Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras (Hardcover)

from ewyatt

The book is beautifully designed and a quick, easy read. It explores the life of Don Lupe Posada and his work as a printer and artist. It explores lithography, engraving, and etching. Cartoons and Posada's drawings pepper the work, particularly his calaveras. There is an exploration of the meanin...

from catiebarber

I very much enjoyed learning about Posada and his life, I had actually never heard of him. I had thought that the calaveras (skeletons) were just a part of Day of the Dead, but I never realized that they were highly stylized by Posada and his art. This book is beautifully illustrated and contains...

from MaowangVater

Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada was a political cartoonist who used lithography, engraving, and etching, to publish his work in newspapers and as broadsides. It is his broadsides of calaveras-humorous graphics of skeletons acting as if they were living and playing, singing, wearing clothes, ...

from Dipodomy

The story of the life of Don Lupe, known by his artists name Posada for his calavera (skeleton) style of art. An all around great book. The art is vibrant, a mix of indigenous mexican inspired illustrations mixed with pictures of work by the subject. The text is simple but engaging, it gives a go...

from MaowangVater

Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada was a political cartoonist who used lithography, engraving, and etching, to publish his work in newspapers and as broadsides. It is his broadsides of calaveras-humorous graphics of skeletons acting as if they were living and playing, singing, wearing clothes, ...