This page contains the largest selection of rare and current publications by Bruno Richard / Elles Sont De Sortie ever made available for sale. Most of these books were published in very limited editions and were only available directly from the author of through a bookshop in Paris. All volumes are in mint condition.
BRUNO RICHARD / ELLES SONT DE SORTIE
With his confrontational personality and strong individuality, his guttural, aggressive and uncompromising drawing style and his experimentation in book publishing, Bruno Richard – for a long time together, actually in a sort of symbiosis, with the late Pascal Doury – is one of the pioneers, and remains one of the most consisting figures, of the so called graphzine artists, starting in the mid-seventies almost simultaneously with the Bazooka group, composed of a new wave of French artists – Loulou Picasso, Kiki Picasso, Olivia Clavel, Ti5 dur, and others – to create a revolutionary and later highly influential style of illustration and publication, in a similar way to what slightly older American underground artists like Gary Panter, Mark Beyer and Art Spiegelman were doing through the pages of the contemporary RAW magazine, to which he and Doury also contributed at the time. Richard’s amazing body of work made of many thousands of drawings (“Je fais un dessin par jour” as he says) has almost exclusively been offered to the public, rather than by making original artworks circulate, through publication in magazines and books (the medium he likes best and finds more suitable), experimenting with formats, papers, bindings and methods of reproductions, constituting in most part a series named Elles Sont De Sortie (also the name of a non-existing group composed by Richard and Doury) spreading through mainly self-made, limited-edition productions, some volumes on official publishers (Futuropolis, Balland, Jean-Paul Rocher, Limage, Autrement, Humanoïdes Associés, etc.) and contributions to magazines (Hara-Kiri, Charlie mensuel, RAW, Infrarot, Zoulou, OBCN, etc.), and becoming through the years one of the most substantial and revered series in the world of graphzines and artist’s books.
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NEON DE SURO (self-published, Mallorca 1980)Edition of 5000 copies and one of the earliest Bruno Richard solo publications. A beautiful 8 page tabloid (30x42cm) of full page b/w drawings of faces. A “fullet monografic de divulgacio” donated with the originals to support the Neon De Suro association. Impossible to find despite the large edition.
PRICE € 45
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE – NEGRES VULVES, NOIR BITES (Images-Images, Paris 1988)
Edition of 500 hand-numbered copies signed by both Doury and Richard (plus 100 copies h.c.). A superb hard-bound 25x30cm book with embossed cover, with 200 glossy b/w pages presenting a large selection of drawings by Bruno Richard (contributing also hand-written texts) and Pascal Doury, as well as pages by Ti 5 dur, Gary Panter and Mark Beyer. Hand-numbered and signed on the colophon by both Bruno Richard and Pascal Doury. Rightly considered one of the essential and most beautiful ESDS publications.
PRICE € 180
AFRIKAN BAOHAOS (Futuropolis, Paris 1983)
Edition of 400 (unstated) copies. A beautiful hardbound 15x21cm book with embossed two-color cover, with 108 b/w pages presenting 50 double spread drawings by Bruno Richard plus 1 by Pascal Doury. A very early Richard solo book and a strangely un-numbered ESDS publication, as well as the first of three Afrikan Baohaos themed publications.
PRICE € 35
BÉBÉ – N° 33 DE LA REVUE ELLES SONT DE SORTIE (self-published, Paris 1992)
Edition of 500 (unstated) copies never distributed before. A beautiful 21x30cm softbound book with 136 glossy pages of intimate b/w polaroids of E.B. from the end of 1980 to the beginning of 1988. Until now only a handful of copies were given to friends, the rest being held from distribution in the author's archives. One of the most unusual publications in the ESDS series.
PRICE € 30
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE # 40? – DIRTY LOVE AUTOPSY (10.000 Humans Edicions, Palma de Mallorca 1994)
A striking hard-bound 21x30cm, full color book, with 52 pages offset of drawings of tortured women with watercolours, plus full page drawings by Tomeu Cabot, Gary Panter, Mark Beyer and Pascal Doury, and pornographic polaroids on the cover. Possibly one of the most beautiful ESDS publications. Please note that the bad quality of the cover lamination is common to all copies.
