So many items this week I had to skip picturing any “Also Available” items. More PS Art Books on sale, Al Williamson's Star Wars Artist’s Edition, the wonderful USS Stevens collection by Sam Glanzman (I’m already eagerly reading it). Plus new Wonder Woman, Elseworlds JLA, Harley Quinn, Supergirl, DC Bombshells, a super-low-priced Complete HP Lovecraft, a superlative Masters of the Poster, and announcing the long awaited art book on Fortunino Matania plus a companion catalog. Several of us are off to the San Diego Comic-Con next week, hope to see many of you there. Booth 1501. We’ll have a big selection of half-price slightly hurt books there, along with all the new titles and my own personal stock of out of print art and illustrated books, as well as Golden Age and Silver Age comics. After we get back, this email beginning August 5th will feature the new books, publisher exclusives, and signed sketchbooks from the show. Of course, check New Arrivals if you want to see items as we start uploading them to the website around July 28-29. Our Summer 2016 Catalog now available for download (under 5 mb). The print version is coming soon. |
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USS STEVENS The Complete Collection -- Highly Recommended. By Sam Glanzman. Legendary Golden Age artist Sam Glanzman set many of his tales aboard the USS Stevens, the actual World War II destroyer on which he served. This full-color, hardcover treasury collects every single Stevens tale he ever published, more than 60 short adventures from Our Army at War, G. I. Combat, and other 1970s DC war comics as well as longer pieces from Marvel's 1986 revival of Savage Tales magazine and the more recent Joe Kubert Presents. Plus, this outstanding collection also includes the final, four-page story about the warship, newly written and illustrated by Glanzman himself.....More. |
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| Also by Sam: A Sailor’s Story graphic novel [SAIS. |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS AVON'S EERIE Volume 3 -- Collects #15-17, 1954 plus 3 one-shots. Recommended. By Wally Wood, Joe Kubert, Joe Orlando, Kinstler et al. This third volume completes the run--the last three issues actually reprint Eerie #1 & #2 with Wood; and #3 by Wood, Orlando & Kubert. The bonus issues are way cool...Phantom Witch Doctor, 1952, with Everett Raymond Kinstler cover & art; Night of Mystery, 1953, with Kinstler & Hollingsworth; and Eerie Comics, 1947, the first-ever Horror Comic, with Kubert and Fujitani....More. |
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WONDER WOMAN BY GREG RUCKA Volume 1 -- Collects Wonder Woman #195-213, 2002-04. Recommended. By Greg Rucka. Eisner Award-winning author Greg Rucka’s critically acclaimed run writing the Amazon Warrior is finally collected in its entirety, beginning in Vol. 1. When Diana writes a book that shares her beliefs, it ignites a firestorm of controversy—and even gets the attention of the Olympian gods! Now Wonder Woman faces her most personal battle yet as she confronts attacks on all levels, from Veronica Cale to Dr. Psycho to Batman, Silver Swan and even the War God Ares himself! Superb artwork by Jones and others.....More. |
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| See our website for much more Wonder Woman: graphic novels, archives, statues. |
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ELSEWORLDS JUSTICE LEAGUE Volume 1 -- 1996-98. By John Francis Moore, Chuck Dixon et al. Art by Kieron Dwyer, J.H. Williams, Phil Winslade et al. The Justice League as enforcers in the Wild West? A world where Superman and Batman never came to be and instead Supergirl and Batgirl protect Metropolis and Gotham City? Wonder Woman fighting Jack the Ripper in Victorian England? In Elseworlds, anything is possible. Some really wild stories here, and we especially like the artwork by Winslade.....More. |
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ADVENTURES OF DIETER LUMPEN -- Recommended. By Jorge Zentner. Art by Ruben Pellejero. The first English translation of the most famous work of the Angoulême award-winning team of Jorge Zentner and Rubén Pellejero. Dieter Lumpen is a man of the world, an adventurer who wants no part of adventure. Nonetheless, he is swept along to exotic locations from Turkey to the Caribbean, from China to Venice. As written by Zentner, Dieter’s irony is gentler, more subtle, more reflective, and more tongue-in-cheek than hard or bitter. Collects all eight short stories and the three graphic novels. Foreword by Tim Sale.....More. |
