Thursday, August 3, 2017

Six signed sketchbooks, Marvel Monsterbus and The Savage She-Hulk Marvel Masterworks, Jack Kirby’s 2nd Fantastic Four Artist’s Edition. Plus Harley’s Little Black Book, Mickey Mouse, Green Hornet Omnibus, Bloom County Brand Spanking New Day, Spider-Man Newspaper Strips 4. Comic-Con Report and bestsellers.

Big week with a full boat of new items: six signed sketchbooks, new Archives including the second Marvel Monsterbus and The Savage She-Hulk Marvel Masterworks, Jack Kirby's 2nd Fantastic Four Artist's Edition. Plus Harley's Little Black Book, Mickey Mouse, Green Hornet Omnibus, Bloom County Brand Spanking New Day, Spider-Man Newspaper Strips 4. Comic-Con Report and bestsellers. And of course, more...

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New Signed Sketchbooks

 
RAW MATERIAL ELIZA IVANOVA SKETCHBOOK Signed
Recommended. By Eliza Ivanova. Raised in Bulgaria, Eliza Ivanova has worked at Pixar since 2010. This is her first collection. It covers work from 2012 to 2017 and is a sample of a full art book of her work which we will be handling when ready. Her work is all about faces and figures, serious studies in graphite (some with a second color) that remind us strongly of the work of Kent Williams and a bit of Claire Wendling. We've also got portraits of Asians, a figure on horseback, fantasy people, a frog, a topless alien woman, and demons. Eliza Ivanova, 2017...More.

Item Code: RAWMS
Soft Cover, 5x8, 24pg, Partial Color
$15.00

 
DEADLY CASUAL JOSH HOWARD SKETCHBOOK Signed
By Josh Howard. Deadly Casual is an all new, perfect bound 6x9 art book featuring 50 pages of "casual" drawings & sketches of ladies both deadly and heroic. We have Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Spider-Gwen, jungle girls and monster killers, mermaids, and generally cute young bad girls who don't take sh**t from anyone. Animation style work. Both full page, full color pieces and several-to-a-page b&w sketches showing how he dreams up his finished works. They're fun. Josh Howard, 2017. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: DEADS
Soft Cover, 6x9, 50pg, Partial Color
$15.00

 
SINFUL SUZI 2017 Sketchbook Signed
Recommended. By Joseph Michael Linsner. Joseph Michael Linsner's seductive but devilish pin-up girl, Sinful Suzi, in an all new sketchbook for 2017--we're treated to two new sketchbooks from him this year. Suzi is his bad girl, with pierced nipples and skimpy bikini bottoms. But mostly she's at least topless, if not also bottomless here. Includes a design for a new Sinful Suzi statue, and a nice long commentary by Linsner about Suzi's first creation in 2003, and her various appearances up to today. In full color, with a double-page centerfold. Joseph Michael Linsner, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: SIN17S
Soft Cover, 5x8, 24pg, Full Color
$20.00

 
DAWN 2017 Sketchbook Signed
Signed! Highly Recommended. By Joseph Michael Linsner. Linsner proves himself once again a master of the female form. A slew of wonderful Dawn images in various seductive oufits including his patented skin-tight outfits that might as well be nude. Here too is new work including Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Batman, two wonderful Batgirls, and a Swampgirl dedication to Bernie Wrightson, most from 2017. The centerfold and covers are both double page/wrap around illustrations. Entirely in full color. Linsner, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: DAW17S
Soft Cover, 5x8, 24pg, Full Color
$20.00

 
ART OF FRANCHESCO 2017 Sketchbook Signed
Signed! Franchesco is best known for his gorgeous women drawn for Zenescope's Grimm Fairy Tales like Alice in WonderlandOmnibusGodstorm and more. He also worked on Scavengers, Black TideThe Phantom Unmasked and others. Boldly signed in silver on the cover. Inside is a look at creating a "Heaven Sent" nude as nose art; A Princess of Mars from first draft to finished centerfold; Wonder Woman; a seductive girl with a gun for Scary Fails (yes, Fails, not Tales); A ninja girl; a nude "Revenge of the Nerds," and more. Franchesco, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: AFR17S
Soft Cover, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color
$20.00

