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Hello people, I’m J. Daniel Abel. Since 1984 I've worked as a graphic and commercial illustrator, moonlighting as a professor of Art History until I retired in 2018.

 

Having got fed-up, years ago, with of the oppressive, academic / museum  establishment, and wishing to short-circuit the game, I built this site to be a platform for reasonably priced  “print on demand” art books for myself and a few other worthy artists. In this new digital reality, the published book can become a viable independent media for any artist.   No longer does an artist have to spent 25 large in Hong Kong to get a book printed, then lug heavy boxes of unsold inventory up the stairs and under the bed. Print on demand is inexpensive, and revision is simple. 

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I also built this site to be  a display case for my 40 year career in graphic art, under "portfolio" on the home page.  

 

I still do it for money, god help me. Click the link below if you have an interest. I'm reasonable. 

 

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox

 

On this site you will find reviews about my books and about those of my co-conspirators, plus links to the bookstore.  

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J. Daniel Abel