David Sandlin
Swamp Preacher Book Launch
Thursday, December 14, 2006, 5-7 PM
Printed Matter is extremely pleased to present a book launch for the newest artist's book by David Sandlin, Swamp Preacher. Please join us on Thursday, December 14, 2006, from 5-7 PM, to celebrate this recent publication with the artist, who will be present to sign books. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue at 22nd Street.
Swamp Preacher presents the sixth volume of Sandlin's ongoing project A Sinner's Progress, an epic series of lore surrounding characters involved with a religious novelty company, Pur-Ton-o-Fun Co. Moving back in time, Swamp Preacher uncovers the unearthly origins of Carl Bob deVille, Pur-Ton-o-Fun Co.'s charismatic and mysterious founder. Metamorphosed through the absorption of others' sins, Carl Bob deVille must be reborn from swampy depths. The legend of Swamp Preacher draws on rich sources from the Southern gothic tradition to pulp fiction comics. Sandlin's sublimely gut-wrenching combinations of enticing color, seductive lines and repulsive imagery are mesmerizing. Like a visual Virgil, Sandlin takes viewers into a hellish realm of metastasized misbehavior.
Published by Fantagraphics, Swamp Preacher is a 40-page, two-color paperback comic book and is available for $5.95 instore and online.
Printed Matter, Inc.
195 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
T: 212 925 0325
F: 212 925 0464
