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""Comics' answer to Finnegan's Wake, an inspired work of obsessivegenius that will take a long time to untangle."" - Rob Salkowitz, SeniorContributor, FORBES ""The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is one of the most spectacularcomics I have ever read or seen. I can't recommend it enough, although you mayhate it. Bizarre and beautiful and completely unique."" - Jim Rugg, Cartoonist Kayfabe, Street Angel, The P.L.A.I.N. Janes ""This is a master work. I'm honoured to have even laid eyes on it."" - E.S.Glenn, author of Unsmooth, cartoonist for The New Yorker ""Amust-read for anyone interested in the history and craft of comics"" - BrandonGraham, King City, Warhead, Prophet ""Grubaugh provides a brilliant and fitting conclusion to what would haveotherwise been one of the most notable unfinished works of recent times. I forone am excited at holding the completed Strange Death of Alex Raymond inmy hands."" - Gary Spencer Millidge, Strangehaven, Alan Moore: Portrait of anExtraordinary Gentleman Legendary creator Dave Sim is renownedworld-wide for his groundbreaking Cerebus the Aardvark. Now, in TheStrange Death of Alex Raymond, Sim brings to life the history of comics'greatest creators, using their own techniques. Equal parts UnderstandingComics and From Hell, Strange Death is a head-on collision ofink drawing and spiritual intrigue, pulp comics and movies, history and fiction.The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, RipKirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant),and more, dissecting their techniques through recreations of their artwork,and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together. Foreword by Eddie Campbell.

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The finely detailed, highly stylized art [...] is beyond masterful and a true accomplishment. -- Kirkus Reviews ...obsessively detailed, demanding, and dazzling... - Publishers Weekly It's a magnificent piece of work and should be read by lovers of the medium. - Down The Tubes Bottom line is that The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is a beautifully designed volume with endlessly clever use of pages, panels, black ink, and blank space. It's clear that before his unfortunate medical issue, Sim has mastered the very photorealistic techniques he writes about as the art is the kind one continues to stare at long after one has finished reading the page. - Forces of Geek

"""It's a magnificent piece of work and should be read by lovers of the medium."" - Down The Tubes ""Bottom line is that The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is a beautifully designed volume with endlessly clever use of pages, panels, black ink, and blank space. It's clear that before his unfortunate medical issue, Sim has mastered the very photorealistic techniques he writes about as the art is the kind one continues to stare at long after one has finished reading the page."" - Forces of Geek ""The finely detailed, highly stylized art [...] is beyond masterful and a true accomplishment."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""...obsessively detailed, demanding, and dazzling..."" - Publishers Weekly"

The finely detailed, highly stylized art [...] is beyond masterful and a true accomplishment. -- Kirkus Reviews It's a magnificent piece of work and should be read by lovers of the medium. - Down The Tubes Bottom line is that The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is a beautifully designed volume with endlessly clever use of pages, panels, black ink, and blank space. It's clear that before his unfortunate medical issue, Sim has mastered the very photorealistic techniques he writes about as the art is the kind one continues to stare at long after one has finished reading the page. - Forces of Geek ...obsessively detailed, demanding, and dazzling... - Publishers Weekly

It's a magnificent piece of work and should be read by lovers of the medium. - Down The Tubes ...obsessively detailed, demanding, and dazzling... - Publishers Weekly The finely detailed, highly stylized art [...] is beyond masterful and a true accomplishment. -- Kirkus Reviews Bottom line is that The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is a beautifully designed volume with endlessly clever use of pages, panels, black ink, and blank space. It's clear that before his unfortunate medical issue, Sim has mastered the very photorealistic techniques he writes about as the art is the kind one continues to stare at long after one has finished reading the page. - Forces of Geek

Bottom line is that The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is a beautifully designed volume with endlessly clever use of pages, panels, black ink, and blank space. It's clear that before his unfortunate medical issue, Sim has mastered the very photorealistic techniques he writes about as the art is the kind one continues to stare at long after one has finished reading the page. - Forces of Geek It's a magnificent piece of work and should be read by lovers of the medium. - Down The Tubes The finely detailed, highly stylized art [...] is beyond masterful and a true accomplishment. -- Kirkus Reviews ...obsessively detailed, demanding, and dazzling... - Publishers Weekly

It's a magnificent piece of work and should be read by lovers of the medium. - Down The Tubes The finely detailed, highly stylized art [...] is beyond masterful and a true accomplishment. -- Kirkus Reviews ...obsessively detailed, demanding, and dazzling... - Publishers Weekly Bottom line is that The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is a beautifully designed volume with endlessly clever use of pages, panels, black ink, and blank space. It's clear that before his unfortunate medical issue, Sim has mastered the very photorealistic techniques he writes about as the art is the kind one continues to stare at long after one has finished reading the page. - Forces of Geek

Bottom line is that The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is a beautifully designed volume with endlessly clever use of pages, panels, black ink, and blank space. It's clear that before his unfortunate medical issue, Sim has mastered the very photorealistic techniques he writes about as the art is the kind one continues to stare at long after one has finished reading the page. - Forces of Geek

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