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[Eddie Sanchez comic posters of San Francisco street life].
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[Eddie Sanchez comic posters of San Francisco street life]Creator/Contributor:
Sanchez, Eddie, creator, artist.Abstract:
Low-cost digitally printed poster reproductions of original comic drawings by San Francisco street artist Eddie Sanchez, chiefly
satirizing the city's street life, with an emphasis on drug use and addiction, local and national politics and social issues,
comic book characters, public events, hippies, contemporary popular culture, etc. Among those depicted or caricatured are
Betty Boop; Disney characters Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck; dancing bears and other themes associated with the
Grateful Dead; Hello Kitty; Donald J. Trump; and Vladimir Putin. Some pieces refer to particular San Francisco districts (e.g.
Haight Street, Tenderloin, North Beach, Civic Center). Throughout the pieces, texts include a prominent use of wordplay.
Date:
1990 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caStreet life -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
Recreational drug use -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
Drug abuse -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
Caricatures and cartoons -- California -- San Francisco -- Specimens
Plays on words -- Specimens
Caricatures and cartoons
Drug abuse
Manners and customs
Plays on words
Politics and government
Recreational drug use
Street life
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- Humor
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Humor
California -- San Francisco
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Artist's signature appears printed or written on each piece: "Eddie Sanchez", "S.F. Wingnut", "Little Eddie" or "Edward Anthony".
Most pieces are dated.
Many prints are embellished by hand.
Multiple copies of several prints are present, representing approximately 40 different designs. Includes at least one original
drawing.
Purchase from Kayo Books ; 2023.
Eddie Sanchez comic posters of San Francisco street life, BANC PIC 2023.043, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
graphicDrawings.
Humor.
Pictorial works.
Posters.
Specimens.
Posters.
Drawings.
Physical Description:
print
approximately 90 prints in 1 box : chiefly color digital prints ; sheets various sizes (poster format)
Language:
English