Top 9 recommendation nobrow 6 2022

"Another neat little hardcover beauty, The Wolf's Whistle is a Richard Scarry meets Wes Anderson fusion of art comics and children's books. It's a superhero origin story made with the deft touch of a printmaker, and which might be the title in Nobrow's catalogue that best showcases the care and attention given to the printing process."John Martz from Drawn!

Enter the big bad wolf. But was he really so bad? This is the question at the heart of The Wolf's Whistle, the first installment in Nobrow's Behind the Tails series. The series explores the back-stories of fairy tales' most notorious villains. In this tale, we follow the wolf from The Three Little Pigs through his childhood experiences to find the ultimate source of his animosity for the porcine protagonists.

Albert is a comic-creating, scrawny little wolf who, along with his misfit friends, battles the Honeyroast brothers, the school's alpha male sports jocks: three bratty pigs. Sons of the local property magnate, they will stop at nothing to torment their weaker classmates. The story resumes many years later when Albert is a mailroom assistant and lives in a dingy one-bed studio in Brooklyn where the Honeyroast brothers are now his landlords. Tragedy strikes and Albert is forced to take the mantle against his oppressors and fulfill his destiny as the crime fighting "Lone Wolf."

Bjorn Rune Lie, originally from Norway, is an illustrator and author living in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Scott Donaldson a freelance writer who lives and works in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Alex Spiro is creative director of Nobrow Press.

"Reports of print's demise have been greatly exaggerated, as proven by Nobrow's alluring, jewel-like publications, truly special books to treasure and caress."Paul Gravett, author of Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life

This will be an entirely new incarnation of our biannual journal as we double the number of pages to include comics and graphic short stories. At 120 pages it not only presents the very best of illustration talent out there, but also devotes half of its pages to the world of comics, where we showcase talent from the established as well as the new, all the while keeping true to our Nobrow spot color aesthetic.

The theme of this issue The Double explores the sinister concept of the doppelganger, one that has appeared in literature and mythology since our earliest written records. From Greek and Norse mythology to Percy Bysshe Shelley, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, John Donne, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the idea has held the human imagination, fascinating and terrifying us in equal measure. Now we turn it over to sixty illustrators and graphic storytellers to interpret as they wish, each taking on one double page spread.

Includes illustrations from: Andrea Kalfas, Katja Spitzer, Gwenola Carrere, Viviane Swartz, Golden Cosmos, Chuck Groenink, and many more.

Includes comics from: Kevin Huizenga, John Martz, Gemma Correll, Matthew Forsythe, Michael DeForge, Roman Muradov, Scott MacDonald, Malachi Ward, Luc Melanson, Ana Albero, and many others. With a cover by award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Tom Gauld.

Alex Spiro and Sam Arthur are creative directors of Nobrow Press, based in London, England.

"Hilda is the little girl. And this is her folk tale. And pretty much everything you need to know about how good this is, is there on that absolutely gorgeously delightful cover above. By the end of it, you'll have exactly the same smile as Hilda has."Forbidden Planet

Hilda sits in her tent listening to the thunder passing overhead when she hears a bell. As she hurtles towards the vanishing tinkling sound, Hilda unwittingly embarks on an adventure into strange worlds ruled by magical forces. Luke Pearson tells this exciting tale for kids and adults alike.

Dahlov Ipcar's classic picture book explores the glorious world of dinosaurs from Brontosaurus to Tyrannosaurus. Fifteen weird and wonderful prehistoric creatures soar, swim, and crawl through Ipcar's striking illustrations in bold and beautiful color which will entice and enthral young readers.

After meeting all of these fabulous creatures, we find that the egg contains a surprise very different from what we expected! And therein lies the extraordinary story of the wonderful egg.

• Vivid, four spot color printing pays homage to Ipcar's bold and inimitable color palette
• The Flying Eye edition re-masters the original artwork with the same attention to detail and print quality as the original
• Dhalov Ipcar is one of America's most iconic children's writers and illustrators

Dahlov Ipcar was born in Windsor, Vermont, in 1917. She has written and illustrated over thirty children's books. She has won the NEIBA Presidential Award in 2010 and the Kerlan Award for Children's Literature. Ipcar still paints on her farm in Maine where she has lived since 1937.

"This is my rock!" proclaims a young goat. "It's not yours," he bleats at Eagle. "Or yours," he grumbles at Bear. "Nor yours!" he shouts at the other goats. But standing atop a mountain all day and night can be lonely, especially when you have no one else to play with. . . .

With simple wit and beautifully detailed illustrations, David Lucas weaves a tale about sharing and friendship.

As an illustrator and writer, David Lucas finds inspiration in the beauty and magic of the natural world. His first book with Flying Eye was A Letter for Bear, published in 2013.

Part of Nobrow's best-selling Leporello series, Space Race chronicles the history of humanity's exploration of outer space during the Cold War.

Leading us through one of the defining chapters of the twentieth century, Tom Clohosy Cole breathlessly illustrates the momentous events that saw opposing superpowers look to the stars in their ideological tightrope battle for supremacy.

Not only an astonishing work of art in its own right, the book comes with a fact sheet detailing important breakthroughs between 1957 and 1975. Space Race is the perfect title for adults and children alike to recall one of humanity's most exciting periods.

Based on a performance of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Ping Zhu captures the delicate precision and backstage bustle of ballet in this delightfully designed concertina book.

A tribute to the measured intensity of ballet, Zhu explores both sides of the curtain at a working dance venue. Once the book is unfolded, readers will find the elegant front-of-house performance on one side and the fraught mechanics of the show on the other.

Swan Lake will be immediately loved by all those with an interest in the performing arts.

Respected Berlin illustrators Golden Cosmos celebrate the cultural history of flight in the latest title from Nobrow's popular Leporello series. A concertina book, High Times unfolds to reveal a bold fifty-four-inch panorama that can be read as a book, displayed on a mantelpiece, or framed as a beautiful print.

With their trademark bold use of color and adeptness for shape and form, Golden Cosmos lovingly recall humanity's quest to conquer the skies. Featuring everything from Icarus' mythological attempts to the revolutionary innovations of the Jet Age and beyond, High Times is perfect for lovers of history, technology, and art alike.