Damn Good

This book came out awhile ago I waited to pick up this book up till I could afford it.  You know, "In This Economy..."
Coming in at 4lb2oz., I got to say my baby was worth the wait. Kings Way is a comprehensive book about the Australian Graff Scene, from the early 80s to the early 90s;  I've never been t,but of recent I have been really appreciating the fLIcks I see coming out of 'Stralia and this book has cemented in my mind that them kangaroo kids been rockn hard for a long time.  This is a book for thems who dig diggn through the past to read stories from writers, regardless of where they are, but just cuz it's about graff

Large graff books coming out these days... This is a big lugga mugga book.  It's great cuz you can beat toy asses with it if need be.  But f'real it's about Fo-Hundro on the page count(Squares read  400 pages), and coming in at 1200+ images, Baby is the real deal.  Called the Melbourne Graffiti Bible, this thing is obviously created by peeps who have a passion that goes beyond painting and benching, that goes beyond the making of graff zines and graffiti magazines, beyond what most writers would ever attempt to do, even with that love. Above and beyond, Duro Cubrilo, Martin Harvey, and Karl Stamer's love for their culture, their city, and their love for the art of getting up, bleeds thru every page of this book.
It's presented in three parts: Walls, Bombin', and Panels.  WALLS lists the players and places, and most interesting to me was seeing how the Aussie Graff game changed within the decade examined. One can really see the explosion of skill and style in that rather short period of time, and being able to peep such an extensive amount of work by Melbourne's Finest in and of itself is indeed worth the price of admission. These could have been treasures lost to time, unseen by anyone but for the authors. Think of how many boxes and boxes of fLIcks are out there; or hell what about just undeveloped rolls of film?  How many books will be hidden forever inside our shoeboxes, closets and basements?                        *nEwaiz*
Bombin' is a short but sweet section, showing insides and two page spreads of tag styles. Panels?  Oh     Snap-phizzy- Panels is a ridiculous purging of photos, all recording train work.  Again the price of admission I would have paid just for this section.   It's just dope.

Kings Way comes with a poster a'la GraffitiWorld by Nick Ganz. That's dope.  Mine is Hardcov, but a softcover reprint is coming out, hopefully at a bit more reasonable price.  Sure I said I'd pay the price 2xs over, but realistically this is a major book purchase, concerning price.  I'd recommend putting this on the BDay wishlist, or to up save yr pennies, cuz you will not be disappointed with this purchase.

Overall I have to give mad props to Duro, Martin, and Karl, for what is one of the most impressive books on graffiti available ever.  The amount of work just compiling the photos would have been hard enough... But to research and document the history as they have done is absolutely remarkable.  I'm sure they would give credit to all those who helped make the book possible, but they made it a reality.

Pay full price if there's no other choice, but peep amazon first.
Peace
fS