New Illustration and Illustrator’s Quarterly, two IQ specials, Complete Adventures of the Three Musketeers, a Ploog & Bisley collaboration, Planet of the Apes, Bloom County, Provocative Colette, pulp reprints and new Calla books.

Where do I begin? There are so many excellent new items. A new Illustration and Illustrator's Quarterly, two IQ specials including one on Don Lawrence, and Del Castillo's superlative Complete Adventures of the Three Musketeers. A Ploog & Bisley collaboration, Planet of the Apes by Rod Serling, the latest Bloom County, Provocative Colette--which I quite like—and a whole bunch of offbeat pulp reprints. From Calla, A Christmas Carol by Arthur Rackham and Robin Hood by NC Wyeth and Howard Pyle. The story of Big O Publishing, and a huge Terry Moore Artist's Edition.

New from Book Palace  |  Graphic Novels & Comic Strips  |  Comics Reference  |  New from Calla Pulp Reprints  |  Art Books  |  Mike Ploog/Simon Bisley Graphic Novel  |  Coming in December Bargain Books  |  Rare & Out of Print  |  Mature Readers  |  News & Notes  |  Website Index

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #61 Earl Moran Highly Recommended. Art by Earl Moran and Thomas Nast. Finally, a feature article on the long neglected sexy pin-up illustrations of the brilliant Earl Moran, perhaps best remembered for his pin-up paintings featuring a young and unknown Marilyn Monroe--and many nudes! In his time, his images were as widely known as those of Elvgren and Vargas. Numerous examples of his original art, printed tear sheets and covers, and rare, previously unpublished photographs. Also: Thomas Nast, best known of the late 1800s editorial cartoonists. Illustrated Press, 2018. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: IL61 Magazine, 8x11, 80pg, Partial Color $15.00

All available back issues are on our website, along with his Illustrated Press Art Books. Haddom Sundblom should be out in September, and next up are books on Pruett Carter, Mead Schaeffer, and the pin-up master, Enoch Bolles! These three are not on our website yet, but will be when formally announced.

New from Book Palace

ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #22 Bardon Art and The Spanish Artists. Forword by Dave Gibbons. Highly Recommended. By Diego Cordoba, and Barry Coker. Art by Jose Ortiz, Alonso, Jim Burns, Don Lawrence, Luis Bermejo et al. This special issue is devoted the the story of Bardon Art, one of the most revolutionary artists' agencies to emerge from the post-war boom in international illustration--and comics strips and comic art. With the help of Bardon's founder, Barry Coker, and access to hitherto unpublished art and testimony from many of the leading players, Diego Cordoba brings to life the story, including creators Matias Alonso, Luis Bermejo, Jose Ortiz, Jordi Longaron, and Jordi Penalva. Plus John Burns, Romero, Carlos Ezquerra, Toutain, Jim Lawrence, Jordi Franch, Jesus Blasco, and many more! Book Palace, 2018...More. Item Code: IQ22 Magazine, 9x11, 96pg, Full Color $24.99

ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #2 War is Hell Studio Dami and the Italian Artists. Highly Recommended. By Diego Cordoba. With Roy Dami, Giorgio De Gaspari, Gino D'Antonio et al. This is the second illustrators special, devoted to the Italian artists from the Dami agency who drew breathtaking covers and art for British comics in the 1950s to 1970s, particularly War, Battle and Air Ace Picture Library. Nothing before has been written about these highly talented artists and this special is packed with dramatic cover art scanned directly from the originals. Hugo Pratt is here, along with Dell'Orco, Tacconi, Caroselli, Calegari, Biffignandi, D'Antonio, and De Gaspari. Some nudity. Book Palace, 2018. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: IQS02 Magazine, 8x11, 144pg, Partial Color $34.99

ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #3 The Art of Don Lawrence Our Highest Recommendation. By Diego Cordoba. With Don Lawrence. From British art magazine Illustrators Quarterly comes a long overdue look at the illustrations and comic strip art of Don Lawrence. He is regarded as one of the truly greats of British comic strip art and there has never been a book devoted to his whole career. The volume has examples of his wonderful illustrations from Look and Learn, Ranger, and Once Upon a Time as well as comic strips Karl the Viking, Olac the Gladiator, better known in the U.S. due to long-ago editions, The Trigan Empire and Storm. Packed with breath-taking western art, adventure art and fantasy art. Book Palace, 2018...More. Item Code: IQS03 Magazine, 8x11, 144pg, Partial Color $34.99

THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS Our Highest Recommendation. Collected in a single volume for the first time, this classic of comic strip adaptation brings to life all the action and poignancy of Alexandre Dumas' novel and its sequels. Arturo Del Castillo was one of the greatest masters of the comic strip. His artistic skill is recognised internationally and his great artistry on The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The King's Musketeers (all included here) is regarded as some of the finest pen and ink work ever created for comic strips. Book Palace, 2018...More. Item Code: COMATM Soft Cover, 8x11, 112pg, b&w $29.95

BARBOSA The Man Who Drew Flashman Limited & numbered, 450. Specially designed dust jacket. Recommended. By Lawrence Blackmore. A lavishly illustrated biography of Arthur Barbosa (1908-1995), the British artist who, over more than sixty years, provided dust jackets for some of the twentieth century's most famous authors of fiction. This includes Georgette Heyer, Sax Rohmer, C. S. Forester, Patrick O'Brian and, of course, George MacDonald Fraser of Flashman fame. His career began in London at the end of the 1920s, where he became a noted and respected illustrator and commercial artist. A lifelong friend of Rex Harrison, he also numbered among his friends and acquaintances Cecil Beaton, Frederick Ashton, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Book Palace, 2018...More. Item Code: BARBOH Hard Cover, 9x12, 350pg, Full Color $105.00

Technically this is published by Lawrence Blackmore but it is distributed through Book Palace. The first Illustrator's Quarterly, devoted to Spanish Artists, was a bestseller for us but unfortunately it's now out of print. All back numbers of Illustrators are in stock. We still have discounted sets of #1-3 and #4-6 [IQ01P, IQ02P. $72, your price $45 each set]. #7 up are still cover price, except for the out of print #10, with a special on William Stout, which is $39. Four are available.

