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COBB, Ron.

  • Publisher: Real Free Press / Arcanum
  • Published: 1969 , Amsterdam
Amsterdam: Real Free Press / Arcanum, 1969. First Edition / First thus. This is the European / Arcanum / Real FreePress first edition of this seminal collection of political cartoons and caricatures. There was a simultaneous US publication through Sawyer Press. Clean and tidy softback. A touch of darkening to the covers. Internally clean and tidy throughout. The underground press syndicate was a loose affiliation of publishers, which at this point included Oz magazine and IT in the UK. Unpaginated but approximately 28.5cm x 22cm. 98 pages. Ron Cobb (1937–2020) was a highly influential American political cartoonist and artist, as well as a renowned concept designer for several famous science fiction and fantasy films. Ironically, he began his career at Disney working on "Sleeping Beauty," after serving in the U.S. Army (including time in Vietnam), returned to civilian life and started contributing cartoons to the Los Angeles Free Press in 1965. He became a prominent figure of the American underground press in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His cartoons, noted for their sharp criticism of U.S. politics, militarism, racism, and environmental issues, were syndicated widely in underground and radical publications across the U.S. and the world—such as the Berkeley Barb, Chicago Seed, and East Village Other. His work was collected in several books, and he is also credited with creating the Ecology symbol used in the Ecology Flag. Later, he transitioned to work as a concept designer for films like "Alien," "Star Wars," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Conan the Barbarian," "Back to the Future," and "Total Recall," among many others. . Première édition / First thus. Il s'agit de la première édition européenne / Arcanum / Real Free press de cette collection de dessins politiques et de caricatures. Il y a eu une publication simultanée aux États-Unis par l'intermédiaire de Sawyer Press. Livre souple propre et bien rangé. Les couvertures sont un peu plus sombres. L'intérieur est propre et bien rangé. Le syndicat de la presse underground était une affiliation libre d'éditeurs qui, à ce moment-là, incluait le magazine Oz et IT au Royaume-Uni. Non paginé mais approximativement 28,5cm x 22cm. 98 pages. Ron Cobb (1937-2020) était un dessinateur politique et un artiste américain très influent, ainsi qu'un concepteur renommé de plusieurs films célèbres de science-fiction et de fantaisie. Ironiquement, il a commencé sa carrière chez Disney en travaillant sur "La Belle au bois dormant". Après avoir servi dans l'armée américaine (notamment au Viêt Nam), il est retourné à la vie civile et a commencé à publier des dessins humoristiques pour le Los Angeles Free Press en 1965. Il est devenu une figure importante de la presse underground américaine à la fin des années 1960 et au début des années 1970. Ses dessins, connus pour leurs critiques acerbes de la politique américaine, du militarisme, du racisme et des questions environnementales, ont été largement diffusés dans des publications underground et radicales à travers les États-Unis et le monde, comme le Berkeley Barb, le Chicago Seed et l'East Village Other. Son travail a été rassemblé dans plusieurs livres et on lui attribue également la création du symbole de l'écologie utilisé dans le drapeau de l'écologie. Plus tard, il a travaillé comme concepteur pour des films comme "Alien", "Star Wars", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Conan le Barbare", "Back to the Future" et "Total Recall", parmi beaucoup d'autres.

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