Book By Its Cover » Abecederia

11.13.09

BlexBolex

This strange and brilliant book tells the story of two bank robbing brothers who escape to a community called Abecederia which soon turns into a nightmare. The detective- type story is also an abc book of sorts. Each of the illustrations incorporates the next letter of the alphabet from a to z. The book is printed in a limited palette and really takes advantage of overlapping color in a great way. The illustrations, besides integrating letters, are very nicely designed in a retro style. Learn more and get a copy here.

10 Comments

11/13/09 4:54pm

s wrote

on the wishlist. yo’ll love this one: http://prateleira-de-baixo.blogspot.com/2009/04/imaginario.html

11/14/09 1:05pm

k' wrote

i bought this book a few weeks ago and i love it!
best usage of colours i’ve seen in a long time.
love your website too! keep it up!

11/15/09 11:35am

martin - me studio wrote

love the book and your site, minor crticism, the photos used on this website are often a bit ‘lo res’ and underlit, seems a shame when discussing this type of work…

11/15/09 2:33pm

Jimmer wrote

I’ve got two copies of Blexbolex’s LA LONGUE-VUE (to have recto-verso images of each spread) that I intend to dismantle someday and spread them out in a row (on a long piece of plywood?) to admire them all at once. Love his work.

11/16/09 4:06am

lala wrote

lala19@satomix.org

11/16/09 12:09pm

Olivia wrote

What a great book! Love the retro colors…

11/17/09 12:35pm

deb wrote

I discovered his work a while ago and love it.

11/20/09 3:54pm

Nobrow wrote

This book was published by Nobrow Press in London check out our website if you like Blexbolex, he has just done the cover of the latest installment in our illustration biannual, Nobrow Issue 2: The Jungle
http://www.nobrow.net/nobrow-press

11/22/09 6:38pm

Iker Ayestaran wrote

Brilliant!

01/16/10 6:05pm

ines christine wrote

i got this for christmas! luckily!! not the nobrow version but the german one, published by “die Tollen Hefte”

http://www.tolle-Hefte.de/TH/TH29.htm

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