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| For more European graphic novels, see Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese, now in three collections. Also both now on sale, see Sergio Toppi’sgraphic novel The Collector [COLSH. |
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DAREDEVIL EPIC COLLECTION Volume 1 The Man Without Fear -- Collects Daredevil #1-21, 1964-66. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee, Wally Wood, and Dennis O'Neil. Art by Wood, Romita, Colan, Everett. Born to a past-his-prime prizefighter, Matt Murdock's luck always ran a step behind his good intentions. When a daring act to save a man's life blinds young Murdock, he finds that the same accident has enhanced his remaining senses to superhuman levels! He becomes Daredevil, a gritty hero born from murder but tempered with the desire to protect the downtrodden. Origin story by Bill Everett, superlative follow-up stories by Wally Wood, then John Romita.....More. |
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THE OSAMU TEZUKA STORY A Life in Manga and Anime -- Over 900 pages! Recommended. By Toshio Ban. Translated by Frederik L. Schodt. This graphic-format biography of Osamu Tezuka—Japan's "God of Manga"—looks at one of the twentieth century's great creative artists (Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Black Jack). It is also an anecdotal study of the evolution of Japan's early manga and anime business and its heroes. Toshio Ban joined Tezuka Productions in 1974 as one of Tezuka's assistants, emulating Tezuka's style. Thus this is like an autobiography in Tezuka's own style. Wonderfull detailed intro by Frederik Schodt.....More. |
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| His Astro Boy Omnibus collections Vol 1 and 2 are also in stock, over 600 pages in each. [ASB01, ASB02. |
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HARLEY QUINN Volume 2 Power Outage (The New 52) -- Collects #9-13 & two specials, 2014. Recommended. By Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner. Art by Chad Hardin, John Timms, Amanda Conner et al. The best-selling Harley Quinn continues her bloody romp in the second volume of her own series! The first rule of Skate Club is...you do not mess with the Mistress of Mayhem! Harley stumbles across an underground fight club where big money winds with a body count. She’s in...and she’s making Sy Borgman her agent for the fights. And what would happen if the demented Clown Princess of Crime visited the most popular comic-con out there? Find out when Harley Quinn invades Comic-Con!!....More. |
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HARLEY QUINN Volume 3 Kiss Kiss Bang Stab -- Collects #14-16 & 3 specials. Recommended. By Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Chad Hardin, John Timms, Amanda Conner et al. Fun, wild and well drawn adventures & pin-up art. Harely's a psychiatrist managing an apartment building full of needy tenants and rambunctious pets, skating in the roller derby and trying to start up a new romance! She has precious little time left over for her mission of do-gooding. Time to expand her operation with her very own team of assistants! And that’s not all! Harley also breaks into Arkham Asylum to save her bestie Poison Ivy, falls hard for dashing millionaire Bruce Wayne and spreads her own unique brand of holiday cheer....More. |
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We accidentally missed Volume 2, above, it came out in late December! Sorry! Volume 1 is also available, and so is Harley and Poison Ivy [HQPIH. |
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DARING ADVENTURES OF SUPERGIRL Volume 1 -- Collects #1-12, 1982-83. By Paul Kupperberg. Art by Carmine Infantino. The new chapter in the life and times of the Girl of Steel is here, from more than three decades ago. Wonderful artwork by Infantino, whose work made The Flash, Adam Strange, the "new look" Batman favorites with fans. With inks by Bob Oskner, and covers by Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano. Our heroine isn't a kid anymore--with high school behind, Supergirl sets out to see the U.S., from Chicago to San Francisco, meeting new friends and new foes. Plus sharp covers by Gil Kane....More. |
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| Also available: Supergirl: Girl of Steel Volume 1, collecting #0-10 and 12 from 2005-06 [SGA01]. |
