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Barry McGee Book cover Reproduction with a man pointing to the right.
Barry McGee - Reproduction (Hand Customized)
$ 90.00
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Barry McGee Book cover Reproduction with a man pointing to the right.
Barry McGee - Reproduction (Tagged with TWIST) - Tier 1
$ 375.00
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Book cover with a photograph of a night scene urban city, with blurred lights from driving cars. Buildings are stacked high and very lived in. Various thin rectangles cover the photo, as a pattern.
City of Darkness Revisited
$ 120.00
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Book cover featuring an illustration of 2 girls, lying down back to back. Their hair intertwines. One is typing on a laptop and wearing muted clothes. The other is wielding a sword and dressed in all pink.
Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang - In Real Life
$ 13.99
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Book cover, all white with a thick brown spine coloring. 3 small illustrations of different coffee machines are under the title, which is in impressed copper font.
Craft Coffee, a Manual by Jessica Easto
$ 21.95
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Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on red rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese alcohol store with sake being poured. "Sake" is written in middle right.
Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - A la Carte - Sake
$ 12.99
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Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on blue rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese restaurant. "Izakaya" Pub Food" is written in middle left.
Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - Izakaya: Pub Food
$ 12.99
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Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on orange rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese restaurant serving ramen. "Ramen & Gyoza" is written in middle left.
Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - Ramen & Gyoza
$ 12.99
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Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on yellow rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese restaurant setting serving rice. "The Joy of Rice" is written in middle left.
Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - The Joy of Rice
$ 12.99
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Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on green rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese restaurant serving vegetable hot pots. "Vegetables" is written in middle right.
Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - Vegetables
$ 12.99
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"The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg" cover, with title and artist name written in bold gold lettering. Cover features close up of blue and cream Murakami painting, showing many spirals and abstract dragon tails.
Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg
$ 70.00
Barry McGee Book cover Reproduction with a man pointing to the right.
Barry McGee artist wearing green jacket is hunched over a stack of books and is signing one. You can't see what he's writing.
This shows the inside back cover of the book with various images of interiors and buildings.
This shows the handstamping of the inside front cover of the book.
This shows the handstamping of the inside back cover of the book.
This is a hand stamping of a Nature with the word Fong underneath.
Back cover of the book features a young man spray painting a big letter C.
This is a book spine that is painted over with silver.
A spread that has a rubber stamp image of a face made with keyboard symbols.
Barry McGee Book cover Reproduction with a man pointing to the right.
Barry McGee artist wearing green jacket is hunched over a stack of books and is signing one. You can't see what he's writing.
This shows the inside back cover of the book with various images of interiors and buildings.
This shows the handstamping of the inside front cover of the book.
This shows the handstamping of the inside back cover of the book.
This is a hand stamping of a Nature with the word Fong underneath.
Back cover of the book features a young man spray painting a big letter C.
This is a book spine that is painted over with silver.
A spread that has a rubber stamp image of a face made with keyboard symbols.

Barry McGee - Reproduction (Hand Customized)

$ 90.00

Hardcover, 224 pages with 250 images, measures 8.5 x 11 inches. (T3)

This book is personally customized - See photos!

- An exterior silver spray paint job

- Stamped with Barry McGee designed stamps (in three places) These are his own personal stamps.

This monograph is the first to collect the photographs of internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Barry McGee. Though best known for the inventive graphic sensibility of his paintings, drawings, and installations, McGee’s use of photography is an essential component of his artistic vision. Captured at all hours and around the world with whatever camera is at hand, McGee’s images are immediate, casual, intimate, and anarchic all at once. His work boldly employs geometric shapes, clusters of framed drawings and paintings, distinctive characters, and found objects such as empty bottles, surfboards, and wrecked vehicles. Whether incorporated into his iconic multi-element compositions, or printed in the innumerable fanzines and artist’s books that often accompany his exhibitions, photographs pervade McGee’s practice. Barry McGee: Reproduction provides unique insight into the process of a major American artist, and is a testament to the immense amount of visual information McGee has absorbed to build one of the most eclectic and innovative artistic legacies of our time.
Barry McGee Book cover Reproduction with a man pointing to the right.
Barry McGee sits at table and is looking through his book.
Close up of Barry McGees hands and top of head signing a book. It almost says Twist.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Back cover of the book showing a man spray painting a wall. It's of a letter C.
This page in the inside front that has a rubber stamp of a man with large feet!
This image shows the Barry McGee Reproduction book spine!
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Inside back cover showing a hand stamping the page.
Inside back cover showing a hand stamping the page.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Random book page that shows one of the extra rubber stamps. It's of a face using keyboard symbols.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Barry McGee Book cover Reproduction with a man pointing to the right.
Barry McGee sits at table and is looking through his book.
Close up of Barry McGees hands and top of head signing a book. It almost says Twist.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Back cover of the book showing a man spray painting a wall. It's of a letter C.
This page in the inside front that has a rubber stamp of a man with large feet!
This image shows the Barry McGee Reproduction book spine!
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Inside back cover showing a hand stamping the page.
Inside back cover showing a hand stamping the page.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Random book page that shows one of the extra rubber stamps. It's of a face using keyboard symbols.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.
Book page that says Twist handtagged.

