It's funny how a passing comment from someone can lead to an investigation, which can sometimes result in a discovery. About a week or so ago, a close friend of mine mentioned the artwork of Sergio Toppi in passing in an email. Since she has very good literary and artistic tastes, I decided to look for a cheap example of Toppi's art. I discovered he was part of a series of cheap (selling for under $10 on Amazon) artbooks called
Sparrow. I placed an order for volume 12, so I could sample Toppi's work. My copy arrived the other day and I was very pleased. So I ordered another copy (for above-mentioned friend, since her Toppi acquisition was a longer piece and this had just been released worldwide) of volume 12, plus I ordered volume 11, by John Watkiss. The first two pictures, "Bomber Christ" and "Taser Christ," are from Watkiss' book, with the final two unlabeled pictures from the Toppi volume.
I love art, especially since I am not as talented at drawing/illustrating as several people I know. There's something about these images that appeal to me, although what it is, I shall not say, at least in one case. Perhaps these are not "your thing," but perhaps they might be. Perhaps you'll be curious about this
Swallow series as I was; I placed an order for the first 5 volumes a couple of days ago and it should arrive tomorrow. Perhaps some will think these little books are no books at all; perhaps each is worth a thousand pages' of thoughts/images. Regardless, this is a new discovery for me, one that I enjoyed and one I hope to continue enjoying for some time to come.
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