By Reed Waller (Fantagraphics Books)
ISBN: 1-56097-191-6
Although the paperback collections featuring the stories of Omaha the Cat-Dancer are currently available, this truly remarkable art-book featuring the beautiful, erotic, but never salacious, creative doodlings of adult cartooning pioneer Reed Waller has seemingly slipped out of print.
Although that isn’t uncommon for art books in general, I’ve been labouring under the apparent misapprehension that sex sells and so just assumed that thoughtful, dedicated and passionate work, drawn – and indeed painted – by someone of Waller’s undoubted ability and technical proficiency would be able to maintain some kind of presence on the bookshelves – even more so when so many people want to learn the secrets of drawing comics.
And it’s full of astonishingly well drawn naked folk (admittedly largely furry or feathered folk) “doing itâ€!
Seriously though, this volume shows Waller’s development as an artist, features his thoughts on the process of creating narrative art, and reproduces some extremely well drawn visuals that explain the necessities and attraction of anthropomorphic illustration. It is quite explicit though, so not for the young or unadventurous.
No cats, dogs or chickens were harmed, abused, distressed or disagreeably surprised in the making of this art book.
©1987-1996 Reed Waller & Fantagraphics Books. All Rights Reserved