 
COMPENDIUM 4 Art by David W. Miller Signed
Signed & limited, 50! By David W. Miller. Steamy fantasy ladies, big-busted and alluring. Here are warrior girls, tattooed ninja girls, vampires and sexy zombie girls. And yes, the limitation is just 50 signed & numbered copies. David's credits include Tales of The Emerald Marauder and Draw With The Cartoon DudeZombie Tramp, Mongrel, Molten Lead, Zen The Intergalactic Ninja, and Pretty Monsters, Dangerous Damsels. Lots of nudity. David also provided 110 paintings of the War Gods Trading Card Game. CBM, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: COM04S
Soft Cover, 8x11, 62pg, b&w
$20.00

See our website for more new sketchbooks, including Modeling Mandy, Primal: The Art of Michael Rechlin, Vintage Neal Adams, William Stout Tribute to Willis O'Brien Volume 2, The Art of Buzz, and Monsters and Dames 2017. Plus previous releases from Franchesco, Linsner, and Miller.

 

Comics Archives

 
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES The Silver Age Omnibus Volume 1
Adventure #247 on and Superboy #86 on, 1958-65. By Otto Binder. Jerry Siegel, Edmond Hamilton et al. Art by Al Plastino with Jim Mooney, Curt Swan et al. One of the most beloved series of the Silver Age is finally collected in a massive omnibus. First introduced in 1958 as a team of super-powered teenagers from the disparate worlds of the 30th century, each with his or her own powers, unique to their planets of origin. Together, they stood against evil across the galaxy, recruiting Superboy to help, and appearing off-and-on in both titles. Originally made up of Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad and Cosmic Boy, but soon numbering in the dozens--they fought for justice as they dealt with adolescent insecurities. DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: LEGS01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 680pg, Full Color
$75.00 $59.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES Volume 1
Collects #234-240 & other issues, 1977-78. By Paul Levitz. Art by Mike Grell, George Tuska, Vince Colletta, Mike Nasser, James Sherman, Walt Simonson et al. These classic 1970s stories are collected in hardcover for the first time! In stories from Superboy and The Legion of Super-Heroes #234-240 and All-New Collectors' Edition #C-55, the Legion give Superboy a treatment that blocks his memory, try to stop the Worldsmith from terraforming the surface of Braal and witness the wedding of Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad! DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: SUPE01H
Hard Cover, 6x8, 312pg, Full Color
$49.99 $39.99

 
GREEN HORNET OMNIBUS Volume 1
Collects #1-15 (Volumes 1-3), 2010-2011. By Kevin Smith and Phil Hester. Art by Jonathan Lau. Cover by Alex Ross. A daring new vision of the iconic pulp hero Green Hornet by trailblazing filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy)! When a mysterious figure brutally and publicly murders his father, frivolous playboy Britt Reid Jr. inherits the legacy and mantle of Century City's greatest protector! Aided by his father's longtime ally, Kato, and an all-new, high-kicking female sidekick, the Hornet takes to the streets on a mission of justice. Bonus: the complete comic book adaptation of Smith's unproduced Green Hornet screenplay and two more complete adventures. Dynamite, 2017...More.

Item Code: GRH01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 392pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

Also available is Lone Ranger & Green Hornet: Champions of Justice [LONRG. $19.99, your price $17.99].

 
HARLEY'S LITTLE BLACK BOOK
Collects #1-6, 2016, plus new bonus material. Recommended. By Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Palmiotti, Neal Adams, Simon Bisley, Joseph Michael Linsner et al. The fan-favorite creative team of Conner and Palmiotti joins forces with a slew of superstar creators—including Neal Adams, Simon Bisley, Joseph Michael Linsner, Billy Tucci, and John Timms. With the Joker firmly in her rearview mirror, Harley Quinn has become an antihero like no other. But sometimes she runs into threats too, uhh, threatening for any one person to beat. That's when she turns to a who's who of the biggest, baddest, most bodacious heroes in the whole universe!  Superman. Wonder Woman. Green Lantern. Zatanna. Lobo!? DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: HARLBH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

 
BABES IN ARMS Women in Comics During The Second World War
By Trina Robbins. Art by Barbara Hall, Jill Elgin, Lily Renee and Fran Hopper. During the Golden Age, publishers offered titles supporting the war effort — presenting fighting men and their feminine counterparts — babes in arms! Comic books during this period featured US servicewomen fighting all of the Axis bad guys and gave several of the most noteworthy women artists of the era opportunities to create action-packed, adventure-filled, four-color stories. Short bios, original art and photos of each artist are followed by 21 complete stories in full color culled from Speed Comics, Green Hornet, Wings, Fight, etc. Hermes, 2017...More.

