The third book in Fantagraphics ongoing project to reprint Tomi Ungerer’s 1970s-1980s satirical work, Babylon may be the most sobering collection so far, an example of his humour at its blackest. Drawn entirely in pencil, these fully rendered images, reproduced in lush, dense, grey tones, rival the satirical vitriol of his anti-war posters of the previous decade, radiating repulsion at what human beings can do to one another in the guise of “civilisation.” Taking on a political and social hue, his contempt for the ruling class etched on virtually every page, Ungerer depicts the bourgeoisie as vassals of the ruling class — members of a voyeuristic tribe who accept their position as the natural order of things and take glee in the subordination of those beneath them and the exploitation of those who make their position possible. Trendy spiritualism and religious quackery are skewered. Several drawings show people desperately trying to improve their appearance by putting lipstick on or having plastic surgery, clearly a transparent attempt to hide their inner ugliness
ISBN-13: 978-1683964735
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Dimensions: 27.4cm x22cm
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 184
Colour: Full Colour
Writer / Artist / Cover Artist: Tomi Ungerer
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