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Visual/verbal

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2127 Collections and/or Records:

The Superior Person's Book of Words / Bowler, Peter., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-21370-21781
Scope and Contents

This is the third printing; the duplicate copy is the 25th printing. The author lists words and definitions of uncommon words in a humorous way. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

The Themes of the Day / Hooyman, Kevin., 2006

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Identifier: CC-46680-49410
Scope and Contents Printed Matter writes on Hooyman's WEB site: "A bearded mountain man is awoken by his cat and rises to greet the day by making a list of themes for mediation, from American faith to ZZ Top, to be considered in a textual and graphic stream of consciousness. In the serpentine unfolding of pages, a metaphysical atmosphere arises in with a mystical cast of characters. Thought bubbles snake from personified animals, spouting philosophical queries and statements like "If liberty means anything at all, it means the freedom to tell people what they don't want to hear." (G.O.)Energized lines activate the all-over compositions, which show moxie in their layered foreground and background elements that draw the viewer into a deliberation of cultural forces at play in America. Free-floating, wizzard-ish heads open this hilarious comic book with a circuitous discussion of the meaning of Time. Equally weighty topics concern the animals that populate the rest of the book. For example in...
Dates: 2006

The True Life of Sweeney Todd, 1973

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Identifier: CC-15037-15354
Scope and Contents

This is a collage novel with words. It contrasts to Max Ernst's collage novels that are written without words. The copious number of illustrations for the novel consist of copperplate engravings collages mostly taken from issues of the Illustrated London News 1860-1900. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

The True Life of Sweeney Todd, 1977

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Identifier: CC-15038-15355
Scope and Contents

This is a reprinting of the hard cover book published by Gabberbochus. The copious number of illustrations for the novel consist of copperplate engravings collages mostly taken from issues of the Illustrated London News 1860-1900. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

The Visions of History, 1977

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Identifier: CC-07219-7361
Scope and Contents

This a photocopied facsimile of a sketchbook. The original was in ink and color with a single collage. Laffoley notes that this facsimile is incomplete. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City Volume 1 / Fitzpatrick, Tony., 2005

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Identifier: CC-44268-46398
Scope and Contents

The images deal with Fitzpatrick's hometown of Chicago. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

The World / Fierens, Luc; Altemus R., 2007

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Identifier: CC-46368-49093
Scope and Contents

Each print consists of a visual and visual/verbal based poem printed from a collage. Each contains a previously published photograph of holacaust subjects. Reed Altemus is the publisher of Live Matter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007