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DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS Volume 2 Allies -- Collects #7-12, 2105-16. By Marguerite Bennett. Art by Marguerite Sauvage, Laura Braga and Mirka Andolfo. In Gotham City, Kate Kane is away and the Batgirls must do their part. In Greece, Wonder Woman faces a battalion of the undead led by villainous Baroness Paula von Guther. In London, Stargirl and Supergirl learn a shocking and dangerous family secret--and Mera encounters a monstrous threat from the sea. In Berlin, Zatanna is fighting evil magic, meanwhile Catwoman and The Huntress rescue a captured Batwoman from the clutches of theThird Reich.....More. |
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| Volume 1 is available at the same price. Also still here: the playing cards sets, tapestries, and statue series. |
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AL WILLIAMSON'S EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Artist's Edition -- Highly Recommended. By Archie Goodwin.Al Williamson's career is crammed full of amazing accomplishments: star artist for the EC Comics line while barely in his twenties, drawing the definitive comic-book version of Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon, producing the X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan comic strip for 10 years, plus many more! Until seeing this original artwork, I didn't realize how finely detailed this is, very much in his EC style! This is legendary among fans. His heroic adventure style was perfectly suited for Star Wars--Williamson was George Lucas' first choice for the Star Wars newspaper comic strip, which he would later go on to draw!...More. |
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COMPLETE MASTERS OF THE POSTER -- All 256 Color Plates from "Les Maitres de l'Affiche." Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Stanley Applebaum. The most famous artistic compilation ever made of the great age of the poster, featuring works by Mucha, Grasset, Cheret, Steinlen, Toulouse-Lautrec, and 100 other artists. One poster per page, beautifully reproduced, the absolute finest posters from the heyday of the art poster craze c.1890-1910. Like the dance concert posters of the 1960s and 70s, here we have the most avante garde artists of their era pushing the envelope with wonderful results, all in the Art Nouveau style.....More. |
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THE COMPLETE FICTION OF HP LOVECRAFT -- At last--Bargain-Priced! Highly Recommended. Never before at this low price, HPL's sole novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between 1917 and 1935, Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures, supernatural thrills, and science-fiction, that have influenced writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Includes The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Color Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.....More. |
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THE SHADOW #108 -- Vengeance Bay and Death Has Grey Eyes. Recommended. By Walter Gibson. The Shadow confronts Nazi agents in two thrilling wartime adventures from 1942 and '45. The search for Blackbeard's pirate treasure uncovers a foreign conspiracy, and another Shadow emerges from the darkness after Lamont Cranston is kidnapped! Then, in the latter days of World War II, The Shadow uncovers a plot to secure the Nazi's future Fuehrer for a secret plan to take over the world 20 years in the future. BONUS: A 1941 "Iron Muno" story from Shadow Comics, 1941, by Ted Sturgeon and Jack Farr!....More. |
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| See our website for more of The Shadow: Although many back issues remain in stock, we’re slowly running out of issues from #11 to #79, which we have stopped reordering. We’re keeping #1-10 in stock, but numbers 5 and 6 are currently out of print and sold out. Act now. We have all issues from #80 up and will keep these available. Also see the special multi-packs and the annual, as well as new graphic novels. |
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LITTLE NEMO Return To Slumberland Deluxe Oversized Signed -- Signed bookplate by Eric Shanower! Highly Recommended. By Eric Shanower. Art by Gabriel Rodriguez. The Eisner Award-winning tale is re-presented in a glorious deluxe, oversized package with 36 additional pages of bonus material and a bookplate signed by writer Eric Shanower. This striking, all-ages collection includes the original four-issue series, plus never-before-seen artwork, preliminary work, pencilled pages and more, plus a detailed look at the process employed by Shanower, Rodriguez, and their editors to reinvent a celebrated property! Beautifully drawn, in the best Nemo tradition....More. |
