{"product_id":"jess-o-tricky-cad-other-jessoterica-9781938221002","title":"Jess: O! Tricky Cad \u0026 Other Jessoterica","description":"The San Francisco artist Jess (1923-2004) has for decades been known to cognoscenti as an inventive and sophisticated master of the collage aesthetic. Recently however, his works are receiving fresh attention from a younger generation attuned to Jess' interests in myth, narrative and appropriation. Jess used images taken from sources ranging from \u003ci\u003eDick Tracy\u003c\/i\u003e to D rer, from a Beatles bubblegum card to medical textbook drawings, from 1887 \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e line engravings to frames from George Herriman's \u003ci\u003eKrazy Kat\u003c\/i\u003e. In reexamining myth through a synthesis of art and literature, Jess' work remains a crucial assemblage of the meanings of our time. This volume brings to light collages, collage books, word poems and altered comics that have been largely inaccessible or unavailable since their making. Originally published in small editions and hard-to-find journals, or made as one-off artist's books, these works demonstrate the full range of Jess's extraordinary verbal and visual play. Several of Jess's surreal comic-strip manipulations, \u003ci\u003eTricky Cad\u003c\/i\u003e (1954-1959), are reproduced for the first time in their entirety, as are others such as \u003ci\u003eBen Big Bolt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNance\u003c\/i\u003e that have never before been published. The book also includes a group of complex wraparound book covers, several unpublished collage poems, and two artist's books never before reproduced in full: \u003ci\u003eFrom Force of Habit\u003c\/i\u003e, a \"fantastic tale\" which plays with the pages of a Swedish cult sci-fi novel, and \u003ci\u003eWhen a Young Lad Dreams of Manhood\u003c\/i\u003e, a homoerotic paean (and naughty parody) of the priapic urge. A facsimile reproduction of the 20-page collage masterpiece \u003ci\u003eO \u003c\/i\u003e is included as a separate booklet, and the book sports a dustjacket that folds out into a poster-size collage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Siglio Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938221002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 8.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/2012 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671313838236,"sku":"9781938221002","price":40.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_10597695-5f02-4727-93dc-a43cd7fd8643.jpg?v=1603925070","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jess-o-tricky-cad-other-jessoterica-9781938221002","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}