Graphic Novels & Comic Strips

PLANET OF THE APES Visionaries Reimagining of a sci-fi classic. Recommended. By By Rod Serling and Dana Gould. Art by Chad Lewis. Based on the original screenplay for Planet of the Apes by The Twilight Zone‘s Rod Serling. On the road to making the landmark science-fiction classic, 20th Century Fox commissioned Serling to adapt the source material. His first draft, which was drastically revised before filming, is a radically different vision of the franchise than the one the world has come to know and love. Now, for the first time in any medium, that vision is fully realized as a graphic novel adapted by acclaimed actor/comedian/writer Dana Gould (The Simpsons) and Chad Lewis (Avengers Origins). Boom!, 2018...More. Item Code: PLAVH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color $19.99 $17.99

See our other Planet of the Apes collections on the website.

THE PROVOCATIVE COLETTE Adapted from the 1st publication in France in 2017. Recommended. By Annie Goetzinger. From her marriage at the age of 20, until her divorce, the exotic life of Moulin Rouge dancer and performer Colette. Incredibly complex, powerfully determined, truly gifted, Colette challenged herself to reinvent her life and assert herself as a free woman. In her day, her behavior scandalized and vexed the establishment. But in the end, she helped to free women in their thinking. From her voluptuous performance in a see-through costume in "Egyptian Dream"--the story of an Egyptologist who falls in love with a mummy...to president of France's prestigious Académie Goncourt, among many other honors as one of France's preeminent authors. Nudity, sexual situations. NBM, 2018. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: PROVH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 108pg, Full Color $24.99 $21.99

See other highly recommended French graphic novels on our website.

BLOOM COUNTY Best Read on the Throne All new Daily & Sunday strips, never before in print. Recommended. By Berkeley Breathed. Collecting year three of the Bloom County relaunch begun in 2015! The stakes are higher, the punchlines are sharper, and the laughter is more desperate! Picks up where Brand Spanking New Day left off. Opus, Bill the Cat, and all their friends are back, to put their trademark tragi-comic spin on the horrors of the last year, so lock all your worries in the anxiety closet for a bit. Who knows? When you come back they may be just the tiniest bit funnier. Handsome large size, full color Sundays and spot color on the dailies. IDW, 2018...More. Item Code: BCBES Soft Cover, 12x10, 144pg, Partial Color $19.99 $17.99

ALSO AVAILABLE 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 Hard Cover, 12x10, 144pg, Full Color $50.00

I'm amazed this is remaining available, since it was a special San Diego Comic-Con edition from 2017's show. But we are still restocking it direct from IDW, so be aware it might be sold out anytime.

Comics Reference

TIMELY CONFIDENTIAL When the Golden Age of Comics was Young Signed Signed by Golden Age artist Allen Bellman! Recommended. By Allen Bellman. One day in 1942, a kid who liked to draw responded to an advertisement in the New York Times. He carried his portfolio to a young, upstart publishing company, landing a job on the spot. That company was Timely Comics, which would become Marvel Comics. Allen Bellman participated in the early years of popular characters like Captain America, the Human Torch, and the Sub-Mariner. Profusely illustrated with unpublished photos and art, plus FIVE COMPLETE Golden Age stories by Bellman (all from Lev Gleason titles) and a complete illustrated bibliography. Bold Venture, 2017...More. Item Code: TIMCS Soft Cover, 7x10, 166pg, Full Color $44.95

The unsigned edition is $5 less [TIMC. $39.95].

ALSO AVAILABLE ALTER EGO 154 Edited by Roy Thomas. In Alter Ego, Allen Bellman, artist in the original early-1940s Timely/Marvel bullpen, tells Dr. Michael J. Vassallo everything he didn't discuss in their 2004 interview, with art by Shores, Burgos, Brodsky, Sekowsky, Everett, Pfeufer, Klein, Burlockoff, Jaffee, Fago, et al. Plus, a spotlight on Marvel's trio of early-'70s heroine comics, featuring talks with Linda Fite and Paty Cockrum (The Cat), Carole Seuling (Shanna the She-Devil), and Roy Thomas (Night Nurse), with art by Severin, Fradon, Andru, and Mortimer! Twomorrows, 2018...More. Item Code: AE154 Soft Cover, 8x11, 96pg, Full Color $9.95

New from Calla

A CHRISTMAS CAROL By Arthur Rackham Facsimile of the original 1915 edition. Gilt-embossed cover. Highly Recommended. By Charles Dickens. Art by Arthur Rackham. This timeless tale of an arrogant miser's transformation, recounted by one of the English language's most popular authors, is as much a part of the season as holly and mistletoe. Lovers of fiction, Charles Dickens novels, picture books, and the holiday itself will delight in this magnificent hardcover edition of A Christmas Carol, illustrated with 12 color plates and 18 b&w drawings by Arthur Rackham. The legendary artist captures the story's Victorian charm in this outstanding facsimile edition. Calla, 2018...More. Item Code: ACHRH Hard Cover, 7x10, 132pg, Text/Partial Color $25.00 $21.95

Also listed this week in Rare & Out of Print is a 1931 copy of The Compleat Angler, with art by Arthur Rackham.

ROBIN HOOD BY N.C. Wyeth & Howard Pyle Facsimile of the original 1917 edition, plus Pyle's 1889 drawings. Highly Recommended. By Paul Creswick. Art by N.C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle. Generation after generation, young imaginations find their way to Sherwood Forest to join Robin Hood and his merry men in the fellowship of the greenwood and the fight against injustice. Readers of all ages will delight in this deluxe hardcover volume, which presents the Scribner's Classic edition by Paul Creswick and its brilliant eight color plates by N. C. Wyeth. In addition, a generous selection of black-and-white drawings from Howard Pyle's 1889 edition of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood are carefully melded in. Calla, 2018...More. Item Code: ROBHH Hard Cover, 7x10, 358pg, Text/Partial Color $40.00 $34.95

See our website for all current Calla books, click here to begin with our on-sale titles.

Pulp Reprints

THE SHADOW #133 Spotlight on female Sleuths Margo Lane and Carrie Cashin. Recommended. By Walter B. Gibson & Theodore Tinsley. Art by Paul Orban & Earl Mayan. Stolen Nazi art treasures are being peddled in America by a murderous "Syndicate of Sin." And death comes hurtling onto the stage of "Merry Mrs. MacBeth." The Knight of Darkness proves that crime does not pay in classic pulp thrillers from 1942 and '45. Bonus story: female sleuth Carrie Cashin in "White Elephant" from the pulp title Crime Busters, 1937, with a look at her 39 appearances from '37-'42. This is her premiere adventure. And in our regular stories, spotlight is on Margo Lane with a lead off article on all her various actresses on radio. Sanctum, 2018...More. Item Code: SHT133 Soft Cover, 7X10, 112pg, Text/b&w $14.95

All issues from #100 on are kept in stock, along with special multi-packs and Shadow graphic novels.

New from Altus

THE COMPLETE CASES OF INSPECTOR ALLHOFF Volume 1 From Dime Detective, 1938-46. By D.L. Champion. Brilliant, decisive, and hard-charging, Deputy Inspector Allhoff was the NYPD's ace detective until bullets from a mobster's machine gun robbed him of his legs, his career, and—in the opinion of an associate—his sanity. Created by D.L. Champion, Inspector Allhoff defied most conventions of detective-pulp fiction. He could never be confused for one of Raymond Chandler's knights errant, trudging down those mean streets. Allhoff was no Rover Boy in trench coat and fedora. He was, in fact, a sadist and a psychopath! Altus, 2014...More. Item Code: CCIA01 Soft Cover, 6x9, 352pg, Text/b&w $29.95

THE COMPLETE CASES OF PETER KANE From Dime Detective, 1939-42. By Hugh B. Cave. No longer a Boston police officer, hard-boiled drunk Peter Kane made the easy transition to work as a P.I. Though now in private practice, Kane always had a knack for cracking cases while constantly inebriated. Collecting the entire series, along with an all-new introduction by Bob Byrne. Written by Hugh B. Cave, Kane stumbled through nine gin-soaked yarns in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre. Altus, 2018...More. Item Code: CCPK Soft Cover, 6x9, 344pg, Text/b&w $24.95

THE COMPLETE CASES OF KEN CARTER From Ten Detective Aces, 1933-35. By Norvell W. Page. Immediately before picking up the reins of writing the adventures of the Spider, pulp writer Norvell Page introduced the weird detective mysteries of another, similar adventure character, Ken Carter. Running in the hard-boiled pages of the 1930s detective pulps, Ken Carter battled a myriad of offbeat villains in a series which is clearly a prototype of the style of novels Page soon wrote of the Spider. Collecting all seven stories, along with their original illustrations. Altus, 2018...More. Item Code: CCKC Soft Cover, 6x9, 356pg, Text/b&w $24.95

THE COMPLETE CASES OF SEEKAY From Strange Detective Mysteries and Detective Tales, 1937-38. By Paul Ernst. Art by John Fleming Gould. Introduction by Will Murray. The cases he takes up are often bizarre and grotesque, but no more so than this anonymous private investigator himself: Seekay's entire face is covered by a mask of pink celluloid, with only his “burning black eyes” visible to those who come into contact with him—and who almost invariably are unnerved by the experience, whether friend or foe. Collecting the entire series, written by the writer of The Avenger, Paul Ernst. Altus, 2018...More. Item Code: CCSK Soft Cover, 6x9, 176pg, Text/Partial Color $14.95

THE COMPLETE CASES OF SECRETS, INC. Volume 1 From Dime Detective. By Frederick C. Davis. Art by John Fleming Gould. Introduction by Will Murray. From 1933 to 1935, Frederick C. Davis chronicled the cases of the Hollywood P.I. firm Secrets, Inc. Led by Clay “Oke” Oakley and assisted by the lovely "Cherry" Morris and Archibald Brixey, Secrets, Inc., investigated some of the weirdest and most ingenious crimes in the long history of Dime Detective Magazine—all centering around the film industry. Collects the first four mysteries, with a new introduction by Will Murray. Altus, 2015...More. Item Code: CCSI01 Soft Cover, 6x9, 228pg, Text/Partial Color $19.95

THE COMPLETE CASES OF NEEDLE MIKE Volume 1 From Dime Detective, 1935-36. By William E. Barrett. Art by John Fleming Gould. A millionaire playboy with a yen for excitement, young Ken McNally disguises himself as the gray-haired, gold-toothed, jaundiced-looking proprietor of a seedy tattoo parlor in the “tenderloin” district of St. Louis. His unusual occupation frequently brings him into contact with underworld denizens who, willingly or accidentally, embroil him in criminal activities. Needle Mike found himself embroiled in nearly 20 hard-boiled mysteries originally published between 1935 and 1938 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre. Altus, 2018...More. Item Code: CCNM01 Soft Cover, 6x9, 248pg, Text/Partial Color $19.95

You can also get the above 6 titles in a discounted set, The Complete Cases Set #1, [CCS01P  $134.70, your price $110.00].  We also handle these other collections from Altus: Doctor Death, The Green Lama, Sheena, Spicy Mystery, the All-New Wild Adventures of Doc Savage, Dusty Ayres, Dr. Yen-Sin, Mysterious Wu-Fang and The Ghost--George Chance. 50 titles in all. See them on our website.