Barry McGee - Reproduction (Tagged with TWIST) - Tier 1

$ 375.00

Hardcover, 224 pages with 250 images, measures 8.5 x 11 inches.

*Limit is 1 per customer, additional book purchases will be refunded back*

This book is personally customized - See photos!

Tier 1 includes:

- A hand done "TWIST" tag by McGee

- An exterior silver spray paint job sanded and buffed

- Stamped with Barry McGee's personal and designed stamps

View Tier 2 and Tier 3 options.

NOTE: Photos show examples of "TWIST" tag, they are all done by hand and will vary.

This monograph is the first to collect the photographs of internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Barry McGee. Though best known for the inventive graphic sensibility of his paintings, drawings, and installations, McGee’s use of photography is an essential component of his artistic vision. Captured at all hours and around the world with whatever camera is at hand, McGee’s images are immediate, casual, intimate, and anarchic all at once. His work boldly employs geometric shapes, clusters of framed drawings and paintings, distinctive characters, and found objects such as empty bottles, surfboards, and wrecked vehicles. Whether incorporated into his iconic multi-element compositions, or printed in the innumerable fanzines and artist’s books that often accompany his exhibitions, photographs pervade McGee’s practice. Barry McGee: Reproduction provides unique insight into the process of a major American artist, and is a testament to the immense amount of visual information McGee has absorbed to build one of the most eclectic and innovative artistic legacies of our time.
Book cover with a photograph of a night scene urban city, with blurred lights from driving cars. Buildings are stacked high and very lived in. Various thin rectangles cover the photo, as a pattern.
Open two page book spread. Black and white photographs of an urban city on fire and then extinguished. Information text accompanies photos.
Open two page book spread. Photograph of a incredibly busy urban setting, with many Chinese signs and stacked apartment buildings. Informational text accompanies photo.
Open two page book spread. Two photographs of young children playing in an urban setting. Informational text accompanies photos.
Book cover with a photograph of a night scene urban city, with blurred lights from driving cars. Buildings are stacked high and very lived in. Various thin rectangles cover the photo, as a pattern.
Open two page book spread. Black and white photographs of an urban city on fire and then extinguished. Information text accompanies photos.
Open two page book spread. Photograph of a incredibly busy urban setting, with many Chinese signs and stacked apartment buildings. Informational text accompanies photo.
Open two page book spread. Two photographs of young children playing in an urban setting. Informational text accompanies photos.

City of Darkness Revisited

$ 120.00

Measures 11 x 11 inches, Hardcover, Color and Black & White images, 356 pages.

After several failed attempts, Kowloon Walled City was finally demolished 20 years ago, leaving behind a legacy of fascination that continues to grow, fuelled in part by the extraordinary community’s many urban legends. Designed and edited by Greg Girard and Ian Lambot, the team behind ‘City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City’, this new publication questions those myths and explores the reality behind the Walled City’s extraordinary architecture and development. Through photographs, drawings and documents, many previously unpublished, plus an extended article by Hong Kong-based writer and journalist Fionnuala McHugh, the full story is revealed.

Book cover featuring an illustration of 2 girls, lying down back to back. Their hair intertwines. One is typing on a laptop and wearing muted clothes. The other is wielding a sword and dressed in all pink.
Open page excerpt, featuring a full color comic style panel of a girl fighting enemies with a sword.
Book cover featuring an illustration of 2 girls, lying down back to back. Their hair intertwines. One is typing on a laptop and wearing muted clothes. The other is wielding a sword and dressed in all pink.
Open page excerpt, featuring a full color comic style panel of a girl fighting enemies with a sword.

Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang - In Real Life

$ 13.99

Softcover, 192 pages, measures 6 x 8.5 inches.

Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. Gaming is, for Anda, entirely a good thing. 

