My Copy of John Cuneo's Coping Skills

John Cuneo is surely one of today's most talented, not to mention provocative, illustrators. His latest book, Coping Skills, has just been published by Fantagraphics. Naturally, I was eager to find myself a very special copy of this volume of "helpful drawings." With as yet no in-person book signings in the offing, I preordered a personalized copy from The Golden Notebook of Woodstock, New York.

https://goldennotebook.indielite.org/pre-order-your-signed-copy-now?fbclid=IwAR2XCyUP5rYoRN84PnIK7xDn_H-LIC3Sf1krRmG7qFGmYFDnrXY0a4tT4pQ

Happily, the book arrived this week, signed and with an original sketch. Here it is, in all its glory:

 

Live Drawing—Uncensored!

John Cuneo with Joe Ciardiello

Society of Illustrators

Note:  On his Illustration Art blog, David Apatoff reviews the book here.

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MoCCA Fest 2019: Joe Ciardiello's A Fistful of Drawings

I met illustrator Joe Ciardiello at the MoCCA Arts Festival this month—twice. Still, I did not manage to swing by his book signings for A Fistful of Drawings, his 2019 homage to the Spaghetti Western. No matter; the artist had the foresight to leave a signed copy adorned with an original cowboy sketch at the Fantagraphics table. I was only too happy to claim it.

Note:  Today marks Joe Ciardiello's first appearance here on Attempted Bloggery. With any luck there will be many more.

As you already may have noted, MoCCA Fest 2019 was a great opportunity to acquire signed books, many of them bearing original sketches. I have been showcasing my library acquisitions here (with interruptions) for about a week now and in about another week (also with interruptions) I should be done. For now.

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

The MoCCA Arts Festival

Signed Books with Original Sketches

Attempted Bloggery's Index of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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