PRICE € 40
50 LETTRES DOCUMENTAIRES (self-published, Paris 1999)
Edition of 100? (unstated) copies. A 15x21cm photocopied booklet, 52 b/w pages, which is a self-published (by Richard) anthology of 'documentary letters' originally published by Philippe Billé as a xeroxed bulletin (on all kind of subjects) throughout the years, compiled by Bruno Richard adding a postface. Texts in French, with small illustrations (not by ESDS) throughout.
NOT AVAILABLE
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 51? – (COSTES ILLUSTRE') UNE FOIS MORT, L, M, OU N, ELLE OU ELLE, TU T'EN BRANLERAS ET TU L'OUBLIERAS (self-published, Paris 2001)
Edition of 450 copies. A fantastic concept-book beautifully published as a classic French-style paperback, 15x23cm offset, 112 b/w pages. Loosely based on the outrageous work of French live performer and musician Costes, it is a total Bruno Richard book, superbly designed with the text alternated or mixed with his own drawings, pictures of Costes' shows, found pictures, sketches and notes, and the occasional drawing by Mark Beyer, Tomeu Cabot y Josep Alberti, Pascal Doury, Gary Panter, Art Spiegelman, Ti 5 dur and Marianne.
PRICE € 15
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 53 – BAILLONNE MON ENNUI. BRICOLE MOI UNE MORT (self-published, Paris 2000)
Edition of 100? (unstated) copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 40 b/w pages of sex drawings and a little text.
NOT AVAILABLE
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 57 – AMPUTEE BABY LET ME SHOW YOU HOW (self-published, Paris 2001)
Edition of 100? (unstated) copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 40 b/w pages of drawings of women and a little text.
NOT AVAILABLE
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE SANS PASCAL (DOURY) N° 58 (self-published, Paris 2001)
Edition of 100? (unstated) copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 44b/w pages of drawings of women and a little text.
PRICE € 20
ESDS (SANS PASCAL) # 60 – FUEGO (DI MIERDA) EN LAS ENTRANAS (self-published, Paris 2002)
Edition of 100? (unstated) copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 40 b/w pages of drawings of women and a little text.
PRICE € 15
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE SANS PASCAL N° 62 – FILM SAL (Jean-Paul Rocher Editeur, Paris 2002)
A fantastic concept-book beautifully published as a classic French-style paperback. 15x23cm offset, 128 b/w pages of drawings or dirty pictures alternating with the explosive text, “dirty french-english translation Dirti film”, plus one drawing by Pascal Doury. A slick and sick masterpiece.
PRICE € 15
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE 69 – HYMMELLE (Timeless, Villeneuve Tolosane 2004)
Edition of 100 copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 44 b/w pages of drawings of mainly women with reproductions of their source (pages from an art auction catalogue) and a little text.
PRICE € 15
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 70 (self-published, Paris 2004)
Edition of 100 copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 40 pages of drawings of women randomly photocopied on white and color paper (covers included), so that each copy is different from the others.
PRICE € 30
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 74 ? – OBSCENES COLOR COMPULTIONS (self-published, Paris 2005)
Edition of 100 copies, practically never distributed. A spiral-bound 15x21cm laser-copied booklet, with 34 full color pages of diverse drawings, with protecting transparent plastic sheets with text.
PRICE € 40
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ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 77 ? – BESTIAL BOOK(self-published, Paris 2005)
Edition of 50? (unstated) copies, practically never distributed. A thick 21x30cm photo- and laser-copied book with 116 b/w + 18 full color pages, protected by thick cardboard sheets with stamp and printed transparent plastic covers, alternating a page of text with a page of drawings from different periods, with contributions by Pascal Doury, Mark Beyer, Gary Panter, Ti 5 dur, Savage Pencil, Tomeu Cabot, Georgeanne Deen, Rory Hayes, Hokusai, Yosuke Kawamura, Suehiro Maruo and Emmanuelle Mafille. A striking hidden gem in the ESDS catalogue.
PRICE € 80
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 79 – DESSEINS MALPROPRES (Editions Humeurs, Montreuil 2006)
EA thick, soft-bound book with a superb and rich selection of drawings by Bruno Richard and Pascal Doury throughout the entire Elles Sont De Sortie experience.15x20cm offset, 192 pages of which 32 in full color, including occasional drawings by Mark Beyer, Gary Panter, Ti5 dur, Marc Caro, Loulou Picasso, Tomeu Cabot, Raymond Pettibon, Jim Nutt. One of the best introductions to the work of both Bruno Richard and Pascal Doury.
