The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective

by Patrick Rosenkranz

Rand Holmes was Canada's most revolutionary artist in his heyday, the star cartoonist at the Georgia Straight newspaper in British Columbia during the 1970s. His hippie hero, Harold Hedd, became the spokesman of the emerging counterculture as he avoided work, explored free love, and flouted drug laws. The Adventures of Harold Hedd spread across the globe in the wave of underground comix and newspapers of the era and Holmes became famous -- or at least...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606991701
• ISBN13: 9781606991701
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher