////////// OVERVIEW & PUBLICATION HISTORY LONDON / TOKYO

Independent print periodical exploring contemporary art, graphics, artist books, and underground culture.

Founded in 2006 and directed by Oliver Watson with publisher Kris Latocha, Paperback Magazine bridged the vibrant independent publishing scenes of London and Tokyo. Released in limited softcover editions with custom supplementary booklets, drawings, and printed artifacts.

ARCHIVAL NOTICE: This digital repository preserves the authentic publication catalogue, excerpts, artist rosters, global stockist directory, and documentation from the Tokyo Art Book Fair.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA
Title: PAPERBACK
Editor: Oliver Watson
Publisher: Kris Latocha
ISSN: 1755-733X
Format: 14.8 × 21 cm (A5), softcover + supplementary artist booklets
Offices: 91 Geffrye Street, London E2 • Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153
Distribution: Motto Distribution (Berlin/Zurich) • Utrecht (Tokyo)

////////// PUBLISHED ISSUES & CONTENTS

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RELEASE 2008 • 96 PAGES

PAPERBACK
ISSUE TWO

Full color offset print with accompanying drawing booklet. Includes a dedicated spread of works by manga master Yuichi Yokoyama.

Format: Softcover + Booklet
Size: 14.8 × 21 cm
ISSN: 1755-733X
Distribution: Motto, Utrecht
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Contributors & Featured Works

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

  • • Yuichi Yokoyama (Color paintings portfolio)
  • • Susan Cianciolo (Art & fashion archive)
  • • Tal R (Copenhagen works)
  • • Nicola Pecoraro (Prismatic felt-tip drawings)
  • • Masayuki Shioda (Tokyo visual work)
  • • Karel Appel
  • • Charles Lapicque
  • • Gottfried Honegger

SUPPLEMENTS

Distributed with Domicile Conjugal by Yuka Katagiri (published in partnership with Nieves, Zurich) and limited edition custom Paperback pens.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Nampei Akaki, Benjamin Deberdt, Sofia V. Fischer, David Horvitz, Ooki Jingu, Heinz Peter Knes, Bego Solis & Carmen Simon, Ben Sullivan.

WRITERS & ESSAYISTS

Anja Cronberg, David Horvitz, Kris Latocha, Carlo McCormick, Dan Nadel, Alice Pfeiffer, Paul Pieroni, Oliver Watson, Stephanie Weber.

INAUGURAL RELEASE • AUTUMN 2007

PAPERBACK
ISSUE ONE

The debut issue establishing Paperback's distinctive visual system, featuring seminal works from Copenhagen, Paris, Tokyo, and New York.

Cover Art: Tal R (House of Prince)
Supplement: Trees Are So Special
Periodical: The Report (Harrell Fletcher)
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Section Index & Monographic Features

  • Section A: Tal R — House of Prince paintings (4 pages)
  • Section B: Computer Graphics — Joan Amat, Belvedere 1989 designs (5 pages)
  • Section C: Nicola Pecoraro — Felt-tip drawings (8 pages)
  • Section D: Benjamin Deberdt — Photo essay on Paris studio installation
  • Section E: Works from Gatax
  • Section F: Graphic exploration & typography
  • Section G: Ooki Jingu — Public project photo essay
  • Section H: Brendan Fowler (talk-band BARR) — In-depth interview
  • Section I-K: Nina Jan Beier & studio photography
  • Section L-M: Chris Johanson — Acrylic on paper (Untitled 2000)
  • Archive Supplement: Trees Are So Special (Tokyo art space archive with Chikashi Suzuki & Hisham Bharoocha)
  • The Report Supplement: Harrell Fletcher & Miranda July (Reprint of Issue 9)
////////// EXHIBITION ARCHIVE: TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR (ZINE'S MATE) TOKYO, JAPAN
Paperback Magazine display at Tokyo Art Book Fair 2010
FIGURE 1: Paperback Magazine archival installation at the Tokyo Art Book Fair (Zine's Mate), Omotesando, Tokyo (Photo: TABF Archive 2010).
ARCHIVAL REF: TABF_2010_1094

Paperback was an active participant and co-exhibitor at the inaugural Tokyo Art Book Fairs organized in collaboration with Utrecht, Motto Distribution, and Nieves. The fair brought international independent publishers, zine-makers, and artist presses together at Omotesando and Nakameguro, forging strong cultural ties between London, Tokyo, Berlin, and Zurich.

////////// HISTORICAL STOCKISTS NETWORK

UK USA JAPAN EUROPE AUSTRALIA KOREA
UNITED KINGDOM
Artwords Bookshop
65a Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QQ
artwords.co.uk
UNITED KINGDOM
ICA Bookshop
Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y
ica.art
UNITED KINGDOM
Claire de Rouen Books
125 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EW
clairederouenbooks.com
UNITED KINGDOM
Koenig Books
Serpentine Gallery & Charing Cross Rd, London
kunstbuchhandlung.de
JAPAN
Utrecht
Kamimeguro / Shibuya, Tokyo
utrecht.jp
JAPAN
Aoyama Book Center
Jingumae, Shibuya-ku & Roppongi, Tokyo
aoyamabc.co.jp
JAPAN
Graf
Nakanoshima, Kitaku, Osaka 530-0005
graf-d3.com
GERMANY
Motto Berlin
Skalitzer Str. 68 HH, 10997 Berlin
mottodistribution.com
FRANCE
Section 7 Books / Castillo/Corrales
65 rue Rebeval / rue Julien-Lacroix, Paris
castillocorrales.fr
USA
Printed Matter, Inc.
10th Avenue, New York, NY
printedmatter.org
USA
Family
436 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036
familylosangeles.com
SOUTH KOREA
Post Poetics
1F 337-4 Sangsoodong Mapogu, Seoul 121-829
postpoetics.org
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