The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood is my top item and my favorite this week. It offers a lot of unique material and new essays by fellow artists and family. We finally have copies of the very popular Tony DiTerlizzi sketchbook back in stock. A new Doctor Strange: Last Days of Magic. Also: a very cool little Cthulhu statue & booklet; Bloody Crown of Conan goes on sale with an illustrated & signed bookplate by Gary Gianni; new Druuna, DC Bombshells, Sherlock Holmes, Xena and much more. |
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THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF WALLACE WOOD Volume 1 Our Highest Recommendation. By Bhob Stewart, Bill Gaines, Roger Hill, Al Williamson, John Severin, Grant Geissman. Introduction by Howard Chaykin. Just when we thought we'd knew all there is to know about Woody, here comes a wonderful all-new biography. Edited over the course of thirty years by former Wood assistant Bhob Stewart, His World is a biographical portrait, generously illustrated with Wood's gorgeous art (some unpublished) as well as little-seen personal photos and childhood ephemera. Also: remembrances by Wood's friends, colleagues, assistants, and loved ones. 2016, Fantagraphics. ...More. Item Code: HISW Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x12, 256pg, Partial Color |
If it's in print and about Wally Wood, we will have it. See our website. |
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DITERLIZZI ALBUM PER SCHIZZI SKETCHBOOK Signed Signed & limited, 500! Highly Recommended. New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi has been creating children's books for nearly two decades. From fanciful picture books like The Spider & The Fly (a Caldecott Honor book), to chapter books like Kenny and The Dragon and the WondLa trilogy, DiTerlizzi imbues his stories with a rich imagination. With Holly Black, he created the middle-grade series, The Spiderwick Chronicles, which has sold millions of copies, been adapted into a feature film, and been translated in over thirty countries. Diterlizzi Studio, 2016. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: DITSKS Soft Cover, 5x8, 48pg, b&w $20.00 |
We have just two copies left of Realms:The Roleplaying Game Art of Tony Diterlizzi, with a signed bookplate. |
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CTHULHU The Ancient One Tribute Box Recommended. By Steve Mockus. The signature character of author H. P. Lovecraft's darkly fantastic fiction, Cthulhu is as emblematic for Lovecraft's fans as Darth Vader is for Star Wars adherents. Both feared and worshipped in the stories, Cthulhu has since been the subject of new fiction, artwork, role-playing games, toys, and other items celebrating Lovecraft and fandom for weird tales. This set includes a hand-painted figurine, an altarpiece stand, and a 48-page booklet (that slips into the stand!) discussing the Ancient One's place in Lovecraft's works and in popular culture. Chronicle Books, 2016. ...More. Item Code: CTHA Soft Cover, Book 4x6 Figurine 5" tall, 48pg, Partial Color $19.95 |
More Lovecraft and Cthulhu-inspired work is on our website. |
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BLOODY CROWN OF CONAN Signed Signed & illustrated bookplate by Gary Gianni! Highly Recommended. By Robert E. Howard. Art by Gary Gianni. This lavishly illustrated volume features dozens of full page drawings and wonderful vignettes by former Prince Valiant artist Gary Gianni. It collects three of Howard's longest and most famous Conan stories–two of them printed unedited for the first time, directly from Howard's typescript–along with previously unpublished and rarely seen outlines, notes, and drafts. Collects People of the Black Circle, A Witch Shall be Born, and Howard's only Conan novel: The Hour of the Dragon. Moderate nudity. Ballantine, 2003. ...More. Item Code: BLOODYS Soft Cover, 6x9, 368pg, Text/b&w |
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ALSO AVAILABLE A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS Signed by Gary Gianni Signed & Illustrated Bookplate by Gary Gianni, limited to 100. Highly Recommended. By George R.R. Martin. 160 all-new illustrations by Gary Gianni. Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, this fine new hardcover first edition compiles the first three prequel novellas of Martin's ongoing masterwork! These never-before-collected adventures recount an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living consciousness. Bantam, 2015. ...More. Item Code: AKNHS Hard Cover, 6x9, 359pg, b&w $30.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE JULES VERNE'S TWENTY-THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA Highly Recommended. By Jules Verne. Adapted by Gary Gianni. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. The classic tale of Nemo and the fearsome Nautilus submarine is retold in a wonderful new graphic novel, capturing the vintage feel of the original story, written in the 1860s. The combination of Verne's masterful storytelling and Gianni's dynamic graphic style makes this exciting adventure of life in the first submarine not to be missed. Flesk, 2009. ...More. Item Code: JUH Hard Cover, 9x12, 64pg, Full Color |