Item Code: BABAH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x10, 176pg, Full Color
$60.00 $49.95

 
MICKEY MOUSE TIMELESS TALES Volume 1
Collects #1-6. (Legacy issues #310-315). By Andrea Castellan, Giorgio Cavazzano, and Jonathan Gray. Art by Paul Murry, Bill Wright, Manual Gonzales, Giorgio Cavazanno et al. "Oh, fer gosh sakes!" IDW's first six issues of Mickey Mouse are gathered in a luxurious, collector's volume, including great works by Andrea "Casty" Castellan, Giorgio Cavazzano, Bill Wright—and sinful star turns by classic villains like the Phantom Blot, Pegleg Pete, and Professors Ecks and Doublex! With special extras for true Disney Comics aficionados, this Mickey compendium provides pages of history and excitement. the best from 1933, '34, '38, '49, '50, '51, '53, '54, '58, '94, and the early 2000's from both US and original European comics. IDW, 2016...More.

Item Code: MMTT01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 264pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

See the website for Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge Timeless Tales editions.

 
NOCTURNALS THE SINISTER PATH Signed with Drawing
Signed with Drawing! Highly Recommended. By Dan Brereton. The cover itself is an original drawing in two color, signed and dated, with a second signature on the back in silver. Each cover is slightly different. Inside is a fine, fully painted new graphic novel. The death of the powerful and mysterious Judge Hemlock opens the door to one macabre revelation after another, as Doc Horror, spooky daughter Evening, and an armed revenant called the Gunwitch, investigate a haunted house enshrouded in the occult. Big Wow Art, 2017...More.

Item Code: NOCSPD
Soft Cover, 7x10, 104pg, Full Color
$75.00

Also available is the regular signed edition, which we listed last week. [NOCSPS. $19.95]. See our website for several more titles by Dan Brereton, including other special original drawing editions.

 
NEWSBOY LEGION Volume 2
Collects Star Spangled Comics #33-64, 1944-47 Highly Recommended. By Joe Simon. Art by Jack Kirby. Seven years after the first volume was released, here are 32 more Golden Age stories, completing the entire run of this popular strip--the cover feature in Star Spangled Comics. Never before collected, with an insightful introduction by Jack Kirby historian John Morrow. In 1942 the creative team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby was firing on all cylinders. Following their spectacular success with Captain America and the Sandman, anticipation for their next project was sky-high—and the two comics powerhouses did not disappoint when they unveiled the Newsboy Legion starring the Guardian! DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: NEL02H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 368pg, Full Color
$49.99 $39.99

In case you missed The Newsboy Legion Volume 1, we have it available as a special order item (it takes about 3 weeks more than a usual order [NEL01H $49.99, your price $39.99].

 
MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE SAVAGE SHE-HULK Volume 1
Collects Savage She-Hulk #1-14, 1980-81. Recommended. By David Anthony Kraft and Stan Lee. Art by Mike Vosburg and John Buscema. When criminal defense attorney Jennifer Walters is shot by a mob hitman, her cousin saves her life with a blood transfusion -- but that cousin is Bruce Banner, and his gamma-irradiated blood turns her into She-Hulk! Suddenly she's a mean, green amazon. Here you have She-Hulk's adventures from the very beginning, beautifully restored! Her quest will take her from the halls of justice to other dimensions and pit her against Iron Man, mind-controlling cults, the Man-Thing, and even her own father. Marvel, 2017...More.

Item Code: MMSSH01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00

 
MONSTERS Volume 2 The Marvel Monsterbus
Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. Art by Jack Kirby et al Comicdom's famous monsters are on the loose! Marvel presents the concluding volume in our complete collection of Marvel's late-1950s/early-1960s period, famous for its twist-ending tales, alien invaders and especially its towering monster menaces -- and no one drew giant monsters like Jack "The King" Kirby! It's page after page of Grogg, Ogg, the Creature from Krogarr, Fin Fang Foom, and more! Marvel, 2017...More.

Item Code: MONS02H
Hard Cover, 872pg, Full Color
$100.00 $85.00

Volume 1 is also available at the same discounted price of $85 [MONS01H].

