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DELIGHTS A STORY OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH HC (C: 0-1-2)
(W) Colwell, Guy (A) Colwell, Guy (C) Colwell, Guy
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
StockID: 149191 SKU: MAR251371
In this imaginatively conceived historical graphic novel- Guy Colwell explores the story behind Hieronymus Bosch and his most famous work. In Guy Colwell's first full graphic novel in over 30 years- we see one painter- Colwell himself- consider another- Hieronymus Bosch- and the story behind the latter's most notable work told in sequential panels. The known details of Bosch's life- and the commissioning of his enormous triptych- 'The Garden of Earthly Delights-' are scant. Colwell takes the facts of Bosch's time and setting and constructs a tale of a man and artist torn equally among piety- creativity- and commerce. In Colwell's version of Jheronimus van Aken (Bosch's real name)- he is an artist paid well by local dukes to paint a vision of the world before the fall- but will the religious leaders of his village see it as celebrating God's creation- or fatally corrupted by sensuality? And what of the increasing numbers of young models needed to depict pre-apple innocence? This imaginatively conceived graphic biography is Colwell's crowning achievement in a cartooning career- begun in the underground comix movement of the 1970s- and marked by risk-taking and political engagement. His drawing- rendering- and storytelling has never been as self-assured as in Delights. GUY COLWELL is a painter and comics artist best known for his bestselling underground comix series Inner City Romance (collected into a volume published by Fantagraphics in 2015). He worked extensively as an illustrator- cartoonist and color artist for underground newspapers and publishers from the 1970s into the 1990s- between sabbaticals for environmental research travel and social action. His other books include Street Scenes (2015)- In Fox's Forest (2016)- and Doll (2019).
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DELIGHTS A STORY OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH HC (C: 0-1-2)
(W) Colwell, Guy (A) Colwell, Guy (C) Colwell, Guy
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
StockID: 149191 SKU: MAR251371
In this imaginatively conceived historical graphic novel- Guy Colwell explores the story behind Hieronymus Bosch and his most famous work. In Guy Colwell's first full graphic novel in over 30 years- we see one painter- Colwell himself- consider another- Hieronymus Bosch- and the story behind the latter's most notable work told in sequential panels. The known details of Bosch's life- and the commissioning of his enormous triptych- 'The Garden of Earthly Delights-' are scant. Colwell takes the facts of Bosch's time and setting and constructs a tale of a man and artist torn equally among piety- creativity- and commerce. In Colwell's version of Jheronimus van Aken (Bosch's real name)- he is an artist paid well by local dukes to paint a vision of the world before the fall- but will the religious leaders of his village see it as celebrating God's creation- or fatally corrupted by sensuality? And what of the increasing numbers of young models needed to depict pre-apple innocence? This imaginatively conceived graphic biography is Colwell's crowning achievement in a cartooning career- begun in the underground comix movement of the 1970s- and marked by risk-taking and political engagement. His drawing- rendering- and storytelling has never been as self-assured as in Delights. GUY COLWELL is a painter and comics artist best known for his bestselling underground comix series Inner City Romance (collected into a volume published by Fantagraphics in 2015). He worked extensively as an illustrator- cartoonist and color artist for underground newspapers and publishers from the 1970s into the 1990s- between sabbaticals for environmental research travel and social action. His other books include Street Scenes (2015)- In Fox's Forest (2016)- and Doll (2019).