NOT AVAILABLE
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 80 – SANGS DIVERS (L'Art Pénultième / EPAC, Le Havre 2006)
Edition of 120 hand-numbered and signed copies of a superbly conceived and realized Bruno Richard book in which the color pages of his drawings of women are separated by pages casually cut out of newspapers and bound together, so that each copy is actually different from the others. 15x21cm clothbound, 104 color pages altogether and cover retouched with minimal dripping on the front and hand-numbered and signed on the back. A striking book, this is one of the 85 copies out od 120 which compose the 'regular' edition.
PRICE € 90
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 80? 81? – “IL Y AVAIT L'ORAGE, TU AS DIT QU'IL FASAIT SOLEIL. J'Y CORYAIS” (self-published, Paris 2006)
Edition of 100 copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 24 b/w pages of drawings of women and a little text.
PRICE € 9
ESDS # 83? 84? – DEVIL SEXUEL INSOMNIAQUE (self-published, Paris 2007)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 28 b/w pages of drawings and a little text, plus a detached hand-numbered two-color page.
PRICE € 9
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 84? 85 (self-published, Paris 2007)
Edition of 100 copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 28 b/w pages of drawings of women.
PRICE € 9
ELLLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 85? 86? (self-published, Paris 2008)
Edition of 100 copies with fingerprint. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 28 b/w pages of drawings of women and a little text, with red fingerprint on the front cover.
PRICE € 9
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 86? 87? – LE MAL? LE MASQUE DU BIEN MOM COEUR (self-published, Paris 2008)
Edition of 100 copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 28 b/w pages of drawings of women and a little text.
PRICE € 9
ESDS # 87? 88? – LIPST (self-published, Paris 2009)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 24 b/w pages of drawings of women and a little text, with fold-out back cover.
NOT AVAILABLE
ESDS 86 ? 87 – VAGINATLAS DER UNGERICHTLICHEN MEDIZIN (Elica, Ivrea 2009)
Edition of 170 copies. A beautiful 15x21cm full color book printed offset with 32 pages of drawings using collages of pictures taken from medicine and anatomy books plus a few older color drawings, including one page each by Gary Panter, Mark Beyer and Tomeu Cabot. Please also see the edition de tete with additional booklet, etc..
PRICE € 20
ESDS 86? 87 – VAGINATLAS DER UNGERICHTLICHEN MEDIZIN - EDITION DE TETE (Elica, Ivrea 2009)
Edition de tete of 40 hand-numbered and signed copies. A hand-numbered cardboard enveloppe with pasted-on cover and stamp containing the regular edition of Vaginatlas plus an exclusive hand-numbered and signed 15x21cm laser-copied color booklet of similar drawings and other pictures, protected by a stapled transparent plastic jacket with unique pasted-on stamps on Moltonel tripl. ép. paper. Vaginatlas is a beautiful 15x21cm full color book printed offset with 32 pages of drawings using collages of pictures taken from medicine and anatomy books plus a few older color drawings, including one page each by Gary Panter, Mark Beyer and Tomeu Cabot.
PRICE € 40
ESDS # 87? 88? – TU VA CON DAMNE MOURIR BIENTOT TOT (self-published, Paris 2009)
Edition of 100 copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 24 b/w and color pages of drawings of harmed women.
PRICE € 12
ESDS N. 88? 89? – TUE TUE TUE (self-published, Paris 2009)
Edition of 100 copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 24 b/w and color pages of drawings of harmed women.
PRICE € 12
ESDS # 89 - 90? – SALE SALE COULEURS SUCIDSS WELT (self-published, Paris 2010)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. A special booklet in the classic 15x21cm photocopied format of the ESDS series, with 24 b/w copies of sex drawings on different color pages with cut off portions, hand-numbered on the individually retouched back-cover with hand-written 'ravel sperm' in red.
PRICE € 12
ESDS 1983 FAC SIM1 (Editions Humeurs, Montreuil 2010)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. The first of three beautiful tiny fac-simile reproductions of cahiers of drawings from 1983 in a laser-copied 16x20cm format, each composed of 16 b/w pages of drawings plus the original color cover, hand-numbered on the back.