 

Graphic Novels & Strip Collections

 
BLOOM COUNTY BRAND SPANKING NEW DAY Signed
Signed! San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive. By Berkeley Breathed. The blowhard-skewering saga continues, with all-new, never-before-printed strips featuring everyone's favorite penguin and all the other quirky denizens of the magical land called Bloom County. This second volume from the strip's 2015 relaunch follows just a year after Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope, but, boy, have things changed. It seems like we need Opus, Bill, and the gang now more than ever. Special signed hardcover edition which we got from the publisher at Comic-Con. Limited number available. IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: BCBSH
12x10, 144pg, Full Color
$40.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
BLOOM COUNTY EPISODE XI A NEW HOPE
By Berkeley Breathed. In 2015, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed began (without warning!) producing ALL-NEW Bloom County strips for the first time in more than 25 years! Breathed released the new Bloom County strips exclusively through his Facebook page, to the cheers of devoted and delighted fans everywhere. These brand new strips have NEVER before been available in print until now! Featuring: Opus, Milo, Bill the Cat, Steve Dallas, Cutter John, and many others, plus up to the moment takes on the race between Hillary and Trump! IDW, 2016...More.

Item Code: BCEN
Soft Cover, 10x12, 144pg, Full Color
$17.99 $15.99

 
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection 1983-84 Volume 4
Two complete years! Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee. Art by Fred Kida and Floro Dery. The merry Marvel team-up you've been waiting for, as Spider-Man crosses paths with the one, the only, the regal Sub-Mariner, in an extended newspaper page story, unique to this series. Plus Aunt May turns criminal, Mary Jane Watson finds she has not one but two rivals tugging at Peter's heartstrings, and Spidey is caught between the mysterious Cerebrum Institute and a fanatical terrorist organization! Never before collected strips, plus a cool Intro by Bruce Canwell with extra art features. IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: ASU04H
Hard Cover, 11x9, 324pg, Partial Color
$49.99 $39.99

Volumes 1-3 are all available at the same discounted price.

 
MICKEY'S CRAZIEST ADVENTURES
Highly Recommended. By Lewis Trondheim. Art by Nicolas Keramidas. It's a "lost" 1965 Disney epic, deemed too wild for publication and saved only in tantalizing fragments... or is it? Serialized in the imaginary Mickey's Quest comics from Dell in 1965-69, here the creators take us on a wild ride of bizarre adventures underground, underwater, and in outer space, with Donald, Mickey and the kids. When Pegleg Pete and the Beagle Boys shrink and steal Scrooge's Money Bin, Mickey and Donald must track them down—in what is really a brand-new album-length thriller by comics masters Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas, told in an amazing indy style and presented like a treasure suspended in time! IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: MCAH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 148pg, Full Color
$14.99

 
MOTOR GIRL 1 REAL LIFE SIgned
Recommended. By Terry Moore. The Motor Girl book is here at last! Here is Terry himself: "Collecting the first 5 issues of my new series, Real Life  introduces you to Samantha Locklear, a war veteran who has come home to work in a desert junkyard with Mike, her constant companion, who also happens to be a gorilla. Whether or not Mike is real is up for you to decide, but that's just page one, before the UFO crashes into their yard one night." From the creator of Strangers in Paradise and Rachael Rising. Terry's well-defined characters highlight his writing, and his humor makes the story entertaining as well as more real. Abstract Studio, 2017...More.

Item Code: MOT01S
Soft Cover, 6x10, 112pg, b&w
$15.99

See our website for more signed books by Terry Moore.

 
GRIMM FAIRY TALES 2017 Swimsuit Special
Story by Joe Brusha et al. Art by Moy R, Renato Rei, RB White, Alfredo Reyes et al. New for San Diego Comic-Con from Zenescope. Favorite Grimm Universe heroines and villainesses are here wearing the season's hottest and skimpiest swimsuit fashions. There's a complete never-before-published short story, "Beach Day," where our lovely lady encounters a Cthluhlu style monster. Followed up by top artists contributing pin-ups of the Grimm universe's most popular female characters. More contributors: Anthony Spay, Gregbo Watson, Vincenzo Federici, Ryan Kincaid, Michael Dooney, Mike DeBalfo, Monte Moore, et al. Zenescope, 2017...More.

Item Code: GRFSS17
Soft Cover, 7x10, 40pg, Full Color
$5.99

Still available: The 2016 Swimsuit Special [GRFSS. $5.99], The Grimm Fairy Tales Photo Shoot Edition/Mirka Andolpho Cover [GFT16P. $5.99] and the bestselling Grimm Fairy Tales Adult Coloring Book [GRFT. $12.99].

