{"product_id":"the-artist-himself-paperback-by-patrick-rosenkranz","title":"The Artist Himself Paperback by Patrick Rosenkranz","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2010-08-10)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e328\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781606991701\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE first-ever collection of Canada’s premier\nunderground cartoonist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRand Holmes was Canada’s most revolutionary artist in his heyday, the star cartoonist at the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Straight\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper in British Columbia during the 1970s. His hippie hero, Harold Hedd, became the spokesman of the emerging counterculture as he avoided work, explored free love, and flouted drug laws. \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Harold Hed\u003c\/i\u003ed spread across the globe in the wave of underground comix and newspapers of the era and Holmes became famous — or at least notorious. While his comic character was bold and blatant, the artist was shy and quiet, well on his way to becoming a complete hermit.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis book is an intimate and expansive account of a very private man who expressed his deepest feelings in the then disreputable medium of comix. “He didn’t talk much but he sure wrote a lot,” avowed his widow Martha. This biography\/retrospective includes generous selections from his private journals and correspondence, family photo albums, sketchbooks, and personal anecdotes from his friends and colleagues. His artistic history began haltingly on the lonely windswept plateau of Edmonton, flourished in Vancouver and San Francisco, and concluded peacefully on Lasqueti Island, a remote backwater in the Straits of Georgia where he lived out his dreams of pioneering and homesteading.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHolmes’ life story is richly illustrated with drawings, comic strips, watercolors, and paintings that span his whole career, from the hot rod cartoons he drew as a teenager, dozens of covers for the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Straight\u003c\/i\u003e, pornographic cartoons for the sex tabloid \u003ci\u003eVancouver Star\u003c\/i\u003e, to complete comic stories from \u003ci\u003eSlow Death Funnies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDope Comix\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll Canadian Beaver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath Rattle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrateful Dead Comix\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more. The full-length \u003ci\u003eHarold Hedd\u003c\/i\u003e comic novels, \u003ci\u003eWings Over Tijuana\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHitler’s Cocaine\u003c\/i\u003e are reprinted in their entirety together for the first time. This unique collection of art documents a lifetime of work by one of the most talented artists of his generation. Holmes died in March 2002 from Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and his ashes are buried next to the Art Centre he helped build on Lasqueti Island. A retrospective exhibition of his original work was held five years later at the community hall.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor Patrick Rosenkranz met Holmes in his salad days and remained in touch throughout his life. The Holmes family gave him complete access to their art collection and personal files, and encouraged him to tell the whole truth about Rand Holmes’ life and work.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Rosenkranz\u003c\/b\u003e is widely acknowledged as one of the premiere scholars of the underground comix movement. His books include \u003ci\u003eRebel Visions\u003c\/i\u003e (the most widely-heralded history of the era) and \u003ci\u003eThe Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective\u003c\/i\u003e. 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