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This is also available in a smaller hardcover format, sans the extra pages, with a signed bookplate [LNRH. See our website for more Nemo. The Complete Little Nemo is still available from Taschen, it’s enormous...15 x 20, 600 pages, in its own slipcase, two books, full color. [WIMCH. Little Nemo Dream Another Dream is a full newspaper-sized book of all-new work from the top creators today [LNDRH. $124.99]. This is also available in a kid-sized abridged version, Little Nemo’s Big New Dreams, a Junior Library Guild Selection [LNBIGH. |
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| This is part two of the new batch of 24 titles just in. Next week we will finish listing the latest new sale-priced hardcovers. We still have a good number of slipcased editions, at $21.99 each, so check our website if you’d rather have one of these than a hardcover at $19.95. Many are now sold out from our source, and once we no longer have these sale copies, we will continue to handle these but they will go back to full price. Act now, the Planets, Sheena, Rulah and selected other titles are going very quickly. See our website for the full selection. |
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SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE Volume 2 -- Closeout Price! Collects #5-10, 1949-50. Recommended. Art by Jack Kamen, Robert Webb, "Iger Shop," et al. Foreword by Bill Black. Introduction by Roy Thomas. She may still be everyone's favorite yellow-tressed, leopard-skin-clad Jungle Girl but she made her first appearance almost 80 years ago (courtesy of Will Eisner and Jerry Iger in the British mag Wags #1), then in 165 issues of Jumbo, then starring in her own title, here, and eventually into TV and film, first starring the lovely Irish McCalla. Here she is in her own title, 2nd of three volumes collecting the entire run....More. |
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SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE Volume 3 -- Closeout Price! Collects #11-18, 1951-52. Recommended. By Roy Thomas. Foreword by James Heath Lantz. The eight final issues of Fiction House's original run of comics, including several fabulous final covers by the superb Maurice Whitman. Inside each issue are three classic stories, most by journeyman Robert Webb, also known for his work on Classics Illustrated, along with some rare appearances of Jay Disbrow plus all the back-up stories by Charles Sultan and others. Classic Good-girl art!....More. |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS STRANGE FANTASY Volume 2 -- Closeout Price! Collects #8-14, 1953-54. Recommended. By Bob Webb, Steve Ditko, Sal Trapani et al. More whacked-out weirdness from the days when comic books had an edge, and featuring (in issue #3) an appearance from everyone's favourite jungle princess, Rulah! The line-up includes writer Bruce Hamilton (later a comics publisher himself) and young Steve Ditko. Plus the unknown "Iger Shop" talents going to town on over-the-top horror.....More. |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS STRANGE WORLDS Volume 2 -- Closeout Price! Collects #8,9,18 & 19, 1952-55. Highly Recommended. By Peter Crowther, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Joe Kubert, Wally Wood, Gene Fawcette et al. Along with four cool issues of Strange Worlds--hold onto your hats--here are the famous Avon one-shots! Out of This World with "Lunar Station" by Kubert and "Cromb the Barbarian" by John Giunta, An Earthman on Venus, a book-length novel by Wally Wood, and Flying Saucers, also entirely by Woody! From 1951-52, these are all Classic EC-style Wood.....More. |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS WEB OF EVIL Volume 2 -- Closeout Price! Collects #8-14, 1953-54. Highly Recommended. By Jack Cole, Leo Morey, Charles Nicholas et al. Weird adventures into horror and the supernatural from Quality Comics Group's premiere title. While EC and Harvey were doing THEIR thing, Quality had their own take on ghosts, skeletons, the undead, and the damned. Featured artists also include Charles Culdera, Bob McCarty and John Forte.....More. |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS WEB OF EVIL Volume 3 -- Closeout Price! Collects #15-21, 1954. Recommended. By Chuck Cuidera, Charles Nicholas, Louis Ravielli et al. Persuasive evidence that animated corpses (that's zombies to us today) used to be gray and had see-through rib-cages. Monsters galore, from the underworld, the swamp, outer space--clearly the publisher knew what comic fans wanted in their horror comics! Above average artwork throughout, from the respected Quality Comics Group.....More. |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS AVON'S WITCHCRAFT Volume 1 -- Closeout Price! Collects #1-6, 1952-53, with bonus issue The Dead Who Walk. Highly Recommended. Art by Joe Kubert, Sid Check, Everett Raymond Kinstler et al. Collected together for the very first time, this outstanding title from fabled Avon Comics, who gave EC a real run for their money and today are highly collectible. Wonderful inside-front cover artwork by Wally Wood's protégé Sid Check, a cover by pulpster Kelly Freas, great Kinstler, and over-the-top horror stories!....More. |