Art Books

IT MUST BE ART! Big O Poster Artists of The 1960s and 70s Recommended. By Michael Fishel and Nigel Suckling. Foreword by Roger Dean. Throughout the 1960s and 70s, London-based Big O Posters helped define the new and democratic art medium of the psychedelic poster, a vehicle for rebellion against the old order that went hand in hand with the music, literature, and film of the time. This is a comprehensive collection of works published by Big O artists, astonishingly creative folks whose artistry developed almost completely outside the influence of the art establishment. With 300 images by 19 artists, including Rodney Matthews, Mati Klarwein, Roger Dean, H.R. Giger, Robert Venosa, Wayne Anderson, Jim Burns, Vali Myers and--surprise--Virgil Finlay! Schiffer, 2018...More. Item Code: ITMUH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 304pg, Partial Color $50.00 $42.50

TERRY MOORE STRANGERS IN PARADISE Gallery Edition Recommended. By Terry Moore. 248 pages!!?? This is massive! Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of SIP with this presentation of Terry Moore art spanning the entire Eisner Award-winning series. The evolution of Terry together with Francine, Katchoo, David and all of the other characters is captured in this large-format, hardcover edition. Includes the complete original 20-page version of the first SIP story and SIP #90, the series' 2007 finale. Included between these "bookends" is a representational page from each of the issues from #1 to #90. Extensive Gallery section of covers and miscellaneous art. Abstract Studio, 2018...More. Item Code: TMSGEH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x17, 248pg, Full Color $125.00

ALSO AVAILABLE TERRY MOORE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SKETCHBOOK Signed Signed! 8,800 Days of Blondes, Brunettes and Bozos. Highly Recommended. The very best of Terry Moore's pinups, sketches, private commissions and character designs over 25 years. From the earliest concept art for Strangers In Paradise to the latest commissions for Motor Girl, this is a behind-the-stories collection of his beautiful women and outrageous characters. Featuring hundreds of drawings and an introduction by the artist. At 216 pages, this is a real bargain compared to typical "sketchbooks," and Terry has generously signed our copies. Moderate nudity. Abstract Studio, 2017. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: TM25S Soft Cover, 7x10, 216pg, b&w $16.99

Terry's Rachael Rising Omnibus Signed has just gone out of print. We have one copy left [RROHS. $75]. See our website for his 2017 Sketchbook, and Motor Girl #1 and 2—all signed. We also have nine copies left of his Strangers In Paradise 2018 Free Comic Book Day XXV #1 [FCBD1, Free]. One per order, please.

Mike Ploog/Simon Bisley Graphic Novel

THICKER THAN BLOOD Bisley Painted Art Edition Collects #1-3, 2008-09. Recommended. By Simon Reed. Art by Mike Ploog, painted by Simon Bisley. A tragic tale of two brothers on a trek across Scotland who face terror in the Highlands. After traveling for miles lost in the mist, they chance upon a shelter, not knowing what lies before them. Darkness descends and the moon rises, an invitation to all manner of creatures. With that, the brothers, in the wrong place at the wrong time, have their lives changed forever. But the human spirit is thicker than blood--and this is the story. Version A reproduces the original Ploog pencils; this version B shows the finished painted pages and the six Bisley covers, two for each issue. FPG, 2017...More. Item Code: THBB Soft Cover, 7x10, 70pg, Full Color $9.95

THICKER THAN BLOOD PLoog Pencil Art Edtion Collects #1-3, 2008-09. Recommended. By Simon Reed. Art by Mike Ploog. A tragic tale of two brothers on a trek across Scotland who face terror in the Highlands. After traveling for miles lost in the mist, they chance upon a shelter, not knowing what lies before them. Darkness descends and the moon rises, and invitation to all manner of creatures. With that, the brothers, in the wrong place at the wrong time, have their lives changed forever. But the human spirit is thicker than blood--and this is the story. This Version A reproduces the original Ploog pencils and his six (two for each issues) covers. Version B is the finished painted pages and the six Bisley painted covers. FPG, 2017...More. Item Code: THBPL Soft Cover, 7x10, 70pg, b&w $9.95

THICKER THAN BLOOD Collected Works Deluxe Signed Special Order - takes 3-4 weeks! Signed & numbered, 175! By Simon Reed. Art by Mike Ploog, Simon Bisley. This oversized, signed and numbered limited edition--signed by all three creators--reproduces all of the original artwork that was produced for the three-issue comic series written by Simon Reed, penciled and inked by Mike Ploog (as one set of pages) and then painted by Simon Bisley (as a separate set). Deluxe slipcase. Each page is published at full size. You can choose to read the complete story in one or both formats. A tragic tale of two brothers on a trek across Scotland who face terror in the Highlands. FPG, 2017...More. Item Code: THBD Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x17, 156pg, Partial Color $250.00

ALSO AVAILABLE ART OF PLOOG Highly Recommended. By Mike Ploog et al. A massive, oversize 9x12 retrospective that covers every aspect of Ploog's career, from his earliest days of working with Warren's Creepy and Eerie, and Marvel's magazine Crazy, to his extremely popular Werewolf by Night, Monster of Frankenstein, Ghost Rider and Man-Thing, and film character creation and storyboards, right up through his latest work on Goliath. FPG, 2015...More. Item Code: ARTMPH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 320pg, Full Color $49.00

The Deluxe Signed Edition is also still available [ARTMPD. $175]. See our website for more by Ploog, including Werewolf by Night. We also have an original full color page from Tom Sawyer, which I have just now reduced from $650 to $550 [RB325].

Coming in December

PRE-CODE CLASSICS MISTER MYSTERY Volume 2 Collects issues #6-10, 1952-53. Recommended. By Bernard Baily, Basil Wolverton, Tony Mortellaro, Howard Nostrand, Ross Andru et al. Tiny comics publisher Stanley Morse wasn't trying to imitate the gore, shock and horror in EC comics--he was trying to outdo! See for yourself. We have sexy women in a "classic" bondage/torture cover on #6; being buried alive on #7; faced with an explosive creature coming in thru a port hole in #8; and a hook-handed grave robber menaced by floating creatures' heads--a classic by Bernard Baily--on issue #10. Also: "Brain Bats of Venus" and "Robot Woman"--rewritten and partially redrawn--both by Wolverton. PS Artbooks, 2018. Due Dec. ...More. Item Code: PCMM02H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $44.99

Volume 1 is due to appear any minute now.

