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2019 Gift Guide For The Perplexed And

25th, Preposterous — Oh I Mean, Me

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where sexuality is bureaucra-
tized and policed, a group of
queer sex workers keep the of Mad Max and predicts, that Polaroid Originals Festive
magic alive in an underground many more twists are coming, Collection for the Holidays
club called the Dirty Mind. and it promises to a story with Thirdman
By Brad Balfour actual art was sold in auction Using their unique bondage be a future worth exploring. Records /Polaroid
s witness the image above, this month. Wrightson’s been skills, they infiltrate the mysteri- Originals
my last minute gift guide is called, “the greatest horror artist ous government Pleasure Woodstock: Three Days Thirdman Photo Studio
Apeculiar, idiosyncratic and of our time.” I knew him and Center, free their friends, and That Defined A Generation
incomplete.Sofar,asfarasI’m con- am sad I never interviewed but fight the power.” Thanks to American Experience Long before cell phones, dig-
cernedthere’soneconcertImustgo his work achieved a level of those cogent words from the 1 disc DVD, Digital ital cameras or touch capture of
to that is this Bauhaus show. One of influence on many of the publisher, I am dying to get a When PBS’s American video and still images, every-
rock’sdarkestofthedark,thisEnglish world’s most acclaimed writers, copy — or have it land under Experience issued the 96- thing was analog. Digital
band roiled the early ’80s scene both artists, and filmmakers of today. my Chanukah bush. minute “Woodstock: Three recording and desktop publish-
inEnglandandtheworld. Grab a copy of the graphic Days That Defined A ing were another decade away.
But, I’ll admit it I created this novel online if you want to see a Undiscovered Country Generation” it gave viewers a So the only mode for capturing
guide not for you or anyone brilliant example of graphic (Image Comics) chance to experience one of images with an instant viewing
else; it’s a list of things i missed story telling. writers Scott Snyder, the most influential concerts experience and response was
getting during the year and Charles Soule ever seen. Award-winning the Polaroid camera, specifically
want to revisit, or are things I Also wanted for my Santa (or Artist: Giuseppe filmmaker Barak Goodman’s the SX-70 at the time. It had a
know of but need to follow up Satan) stocking are a few other Camuncoli doc revisits the 1969 concert soupy chemical emulsion that
on, so here’s a list you can get graphic story books. Two from for its 50th Anniversary. In squeezed out between two plas-
for other sure, but for me, these Image Comics are really intrigu- August of that year, half a mil- tic sheets to yield a picture that
are some goodies that would ing to m,e and based on the fol- lion people from journeyed to settled quickly so the maker or
make ME happy! lowing descriptions, I bet they Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in subject got instant gratifica-
are equally engaging. upstate New York for a tion.As digital photography
Marvel’s 1983 unprecedented concert. The took hold, analog stuff like
Frankenstein SFSX: Safe Sex film examines the tumultuous Polaroid lost the audience. Or
so it seems. Now that what’s old
Author: Mary (Image Comics) decade that led to those three is new again, Polaroid Originals
Wollstonecraft Shelley Writer: Tina Horn historic days — through the was launched (or relaunched)
Artist: Bernie Wrightson Artist: Michael Dowling voices of those who were pres- and has made a deal with Jack
Given that I didn’t have a From notorious kink writer ent for the event that would White’s Third Man Records to
loose million bucks, I didn’t get Tina Horn (Why Are People become the defining moment develop a festive collection for
the original art for the late artist Into That?! podcast host) and of the counterculture revolu- the holidays — now available in
Bernie Wrightson’s original fan-favorite artist Michael tion. Focusing on concert the #Nashville and #Detroit
wrap-around cover artwork for Dowling (Unfollow, Death goers, security guards, per- storefronts. The set includes
Marvel’s 1983 Frankenstein by Sentence) comes a new series, New York Times bestselling formers, and local residents, color film for 600 Gold Dust edi-
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. In SFSX: Safe Sex, a social thriller writers Scott Snyder (Batman, “Woodstock” expands an tion and Festive Red edition
pencil and ink on large 20 x 30 about sex, love, and torture. Justice League, American understanding of this unparal- along with a limited red One-
in. heavy weight art board, the “Set in a draconian America Vampire, Wytches) and Charles leled musical milestone, and Step 2 Viewfinder Camera.
Soule (Curse Words, novels how it was a once-in-a-century Available through this holiday
The Oracle Year, Anyone) and cultural phenomena. season.C
artist Giuseppe Camuncoli’s
(The Amazing Spider-Man,
Darth Vader, Hellblazer) new
ongoing series Undiscovered
Country tells of an ongoing sci-
ence fiction/adventure pegged
as the next Walking Dead
because of its similarly sweep-
ing dystopia. Entertainment
Weekly likens the story to that