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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

The Good Bye Machine / Finch, Peter., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12842-13129
Scope and Contents

Also titled Hugo Dada, the image is an unside-down plaster head and a cartoon bubble with the words "grrrm dyin beye eye." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

The Hand / Dergatchov, Oleg., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-50383-71451
Scope and Contents

Dergatchov migrated to Montreal, Canada with his family in 2005 where he makes his living as a cartoonist. The author's name is spelled as Dergachov in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Iranian Revolution.../ "Obama Condemns Iran's Iron Fist Against Protests." / Morin, Jim., 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-49791-70846
Scope and Contents

Jim Morin's drawing consists of a large fist composed of the repeated lettered word TWEET that emerges from a small drawing in the lower left corner of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, president of Iran, twittering on his cell phone. Coincidentally the headline in the NY Times also mentions Iran's iron fist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

The Iron Whim; A Fragmented History of Typewriting / Wershler-Henry, Darren ; Ballard J ; Burroughs WS ; cummings ee ; Gysin B ; Kafka F ; McCaffery S ; Kerouac J ; Ronell A ; Ruscha E ; Smart C ; Vollmann W ; Williams M ; McLuhan M ; Olson C ; Sackner MA., 2005

 Item
Identifier: CC-54579-990025
Scope and Contents This book is a first edition, first printing.The author provides a history of the typewriter as a machine. There is also a section on "cut-ups" by Burroughs and Gyson.Review in The Atlantic, April 2007: "Witty and idiosyncratic, this history of typewriting says more than one might think possible about the subject. . . ." Book Description Amazon.com: "The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a...
Dates: 2005

The Iron Whim; A Fragmented History of Typewriting / Wershler-Henry, Darren ; Ballard J ; Burroughs WS ; cummings ee ; Gysin B ; Kafka F ; McCaffery S ; Kerouac J ; Ronell A ; Ruscha E ; Smart C ; Vollmann W ; Williams M ; McLuhan M ; Olson C ; Sackner MA., 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-56139-9999582
Scope and Contents This book is a first edition, first printing.The author provides a history of the typewriter as a machine. There is also a section on "cut-ups" by Burroughs and Gyson.Review in The Atlantic, April 2007: "Witty and idiosyncratic, this history of typewriting says more than one might think possible about the subject. . . ." Book Description Amazon.com: "The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a...
Dates: 2007

The Labyrinth / Steinberg, Saul., 1954

 Item
Identifier: CC-30396-31813
Scope and Contents

This book is a collection of line drawings that appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Life, etc. It deals with false dicuments, passports, diplomas, certificates, false photographs, false etchings, false wine labels, letters, manuscripts, fingerprints, cowboys, games, rubberstamp architecture, slums, skyscrapers, cacography, etc. There are 350 drawings in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1954

The Twilight of the Bums / Chambers, George ; Federman, Raymond ; Motley T., 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-49307-70349
Scope and Contents

More than 80 riffs, rants, and mini-fictions by two old BUMS, er, that is, masters - perfectly complemented by the avant-comic artistry of T. Motley!' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Tyler Solon Williams Animation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1251
Abstract

Professional and fan materials on animation used for Tyler Solon Williams' dissertation research.

Dates: 1975-2013

[Untitled] / Gregoire, Justin., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-44515-46665
Scope and Contents

One section in the catalogue is entitled word drawings; two such examples are depicted in this record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990