Rick Griffin
(1980 - Paper Tiger) 
(by Gordon McClelland) While it doesn't appear as such in my early edition, this book is also widely known as THE ART OF RICK GRIFFIN. This book seems to have gone out of print again, being released the last time by Last Gasp Books. It is an effective collection of this artist, mostly known for embracing & expanding the realm of psychedelic art of the 1960s, including his show-posters, record sleeves and alternative-comics art. It also gathers a number of pieces from his wanderings in other genres as well (for example, his Christian-themed art after his conversion in the following decade). Nearly 70 pages of this book's 95 focus in on his art images - 53 with single large reproductions of a piece. The rest contain a number of his sequential art sheets, as well as photographs and an introduction. Every large piece is captioned with its title, creation year, client's name if it was commissioned and almost always an anecdote concerning it. A lot of the presentation is his pen & ink work, but the colorful paintings stand-out and dominate the book.
other Paper Tiger Monographs
Paper Tiger's Boris Vallejo/Julie Bell books
Paper Tiger's Boris Vallejo books
Chris Achilleos: Beauty And The Beast
Paper Tiger's Chris Foss books
The Fantasy Art Techniques Of Tim Hildebrandt
Paper Tiger's Bob Eggleton collections
Ron Miller: Firebrands - The Heroines Of Science Fiction & Fantasy
Journeyman - The Art Of Chris Moore
Tom Adams' Agatha Christie Cover Story
Mermaids And Magic Shows - The Paintings Of David Delamare
The Deceiving Eye - The Art Of Richard Hescox
Parallel Lines - The Science Fiction Illustrations Of Peter Elson & Chris Moore
Only Visiting This Planet - The Art Of Danny Flynn
Inner Visions - The Art Of Ron Walotsky
Enchanted World - The Art Of Anne Sudworth
Frank Kelly Freas: As He Sees It
Hardyware - The Art Of David A. Hardy
Paper Tiger's Julie Bell books
Linda & Roger Garland: The Book Of The Unicorn
Jeffrey Catherine Jones: Yesterday's Lily
The Science Fiction Art Of Vincent DiFate
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