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Books, Design & Culture

October 31, 2012
by Dan
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Midweek Miscellany

A fantastic new cover for the Vintage (UK) edition of Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, designed by Matt Broughton (via the Vintage Books design Tumblr CMYK) CTRL+C; CTRL+P — Music critic Simon Reynolds, author of Retromania, on remix culture and … Continue reading

May 4, 2012
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Something for the Weekend

Cover illustration by Adrian Tomine for the Japanese edition of Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon, published by Shinchosha Publishing. The Darkness — Norwegian cartoonist Jason profiled in The National Post: “A comedy that has some darkness, like The Apartment, is … Continue reading

February 16, 2011
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Midweek Miscellany

Risky Business — Cartoonist Adrian Tomine talks about his new book Scenes From An Impending Marriage, which originally started life as a mini-comic for his wedding guests, with More Intelligent Life: I probably first started thinking about publishing it when … Continue reading