Gahan Wilson's Out there

Gahan Wilson's Out there

Gahan Wilson

Book - 2016

"Gahan Wilson is probably best known for his macabre Playboy cartoons--filled with charming monsters, goofy mad scientists, and melting victims--and his cutting-edge work in the National Lampoon, but in 1964, he brought his brilliantly controlled wiggly-but-sophisticated pen line to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Wilson's freaks and geeks found a home among the stories of the best fantasy and sf writers of the day, offering a welcome, if sometimes macabre or existentially imponderable, graphic break from the magazine's otherwise straightforward prose. Wilson's playfully black sense of comedy was on full display in these cartoons, delineated in his trademark roly-poly, sensual, delicately hatched line. Out... There features the over 250 cartoons that Wilson drew during his tenure with the magazines as well as all four covers he rendered--none of which have seen the light of day since their first appearance 50 years ago. Wilson also contributed both short stories and movie and book reviews, which are included as well."--Amazon.com.

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Subjects
Eccentrics and eccentricities > Comic books, strips, etc.
Extraterrestrial beings > Comic books, strips, etc.
Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.
Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Graphic novels.
Genres
Graphic novels
Published
Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books 2016.
Language
English
Main Author
Gahan Wilson (author)
Other Authors
Gary Groth (writer of introduction)
Edition
First Fantagraphics Books edition
Item Description
"The science fiction and fantasy cartoons and writing of Gahan Wilson"--Cover.
Physical Description
ix, 269 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
ISBN
9781606998458
  • Gahan Wilson's in here / introduction by Gary Groth
  • Cartoons
  • Short stories. Beware of the dog ; The thing from outer space and the prairie dogs ; The scientist and the monster ; The knight-errant, the dragon, and the maiden ; The sea monster and the mayor of New York City ; The power of the Mandarin ; Harry's golden years ; M-1 ; The zombie butler
  • The dark corner : book reviews
Review by Booklist Review

*Starred Review* Whereas Wilson contributed to Playboy forever (Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons, 2010), his work graced (or grazed, like bear claws or sharkskin) the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction a mere 17 years. His MF&SF portfolio includes 197 full-page cartoons, 4 full-color covers, 5 one-page stories, 4 longer stories, and a dozen book-review columns. Rumors of some still-fugitive movie reviews are out there, but let completists worry about those. All the enumerated items are gathered in this volume that anyone who cares about fantasy, sf, and ghoulish humor dare not miss dare not because . . . Wait! What's that in the corner? Hear that? In the basement, is it? The attic!?! . . . Creepy hilarity is Wilson's métier, and his slightly wobbly line is the perfect medium for bringing out the terror and madness in the people and critters he portrays as he shows them confronting the ridiculous and dire eruption of the fancies of popular culture Mickey Mouse and Superman, for instance, as well as werewolves and vampires into the real world. The stories, such as the 4-page M-1, are pretty marvelous, too, and even the book reviews are full of wit and though it may seem contradictory but is a key component of Wilson's essence warmth.--Olson, Ray Copyright 2016 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Wilson has been one of America's top cult cartoonists for over 50 years, with his unique take on the universe marked by the head-on collision of the mundane and the macabre, rendered in a deceptively minimalist style. He's best known for his onepanel gags for the New Yorker, but this volume collects nearly 20 years of his cartoons from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, some dating back to the early days of his career. Wilson's wry drawings are replete with monsters, aliens, deities, and murderers, a playing field informed by a lifetime of absorbing science fiction, lurid pulp stories, and horror. Mixxing the uncanny and the absurd, these cartoons are a heady visual and conceptual stew that Wilson's admirers will appreciate having in one convenient volume, with the unexpected bonus of Wilson's critical essays on the oeuvres of renowned speculative fiction authors including Richard Matheson and H.P. Lovecraft. This intelligent, engaging collection sheds new light on the career of a master. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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