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ROY THOMAS PRESENTS RULAH JUNGLE GODDESS Volume 2 -- Closeout Price! Collects Zoot #17-27, 1948-49. Recommended. Foreword by Roy Thomas. Rulah's sexy costume barely hangs together, there's bondage, torture, naked women, unending headlights, girl-fights, bad girls...There wasn't any extreme Victor Fox didn't direct his artists to explore--the same creators who were doing a similar bang-up job on Fox's other top seller, Phantom Lady! Even Roy Thomas points out his admiration for what Rulah pulled off in her bizarre adventures and how Victor Fox turned an oft-used genre (see Tarzan, Kaanga and Sheena) into something different and far more daring.....More. |
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ROY THOMAS PRESENTS RULAH JUNGLE GODDESS Volume 3 -- Closeout Price! Plus Zegra & South Sea Girl, 1947-49. Highly Recommended. By Matt Baker, Jack Kamen, Alex Blum, Bob Webb et al. Over 300 pages of wild and fun jungle adventure from the Golden Age. Includes a special introduction from Hames Ware about the "Iger Shop" artists, unsung creators who wrote and drew these classics! Besides all the Rulah stories from All Top, this collects Tegra, Zegra, and all seven issues of Seven Seas comics with stunning art by Matt Baker.....More. |
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FORBIDDEN WORLDS Volume 9 -- Closeout Price! Collects #53-58, 1957. Highly Recommended. By Harry Lazarus, John Rosenberger, Ogden Whitney et al Editor Richard Hughes never lacked for good solid stories in his titles, not depending on shock and horror like other publishers. So when the comics code came long, he merely tweaked things a little and went on creating outstanding little tales (much like Lee, Kirby & Ditko would do later on) that today are still very readable, often offbeat. I find them very entertaining--there's time travel, alien invasions, pirates, paranormal events, ghosts, even westerns with a supernatural twist.....More. |
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| More Forbidden Worlds available: Volume 5,8, 9 hardcover, on sale at $19.95 each [FOR05H, etc]. Volumes 1-4, 6, 7, 10 are all available in slipcase at $21.99 each [FOR01D, etc]. Volume 10, the latest, is still at cover price. |
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ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN Volume 9 -- Closeout Price! Collects #44-50, 1953. Recommended. Art by Harry Lazarus, Jon Blummer, Paul Gattuso et al. Weird, mysterious and spine-tingling tales from ACG's flagship title that kicked off horror comics in 1948. No records exist of who wrote what, but we know the excellent Richard Hughes, along with being editor, wrote many of these offbeat tales. The level of artwork is quite good here, a notch above earlier issues and works well with the ever-interesting stories, and with an occasional time travel or sci-fi story in the mix.....More. |
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More Adventures Into the Unknown available: Volume 4, 5, 7, 9 are also on sale at $19.95 each. Volumes 2, 3, 6, 8 are available in slipcase for $21.99 [ADU002D, etc]. Other volumes, including the latest Volume 10, are still cover price. We also still have the aborted Dark Horse series, Volumes 1-3 [ |
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PLANET COMICS Volume 10 -- Closeout Price! Collects #42-47, 1946-47. Highly Recommended. By Murphy Anderson, George Evans, Bob Lubbers, Graham Ingels, Lily Renee et al. Every volume gets better! The best sci-fi comic of the Golden Age now has many of the best artists of the era, as noted above, as we continue the 13-year run from Fiction House. The great strip "Futura" begins here, about a mysterious girl on alien worlds--and spaceships--running from invaders. Artist Murphy Anderson is in almost every issue and the lead feature, "Lost World," is now drawn by EC's Graham Inglels.....More. |
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More Planet Comics available: Also on sale are Volumes 1-9 and 11 at the same $19.95 price. Volume 2 is also available slipcased [PLC02D] but just 12 copies are left. Previously advertised volumes 6-8 Slipcased are now sold out. We don’t expect to get more. Volume 12-14, which finish the series, are not on sale but remain full price at $59.99 each. |
