30 deluxe postcards when American pop culture meets Mexican folklore! 30 large deluxe postcards where Elvis, Frozen, The Hulk, Bod the Sponge and the greatest characters of Pop culture meet Mexican folk culture and graphic tradition.

Six different floral borders, illuminated with metallic gold and reproduced four times each. Enclose message within border on front; use space on back for address. 24 full-color postcards.

WHEN MEXICAN FOLKORE MEETS U.S. POP CULTURE!!!! Border Bang is a passionate love letter to the Tijuana and US border, documenting the bootleg artifacts sold to locals and tourists alike. Reappropriating the bombardment of pop culture images is the border’s reaction to global issues and events, telling viewers and consumers not to glorify these situations but rather to acknowledge them through their subversive presentation. Border artisans and shysters digest the influx of international popular culture, reappropriating and reconfiguring images to express themselves and empower objects with subversive ideas masked underneath bold colors and text. Raised in Tijuana, Gutierrez crossed the border to the US to attend elementary and middle school. Each day, he was dazzled and entranced by the objects being sold, creating alternative narratives to the cartoon characters and celebrity portraits that he saw. Border Bang is a reflection of his childhood narrative, using images from Mickey Mouse to Tupac Shakur to convey the reflections and meditations of global events as witnessed by the border, exploring his love affair with Mexican pop and folk culture.

In this beautiful and spaciously-constructed book, Barbara Cole uses the white space of the page to frame her meditative reflections on memory and movement into rectangular "postcards" which form an extended narrative while remaining distinct: "I thought I was working to build something, thought I was leaving the door open for possibility, something real or lasting. and of course we want the fairy tale. we grew up eating it. swallowing it down like vitamins -- for our own good." Saddlestapled chapbook.

Written for the amateur magician, "Learn Magic" enables readers to learn and start performing 65 well-known tricks that professionals use, offering a well-rounded repertoire on which beginners can draw.