Underworld Vol. 3: Ink Punk by Kaz and 46 similar items

Underworld Vol. 3: Ink Punk by Kaz (Fantagraphics Books 1998) in Very Fine condition. This out of print book is from my personal collection and from a smoke free environment. Look closely here. Kaz is showing us something. All the great "cartoonists" see behind appearances. Whether they see something funny or wicked hidden there, or just a great empty void, the measure of their talent - their ability to show us - has something to do with poetry. Never doubt for a moment that when Kaz strolls down the streets of his City for a taco a beer, he's also storing away a poet's catalogue, which he releases into his terrific art. Bob Rixon, WFMU-FM, Jersey City The four panels of an Underworld strip teem with drug addicts, juvenile delinquents, mutants, criminals, predators, whores, etc. as well as some uncategorizable figures (e.g. Zoot Rumpus, Mister Panty Fog). These characters, drawn in archetypal “zany” gag style, eke out their sordid existences amid the hallucinatory tableaux of menacing urban blight. Self-conscious cartoon tropes are used constantly. Absurd objects appear randomly in any available space; characters slathered with stubble emit sweat droplets, exclamation rays, stink lines, and “drunk” bubbles; extravagant onomatopoeia is rendered lovingly in a multitude of goofy typefaces. To parody effectively one must be a good mimic, and Kaz’ gag cartoon mastery is second to none. His panels are so well composed and inked that just skimming the pages of Ink Punk is pleasurable. (They bring to mind the beautiful grotesques of Basil Wolverton). - Pop Matters Allow 3-5 days for shipping Thanks.