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ART OF FORTUNINO MATANIA Catalogue --Limited! Recommended. This 96 page book features over 250 illustrations of original art and prints. The art presented here was used in preparation of the giant art book Drawing from History: The Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania. Due to space considerations, some 125 illustrations in this Catalogue were omitted from the art book. In the 1930s Matania's historical adventures were a regular feature in Britannia and Eve, many with delightful nudes and amazingly realistic details--stories of kings and queens, conquerors, adventurers, famous women of history, etc. Due Oct....More. |
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DRAWING FROM HISTORY The Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania -- Limited, 1000! Highly Recommended. By Lucinda Gosling. Art by Fortunino Matania. Foreword by James Gurney. This is the ultimate art book featuring one of the most talented and respected illustrators of the 20th century, but still little known to all but a small group of fans. This is the first book dedicated to showcasing Matania's incredible work. Enjoy his meticulously accurate historical drawings and paintings of antiquity, the Roman era, British history and English Kings and Queens, his book illustrations for Kipling stories, Edgar Rice Burroughs, When Worlds Collide and a major selection of his historic World War One illustrations. Tasteful nudity.....More. |
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DRAWING FROM HISTORY The Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania Slipcased Signed -- Signed & limited, 100! (60 available to public.) Highly Recommended. By Lucinda Gosling. Art by Fortunino Matania. Foreword by James Gurney. This is the ultimate art book featuring one of the most talented and respected illustrators of the 20th century, but still little known to all but a small group of fans. This is the first book dedicated to showcasing Matania's incredible work. This Ultra edition is SIGNED by the author, Lucinda Gosling, SLIPCASED with gold blocked pages, comes with an additional tipped-in plate and two Matania prints not available elsewhere. Tasteful nudity. Due Oct....More. |
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| Already published is the excellent GOODBYE, OLD MAN Matania's Vision of the First World War. As I write this we are out of stock, but more are due to arrive here on or before July 22 [GOBO. $18.95] . |
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Mature ReadersTwo DVDs this week. Sorceress stars Julie Strain and Linda Blair in this new release of a 1994 horror classic by director Jim Wynorski. It includes extra features, director’s comments, et al. And back in stock is a classic, Gwendoline DVD. One of our bestsellers, this stars vixen Tawny Kitaen in her movie debut as the virgin adventuress. She must endure scorching torments of the desert and steamy jungles--and the warrior women of Yik Yak? French sex kitten Zabou co-stars. A cult classic directed by Just Jaeckin (Emmanuelle, The Story Of O). Includes Dr. Kinsey’s interview with John Willie, creator of Sweet Gwendoline, upon which this is loosely based. We also keep that book, Sweet Gwendoline, in stock, and are one of the only sources for it these days. The publisher doesn’t make them available to most bookstores, Diamond or Amazon. We’ve kept this amazingly popular title on hand since it was first published in 1972. This is a 368-page expanded edition, published in 1999. [Sweet Gwendoline ADVH. Nude Photography | Erotic Art | Erotic Films: DVDs | Adult Graphic Novels | All Pin-Up & Adult |
News and Notes |
| 2017 Calendars are beginning to arrive, but with so many other new items to list, they may not get into an email for a few weeks. We just got the Boris and Julie Bell, Haunted Realms, Angel Spirits by Sulamith Wulfing, and two from Kinuko Y. Craft: Women of Enchantment and Beauty and the Beast. Watch the website for new titles. |
| Patrick J. Jones has a first-ever collection of his work coming out this fall. A regular in Spectrum, we've become big fans of his. He has generously agreed to provide us with a special painting for a full color bookplate, and he will be signing these to go along with his upcoming book. Patrick is responsible for one of our favorite art instruction books in some time, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Oil Painting Techniques. It sports an intro by none other than Boris Vallejo. SCIOP. |
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