 

Art and Artist’s Editions

 
JACK KIRBY FANTASTIC FOUR The World's Greatest Artist's Edition
Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. Jack Kirby was the undisputed King of Comics and IDW presents the second artist's edition focusing on his Fantastic Four work. And, even better, this collects his earlier, "twice up" art--Kirby-sized!! This massive collection includes issues #33, 45, 47, and 60 of the Fantastic Four, plus selected pages from earlier issues, starting with #3, plus from the first FF Annual #1, plus a stellar gallery with many classic covers, including one never used for #52, from #40 to #74. IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: JKFFWAEH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 15x22, 168pg, b&w
$150.00

See our website for Jack's first Fantastic Four Artist's Edition, plus several more, some on sale.

 
YUMMY The Good Girl Art of Matt Dixon
Recommended. No nudity here, but lots of pretty ladies who have a lot on display and are not shy about displaying it. Dixon loves genre ladies, fairy tale characters, witches, a startling fairy, spear-wielding girls, several girls with monster buddies, a pirate girl, a space girl in a skintight costume, a green alien lady, an Indiana Jones type, two mermaids, one with tentacles instead of fins. And some nicely serious portraits of darker ladies, showing Dixon's skill as a serious artist. It's a fun collection, mostly good clean fun but sometimes with a serious twist of fantasy horror. SQP, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: YUMDI
Soft Cover, 9x12, 48pg
$14.95

Matt's previous collection, Girls on Top Volume 2, is available on on sale: [GRLO02. $14.95, your price $7.50].

 
THE BIG BIG COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 47th Edition 2017-18
Highly Recommended. By Bob Overstreet et al. Artist Billy Tucci (Shi, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion) indulges his humorous side with the first-ever Overstreet cover featuring The Tick! Created for comic book dealers, serious collectors and historians, The Big, Big Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide is an oversized, limited edition of the Overstreet Guide which only includes the pricing sections and the lists of top comics--but using larger size type, and in a spiral bound, lay-flat binding. Gemstone, 2017...More.

Item Code: BIG47
Wirebound, 9x11, 800pg, Text/Partial Color
$47.50 $42.50

See our website for the regular edition, with a cover by Jim Steranko of Batman, in softcover and hardcover.

 

Tony DiTerlizzi

 
Every order this week will get a handsome little card promoting Tony’s exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum November 11, 2017 to May 28, 2018. We’re picturing here one of the two wonderful illustrations on the card. Last week we relisted Tony’s art book, which he specially signed for us at San Diego, and also his signed limited edition, which I maintain is one of the most handsome deluxe editions I’ve seen in some time. We’re lucky it’s still available from Dark Horse. See our website for full details on these.
 
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

 

Warehouse Find

 
WITZEND #10
This fun fanzine contains Sally Forth, Scarce EC Horror, Wally Wood plus Dick Giordano, Alex Toth, Joe Staton, and more. Robert B. Layton and William E. Pearson, 1976. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: WITZ10
Soft Cover, 8x11, 48 pg., b&w
$40.00

 
WITZEND #12

Published and edited by Bill Pearson, Witzend, which was founded by Wallace Wood, is a critically acclaimed fanzine showcasing some of the best artists of the era. Issue #12 includes: Stargazer strip by J.R. Blevins and Z. Capistance; Bugs in the System strip by Al Sirois and David Stone; Phantom pin-up by Gray Morrow; The Real World strip by Bhob Stewart and John Norton; center spread by Don Martin; Booby Trap strip by Steve Ditko; the third part of Kym strip (called The Awakening) by Bill Pearson, Mike Zeck, and Ruben Yandoc, Jr.; Lunar Tunes strip by Wood; and tribute to Wallace Wood (1927-1981). Editorial art by Zeck. Humphrey Bogart cover art by Bush.William E. Pearson, 1982. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: WITZ12
Soft Cover, 8x11, 48 pg., b&w
$30.00

We have other issues, but just one of each, in the Rare & Out of Print section of our website. This includes #1-5 and 8. Of the two issues above, we have just eight and ten copies available.

Rare & Out of Print

Also new this week: A Feast Unknown by Philip Jose Farmer with art by Richard Corben ($100 and $150); The Edgar Rice Burroughs Library Volume 1; Fantagor #1; The Reaper of Love signed limited by Wrightson (we found another copy, we'd sold one a while back). Coming shortly is Barry Winsor Smith's Opus set, and more Glamour International issues...

