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1986 first edition of this rare collection of sketchbook drawings and comic strips by cartoonist and illustrator Gary Panter, “generally hailed as the ‘King of Punk Art.’ His work forms a missing link between the 1960s underground comix movement and the punk-inspired alternative comic scene a decade later.” (Lambiek.net) Panter’s usual obsessions are on full display here\u2014sex and violence, Rat Fink-esque hot rods and monsters, luchadors, and more.<\/p>\n

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Published by Carnage Press, MA. 32pp of black-and-white litho printed art, velo bound, with pebbled cardstock (vinyl?) covers, red-printed title\/art sticker on the cover, and dot matrix-printed publisher info pasted on the inside covers. Scarce \u2014 one of 400 copies made. [PB10]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1986 first edition of this rare collection of sketchbook drawings and comic strips by cartoonist and illustrator Gary Panter, “generally hailed as the ‘King of Punk Art.’ His work forms a missing link between the 1960s underground comix movement and the punk-inspired alternative comic scene a decade later.” (Lambiek.net) Panter’s usual obsessions are on full […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":81551,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[282,253,18,7,168,100,169],"product_tag":[263,1077,733,650],"class_list":["post-81548","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-art-zines","product_cat-artist-books-arts-culture","product_cat-artist-books","product_cat-arts-culture","product_cat-comix-cartoons","product_cat-first-signed-editions-rare-used-op","product_cat-rock","product_tag-gary-panter","product_tag-lowbrow-art","product_tag-punk-art","product_tag-zines","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/81548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=81548"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=81548"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=81548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}