The Dean Ballinger Anthology is actually ‘two books in one’, some 330 pages all up, including 20 in colour.
Editor Mark Servian says Dean Ballinger produced two distinct bodies of graphic storytelling over twenty-five years.
“This collection of Dean’s comics and posters is presented as two books back-to-back in a double-ended volume, with a different front cover at each end,” says Mark.
“The Tower and Other Graphic Tales, at one end, contains Dean’s ‘serious literature’ pieces, most of which were originally published as whole zines.
“It includes Dean’s experimental comics and most sci-fi outings, stories that delve into daily life and birth new mythologies, and it closes with the last tales he told, about his experience of motor neuron disease.
“The Art of the Puster: Hamiltron Underground Comix and Posters, at the other end, contains Dean’s short and funny stuff, originally published in student mags and anthology zines, or pinned up in flats.
“Usually a single page, they employ all manner of comedic devices along the way, from intellectual sight gags to spectacularly low brow takes on Hamilton’s ‘bogan’ reputation.
“There is some full-on ‘art wank and toilet humour’ in places, unsuitable for children and general polite company, but irony and good intent abound and many will chuckle aloud at these ribald strips.”
Mark says it has been a privilege to commission and edit this collection of Dean Ballinger’s amazing art and stories.
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