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24 x 16 x 2 cm. 128 pages. More than 112 pages of cartoons and drawings on fine heavyweight paper.
“A new book of horror, fun, unexpected adventure and disaster by Mike Diana. Recent cartoons and drawings with some rare findings from Mike’s archive. You will find stories such as exotic drama Chosen Survivor, urban myth about the secret behind the fence, druggy, maddening, raving Drink Cat Party, Firebrat desperately looking for good deeds, The Key about nobody’s winning, deadly disgusting Sex Shack and a lot more. All that on strong paper you can hardly rip by crumpling with laughter or shaking in fear.
Mike Diana is the only American artist who has been arrested and prosecuted for his work. That happened more than 20 years ago and today he’s one of the most internationally known underground cartoonist. Nevertheless, his style remains unblunted and his reputation continues to be that of deadly dark humour with unexpectedly weird punchlines.”
“Mike Diana‘s work is powerful, upsetting, offensive, and sometimes unpleasant. His art style is simple, primal, and dangerous: like EC Comics retold for today by Gary Panter. But there‘s an honesty to Mike‘s work that has always made me want to read it, even when it disturbs me. Art should afflict the comfortable and disturb the complacent, and Mike Diana‘s work does that in spades. He‘s been arrested for his art, he‘s been sentenced for his art, and a local police force was even charged to make 24 hour random raids and spot-checks on Mike‘s living space, to make sure he wasn‘t committing art in secret. Now you can find out what all the fuss was about.” Neil Gaiman