See online for more by Gary Gianni, as well as more Robert E. Howard and Conan. |
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ARCHIE ARCHIVES Double Date and Other Stories Collects Pep #46-50 and Archie #7-10, all from 1944. Recommended. By Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin, Bill Vigoda. Archie Andrews and his calamitous crew of screwball schoolmates are some of the best-known and most beloved characters in the history of comics. Archie, Betty, Veronica, Reggie, Jughead, and the rest of the Riverdale gang have seen seventy years of teenage antics, filtered through the lenses of generation after generation of readers. Now Archie fans of all ages can return to the beginning of it all with Archie Archives from Dark Horse Comics, featuring their very earliest adventures in inexpensive softcover editions. Dark Horse, 2016. ...More. Item Code: AA03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 232pg, Full Color |
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DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU OMNIBUS Dell'Otto Cover Collects Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 1-18, 1974; Special 1, 1974. Recommended. By Doug Moench, Bill Mantlo, Steve Englehart et al. Art by Rudy Nebres, George Perez, Jim Starlin et al. Cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto. By 1974, kung fu fever struck the United States. Hot on the heels of the breakout hit Master of Kung Fu, Marvel launched the amazing, oversized The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu magazine. Headlined by Shang-Chi, Iron Fist and the Sons of the Tiger, artists including Rudy Nebres, George Pérez, Jim Starlin, and Paul Gulacy gave this their best work. Plus stunning painted covers by Neal Adams! Each issue featured not just the comic-book stories, but also extensive interviews, martial arts guides, photo features, and movie, TV and book reviews. Marvel, 2016. ...More. Item Code: DHKFH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x11, 1120pg, Full Color |
See our other Kung Fu omnibus collections online. |
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DONALD DUCK TIMELESS TALES Volume 1 Recommended. By Romano Scarpa, Dan Jippes, Carl Barks et al. Wak! IDW's first six issues of Donald Duck are gathered in this classy collector's volume... including great works by Romano Scarpa, Giorgio Cavazzano, Daan Jippes, and the first-ever U.S. publication of "The Diabolical Duck Avenger," Donald's classic 1960s debut as a super-anti-hero! With special extras for true Disney Comics aficionados, this Donald compendium provides pages of history, fun previously unseen stories from Denmark, and it's perfect for all ages. Includes some special surprises by Carl Barks. IDW, 2016. ...More. Item Code: DDTT01H 7x10, 256pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE UNCLE SCROOGE TIMELESS TALES Volume 1 Recommended. By Rodolfo Cimino et al. Art by Romano Scarpa, Bas Heymans et al. Jumpin' jacksnipes! The first six issues of IDW's epic Uncle Scrooge come together in a giant collectors' hardback edition--with all the variant covers, and even a Beagle-busting extra or two! Enjoy international tightwad tales--first published in Europe--by fan favorites Romano Scarpa, Mau and Bas Heymans, Giorgio Cavazzano, Freddy Milton, Marco Rota and more... brought into Duck English by Jonathan Gray and other prized Carl Barks pundits. What Scrooge McDuck fan could resist a bargain like this? IDW, 2016. ...More. Item Code: USTT01H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 240pg, Full Color |
See our website for more Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck, by Carl Barks, Don Rosa and others. |
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ROY THOMAS PRESENTS FRANKENSTEIN Volume 3 Slipcased Closeout Price! Limited, 300! Collects #1-5, 1945-46. Recommended. By Dick Briefer. Writer/artist Dick Briefer's Frankenstein for Prize Comics is widely regarded as being America's first ongoing horror series. Indeed, it was Briefer's work that probably caused the creature to be actually identified as Frankenstein instead of the nameless monstrosity from Mary Shelley's novel. Splitting the stories between two schools—humor and horror—Briefer's tales are absorbing and unsettling in equal parts. Some of the humorous material has already been reprinted, though not necessarily in order nor in total. Until now! PS Artbooks, 2013. ...More. Item Code: FRA03D Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 240pg, Full Color |
