Slowly but steadily, the reviews of New Skateboard Graphics are surfacing and the word is good.
"Go to any book store and you will find a lot of books about skate graphics, and most of them suck. New Skateboard Graphics however, is worth picking up, and like the previously mentioned Disposable, this is one to keep." Razorcake, 5/09
"'Praise the board,' proclaims a deck graphic by the now defunct skateboard company PopWar, and that's just what J. Namdev Hardisty's book, New Skateboard Graphics sets out to do. Rather than retracing the greatest skateboard graphics of all time, Hardisty focused on designs released within the last two years." Wiretap, 4/09
"Graphics are such an integral part of skateboard culture that at first the blonde woodgrain on the cover of New Skateboard Graphics barely registers as the maple blank of a board. Nearly 300 decks are printed on the inside front and rear folds of the book on an orderly white background but the colorful little ovoids could pass for children's Band-Aids at a distance. While I'm sure that early attempts at mastering the tailslide have sent more than a few kids home with Scrappy Doo bandages, J. Namdev Hardisty's book demonstrates just how far skate culture (and design) has progressed since the green Vision Gator that left me bleeding more than once somewhere in the eighties." Core77, 3/09
You can read the full reviews on the press page.