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CRIMES AGAINST THE EYE Trading Cards by
ROBERT WILLIAMS (1991). 1st printing.
Williams is one of the most famous and
enduring figures of the underground comix movement. A regular
contributor to Zap, he was also the most dedicated
to a serious painting career. Williams has created a significant
number of surrealistic paintings and "super cartoons"
that have appeared in several collections, including Visual
Addiction (Last Gasp), The Lowbrow Art of Robert Williams
(Rip Off Press) and Malicious Resplendence (Fantagraphics).
His masterpiece painting Appetite for
Destruction was the short-lived cover of Guns n' Roses'
controversial debut album of the same name (under pressure
from feminist staffers, Geffen Records quickly switched to safer
cover art). He's the publisher and guiding light of Juxtapoz,
a magazine dedicated to other contemporary artists whose work
is influenced by comics, tattoos and "junk" culture.
Williams created two popular trading card
sets for Kitchen Sink Press in the early '90s.
The first of these was Crimes Against the Eye in
1991. The 36-card set reproduced hand-selected Williams
paintings on UV-coated card stock. The card backs describe each
painting in typical Williams "art speak": a common
(short) title is followed by the "Museum Catalog Title"
(long and pretentious) and then a third smart-allecky "Colloquial
Title." These cards were originally published as a boxed
set.
What we are offering here is the full 36-card
set minus only
the box. The set offered here
is the scarcer first printing with distinctive monotone
blue-green ink backs (KSP's 2nd printing featured black &
orange card backs). Lots of nekkid girls, skulls, hot rods, bulging
eyeballs and trademark grotesquerie, as only Robert Williams
can do 'em! Adults only. $12.00
sample card images
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Robert Williams Trading Cards: Crimes Against the Eye
CRIMES AGAINST THE EYE Trading Cards by
ROBERT WILLIAMS (1991). 1st printing.
Williams is one of the most famous and
enduring figures of the underground comix movement. A regular
contributor to Zap, he was also the most dedicated
to a serious painting career. Williams has created a significant
number of surrealistic paintings and "super cartoons"
that have appeared in several collections, including Visual
Addiction (Last Gasp), The Lowbrow Art of Robert Williams
(Rip Off Press) and Malicious Resplendence (Fantagraphics).
His masterpiece painting Appetite for
Destruction was the short-lived cover of Guns n' Roses'
controversial debut album of the same name (under pressure
from feminist staffers, Geffen Records quickly switched to safer
cover art). He's the publisher and guiding light of Juxtapoz,
a magazine dedicated to other contemporary artists whose work
is influenced by comics, tattoos and "junk" culture.
Williams created two popular trading card
sets for Kitchen Sink Press in the early '90s.
The first of these was Crimes Against the Eye in
1991. The 36-card set reproduced hand-selected Williams
paintings on UV-coated card stock. The card backs describe each
painting in typical Williams "art speak": a common
(short) title is followed by the "Museum Catalog Title"
(long and pretentious) and then a third smart-allecky "Colloquial
Title." These cards were originally published as a boxed
set.
What we are offering here is the full 36-card
set minus only
the box. The set offered here
is the scarcer first printing with distinctive monotone
blue-green ink backs (KSP's 2nd printing featured black &
orange card backs). Lots of nekkid girls, skulls, hot rods, bulging
eyeballs and trademark grotesquerie, as only Robert Williams
can do 'em! Adults only. $12.00
sample card images
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