Inner City Romance
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (821 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1606998137 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Every issue of Inner City RomanceGuy Colwell's '70s underground comic book series about prison, black culture, ghetto life, the sex trade, and radical activismis collected in this book, along with Colwell's paintings and a contextual, autobiographical essay. Guy Colwell’s 1970s underground comic book series Inner City Romance tread new territory: it was filled with stories about prison, black culture, ghetto life, the sex trade, and radical activism. Every issue of Inner City Romance is included in this collection, as well as many of the highly detailed paintings Colwell created at the time. In an accompanying text piece, Colwell provides context for the material. It portrayed the unpleasant realities of life in the inner city, where opportunities were limited and being on the lowest end of the economic ladder meant that one’s vision of the American dream was more about survival than lifestyle choices. Black & white with some color
Like other UG creators This book collects the five issues of Guy Colwell’s titular ‘70’s Underground Comix series, a series that was notable for its commitment to racial, political and social justice issues. Like other UG creators, Colwell fearlessly depicted sex and violence, but always with meaning and never just for their own sake. The text by Patrick Rosenkranz makes it clear that Colwell is a fine artist first, who drew comics on the side for money–yes, back in the 70’s you could make actual money drawing actual UG comix, an era sadly
He also illustrated the underground paper Good Times, and worked as a colorist for and contributor to a number of underground comix projects, before focusing on his work as a painter. 1945, Oakland, California) is a painter and comics artist best known for his underground comix series Inner City Romance, which once sold 50,000 copies an issue. . Guy Colwell (b. Today he is well kn
Earthy, smart, passionate, intelligent and endlessly surprising, Inner City Romance is a true comics classic. There s no other underground comic quite like this one. The most politically cogent of the San Francisco underground comics by leaps and bounds, it s a book full of messages that resonate as strongly today as they did forty years ago: this is essential work, the kind that demands to be seen and reckoned with no matter the time or the place. Fine artist and painter Colwell s sporadically appearing stories of race, class and culture are collected here, along with some of his other amazing work. --Sean Rogers"These gritty, sometimes hedonistic short stories about multiracial prison and low-income life spare no details of sex, drugs, or radical activism. Across five issues, cartoony-photorealist from the Bay Guy Colwell shakes off his free love hangover and wrestles with the disillus