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Welcome To Mark Batty Publisher
Mark Batty Publisher is an independent publisher dedicated to making distinctive books on the visual art of communicating, showcasing the visual power and innovation of contemporary culture in all of its varied poses. Today, the visual comes at us from more places than ever, and its dissemination is faster and more advanced every year. Books from Mark Batty Publisher capture this acceleration on the pages of every book. Affordable, well designed, thoughtfully created, and produced to last, MBP books are artful products that readers want to hold onto forever.
Revelations and the Stupid Creatures
John Murphy and Liana Finck
In Revelations & the Stupid Creatures, John Murphy pairs his distinctive Stupid Creatures with the Book of Revelation, one of the Bible’s most descriptive and interpreted sections. A multi-headed dragon; beasts that resemble a lion, calf, man and an eagle; seven angels and more get commissioned treatments from Murphy. Illustrator Liana Finck complements the creatures [...]
Impressions of Nature
A History of Nature Printing
Roderick Cave
The printmaking technique of “nature printing” has an illustrious and informative history that dates back to the 13th century. During the 17th and 18th centuries, botanists made nature printing a serious scientific process, especially in the New World. During the 19th century, photographic technology served as another turning point, followed by a great revival of [...]
Black Comix
African American Independent Comics, Art and Culture
Damian Duffy & John Jennings
The comics boom of the past 10 years has largely overlooked the artists and writers that comprise the vibrant African American independent comics community. Black Comix brings together an unprecedented collection of little-known, but undeniably masterful, comics art while also framing the work of these men and women in a broader historical and cultural context.
With [...]
Poster Boy
The War of Art
Poster Boy
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Dubbed by the New York Times as an “anti-consumerist Zorro with a razor blade, a sense of humor and a talent for collage,” Poster Boy deftly rearranges the text and images of subway posters, reclaiming walls from the ad industry one slice of vinyl at a time. This artful [...]
