Ray Gun Mags
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- dr_strangelove
I just found the first 50 issues of RayGun mag on the streets of toronto and I saved them from a rain storm. Somebody threw them out, yikes!!! They are in great condition, anybody have an idea of their value? Carson rocks!!!
- prodigalslacker0
they're worth a shit ton
don't get rid of them, they'll only get higher in valueridiculous thing to throw away
- version30
signed david carson sells them for about $40 on his site
$9 if its got a special celebrity
$5 otherwise
i can't believe you stole them from someone while they were moving though
that's just wrong
- jevad0
you lucky motherfucker
- dr_strangelove0
I did not steal them I swear! They were left on the street with a sign saying take what you want. There were also a crap load of old PRINT mags and HOW mags, grabbed a few of them too.
- version30
do you have the manson issue?
- version30
and prodigy by chance?
- dr_strangelove0
yes the manson issue is there, but no prodigy issue sigh!!! What issue did carson get fired with? from what I remember he got fired for setting an article about Bryan Ferry in dingbats. Man that is so f'ing cool!
- revenge_inc0
Carson is a hack. with that said - put them on ebay - I'll buy them.
- dr_strangelove0
Carson is a hack now, but other than him, Neville Brody, and Zuzanna Licko who was breaking barriers in the 90's
- prodigalslacker0
carson might not be doing anything worthy these days, but that doesn't change the fact those mags were groundbreaking as far as getting that aesthetic into popular culture.
- version30
i'm interested in getting that manson issue
are you interested in getting it to someone else?
- dr_strangelove0
maybe version3 but let me absorb it for a few days. I will put your name in my book, if I will part with it , you get dibs, ok.
- version30
cool with me
thanks dude
:)
- uncle_helv0
Carson is a hack now, but other than him, Neville Brody, and Zuzanna Licko who was breaking barriers in the 90's
dr_strangelove
(Oct 31 05, 22:46)Carson and groundbreaking in the same sentence, doesn't compute mate.
Carson could not communicate his crimes against typography are astounding: a mish mash of typefaces, negative baselines, in one issue a whole article set in dingbats, yes he opened up peoples eyes to what a magazine could be, but at the end of the day what's the point if you can't read it, RIP Carson.
- trev0
yea, RIP ya pisshead
- kelpie0
helv I agree to an extent, and I'm no fan of typographical wanking myself - but I have to say I choked the letterform chicken prodigiously as a student and his stuff really helped give me the confidence to "break all the rules" etc and I'm glad he was around then, (note *then) :)
- inspiration0
Carson's already in the graphic design history books. Where are all y'all haters?
- trev0
hitler's in the history books too. does that make him good?
whats your point?
- ********0
Carson's already in the graphic design history books. Where are all y'all haters?
inspiration
(Nov 1 05, 02:40)I'm in london. Engalaand. And I'm wearing a spangly vest.
- inspiration0
it's easy to talk shit about people. he had an effect, both good and bad. this site is full of 'talkers' and not 'doers'. as the greatest band ever said 'your mouth's writing cheques that your ass can't cash'.
hitler was a decent artist, just not 'haute' enough to impress the in-crowd.