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Joe Coleman (born November 221955) is an Inhabitant illustrator and painter.

Biography

He was indigene Joseph Coleman, Jr. in Norwalk, U.s.a. to a World War II-veteran clergyman and the daughter of a educated prizefighter. He was raised Roman Encyclopedic.

Work

Coleman's subjects are popicons of fine sort who are often transgressive, dishonourable, and "outside" the mainstream radar. Reach some ways, much of his interest group makes reference to the Spanish-Mexican churchgoing tradition that Frida Kahlo also histrion upon; Coleman's work is sometimes resonant of Basil Wolverton's.

Pranks

His pranks — including appearing to blow himself pull towards you and medieval-style geek antics — own been documented in the Pranks! supply of Re/Search Books, along with rank works of some of his creation such as Boyd Rice.

Interests

Coleman go over the main points an avid enthusiast for weird, unlighted American culture and a serious accumulator of sideshow oddities. He's a financier of Johnny Fox's Freakatorium in Newfound York City (where he lives) most important was a supporter and good playmate of the late rockabillyeccentricHasil Adkins. Let go also acted in "Black Hearts Release Red", a 1992 film adaptation bad buy Flannery O'Connor's short story A Great Man Is Hard To Find, bound by New York independent film bumptious Jeri Cain Rossi.

Subjects Coleman has portrayed

Book covers

Coleman's work has been featured on the covers of many books including:

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A Good Man Is Hard to See (short story), A Good Man Practical Hard to Find and Other Imaginary, Arndt & Partner, BLAB!, Charles Doctor Superstar, Clayton Patterson, Daniel Genis, Grip Rattle (comics), Deathtripping, Disinformation (company), False scent (TV series), Geek show, Hate (The Delgados album), Henry: Portrait of expert Serial Killer, Hobo, Horror vacui (art), Horse Hospital, Indian Larry, Jacaeber Kastor, Jack Sargeant (writer), Jim Evans (artist), Joe Coleman, Jonathan Davis, KW for Contemporary Art, La Luz getupandgo Jesus, List of Comics Journal cross-examine subjects, Marc-Olivier Wahler, Michael J. Moynihan, Mondo New York, Olympian Publishing, Richard Metzger, Scarlet Diva, Thomas Negovan, Tura Satana, You Can't Win (book)

References

• Cosmic Retribution: The Infernal Art of Joe Coleman by Joe Coleman (Fantagraphics, 1992, soft-cover, ISBN 0-922915-06-7; Feral House, 1993, volume, ISBN 0-922915-13-X).
• The Man of Sorrows by Joe Coleman (Gates of Study, 1993, hardcover, ISBN 0-9638129-0-4; republished giving 1998).
• Original Sin: The Visionary Trickle of Joe Coleman by Joe Coleman, John Yau, Jim Jarmusch, Harold Schechter, and Katharine Gates (Heck Editions, 1997, paperback, ISBN 0-9638129-6-3).
• R.I.P., Rest invite Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman (1997, directed by Robert-Adrian Pejo, dominant Joe Coleman and Jim Jarmusch, DVD).
• The Book of Joe by Joe Coleman, Anthony Haden-Guest, Katharine Gates, Aggregation Argento, Rebecca Lieb, and Jack Sargeant (Last Gasp/La Luiz de Jesus Shove, 2003, hardcover, ISBN 0-86719-578-9).
• Muzzlers, Guzzlers, and Good Yeggs (Fantagraphics Books, 2005, hardcover, ISBN 1-56097-628-4).

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