PRE-CODE CLASSICS BAFFLING MYSTERIES Volume 2 Collects #10-14, 1952-53. Recommended. By Mike Sekowsky, Gene Colan et al. Is there no shame? We have a Crypt-Keeper swipe from EC on the cover, no less, of #10. Mainstay Ace contributor Lou Cameron is here, with Atlas and Marvel Comics stalwart Gene Colan, as well as Chic Stone, covers by Jim McLaughlin, Avon Comics' notorious Howard Larsen, a rare "Ace" Baker cover, Lou Zansky, the bizarre Paul Gatusso, Blue Beetle artist Charles Nicholas, and DC's own Mike Sekowsky. Read 'em and shake your head in pure astonishment. PS Artbooks, 2018. Due Dec. ...More. Item Code: PCBM02H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $44.99

Volume 1 is due to appear any time now. See our website for more PS Artbooks, beginning with all our on-sale titles.

Bargain Books These books are generally very low in stock, as few as two or three copies--too few to list in our regular clearance sale. This may be your last chance at this special price. Don't miss out, act now. LYND WARD Six Novels in Woodcuts [LYNSH. $70.00 $45.00]. DAREDEVIL Omnibus Volume 1 [DAOM01H. $125.00 $75.00]. SAM KIETH'S MAXX Artist's Edition [SKMAEH. $125.00 $99.99]. DOOM PATROL Volume 2 [DOP02. $29.99 $17.99]. THE GLAMOR GIRLS OF DON FLOWERS [GGDON. $19.99 $5.99]. HERB TRIMPE'S THE INCREDIBLE HULK Artist's Edition [HTIAEH. $125.00 $99.00]. DOC SAVAGE The Secret of Satan's Spine [DOCSE. $24.95 $14.95]. DOC SAVAGE The Secret of Satan's Spine Deluxe Hardcover Signed [DOCSED. $65.00 $45.00]. MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN Volume 1 [MMSS01H. $75.00 $45.00]. MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE SAVAGE SHE-HULK Volume 1 [MMSSH01H. $75.00 $45.00]. You can see all of our discounted items on the website, under Closeouts at the end of each category (such as Artists and Illustration, Comics Related, etc). To get on our email list for Sales & Specials, click here.

Rare & Out of Print The highlight this week is The Compleat Angler, published in 1931, with beautiful plates by Arthur Rackham. Also added this week is Queens Walk in the Dusk, with artwork done by Jeffrey Jones. We have two fantastic fantasy books this week—The First Kingdom by Jack Katz, and NeverWhere by Richard Corben. Also added this week by Will Eisner, we have two copies of Hawks of the Seas. The hilarious comic duo Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder are represented in the rare Goodman Beaver. A copy of J. Allen St. John An Illustrated Bibliography recently turned up, and it is signed by the author, Darrell Richardson. Lastly for Pin-Up fans we have The Classic Pin-Up Art of Jack Cole, and the huge collection, Bernard of Hollywood's Ultimate Pin-Up Book. We also have classic Pin-Ups from 1974 in Pin Up, and published in 1994, Glittering Images' The Golden Age of Pin-Up Art Book One. All  |  New Arrivals   |  Artists & Illustration  |  Fantasy & Sci-Fi  |  Illustrated Fiction Comic Book Archives  |  Comic Strip & Cartoon   |  Comic Artists  |  Pin-Up  |  Erotic Art Click here to add yourself to our Rare & Out of Print mailing list.

Mature Readers Just in is the second Voluptuous Terrors, collecting Horror and Exploitation Film Posters from Italy. The first volume, which collects Horror and Sci-Fi posters from Italy, is still available at the same price [VOLTE]. We also have just six copies of “hurt” volume 1's at $15.95 [VOLTER}. And don't miss the directly related Sex and Horror: The Art of Emanuele Taglietti [SEHO. $32.95, your price $29.95]. Its companion volume on Alessandro Biffignandi has gone out of print. But you can catch his work above in Illustrators Quarterly Special #2: War is Hell. Tokyo Cinegraphix 2 collects photographic Bad Girls and Sexy Crime posters from Japan. Volume 1 collected 100 Horror and Exploitation posters, and it's available at the same price. And we have three new adult photography calendars: Lingerie 2019, Beach Babes 2019, and Johnny Crosslin's Lingerie 2019. Did you see our special adult email earlier this week? If you haven't yet signed up for our special Adult emails, you can do it by clicking right here. Or call us. List #3 includes a FREE issue of Playboy Magazine with any order over $25—and new items, specials, one-of-a-kind sets, and rare books. If you'd like to see this list—we don't post it on our blog due to their restrictions on adult material—email Todd@budsartbooks.com. Or call and ask for Todd and he'll send it to you. Nude Photography  |  Erotic Art   |  Erotic Films: DVDs  |  Adult Graphic Novels  |  All Pin-Up & Adult Click here to add yourself to our Adult's Only mailing list.

