Elmslie/Brainard

Following on from yesterday’s posting on the passing of the legendary “New York School” poet, Kenward Elmslie, we thought to gratuitously follow up with a few images of collaborations (there are many) with his long-time friend and lover – (and all-around genius), Joe Brainard (1942-1994)

starting with their first collaboration (from 1965) The Baby Book 

and here’s Kenward’s fond scruffy portrait of Joe, courtesy Granary Books

Connie Lewellyn on Joe and collaboration

Joe Brainard – An Artist to Remember
Joe Brainard – A Writer to Remember
Joe Brainard – A Man to Remember

Kenward Elmslie – A Man to Remember too.

Joe Brainard and Kenward Elmslie – (from the cover of Pay Dirt (1992), a retrospective of comics created over a 25-year span by the two of them

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