BLAB!
Blab! is a comics anthology edited by Monte Beauchamp. Though its primary focus is comics, it regularly features articles with non-comics illustration and graphic design. The first two issues (1986-87) were published by Beauchamp's own imprint, Monte Comix. Kitchen Sink Press took over with issue #3 in 1988, through #8, also publishing 2nd editions of #1 and 2 along the way. Issues #9–18 were published annually by Fantagraphics Books in a 120-page, 10" x 10" square format featuring both black-and-white and color art.
BLAB! | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Kitchen Sink Press Fantagraphics |
Schedule | Annually |
Format | Ongoing series |
Publication date | 1988–2007 |
No. of issues | 18 |
Editor(s) | Monte Beauchamp |
Collected editions | |
New & Used Blab! | ISBN 0-8118-4026-3 |
In 2003, Chronicle Books published the book collection New & Used Blab!. As the title suggests, one half of the book consists of selections from previous issues while the other half (bound dos-à-dos style) features new works by frequent contributors.
Several solo books by individual Blab! contributors have been published with the subtitle "A Blab! Storybook."
2007's issue #18 was the final edition of Blab!; in 2010, Last Gasp published the first issue of the hardcover Blab World, which replaces Blab!
Contributors
- Doug Allen
- Gary Baseman
- Stéphane Blanquet
- Marc Burckhardt
- Charles Burns
- Rob & Christian Clayton
- Daniel Clowes
- Sue Coe
- Joe Coleman
- Al Columbia
- Howard Cruse
- Charles Dallas
- Kim Deitch
- Daniel Divox
- Mary Fleener
- Drew Friedman
- Camille Rose Garcia
- Justin Green
- Bill Griffith
- Matti Hagelberg
- Tom Huck
- Kaz
- J. D. King
- Kris Kuksi
- Peter Kuper
- Terry LaBan
- Gary Leib
- Laura Levine
- Jay Lynch
- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Gary Panter
- Archer Prewitt
- Spain Rodriguez
- Sergio Ruzzier
- Mark Ryden
- Ryan Heshka
- Richard Sala
- Gilbert Shelton
- Frank Stack
- Gary Taxali
- Chris Ware
- Robert Williams
- Skip Williamson
- Brook Slane
References
- Blab! at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Blab! (Kitchen Sink) at the Grand Comics Database
- Blab! (Fantagraphics) at the Grand Comics Database