Bernet

 http://www.amazon.com/Bernet-Manuel-Auad/dp/0966938127/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330724485&sr=8-1

this book reviews the major body of work of Spanish comics artist Jordi Bernet.  

this black and white hard cover begins with a short introduction by none other then will eisner, and is followed by a shot biography of the artist. 

and from their on the book mostly consist of versus segments of amazing black and white art and a few sketches here and their. between segments of the book that give us semples of Bernet artwork their are short  commentaries from other artists about Bernet and his work. 

I think it's a great book, Bernet i was always a fan of his gritty, existential gangster noir, and his black and white use of ink is something to drool about. if you are a fanatic comics fan this book is definitely for you. 

The Art of Earl Oliver Hurst

I learned about Earl Oliver Hurst from Shane Glines (another artist I adore)
Hurst worked around the 30's and the 40's, especially for Collier's Weekly magazine.
at the time illustration was more widely used then today from commercials to story illustration and magazine covers, he did them all. i wish this time never ended, when photography took over the medium of printed graphic art died. when i went to study graphic design, I imagined my self doing things like Earl Oliver Hurst did (even though i didn't hear of him yet) after I changed subjects and studied animation i see this medium also disappears , thanks to that horrible CGI taking over. but i'm getting of track.

as far s i know their is only one book about the art of Earl Oliver Hurst. the only other source of Hurst art i found are Shane Glines sites and ASIF animation archive

the book is called simply "The Art of Earl Oliver Hurst"
just after i bought it from Amazon, it disappeared, and is no longer available in amazon.

so here are some pics from the book

Where's Dennis?

Where's Dennis? The Magazine Cartoon Art of Hank Ketcham

this is one of my favorite books

here's my review on the parka forum i mentioned in the previous post:

http://parkablogs.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=544

and now for some pics:

Parka Blogs

first issue i'd like to promote is Parka Blogs

this dude from Singapore who calls him self Parka reviews tons of different art books 

an important thing to any one who buys art books, which are a very good source of artistic inspiration

so here is the link
http://parkablogs.com/

their is also a forum
 http://parkablogs.com/forum/

in the forum any one can post artbooks reviews himself

the best is Parka rewords people who review books

every month he gives a prize of 40$ worth of art books in amazon to one review

i have won twice already.

considering the fact borrowed the first art book i reviewed I borrowed from a library (the library of Bezalel art and design academy) and the second prize i got for a review on an art book i bought with the first prize... meaning i got 80$ worth of art books for free... 

any way you help others get info on books and get something in return...

here ends my first post for the blog

coming next:

Where's Dennis: the art of Hank Ketcham