But things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer -- a poor Chinese kid whose avatar in the game illegally collects valuable objects and then sells them to players from developed countries with money to burn. This behavior is strictly against the rules in Coarsegold, but Anda soon comes to realize that questions of right and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a real person's real livelihood is at stake. 

From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash. 

 

Book cover, all white with a thick brown spine coloring. 3 small illustrations of different coffee machines are under the title, which is in impressed copper font.
Open two page book spread, informational sketches show the process of brewing pour over coffee. Informational text accompanies the drawings.
Book cover, all white with a thick brown spine coloring. 3 small illustrations of different coffee machines are under the title, which is in impressed copper font.
Open two page book spread, informational sketches show the process of brewing pour over coffee. Informational text accompanies the drawings.

Craft Coffee, a Manual by Jessica Easto

$ 21.95

Hardcover, 272 pages, 6x8x1 inches

"An engaging resource that holds value for home brewers and professionals alike. This is a coffee book well worth poring over."

-Ellie Bradley, editor, Fresh Cup Magazine

Written by a coffee enthusiast for coffee enthusiasts, is a comprehensive guide to improving your brew at home. The book provides all the information readers need to discover what they like in a cup of specialty coffee—and how to replicate the perfect cup day after day. From the science of extraction and brewing techniques to choosing equipment and deciphering coffee bags, Craft Coffee focuses on the issues—cost, time, taste, and accessibility—that home coffee brewers negotiate and shows that no matter where you are in your coffee journey, you can make a great cup at home.

Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on red rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese alcohol store with sake being poured. "Sake" is written in middle right.

Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - A la Carte - Sake

$ 12.99
Paperback, measures 8.25 x 6 inches, 276 pages, Black & White.

R to L (Japanese Style)

As part of the celebrations for its 100th anniversary, the publishers of the Tozai News have decided to commission the creation of the 'Ultimate Menu," a model meal embodying the pinnacle of Japanese cuisine. This all-important task has been entrusted to journalist Shiro Yamaoka, an inveterate cynic who possesses no initiative, but does have an incredibly refined palate and an encyclopedic knowledge of food.Each volume of Oishinbo follows Yamaoka and his colleagues through another adventure on their quest for the Ultimate Menu. Now, the best stories from the hundred-plus volume series have been selected and compiled into A la Carte editions, arranged by subject.

In this volume, the focus shifts from food to drink--specifically, to sake. For centuries different types of sake have played the same roles in Japan as wine and beer have in the West, from inexpensive everyday drink to refined single-batch rarities. Above all, sake has been enjoyed as an accompaniment to a meal, and after a revelatory moment at a local pub, Yamaoka decides that drink pairings must be an integral part of the Ultimate Menu. So which foods go best with which drinks? Sit down, pour yourself a glass, and read on!
Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on blue rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese restaurant. "Izakaya" Pub Food" is written in middle left.

Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - Izakaya: Pub Food

$ 12.99
Measures 8.2 x 6.1", 276 pages, softcover.

A quest for the ultimate menu! R to L (Japanese Style). "Izakaya--Pub Food" Izakaya occupy the same vital space in the Japanese culinary landscape as tapas bars in Spain or tavernas in Greece. Unpretentious, frequently boisterous, they're places to meet with friends or business partners to unwind over drinks and small dishes that range from hearty standards to refined innovations. In this volume of Oishinbo, Yamaoka and Kurita investigate classic izakaya foods such as edamame and yakitori, devise new dishes to add to the menu of an old shop, and discover how the concept of "play" is essential to the enjoyment of food. As part of the celebrations for its 100th anniversary, the publishers of the TMzai News have commissioned the creation of the "Ultimate Menu," a model meal embodying the pinnacle of Japanese cuisine. This all-important task has been entrusted to journalist Yamaoka ShirM, an inveterate cynic who possesses no initiative--but also an incredibly refined palate and an encyclopedic knowledge of food. Each volume of Oishinbo follows Yamaoka and his colleagues through another adventure on their quest for the Ultimate Menu. Now, the highlights from the hundred-plus volume series have been selected and compiled into A la Carte editions: bite-sized chunks of story arranged by subject that add up to a full-course manga meal!
Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on orange rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese restaurant serving ramen. "Ramen & Gyoza" is written in middle left.
Page example, black and white comic panel of students at a dinner party event.
Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on orange rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese restaurant serving ramen. "Ramen & Gyoza" is written in middle left.
Page example, black and white comic panel of students at a dinner party event.

Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - Ramen & Gyoza

$ 12.99
Paperback, 8.25" x 6", 272pp, Black & White

Noodles are an integral part of world cuisine, from East (pad thai) to West (lasagna), refined (lobster fettuccine) to humble (mac n' cheese). But few noodle dishes evoke as much passion, ignite as much debate, or inspire such loyal devotees as ramen does in Japan. At first it seems like a simple thing: a bowl of noodles in broth with toppings. But as Yamaoka discovers in this volume, sometimes the simplest things are the best—and the hardest to perfect. Starting from scratch, with the flour to make the noodles and the meat to make the broth, he embarks a mission to find The Soul of Ramen.”
Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on yellow rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese restaurant setting serving rice. "The Joy of Rice" is written in middle left.

Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - The Joy of Rice

$ 12.99

Measures 8.25" x 6", 276 pages, softcover, Black & White.

A quest for the ultimate menu! R to L (Japanese Style).

"The Joy of Rice" In this volume of Oishinbo, Yamaoka and company look into the single most essential food in Japanese cuisine: rice. Cultivated for millennia, a staple meal in itself and the basis of countless other dishes, rice is an important component not only of the Japanese kitchen but also of Japanese culture. When Yamaoka is asked by TMzai's head chef for help in coming up with a new rice dish, what starts out as a simple culinary request rapidly grows into a disquisition into the past, present and future of Japan's food culture. As part of the celebrations for its 100th anniversary, the publishers of the TMzai News have commissioned the creation of the "Ultimate Menu," a model meal embodying the pinnacle of Japanese cuisine. This all-important task has been entrusted to journalist Yamaoka ShirM, an inveterate cynic who possesses no initiative--but also an incredibly refined palate and an encyclopedic knowledge of food. Each volume of Oishinbo follows Yamaoka and his colleagues through another adventure on their quest for the Ultimate Menu. Now, the highlights from the hundred-plus volume series have been selected and compiled into A la Carte editions: bite-sized chunks of story arranged by subject that add up to a full-course manga meal!

Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on green rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese restaurant serving vegetable hot pots. "Vegetables" is written in middle right.
Page example, black and white manga panel of two characters discussing farming health.
Book cover, "Oinshinbo" written in white font on green rectangle above series of black and white panel drawings of a Japanese restaurant serving vegetable hot pots. "Vegetables" is written in middle right.
Page example, black and white manga panel of two characters discussing farming health.

Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - Vegetables

$ 12.99
Paperback, 8.25" x 6", 272pp, Black & White

Weekly Time magazine sets up a series of culinary battles between the Tozai News's "Ultimate Menu," represented by Yamaoka, and the Teito Times's "Supreme Menu," represented by Kaibara Y zan, Yamaoka's father and nemesis. The ingredient this time is vegetables, specifically cabbages and turnips. Who will win the Vegetable Showdown? Later, Yamaoka and Kurita help Tomii's son get over his hatred of eggplant and patch a rift between lovers using the power of asparagus.
"The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg" cover, with title and artist name written in bold gold lettering. Cover features close up of blue and cream Murakami painting, showing many spirals and abstract dragon tails.
Open page example, featuring a a wildly patterned illustrated monster head, with wild eyes and colorfully patterned skin and mouth.
Page excerpt, a photograph of 4 large pink panels with a white liquid splattered on all the panels.
"The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg" cover, with title and artist name written in bold gold lettering. Cover features close up of blue and cream Murakami painting, showing many spirals and abstract dragon tails.
Open page example, featuring a a wildly patterned illustrated monster head, with wild eyes and colorfully patterned skin and mouth.
Page excerpt, a photograph of 4 large pink panels with a white liquid splattered on all the panels.

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg

$ 70.00

This landmark publication accompanies a major retrospective exhibition of Takashi Murakami’s paintings. Although other volumes on Murakami in English address the crossover between his fine art and commercial output, this book presents the first serious consideration of his work as a painter. It provides a sustained consideration of the artist’s relationship to the tradition of Japanese painting and his facility in straddling high and low, ancient and modern, eastern and western, commercial and high art. Lavishly illustrated with large-scale images of works that span his art student days to now—many reproduced together for the first time—the book contextualizes Murakami’s output in postwar Japan with essays that situate the artist in relation to folklore, traditional Japanese painting Nihonga, the Tokyo art scene in the 1980s and 1990s, and the threat of nuclear annihilation. The volume includes essays by curator Michael Darling, Michael Dylan Foster, Chelsea Foxwell, Reuben Keehan, and Akira Mizuta Lippit, as well as a biography and exhibition history, selected bibliography, and index.