A pretty funny book by Thorina Rosa, OFFICE KAMA SUTRA.

More super creative work by Henning Wagenbreth.

Bob Dob Painting Collection Volume One Features Bob Dob’s work designed by Mark Murphy Design.

Bob Dob’s first collection is a signed and numbered edition featuring sketches, drawings and paintings : Bob’s book is available in hard cover) and soft cover:

Bob Dob (Hard Cover) : $20.00
Bob Dob (Soft Cover) : $10.00

Available at http://www.murphydesign.com

Hermosa Beach is forever different since former punk rocker turned artist, Bob Dob played his first gig with Lunacy. Fortunately for Bob, Southern California encourages its beloved youth to develop a passion for self expression at an early age. In exchange, mentoring elders display a high tolerance for adolescent unrest. Thankfully, Bob survived his “wild child” days and mutated from guitar demon to painting virtuoso. And for now, it seems that Bob’s punk rock spirit lives deep within the soul of his painted characters. This is the first collection of Bob Dob’s painted works. This assembly of oil paintings and drawings is a celebration of possibility, process and Bob’s energy expressed through artistic performance. Bob has been featured at La Luz de Jesus in Los Angeles and an assortment of fine art galleries coast to coast. Bob is proud to share this limited edition and has promised that this is the first of many more to come.

I just went out to lunch with Lorena Siminovich and she gave me a fantastic book!

CRY FOR HELP

illustrated by Henning Wagenbreth
published by Gingko Press
Buy it

German illustrator, Henning Wagenbreth, illustrates 36 scam emails from Africa .. not only are the illustrations amazing .. the emails are hilarious. I highly recommend this book!

-Nate Williams

Meet Mr. Product - The Art of the Advertising Character
By Warren Dotz and Masud Husain
Published by Chronicle Books

Meet Mr. Product is an amazing collection of advertising characters dating all the way back from the 30’s. Who ‘d ever know you could make a drop of oil or a spark plug look so cool by adding facial features to them. If you like some modern day illustrators such as: Christian Northeast, S. Britt, David Goldin, etc … then you will definitely love this book.

A Pictorial Schedule of Traditional Hidden Creatures

BEAST is an amazing book by Fantagraphics .. curated by Jacob Covey. BEAST features mythological creatures illustrated by some of the top illustrators working today:

ANGELA KONGELBAK, KEITH ANDREW SHORE, AMANDA VISELL, MIKE HOFFMAN, MAT BRINKMAN, SCOTT CAMPBELL, DAVE COOPER, COREY LUNN, NATE WILLIAMS, ALEX MEYER, DON CLARK, KEVIN CORNELL, NATHAN JUREVICIUS, RON REGÉ, JR., MEG HUNT, STAN SAKAI, MARC BELL, DAN GRZECA, JOHNNY RYAN, LITTLE FRIENDS OF PRINTMAKING, KEVIN SCALZO, BWANA SPOONS, JEREMY FISH, MIZNA WADA, TYLER STOUT, JORDAN CRANE, PETER THOMPSON, SCOTT TEPLIN, , MAXWELL LOREN HOLYOKE-HIRSCH, MARTIN ONTIVEROS, CHRIS RYNIAK, ANDY KEHOE, ATTABOY, JUSTIN B. WILLIAMS, JEFF SOTO, JASON, JESSICA LYNCH, NATHAN HUANG, KEVIN DART, JESSE RENO, STEVEN WEISSMAN, ALAN MOOERS, ANDERS NILSEN, TED JOUFLAS, FOI JIMENEZ, JAMES JEAN, JAY RYAN, JASON MILES, TONY MILLIONAIRE, JOSH COCHRAN, S.BRITT, STELLA IM HULTBERG, SEONNA HONG, SAMMY HARKHAM, SAM WEBER, RICHARD SALA, , CHRIS SILAS NEAL, JOE VAUX, TOM GAULD, HEIKO MÜLLER, MICHAEL SLACK, SOUTHER SALAZAR, DANIEL TAYLOR, HEIDI BROADHEAD (MUTANT), FELICIA GOTTHELF (BEAST), PAUL HUGHES (VAMPIRE), ROB LIGHTNER (WEREWOLF), JACOB COVEY (DEAD), KARIN SNELSON (ORNAMENT)

More information at http://www.fantagraphics.com

Here are some of my favorite images from the book.

Charless GlaubItz

Esther Pearl Watson

Jesse LeDoux

Johnny Ryan

Michael Slack

Kevin Dart

Jordan Crane

I just checked out, artist, Matt MWM’s book BLACK AND WHITE BANGERS 2 (MWMGRAPHICS and Knuckle Sandwich Press) and I have to say it is amazing!!!! Matt’s work is very bold, unique and will make designers and illustrators foam at the eyes. This book is a total inspiration.. I’d easily pay $50 for this book and he’s only charging $20 .. it’s worth every penny.

This is a grassroots effort and he has it for sale off his web site
http://mwmgraphics.com/