News and Notes

Russ Heath leaves us He was a brilliant artist who never asked for the limelight. He just quietly did his job in his own fashion...with accuracy to detail, with superb design, with brilliant inking. The Haunted Tank, Sgt. Rock, The Sea Devils, so much wonderful work for Atlas in one story after another in the 1950s. And Atlas covers, too!  I didn’t know Russ well, but well enough to say hello and catch up when he came by my booth at shows, such as the old WonderCon in Oakland. I’m fortunate to own one of his recreations, thanks to dealer Steve Wyatt. Steve was who representing Russ and offered it to me. Here it is. Russ’ father was the model for the sheriff in back. And here is a link to our Facebook page with a very good article from the Heritage Auctions site. ~Bud

Out of Print Update Walt Kelley's Pogo The Complete Dell Comics Vol 2 is gone. We still have Volumes 1 and 3-5, with 6 coming. The Dawn 2017 Sketchbook is nearly gone, just six copies left, and two left of 2016. 2018 is new and in stock. Teen Titan: A Celebration of 50 Years is down to 12 copies and it's still on sale [TEENTH. $39.99, your price $22.99]. J. Scott Campbell's Women of Dynamite Dejah Thoris Diorama is completely sold out. Agonizing Love: The Golden Era of Romance Comics is down to two copies, still on sale [AGOL. $29.99, your price $14.95]. Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus 2 AND 3 have unexpectedly sold out. Volume 1 is still available [AM01H. $99.99, your price $85]. The Conan Omnibus Volumes 1 and 3 from Dark Horse have both sold out. All others are available. Disney Masters Vol 4: Donald Duck The Great Survival Test has only 3 copies left [DM04H.] It will not appear in a catalog since it sold out so quickly. It will be coming out in a Set of #3 and #4 in October [DM02HP $59.99, your price $49.99].

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A new Prince Valiant, Heroes of the Home Front is here at last, Miyazaki, Yoe’s Super Patriotic Heroes, Corto Maltese, Batman, the JLA, a new Star Hawks collection, Classics Illustrated and 2019 Calendars.

A new Prince Valiant is always cause for celebration, two more years near the end of Foster's run. The story of Bell Features, wartime comics publisher of the “Canadian Whites” is here at last. And we have Miyazaki, Yoe's Super Patriotic Heroes, a new Corto Maltese, Batman, the JLA, a new Star Hawks collection, new Classics Illustrated and 2019 Calendars. Plus a new Tarzan novel, and two very limited Tarzan dust wrappers, one with the same Frazetta art as our latest catalog's cover. If you haven't received our latest catalog yet...with the Tarzan by Frazetta cover...add one free to your order, or download it here.

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PRINCE VALIANT Volume 17 Sunday Pages, 1969-70. Our Highest Recommendation. By Hal Foster. Foreword by Brian M. Kane with Kim Thompson. After his long sojourn in the Mediterranean, Prince Valiant is back in Britain, where he takes on a new, intricate mission on behalf of King Arthur. Here, Valiant finds himself in the middle of a conflict between Saxon settlers and violent Viking raiders. Gawain's return journey to Camelot is fraught with misadventure as he is beset by jealous romantic rivals, a marriage-minded widow and a thieving sorcerer. Young Galan goes on a hunt to capture the fabled unicorn, and Arn, after losing his horse in a Welsh bog, is enslaved and held for ransom. Fantagraphics, 2018...More. Item Code: PV17H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x14, 112pg, Full Color $34.99 $27.95

Volume 5 is currently out of print. Volumes 3 and 4 are still discounted at $23.99 each, Volumes 1, 2, and 6-16 are all $34.99, your price $27.99 each. Volume 1-3 in slipcase is also discounted [PVS01P $99.99, your price $84.99]. Volume 4-6 in slipcase has been announced for a November release [PVS02P. $99.99, your price $84.99]. The Studio Edition is out of print and we have just two copies left [PVSTH. $200.00].

ALSO AVAILABLE PRINCE VALIANT Volume 2 1938 X-LG Closeout Price! Original newspaper size. Highly Recommended. By Hal Foster. Edited by Rick Norwood. Original publisher copies. The first and still only way to read these magnificent pages in the full, original size. Three volumes were published by Norwood, who continues to publish Comics Revue. The first and third volumes are sold out, but this one full year is still available. A full year of Hal Foster's immaculately researched and impeccably drawn Sunday comic strip, reproduced in full color on giant 17 x 22 100 lb. acid-free paper. Manuscript Press, 1984...More. Item Code: PV02SC Soft Cover, 17x22, 59pg, Full Color $150.00 $49.95

ALSO AVAILABLE THE PRINCE VALIANT PAGE Our Highest Recommendation. By Gary Gianni. Foreword by Mike Mignola. Modern illustration master Gianni opens the vaults to his work on the legendary Prince Valiant Sunday Page, written by Mark Schultz. Gianni assumed the helm of the strip after John Cullen Murphy but far too few fans have seen his several years of pages, let alone the amazing work behind the published pages...until now. Every aspect of the new era of the strip is covered here, with a particular focus on Gianni's preliminary sketches and production methods. Flesk, 2008...More. Item Code: PVPH Hard Cover, 9x12, 112pg, Text/Partial Color $29.95 $12.95

The First Modern History of the Wartime Canadian Comics

The "Canadian Whites," or WECA, Comics

HEROES OF THE HOME FRONT Bell Features Artists of WWII Deluxe Signed Limited to 110 signed copies in slipcase. Highly Recommended. By Ivan Kocmarek. Forewords by Gerald Lazare and John Bell. Signed by Gerald Lazare and author Ivan Kocmarek. Foil-stamped slipcase. A massive 300+ page book including 150 full-page reproductions of original art pages, plus backstories and special interviews with the artists. Canada banned American comics during the Second World War, precipitating an explosion of homegrown comics from young publishers and creators. One of these was Bell Features, and it put out comics touting the exploits of heroes like Nelvana of the Northern Lights, the first Canadian super-heroine who preceeded even Wonder Woman. And Johnny Canuck, Speed Savage, The Brain, Nitro, The Dreamer, Doc Stearne (yes, of Mr. Monster fame), and Super Commando. 2018...More. Item Code: HERHFD Hard Cover, 9x12, 330pg, Partial Color $100.00

HEROES OF THE HOME FRONT Bell Features Artists of WWII Limited to just 340 copies, slipcased. Highly Recommended. By Ivan Kocmarek. Forewords by Gerald Lazare and John Bell. Canada banned American comics during the Second World War, precipitaing an explosion of homegrown comics from young publishers and creators. One of these was Bell Features, and it put out comics touting the exploits of heroes like Nelvana of the Northern Lights, the first Canadian super-heroine who preceeded even Wonder Woman. And Johnny Canuck, Speed Savage, The Brain, Nitro, The Dreamer, Doc Stearne (yes, of Mr. Monster fame), and Super Commando. A massive 300-page book including 150 full-page reproductions of original art pages, plus backstories and special interviews with the artists. 2018...More. Item Code: HERHFH Hard Cover, 9x12, 330pg, Partial Color $75.00

As I write this, the trade edition is virtually out of print. We had wanted to bring in more, but the publisher is reserving the balance of the run to provide to Canadian libraries. We have just 1 in stock, and 6 more coming any day now. That's it. With the Deluxe Edition we have 12 in stock, and I don't know if we can get any more. The total printing of the two editions together was just 450 copies.

