We’ve just received a few copies of a new book collecting the art of exceptional and influential mid-twentieth century American illustrator Al Parker. Despite critical acclaim, Parker’s work has not been widely and consistently available.
Al Parker: Illustrator Innovator has over 500 beautiful – mostly full colour – illustrations in 208 24x31cm pages.
The artwork spans Parker’s career through advertising, magazine covers, and prose story illustration along with reproductions of his reference photos, essays, and an interview with Parker from 1964.
The event takes place Wednesday March 11th, just down the street from The Beguiling at No One Writes To The Colonel (College & Bathurst). Chip Zdarsky will be doing a short presentation, having a drink or two, and signing your copies of HOWARD THE DUCK and SEX CRIMINALS and whatever else you bring! The Beguiling will ALSO be involved in the presentation, having three to six drinks, and will have ALL of the Howard The Duck #1 covers (including variants) on hand for your purchasing pleasure. Plus more-or-less every issue of Sex Criminals, the Sex Criminals trade paperbacks, and maybe some treasured-Zdarsky-rarities too!
But, also? ALL-NEW HAWKEYE #1! The Toronto team of Lemire and Ramon Perez are relaunching Hawkeye, following the awesome run by Matt Fraction and co. Ramon Perez will join Lemire to do a signing here in store!
