Publications

Joe Coleman: Auto-Portrait

2010

Catalogue for the Simon Dickinson Exhibition of the same name. The catalogue is 60 pages long and includes an interview between Joe Coleman and artist Tom Sachs, 15 large color plates (an image for each piece in the show) and about a paragraph for each work explaining their meaning in the back of the catalogue. Also included are several large, full page detail shots from various works and some great photos of Joe Coleman himself. There is also a timeline of important events in Joe's life, exhibitions, shows, etc.

To order: send a check for $32 (postage paid in USA) to Dickinson Roundell Inc. 19 East 66th Street, New York, NY 10065.

Joe Coleman: Internal Digging

2007

published by KW Institute of Contemporary Art in Berlin Germany to accompany his exhibition May 27-September 2, 2007. 202 pages, color reproductions throughout. Foreward by Susanne Pfeffer, essays by Woodard and Markus Muller. Interview with Joe Coleman by Susanne Pfeffer.

Joe Coleman's Muzzlers, Guzzlers and Good Yeggs

2006

From Publisher's Weekly:
"A pocket-sized hardcover book drawn from various parts of the great American underbelly. Presented with text facing illustrations on each spread, the book consists of four stories based on real people—researched, appropriated and rewritten in the first person by Coleman—that originally appeared in the anthology Blab!, memoirs of the hobos Jack Black and Boxcar Bertha, and tales of the criminal mayhem of two psychopaths. Coleman's recreation of their authorial voices are striking, rueful, philosophical and manic, but what ties them together are are his drawings. Somewhere between Victorian engravings and folk art, they are haunting and macabre. "

Published by Fantagraphics Books

The Mystery of Wolverine Woo-Bait (reprint)

2004

From Fantagraphics books description:
"An amazing one-shot comic by the legendary Joe Coleman! Originally published in 1982 in an ultra-limited self-published edition, this new edition also includes the ultra-rare six-page short story "Highway," which was not included in the original edition! "

(out of print) Published by Fantagraphics Books

The Book of Joe: The Art of Joe Coleman

2003

Hardcover, 206 pages, published by Last Gasp and La Luz de Jesus books. 12.3 x 10.2 x 0.9 inches.
With essays by Anthony Haden-Guest, Rebecca Lieb, Asia Argento, and Jack Sargeant. Keys to the paintings by Katharine Gates and "Bibliografica Colemania" by Don Kennison.

The Book of Joe Limited Edition

2003

LIMITED EDITION SLIPCASED VERSION

The black linen-covered slipcase is gold foil-embossed on front with Joe's "demon and sinner" image from the book (see below, left.)

Limited edition of 139.

$150 plus $15 shipping and handling (UPS insured.)

ORDER THIS DIRECTLY FROM JOE

"The Book of Joe" limited with hand-made etching

2003

For the serious Joe Coleman collector. In addition to the book, the slipcase contains Diseased Shadow-Self, a hand-printed 2-plate aquatint etching produced at Tony Fitzpatrick's studio, Chicago. Limited to 66, sold only inside special limited-edition version of The Book of Joe, 2003. The print may be removed and framed.

Original Sin: The Visionary Art of Joe Coleman

1997

With essays by Jim Jarmusch, Harold Schechter, John Yau. NY: Heck Editions, 1997. Full-color (50+) and b&w art reproductions; b&w photos; and includes the artist’s own “interpretative keys” to 19 of the 28 paintings presented in the volume.

Limited Edition: cloth, limited to 100 (bookplate signed by the 3 essayists in addition to Joe Coleman; also, special photographic print affixed: a pickled head in a jar, from the artist’s Odditorium.

First printing: 5,000 trade paper, 500 cloth; second printing: 3,500 trade paper, 500 cloth.

The Man of Sorrows

1993

Richmond, VA: Gates of Heck. Illuminated text in gold ink on black paper by Joe Coleman. 18 full-color die-cut tipped-in details from the artist/author’s 1993 painting of the same name. Limited to 2,000 numbered copies, handmade.

Deluxe Collector’s Edition: Boxed Artwork (9 x 12 x 15 inches, clamshell box, slipcased): signed and numbered and including full-size 50-piece wooden jigsaw puzzle of Man of Sorrows and a handmade reliquary containing Coleman’s hair and a tattered piece of shirt from one of his explosive performances (limited to 100).

Cosmic Retribution: The Infernal Art of Joe Coleman

1992

Seattle/Portland, OR: Fantagraphics/Feral House,. Edited by Adam Parfrey and Pat Moriarity, with an introduction by Robert Crumb. Includes 32 full-color art reproductions; line drawings; b&w photos. Simultaneous paperback and cloth (Limited Edition available: bookplate signed by the artist laid in). First printing 5,000 trade paper, 500 cloth; second printing 2,500 trade paper.