ALSO AVAILABLE WECA COMIC PRICE GUIDE Canadian Comics of WWII Not covered in the Overstreet Price Guide. Entirely new. Highly Recommended. By Ivan Kocmarek et al. Over four years in the making, at last a one-stop reference for approximately 780 ORIGINAL all-new comic books printed in Canada between 1941 and 1946, only a handful of which have ever appeared in Overstreet. Plus—scads of information about first appearances, writer and artist credits, crossovers, key issues, Hitler, Tojo etc. appearances, significant villains, variants. Plus pricing based on known sales and auctions on these mostly, but not all, scarce comics. “This information has never really been compiled anywhere before and that's what makes this book valuable...” North End Books, 2018...More. Item Code: WECPG Soft Cover, 6x9, 64pg, Partial Color $19.95

See our website for all available collections of Canadian White comics. IDW's edition of Nelvana has gone out of print--we have just one copy left [NELVH. $39.99]. Still available are Johnny Canuck, hurt at $12.95 [JOCAHR] and new at $24.95 [JOCAH]; Wow Comics #1 [WOW01. $15]; Polka Dot Pirate/Dime Comics [DOLDP. $10]; and Brok Windsor, my favorite after Nelvana, [BROKH. $24.95].

MIYAZAKIWORLD A Life in Art By Susan Napier. Art by Hayao Miyazaki. The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world. Yale, 2018...More. Item Code: MIYAH Hard Cover, 6x8, 344pg, Partial Color $30.00

Archives and Graphic Novels

SUPER PATRIOTIC HEROES Written by Craig Yoe, Will Eisner et al. During World War II, a legion of star-spangled, flag-draped superheroes fought to defeat the forces of evil. Rediscover them now, when we need them most! This book paints a compelling history and presents the exciting, full comic book stories. IDW, 2018...More. Item Code: SUPATH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 224pg, Full Color $34.99 $29.99

ALSO AVAILABLE SUPER WEIRD HEROES Volume 1 Outrageous But Real! Our Highest Recommendation. By Fletcher Hanks, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, John Buscema, George Tuska et al. Edited by Craig Yoe. The first superhero book from Yoe Books! 320 pages, thick as a brick, bargained-priced, filled with tons of rare, full-color, never-before-reprinted complete stories--plus Craig Yoe's own synopsis of each one's strange career or lack thereof! Here's The Hand (yes, he's a giant hand), The Eye (you got it--he's a huuuge eye), The Bouncer (a super-hero-in-a-skirt), Rainbow Boy, Boomerang (he defeats Nazi hordes with a little boomerang), Kangaroo Man (he's even weirder than you think--his fighting partner is a talking kangaroo!). IDW, 2016...More. Item Code: SWH01H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 320pg, Full Color $39.99 $34.99

See all of our Yoe! books on the website, including all the Weird Love collections, Chilling Horror series, and Lou Cameron's Unsleeping Dead, which I highly recommend. A second Super Weird Heroes collection is also due in any day now.

BATMAN THE CAPED CRUSADER Volume 1 By Jim Starlin, Mike Baron et al. Art by Jim Aparo, Ross Andru et al. Gotham City has endured much through its dark, twisted history, and even the cosmic changes wrought by the Crisis on Infinite Earths couldn't give the town a fresh start--the grime is in its DNA. The Crisis did, though, allow for the reintroduction of familiar foes, albeit with a fresh take on the Caped Crusader featuring a back-to-basics approach to crime-fighting. DC, 2018...More. Item Code: BATC01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Full Color $29.99 $26.99

WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES VAULT Volume 1 By Carl Barks, Merrill De Maris, Gil Turner et al. Art by Walt Kelly, Bob Grant et al. Celebrate three generations of Uncle Walt's flagship comic book--with legendary tales of Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and everyone from Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to Ludwig Von Drake! IDW, 2018...More. Item Code: WDCV01H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 288pg, Full Color $34.99 $29.99

CORTO MALTESE Volume 8 Tango By Hugo Pratt. Just as Fable of Venice was Hugo Pratt's homage to his hometown, Tango is a nod to Buenos Aires, where the cartoonist lived during his earliest creative successes in the late 1940s and 1950s. The atmosphere of the story is steeped in the sensual music of the tango, whose melodies almost seem to emerge from the artwork, with close-ups of the dance steps framed by Pratt with extraordinary effectiveness. The first English-language translation of Hugo Pratt's graphic novel set in Argentina. IDW, 2018...More. Item Code: CORU08 Soft Cover, 9x11, 60pg, b&w $19.99 $17.99

Find all previous collections on our website.

JUSTICE LEAGUE 100 GREATEST MOMENTS Highlights from the History of the World's Greatest Super Heroes By Robert Greenberger. In the hands of dozens of writers and artists, DC Comics Justice League of America (JLA) has experienced moments that can be intensely personal or of great cosmic importance. The comic's ability to shift in tone has always kept the team interesting and reflects the changing tastes among the readers and the times when each moment occurred. The Justice League, the team also known as the Worlds Greatest Super-Heroes, have flowered and foundered, seen their ranks swell and shrink, and risen and fallen in sales popularity, but remaining a fixture in pop cultures for decades. Chartwell Books, 2018...More. Item Code: JLGMH Hard Cover, 9x11, 312pg, Full Color $24.99

See more on The Justice League on the website, including several Omnibus Collections and The Art of the Film.

