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This robot was a Christmas ornament. It's a reproduction of the 1950's tin toy you can see on page 146 of the book 1000 Tin Toys.

There's also an old passport (image forthcoming), a box of Kleenex, and a ever-changing variety of CD-roms.

Books include:

The Axe, Donald E. Westlake.

Super-Cannes, J. G. Ballard.

Matchbox Labels, Anthon Beeke - I especially like this one, as it's got a variety of interesting foreign matchbox labels that bear some relation to the set I've got on my wall.

Krazy Kat The Comic Art of George Herriman, McDonnell, O'Connell, DeHavernon. Krazy Kat - the comic art of George herriman

Caught Looking -- feminism, pornography, & censorship, Long River Books.

Little Ego, Vittorio Giardino.

Krazy + Ignatz Pilgrims on the Road to Nowhere, George Herriman.

Krazy + Ignatz Sure as Moons is Cheeses, George Herriman.

The Adventures of Tintin, Herge.

Flight 714
Prisoners of the Sun
The Calculus Affair
The Seven Crystal Balls

Wired Magazine 5.06, June 1997
Fireproof Press is profiled by Colin Berry on page 67.The quote attributed to John should have been attributed to me. "Each piece is its own thing, rather than some reproduction of an ideal on a computer. We're not reproducing things, we're producing them." Incidentally, on page 90 there's an advertisement for a Silicon Graphics O2 workstation that cost $7,495. In late 2001 I was given one of those computers for free. I keep it in my office.
HjemmePC Magazine, November 2002
An article (in Norwegian) about this website is on page 76. It was written by Scott LaHart. If I can I'll post the English translation somewhere, it's quite nicely written. (Read it here)

Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, Daniel Clowes.

The Complete First Six Issues of MAD, Russ Cochran, Publisher.

The Rag-Time Ephemeralist for 1999, F.C. Ware, Publisher.

The Rag-Time Ephemeralist, Vol. I, Issue I, F.C. Ware, Publisher.

Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth, Acme Novelty Library, Chris Ware.

guitarmaking, Campiano / Natelson.

House Wiring Simplified, Floyd M. Mix.

Printing Presses, Moran
This is one of those ridiculously specific titles that you return to again and again. I've found that it's invaluable for answering those nagging questions such as "When did they stop making foot-treadle printing presses, and was that in any way related to the rise in popularity of printing as a hobby for children?" This also helps me to identify and date some of my printing presses.

Hey Look! , Harvey Kurtzman.

God's Man, by Lynd Ward. Wood engravings. Lots of them.

Landscape and Voices, Franz Masereel.

Nature's Kindred Spirits, James I. McClintock.

Strong Truths, James I. McClintock (my father)

Mechanical Power Transmission Manual, William A. Williams.(my maternal grandfather)

Japanese Comic book from the 50's, hardcover. A gift from Chris Ware.

Bill Culbert Selected Works 1968 - 1986, Institute of Contemporary Arts. Catalog. I bought this, and kept it, because I liked the shape and size of the book. The art/photographs in this book are interesting enough, but not as interesting as the perfection the spine width and paper holds.

Pogo Revisited, Walt Kelly. The first time I ever saw Pogo was in Poland, while visiting an American family that worked in the State department (the Blacks). My brother and I read the whole thing, laughed our head off, and quoted parts of it for the remained of our stay in Eastern Europe. No one else I know seems to think there's any value in it - Chris, as a professional cartoonist, regards Pogo as a waste of time.

Mugwumps, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1976) - there's a photo on the cover of a man in a tuxedo playing a stroh cello, and an article about Stroh instruments that contains a reproduction of a stroh catalog circa 1920. Amazing instrument. Another gift from the thoughtful Mssr. Ware.

Chris recently designed (and drew, and created the typography) The Complete Full-Page Comic Strips of Krazy & Ignatz (1925-1926) by Bill Blackbeard. It's a great cover for a book on one of my favorite visual artists.

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