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Riga Black Balsam

by Dan on February 3, 2012

I’m sorry — there won’t be a round-up of fascinating things from around the internet today. A lot of emails and late night with some of Canada’s most illustrious book designers is largely to blame. Take my advice, if a book designer offers to buy you a drink, the sensible thing is to say “no.” Pictured above are shots of Riga Black Balsam. The less you know about those the better. Trust me.

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Paris Versus New York

by Dan on February 3, 2012

Vahram Muratyan’s playful illustrations comparing Paris and New York are now available in a beautiful new pocket-sized hardcover from Penguin.

Prints are available to buy from the Paris versus New York blog.

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Midweek Miscellany

February 1, 2012

The cover for Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander designed by John Gall. The Invisible Man — Lee Konstantinou, author of Pop Apocalypse, reviews Art Spiegelman’s MetaMaus for the LA Review of Books: [T]here is something obsessive about MetaMaus, which says as much about the price of success in the contemporary literary marketplace — and [...]

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Better Bookshelves by Grant Snider

February 1, 2012

Another lovely webcomic for book nerds by Grant Snider: (I need the childproof bookshelves) Tweet

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Something for the Weekend

January 27, 2012

Typographica’s favourite typefaces of 2011 (pictured above: A2 Beckett designed by Henrik Kubel for A2-TYPE). The Coroner`s Report — John Banville reviews The Complete Poems by Philip Larkin for The Guardian: A “Complete Poems” is a death certificate and memorial combined. After the Selected and the Collected, the Complete marks the poet’s official demise and [...]

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