VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch
by Jonathan Barli
http://www.fantagraphics.com/vipmadworld
208-page full-color 10.25" x 12.25" hardcover • $49.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-664-5
The comic genius known as VIP ushered in a new era of the gag cartoon in the mid-20th century — zany, sometimes surreal, always hilarious. His prolific career finally gets its due in this beautiful coffee-table volume.