Hot And Cold: essays poems lyrics notebooks pictures fiction

"...[In 'Hot and Cold'], Hell's multifarious work is finally gathered under one cover. The book is less a 'collection' or an anthology, and more a seamless cohesion the various mediums that ink on paper breeds... Since he first came to public attention in the 1970s, Richard Hell has made a spectacular if specialized reputation for himself in every conceivable medium - from music, painting, and photography, to fashion, design, and writing. A man with a vision, Hell was the Prophet of Punk: the originator of the spiked haircut; ripped, drawn-on, safety-pinned clothes; and the seminal punk anthems 'Love Comes in Spurts' and '(I Belong to the) Blank Generation.' "