PRICE € 12
ESDS 1983 FAC SIM2 (Editions Humeurs, Montreuil 2010)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. The second of three beautiful tiny fac-simile reproductions of cahiers of drawings from 1983 in a laser-copied 16x20cm format, each composed of 16 b/w pages of drawings plus the original color cover, hand-numbered on the back.
PRICE € 12
ESDS 1983 FAC SIM3 (Editions Humeurs, Montreuil 2010)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. The third of three beautiful tiny fac-simile reproductions of cahiers of drawings from 1983 in a laser-copied 16x20cm format, each composed of 16 b/w pages of drawings plus the original color cover, hand-numbered on the back. Most of the drawings contained here were made together with Pascal Doury.
PRICE € 12
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 91? 92? – “ONLY CORPSES - BEBES MORTS, MERES MORTES, PERES MORTS ET PLUS - PENETRATE ME” DIT-ELLE NUE (self-published, Paris 2011)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with fingerprint. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 16 b/w cream pages of drawings, hand-numbered on the two-color front cover with the addition of the artist's fingerprint.
PRICE € 9
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 92? 93? – WIZ NY SGFRD (self-published, Paris 2010)
Edition of 100 copies. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 12 color pages of drawings of women plus an insert of 12 photocopied pages of hand-written text.
PRICE € 12
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 98 - 99? - 99 – CASSE-TOI (self-published, Paris 2011)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with bullet hole. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 24 b/w pages of sex drawings of women and a little text, protected by a stapled hand-numbered transparent plastic jacket, the whole perforated by a (real) bullet hole.
PRICE € 8
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 101 ? 102? – MY VERSIONS MY KILLING DIRT DIFFERENCES, HASTA LA MUERTE (self-published, Paris 2012)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with shit stamp. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 20 full color pages of sex drawings, hand-numbered on the front cover with the addition of a (real) shit stamp and little sticker(s).
PRICE € 9
(HOPES 05) ESDS 102-103 ? – DIRTSS VÉRITÉ (S. Gérand, Montreuil 2012)
Edition of an unstaded number of copies with stamp. Issue number 5 of the monographic Hopes revue also corresponding to ESDS 102/103. A beautiful thread-bound 21x27cm booklet with 16 laser-copied pages on thick eough paper of b/w and two-color drawings of groups of women, with three-color cover with unique red stamp. Enclosed is a 12-page, 14x19cm booklet with drawings of faces printed directly on pages from pornographic magazines (thus all different).
PRICE € 15
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 103 ? 104? – DOUBLES WITH MY & MOTS, DIRT YELLOW PISS, CLEAN LEÇON DES TENEBRESS (self-published, Paris 2012)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies “wiz Nein”. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 24 b/w pages of women printed on alternating grey and yellow paper, with red “Nein” stamp on the front cover, protected by a stapled transparent plastic jacket.
PRICE € 8
ESDS 101 A – MY ESDS 101 PUTAS DE DIBUJOS NIGGER'S COLORS
ESDS 101 B – MY BLUE PORNOGRA-FICA
ESDS 101 C – MY ROSSO KISS TO MISS
ESDS 101 D – MY KOLOR KRAZY KAZ
ESDS 101 E – MY VAIN RÖT GLAND ENCULÉ
(all Elica, Ivrea 2012)
Edition of 160 copies each. Complete set of the five spectacular volumes constituting Elles Sont De Sortie N° 101, each 31x22cm book being an almost fac-simile of an already partly coloured second-hand colouring book for children, reworked by the artist, for a total of 116 full color pages of eye-popping drawings. (The total price of the five volumes, if bought at the individual published price, would be € 80).
PRICE € 45
ESDS 101 ABCDE – MY.... - EDITION DE TETE (Elica, Ivrea 2012)
Edition de tete of 30 hand-numbered and signed copies. A spectacular specifically hand-made, hand-numbered box with two-color drawing pasted on and stamps, containing all five ESDS 101 volumes, each one including a special hand-cut and -taped extra dust-jacket numbered and signed by the artist. The five spectacular volumes constituting Elles Sont De Sortie N° 101, each 31x22cm book are almost fac-similes of already partly coloured second-hand colouring books for children, reworked by the artist, for a total of 116 full color pages of eye-popping drawings. One of the most striking ESDS editions ever.