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ROY THOMAS PRESENTS FRANKENSTEIN Volume 4 Closeout Price! Collects #6-10, 1947. Recommended. Written and drawn by Dick Briefer. Dick Briefer's Frankenstein character, created for Prize Comics, was comic's first ongoing horror series. But unlike every other adaptation, Briefer made the "monster" the star of a comedy strip, with friends who are witches, mummies and strange beings...it's a spoof on horror stories. In later issues Frankenstein became a true monster, meting out violent justice with nary a second thought. But in these early stories, it's all good clean fun as the monster tries to cope with a crazy, surreal world that he doesn't quite understand. PS Artbooks, 2014. ...More. Item Code: FRA04H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 240pg, Full Color |
Also on sale: Roy Thomas Presents Frankenstein Volumes 5 (issues #11-15) , 6 (#16-21), 7 (#22-27), and 8 (#28-33). The stories change from humor to straight horror with issue #18. [FRA05H, FRA06H, etc. We still have SLIPCASED editions of these volumes 5-8 also. But Volume 5 is down to just five copies left. [FRA05D, FRA06D, etc. |
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MARADA THE SHE-WOLF Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. By Chris Claremont and John Bolton. I'm a huge fan of John Bolton's art. Here he is together with X-Men writer of genius, Chris Claremont--and on sale, too! A must-have book. Descended from Caesar, and preceded by her legendary reputation as a warrior, Marada crosses the Roman Empire from adventure to adventure. Stunningly illustrated and collected in its totality for the first time, in full color and accompanied by never-before-seen material. Occasional nudity, adult themes. Four complete stories or horror, sword and sorcery and a beautiful Conan-like adventuress. Titan, 2013. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: MARASH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 112pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE SHAME TRILOGY Highly Recommended. By Lovern Kindzierski. Art by John Bolton. The purest woman on earth allows herself one selfish thought, and conceives the most evil woman the world has ever seen. A classic adult fantasy, with abundant nudity and adult themes, exploring good versus evil. Virtue gets the daughter she wished for, Shame, releasing this powerful woman to a world ill-prepared for her campaign of evil. Also includes the first 10 pages of the first book in the Tales of Hope trilogy, John Bolton's original pencil layouts, an interview with both Lovern and John about the trilogy, and additional background material. Renegade Arts, 2016. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: SHAMH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x11, 224pg, Full Color |
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DOCTOR STRANGE Volume 2 The Last Days of Magic Collects #6-10, 2016. Recommended. By Jason Aaron. Art by Chris Bachalo. Looks like a fun, unusual story and it's superbly drawn, with all the surreal touches you'd expect for Strange's other-dimensional activities! Doctor Strange enters the last days of magic! They have crossed the dimensions, purging them all of sorcery, one by one. Now the Empirikul have arrived in the Marvel Universe. And with Earth's Master of the Mystic Arts weakened beyond measure, is there any chance of stopping them? The Sorcerer is no longer Supreme, and he will find himself at the mercy of the Imperator! Marvel, 2016. ...More. Item Code: DRS02H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 168pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE DOCTOR STRANGE Volume 1 The Way of the Weird Collects #1-5, 2015. Recommended. By Jason Aaron. Art by Chris Bachalo. Who do you call when things are coming out of your dreams and trying to kill you? Or when your daughter is cursing in Latin and walking like a spider? Or when your dog keeps screaming at you to strangle your neighbors? Doctor Strange, of course. He's the only person standing between us and the forces of darkness, but has he been paying his tab? Every act of magic has a cost and Jason Aaron (Thor, Original Sin) and Chris Bachalo (Uncanny X-Men) are going to put Stephen Strange through hell to even the scales. Marvel, 2016. ...More. Item Code: DRS01H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 136, Full Color |
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Because this is a short week, the items that we usually get on Wednesday from our distributor Diamond Comics, were not here in time to create this email. But they will be scanned and described by the time you see this. Click on any of these for full details. All will be listed as usual next week. Complete Voodoo 2 Hardcover [COMV02H] Druuna Serpieri Collection 3 Hardcover [SER03H] Art of DC Comics Bombshells Hardcover [ARDCBH] Art Of Red Sonja 2 Hardcover [AORS02H] John Byrne's Stowaway To The Stars Coloring Book [JBSCB] Sherlock Holmes Omnibus Softcover [SHERO] |
