Kenk: A Graphic Portrait
by Richard Poplak (Pop Sandbox)
Cover design by Nick Marinkovich, Alex Jansen, and Jason Gilmore

This book captivated my ­imagination. Kenk is an asshole. A bike thief. A creepy, shifty dude. He is also a legend in Toronto. This book adds mythical proportion to his already ­incredible story. Using photocopied film stills scraped with sandpaper, scratched with razor blades, and literally torn to pieces, Nick Marinkovich et al. create an ugly world charged with emotion. I looked at a lot of book covers this year. Many were clever and clean, but nothing has stuck with me as much as this one. “ Erik Mohr, a designer with ChiZine Publications

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