PRICE € 150
ESDS N° 109 ? 110 ? – HALFABSTR DIRTCUTS / VOMITS R ALISTSLITS (self-published, Paris 2013)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with retouched covers. A spiral-bound 15x21cm laser-copied booklet, with 36 b/w pages, cut in half horizontally, of drawings of women, with hand -colored (wizpissyellowundblutvomit) and -numbered covers.
PRICE € 14
ELLESSONTDESORTIE N° 104? 105? – PERFECTHELL ON SS EARTH (self-published, Paris 2013)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with stamps of front cover. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 20 vertically stapled b/w pages of drawings of women, with stamped and hand-numbered cover.
PRICE € 8
ELLES SONT DE SORTIE N° 105? 106? – ANAL SKIES (self-published, Paris 2014)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with retouched covers. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 20 black/grey pages of sex drawings and found pictures, hand-numbered on the front cover.
PRICE € 8
ESDS N° 106-107 ? A 100 (self-published, Paris 2014)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with retouched covers. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 20 b/w pages of drawings of women on pages from different publications, with a rip of pages from the same publications collaged on the hand-numbered back cover. Copies from 51 to 100 are available individually, the first 50 are collected in ESDS N° 106-107 ? ABC HALF 100 (please see below).
PRICE € 7
ESDS N° 106-107 ? B 100 (self-published, Paris 2014)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with retouched covers. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 20 b/w pages of drawings of women, with colored paper hand-cut collage on the hand-numbered back cover. Copies from 51 to 100 are available individually, the first 50 are collected in ESDS N° 106-107 ? ABC HALF 100 (please see below).
PRICE € 7
ESDS N° 106-107 ? C 100 (self-published, Paris 2014)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with retouched covers. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 20 b/w pages of drawings of women, with a color-xeroxed detail from Dürer's The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand glued on the hand-numbered back cover. Copies from 51 to 100 are available individually, the first 50 are collected in ESDS N° 106-107 ? ABC HALF 100 (please see below).
PRICE € 7
ESDS N° 106-107 ? ABC HALF 100 (self-published, Paris 2014)
Complete set in an edition of 50 copies of the three ESDS N° 106-107 ? booklets in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, each one with 20 b/w pages of drawings of women and a collage on the hand-numbered back cover. The set is contained in a white paper enveloppe with hand-written title and collaged edition number.
PRICE € 20
DOC/DESS A ESDS N° 111 / 112 ? FASCIST REALISM LINES (self-published, Paris 2015)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with stamped covers. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 16 2-color pages with small source image on left page coupled with drawing on right page, with cover with stamps hand-numbered on the back. 70 copies available individually, the other 30 collected in DOC/DESS ABC ESDS 111 112 ? (please see below).
NOT AVAILABLE
DOC/DESS B ESDS N° 111 / 112 ? SS KUNST LINES (self-published, Paris 2015)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with stamped covers. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 16 2-color pages with small source image on left page coupled with drawing on right page, with cover with stamps hand-numbered on the back. 70 copies available individually, the other 30 collected in DOC/DESS ABC ESDS 111 112 ? (please see below).
NOT AVAILABLE
DOC/DESS C ESDS N° 111 / 112 ? NAZI FUN LINES (self-published, Paris 2015)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with stamped covers. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 16 2-color pages with small source image on left page coupled with drawing on right page, with cover with stamps hand-numbered on the back. 70 copies available individually, the other 30 collected in DOC/DESS ABC ESDS 111 112 ? (please see below).
NOT AVAILABLE
DOC/DESS ABC ESDS 111 112 ? (self-published, Paris 2015)
The three ESDS N° 111 / 112 booklets in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series stapled together in one booklet of 48 2-color pages, with hand-written title on the front cover and small color reproductions of the source pictures taped to the left pages, with the addition of a loose color page showing all the original source images. Brilliant re-packaging of the three Doc/Dess booklets in an edition of 30 copies.
PRICE € 30
ESDS N° 108? - 109? – APOCALYPSE – FUEGO - RAPES (self-published, Paris 2015)
Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with burnt paper clipping. A booklet in the classic 15x21cm photo- or laser-copied format of the ESDS series, with 20 b/w pages of drawings of women in action, with a burnt paper clipping glued on the hand-numbered front cover.
PRICE € 7