Yeah, yeah, I know I’m supposed to keep it quiet for this series of posts. But Dan Nadel deserves some introduction, since the images below are from books that his company, PictureBox, publishes.
From Dan’s own mouth:
Why is PictureBox? Because I love the things I love and I want to champion them. I tend toward outliers and I’m obsessed with the history of visual culture writ large and small. But look, ostensibly PictureBox is a publishing company. I publish around 10 books a year (graphic novels, prose, design, art, etc.) as well as assorted specialty items like DVDS, CDs, and prints. Each project comes from my own tastes and relationships, and are rooted in what I believe in. Since it’s just me running this thing, you’re pretty much seeing me through those books and this site. Primary PBox authors include: Brian Chippendale, C.F., Ben Jones, Yuichi Yokoyama and Gary Panter, among others.
On to the work! And what a gallery it is:
Owner, PictureBox, Inc.
Education: BA, with honors, Washington University; Oxford University; Hebrew University
Books: Author, Art Out of Time: Unknown Comic Visionaries, 1900–1969. Editor: Gary Panter, We All Die Alone; Art in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940-1980. Co-author: Electrical Banana: Masters of Psychedelic Art; Cheap Laffs: The Art of the Novelty Item. Co-editor:The Comics Journal; Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes; The Wilco Book. Co-creator: The Ganzfeld
Publisher: The Wilco Book; Overspray: Riding High with the Kings of California Airbrush Art; For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis
Contributor: The Education of a Cartoonist; Raw Boiled and Cooked: Comics on the Verge; The Education of a Design Entrepreneur; Wunderground: Providence 1995 to the Present; The Best American Comics Criticism of the 21st Century. Essays and criticism for: Washington Post; Frieze; Bookforum. Other publications include: The Economist; Eye; Graphis; Metropolis; Print; Step; I.D.; The New York Times; Artforum; Voice: AIGA Journal of Design; Comics Reporter
Curatorial Work Includes: “Karl Wirsum: Drawings 1967-1970,” Derek Eller Gallery; “The House that Jack Built,” Fumetto Comix Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland; “Sounds and Pauses: The Comics of David Mazzucchelli,” Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art; “PictureBox,” Fumetto Comix Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland; “Macronauts,” Athens Biennale; “New York Now,” Watarium Museum, Tokyo; “Melissa Brown & Mat Brinkman,” M +B Gallery, Los Angeles; “Pictures From the Psychedelic Swamp: Gary Panter 1972-2000,” Clementine; “Glasses Are Free,” Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago; “Return of the Repressed: Destroy All Monsters 1973-1977” PRISM, Los Angeles; “Eastern European Illustration in The New York Times,” School of Visual Arts
Awards and Honors Include: Best Historical Presentation, Harvey Award; Grammy Award; National Endowment for the Arts