious stew of pulp adventure novels, highbrow hjinks, and outright absurdity: lonesome cowboys confront the latest in modern art, brave men tremble before moussaka, schoolgirls hoard hashish, and the world's fruits are in constant peril. Wimples abound.
This new selection of Baxter's work brings together highlights from the full sweep of his long career, and is sure to enchant both confirmed Baxterians and those iin dire need of an introduction.
This NYRC edition is a hardcover with printed endpapers, debossed cover design, and extra-thick paper.
Baxter's drawings are a delicious stew of pulp adventure novels, highbrow hjinks, and outright absurdity: lonesome cowboys confront the latest in modern art, brave men tremble before moussaka, schoolgirls hoard hashish, and the world's fruits are in constant peril. Wimples abound.
This new selection of Baxter's work brings together highlights from the full sweep of his long career, and is sure to enchant both confirmed Baxterians and those iin dire need of an introduction.
This NYRC edition is a hardcover with printed endpapers, debossed cover design, and extra-thick paper.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
622 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59017-985-7 (9781590179857)
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06/2016
New York Review Comics
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Person
Glen Baxter (1944-2026) was the author of many books since the 1970s, including The Impending Gleam, The Billiard Table Murders, Blizzards of Tweed and Almost Completely Baxter. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Elle, Vogue, Le Monde, The Observer, and The Independent on Sunday. He was a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, and his art is often exhibited in New York, Amsterdam, Paris, and London.
Marlin Canasteen is the author of The Balearic Trilogy and the acclaimed biography of the great American poet Richard Griffin. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. For many years he acted as Security Advisor at the Bolick Mandolin Conservation Society in Duluth, Minnesota. He currently resides in Toledo, Ohio.
Marlin Canasteen is the author of The Balearic Trilogy and the acclaimed biography of the great American poet Richard Griffin. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. For many years he acted as Security Advisor at the Bolick Mandolin Conservation Society in Duluth, Minnesota. He currently resides in Toledo, Ohio.