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FLASH THE SILVER AGE OMNIBUS Volume 2 Collects The Flash #133-161. Highly Recommended. By John Broome. Art by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson et al. More great early Flash stories, this time from those prime years, the early 1960s, when it was all coming together. Writer John Broome created brilliant stories that made Flash a fan-favorite for every DC reader. The amazing villians just kept coming: Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Pied Piper, Reverse-Flash, Heat Wave, Trickster, Weather Wizard and more. This collection also guest-stars Kid Flash, the Golden Age Flash, the Elongated Man (super-sleuth Ralph Dibny, in his spin-off of Plastic Man), and Green Lantern. DC, 2016. Due Dec. ...More. Item Code: FL02H Hard Cover, 7x11, 784pg, Full Color |
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HARLEY QUINN RED WHITE & BLACK ARKHAM ASYLUM Statue By Jack Mathews. Dr. Harleen Quinzel started her career at Arkham Asylum, and she hasn't strayed that far from there! Harley's got a hot new look inspired by the bestselling video game Batman: Arkham Asylum in the latest Red, White and Black statue! DC, 2016. Due Jan. ...More. Item Code: HARRWBA 7" tall, Tritone $80.00 |
Mature ReadersPossibilities: The Photographs of John Willie is THE book on the artist and photographer John Willie, publisher of the long running fetish magazine Bizarre, creator of Sweet Gwendoline and also Bizarre Comix. This is all about his photography, over 1000 fetish pictures featuring bondage, s&m, kinky outfits and more. Slip Naked in Your Own Words is a very unusual and very appealing collection of nude photography. I have to say it reminds me very much of Boris Vallejo’s photograpy collection Bodies. Poses are dynamic, with action and tension; lighting is amazing, mostly moody and dark; women are muscular, fit, and extremely sexy. Complete Bizarre is a warehouse find that ties in nicely with the new John Willie book above. It’s a complete reprint, in two volumes, of his magazine Bizarre. These are banged-up sets that were put aside by us many years ago, but they are much in demand now in any condition. So we have just 11 available, the best condition will go out first. Finally, we have five SQP titles which are now on sale at half price. These made it into our latest catalog, which may be in your hands shortly, but we hadn’t announced them here, Here’s the list…more next week, or look in Pin-Up and Erotic Art for all titles. Fastner & Larson Tricks & Treats Art of Edward Reed Portraits & Pin-Ups Coming in December, we have the second book in the Complete Crepax series: Time Eater and Other Stories. Erotic tales starring Valentina and two more ladies in Barbarella-like sci-fi fantasy with an erotic cental theme. Nude Photography | Erotic Art | Erotic Films: DVDs | Adult Graphic Novels | All Pin-Up & Adult |
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Tom Lovell Illustrator is nearly gone. We are down to 18 copies left as I write this, then it will be sold out. Illustration Press’ next book will be The Art of Jon Whitcomb—we’ll announce it shortly. Available March 1, $44.95, limited to 1000. Tarzan meets King Kong in the next upcoming Tarzan novel by Will Murray. I have raved here about his Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-Don, and now in this one he meets King Kong!? It should be fun. Available in softcover and signed, deluxe hardcover. Due early December. Also coming from Will Murray, the first Doc Savage spin-off, Pat Savage: Six Scarlet Scorpions. Available in softcover and deluxe signed hardcover. Due early December. |
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We made a typo last week on The Marvel Legacy of Jack Kirby. The correct sale price instead of $42.50 is actually $32.50. It was published at We will be getting deluxe signed copies of Storms at Sea by Mark Schulz [STOSED. $100]—just waiting for them to arrive December 10. Probably just 20 available. Call to reserve one, or order the regular edition, available now [STOSE. $24.95]. Krampus for Christmas? For an alternative to the goodness and well-wishes of Christmas, there is always dear old Krampus. See our website for Krampus Playing Cards [$6.95] and a book of the original 1800s German images, Krampus The Devil of Christmas [ |
Watch for our Cyber Sale, a special email on Monday November 28, with 80 new Sale items. Special feature is all the issues of Images Magazine at $9.95 each, and Everett Raymond Kinstler: A Journey Through Popular Culture. Hardcover Also watch for our last catalog of the year, with Charles Vess’ Saint Nicholas on the cover. It should be in your hands around the first of December, if you’ve ordered from us in the last 12-18 months. Otherwise call and ask for a copy or download it here. Happy Thanksgiving Holiday! |
Our Catalog and Contact Info We publish a color catalog every two months—if you’ve placed an order in the last 12 months, you will receive it hot off the press. If this is your first order, or if you’d like an extra copy, you can add one to your order: click here. Or call or send us your address and we’ll mail one to you. You can also download it here. Contact us: csr@budsartbooks.com or 530-273-2166 Mon-Fri 9-4 |
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