Visual Abuse: Jim Blanchard's Graphic Art 1982-2002 Fantagraphics Exclusives and his innocent cast of

and his innocent cast of Canadians who encounter the outside world and the trials of everyday life in Timberland Tales

" is rounded off with a dozen or so stories written and laid out by Kurtzman and drawn by "short-timers

reveals a fifth woman who seems thoroughly out of place — mousy

Linus as luggage handler

did you know he had a nephew

Visual Abuse: Jim Blanchard's Graphic Art 1982-2002 Fantagraphics Exclusives and his innocent cast ofThis coffee table book is a retrospective of the alternative cartoonist illustrator's work. Jim Blanchard's work from 19822002 intersected with punk rock, grunge, psychedelia, alternative comics, "zine" culture, portraiture, and "girlie" art. The book gathers Blanchard's art into a cohesive whole; one section assembles the best of Blanchard's LP covers, posters and flyers from the hardcore punk era through grunge, including iconic Black Flag, Nirvana,