Funnily enough, this title arrived quite shortly after my dad was telling me how much I liked the Beatles cartoons on TV, growing up. I didn’t even recall that there were any, let alone having watched a lot. Enter this new title from Skira Rizzoli, Beatles in Comic Strips, written by Enzo Gentile and Fabio Schiavo, who have assembled over 200 Beatles comic strips, many of which are rare and very had to find elsewhere. [Read More / View Images]

I’ve just finished two entertaining fiction novels, both of which dealt with intellectual property and the repercussions of runaway record label lawyers. Pirate Cinema, by Cory Doctorow, creates a totalitarian landscape, where record label execs have poor kids put away for life, and take the internet away from entire families, in order to put a stop to the scourge of piracy. The novel cleverly deals with the way this hinders the kind of creativity which brought us hip-hop, and more recently, the Grey Album. In Year Zero, by Rob Reid, the very same overzealous and litigious record labels merely threaten the very existence of our little planet. Earth’s archaic copyright laws mean the universe owes us more in royalties than they’ve got, which makes snuffing us out pretty inviting. It’s quite a funny novel, arguably demonstrating Douglas Adams levels of silliness. This infographic from Likelihood of Confusion looks at the IP debate today, and details the main differences between the two current Presidential candidates when it comes to this topic.

Vintage Books asked London-based illustrator Noma Bar to design new covers for their Haruki Murakami back catalog. He’s one of my favorite authors and I think these clever designs really compliment his style. Bar seems to be an expert at making the most of negative space. Via Boing Boing.

MAGIC & Project tradeshows invited Jeff Staple to curate an exhibition of extremely rare limited edition releases from across the last decade or so of streetwear. The display compiled a plethora of rare and highly sought-after items, which chances are, typically you’ll only find on eBay, if at all. The exhibition was called PROJECT/Reed and Hypebeast invited Jeff to speak about it.

I just got my hands on the new CRYPTIK: EASTERN PHILOSOPHY title from ZERO+ Publishing. I’m a big fan of CRYPTIK, so it’s no surprise that I’m really happy to have his first book. At 85 pages deep, the hardcover displays excellent documentation of the artist’s public art campaign with beautiful black & white and color images of his iconic brand of street art: Buddha faces, Buddha Palms, Ganesha, Gandhi, Sanskrit-inspired lettering, and mystical symbols. The Cryptik Movement aims to help humanity evolve to a higher awareness, and this book is more or less the best available program guide. It also features a foreword by Ethel Seno, who worked with Jeffrey Deitch on MOCA’s “Art in the Streets” exhibition. 10.25 x 7.75″ (25.4 x 19.1cm) [View Images]