Books I'm getting for March 2009

Not all the books I've ordered in Feb 09 have arrived, sadly. The ones that have arrived and have reviews for are Watchmen: The Art of the Film and Everyone Has the Right to My Opinion.

Anyway, here's my shopping list for March 2009.

Tales of Outer Suburbia is top of my list. Having seen some of the images from the book, I must say that I love the surreal style. You can check the the images as well as an interview with Shaun Tan on Drawn.ca. There are almost 100 customer reviews on Amazon currently since the book first published in Nov 2008. Check out the homepage of Shaun Tan.

Country-specific Amazon links for Tales of Outer Suburbia:
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.fr | Amazon.de

Mass Effect 2 (wiki) is coming out. Not that I'm a gamer, I just want to see some game design.

Country-specific Amazon links for The Art of Mass Effect:
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.fr | Amazon.de

Out of the Forests was recommended by a reader in a mini contest I held last year. It's time to buy. Check out the website of Paul Bonner.

Country-specific Amazon links for this book:
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.fr | Amazon.de

This is a just a random book that caught my eye. Customer reviews over the world are very positive. Nice. Check out the website of Danny Gregory. And I'm still waiting for my copy of An Illustrated Life to arrive. Just realised it from the same author/artist.

Country-specific Amazon links for Everday Matters:
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.fr | Amazon.de

Because the animals look cute. And I like the stylized look also. Check out the homepage of Chris Ayers.

Country-specific Amazon links for The Daily Zoo:
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.fr | Amazon.de

Of course. Since I already have every other Pixar art books. Can't wait to get my hands on it. It's written by Amid Amidi, who has written other good books like The Art of Robots and Cartoon Modern. You can also find him blogging on the popular CartoonBrew.

Country-specific Amazon links for The Art of Pixar Short Films:
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.fr | Amazon.de

I just want to know what's inside this book.

Country-specific Amazon links for Apple Volume 2:
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.fr | Amazon.de

I love reading these cartoons. It's like slapping politicians and they can't retaliate. I do have a few series of the book. To get a feel of what's inside, just visit politicalcartoons.com. More than enough funny cartoons for anyone to read.

Country-specific Amazon links for Best of Political Cartoons 2009:
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.fr | Amazon.de

And these are ordering for Kelvin Chan: Dare Detectives Volume 1, Watchmen Film Companion, All Action Classics Tom Sawyer and The Art of Comic Book Inking.

The last book on the list is actually one that I'm not going to buy. It's a great art book. The whole book is available for preview on Ballistic Publishing.

The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants is just too pricey, ever more so since it's out of print and out of stock in most places. The basic hardcover is US69 from Ballistic. The special Folio edition is a whopping US170. Seriously?! And it's not just me who's complaining about the price.

However, there's a wonderful feature on the book on cgsociety.org.

If you're truly interested, you might still be able to find it from third party merchants on Amazon.com. I'll give it a miss until I can find one at a saner price.

Country-specific Amazon links for The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants:
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.fr | Amazon.de

That's all for me. What art books are you looking forward to buy in the near future? I'm always up for suggestions on good books.

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