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Coming in September

 
VAMPIRELLA EXECUTIVE REPLICAS Statue
1/6 scale. Designed by J. Scott Campbell. This action figure is enchanting. Vampirella comes to life in her Phicen seamless body with stainless steel armature, in her one-piece bikini costume. She has three pairs of interchangeable hands, knee-high boots, a removable cape, and more accessories. Dynamite Entertainment with Executive Replicas and Phicen Ltd. bring us this Vampirella Asian Version 1:6 Scale Action Figure. Measuring in at 12-inches tall, with all the sexy details. This looks very impressive, and true to J. Scott Campbell's design. Dynamite, 2017. Due Sept. ...More.

Item Code: VAMER
12" tall., Full Color
$149.99

 

Mature Readers

Just in from Comic-Con is a handsome new art book in softcover and hardcover editions, both signed. Queens: The Pin-Up Art of Lorenzo Sperlonga brings together his most recent work, figure studies, fantasy nudes, and his own commentary.

And we have two new Peekarama DVD collections: One has three films from 1975 by director Ralph Ell, with Annie Sprinkle, Tanya Tickler, and Bree Anthony: My Master My Love, Teenage Masseuse, and More. The second DVD features two films, Afternoon Delights and Slave of Pleasure from 1978 and 1980, directed by Shawn Costello, starring Vanessa Del Rio, Veronica Hart, Serena, and Samantha Fox. Click here for all of the Peekarama double and triple features.

We also added four more titles to the Penthouse Comix warehouse finds.

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News and Notes

San Diego Comic-Con Report

I think I outdid myself this year with postings to Facebook, so I hope you can see those highlights on our Facebook page. We just this week posted some of our favorite costumes; previously we posted Tony Diterlizzi’s signing, Sergio Aragones and Scott Shaw, my favorite new vintage comics, our booth in action, etc.

When all was done, we were quite pleased at how well things went in our new smaller space and new location. It represented a WHOLE lot less stress and work for us; we had about about the equivalent of 2/3’s of a booth, about 60 square feet, instead of last year’s three booths, which was 300 square feet. We did about just under 50% of the sales we did last year, which is good in comparison, with far less expenses. Just under half the sales was for new items, just over half was vintage OP and rare books, the kind we are now posting our our Rare and Out of Print website category.

Our New Items bestsellers at Comic-Con comprises an interesting list:

The Airship Adventures of Little Nemo [AIRLN. $15]
The Art of Reginald Heade [ARRHH. $49]
Beauty and the Beast by Kinuko Craft (with signed color bookplate: BEBEH. $17.99]

Cave Paintings The Art of Budd Root--Our #1 seller, we sold out [CAVPH. $30]
Ditko Unleashed HC Hurt [DITUHR. $59.99, your price $29.99] – This also sold out there, but we still have copies here.
Illustrator’s Quarterly Special 1: Spanish Artists [IQS01, $34.99] – Another sell-out. The publisher in England just announced this is going out of print. Since they don’t normally reprint their material, I have brought in a good batch of copies--but they won’t last forever.

Masters of Spanish Comic Book Art [MASCBAH. $39.99] – Another sell-out, this coincidentally came out around the same time as the Illustrator’s Special. But it is an entirely different book, while covering some of the same artists.

Images #13 [IMA13. $30, your price $9.95] – My old partner Jim Vadeboncoeur’s fine magazine, the final and biggest issue.
Take That Adolf: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War [TAKTA. $29.99, your price $26.99]

Titillation: Vintage Pulp Magazine Pin-Up Art of Peter Driben [TITIL. $39.95]
Valerian and Laureline: Ambassador of the Shadows [AMBSH. $19.95] and Complete Collection Vol 1 [VAL01H. $29.99, your price $26.99]

Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Tales [WDMH. $19.99, your price $9.95]
Weinberg Tales [WEINT. $30]
World of Mucha: A Journey to Two Fairylands, Paris and Czech [WORMU. $39.95]

While I was away at Comic-Con, I was not able to write descriptions for the new items nor pick the extra scans for each book. I’ll be catching up on this over the next week or so. If you noticed this and wanted to see or read more, check back on the new items from our July 14 and July 31 emails.

I’ll have news of upcoming projects that we learned about in next week’s email. Due to the length of this week’s email, I’ve tabled a new batch of Bargain Books. They’ll be back next week.

~Bud

 

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