STAR HAWKS Volume 3 1979-1981 By Archie Goodwin, Roger McKenzie. Art by Gil Kane. This classic 1970s science-fiction newspaper strip predates Star Wars—and nearly 40 years after its debut, Star Hawks remains fresh and exciting for new generations of sci-fi and fantasy fans. This third volume concludes the series, collecting more than 500 strips drawn by Gil Kane, written by Archie Goodwin, and set in the "Barnum System" that series creator Ron Goulart also used in several of his novels. The Library of American Comics edition reproduces the daily strips two per page and each Sunday strip on its own page so readers can relish Gil Kane's incredible achievement. IDW, 2018...More. Item Code: STARH03H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x6, 328pg, b&w $39.99 $34.99

Both previous volumes are still available at the same discounted price.

Tarzan

TARZAN OF THE APES Dust Jacket Signed Signed by Phil Normand. Limited to 300. Highly Recommended. Produced by Phil Normand. Art by Fred J. Arting. Phil Normand caught our eye when he did the new, first-ever coloring of the cover image by Frazetta for Tarzan and the Castaways, Canaveral Press, 1964. Phil is a #1 ERB fan, and has been reconstructing the original first edition jackets, like this one, as well as creating new variant jackets for classic ERB books. This was one of his earliest efforts and we are pleased to make it available. The artwork has been meticulously restored and the paper is 80# cover< stock in a color that closely matches the original. This is fine art letterpress printing using wood-mounted magnesium plates. Comes with full production details on a certificate of authentication, signed and dated by Phil Normand and a bookmark, also letter press printed, repeating the cover artwork along with details of the original A.C. McClurg edition. Recoverings, 2004...More. Item Code: TARAPE 18x7, Full Color $75.00

TARZAN CASTAWAYS Dust Jacket Signed Almost Gone! Signed by Normand and numbered from 64 copies. Our Highest Recommendation. Phil Normand's new, first-ever coloring of the cover image by Frazetta for Tarzan and the Castaways, Canaveral Press, 1964. This was one of our very favorite images in the Edgar Rice. Burroughs 100 Years Chronology, so we are pleased to also offer it in its original form, as a variant, new cover for the original book (which was printed in b&w with an awful red banner across the art). Comes with two bookmarks, one with full details of the original book. The jacket includes the original flaps and back cover typography and design, with a color image of the ad for Richard Lupoff’s Master of Adventure, ready either for display or use with the original book. Recoverings, 2016. Out of Print....More. Item Code: TARCAS 19x8, Full Color $65.00

Ordering any Frazetta item, such as this, entitles you to a free copy of the Frank Frazetta Icon Book Brochure [FFIB. $00]. Just add it to your order.

TARZAN AND THE DARK HEART OF TIME By Philip Jose Farmer. Tarzan's beloved mate, Jane, has been kidnapped, and the furious ape-man will let nothing stand in the way of rescuing her--not even a sinister safari whose target is Tarzan himself. With fierce Masai trackers leading the chase, a trio of white hunters are hellbent on capturing the Jungle Lord. But as the pursuers, and their uncanny half-human tracker, close in from behind, Tarzan races toward even greater danger ahead. Meteor House, 2018...More. Item Code: TARDA Soft Cover, 6x9, 246pg, Text Only $20.00

TARZAN AND THE DARK HEART OF TIME HARDCOVER By Philip Jose Farmer. Tarzan's beloved mate, Jane, has been kidnapped, and the furious ape-man will let nothing stand in the way of rescuing her--not even a sinister safari whose target is Tarzan himself. With fierce Masai trackers leading the chase, a trio of white hunters are hellbent on capturing the Jungle Lord. But as the pursuers, and their uncanny half-human tracker, close in from behind, Tarzan races toward even greater danger ahead. Meteor House, 2018...More. Item Code: TARDAH Hard Cover, 6x9, 246pg, Text Only $35.00

See all the other latest Tarzan, John Carter and Dejah Thoris, and more ERB-related books on our website.

Classics Illustrated

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #52 The Hound of The Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle. Art by Louis Zansky. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Arthur Conan Doyle and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story. CCS, 2018...More. Item Code: CLA52 Soft Cover, 6x9, 48pg, Full Color $9.95

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #56 All Quiet on The Western Front By Maria Remarque Erich. Art by Maurice del Bourgo. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Erich Maria Remarque, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story. CCS, 2018...More. Item Code: CLA56 Soft Cover, 6x9, 48pg, Full Color $9.95

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #67 WILD BILL HICKOK Art by Sal Trapani and Medio Iorio. The life story of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, the famous lawman, gunfighter and gambler of the Old West. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story. CCS Books, 2017...More. Item Code: CLA67 Soft Cover, 6x9, 48pg, Full Color $9.95

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #68 DANIEL BOONE By John Bakeless. Art by Alex A. Blum. The life story of Daniel Boone, American explorer, pioneer and frontiersman and one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of John Bakeless, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story. CCS Books, 2017...More. Item Code: CLA68 Soft Cover, 6x9, 48pg, Full Color $9.95

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #69 JOAN OF ARC Adapted by Samuel Willinsky. Art by Henry C. Kiefer. The story of the great heroine of France, Joan of Arc, also known as “The Maid of Orléans”. Born a peasant girl in Domrémy, France in 1412, during the Hundred Years’ War, Joan began to hear celestial voices as a teenager. It was these voices which she claimed guided her in battle against the English, until her capture and fateful trial for heresy. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story. CC Books, 2017...More. Item Code: CLA69 Soft Cover, 6x9, 48pg, Full Color $9.95

CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #70 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Art by Alex A. Blum. Longfellow's epic poem of the legendary Native American hero, Hiawatha and his love, Minnehaha, as he performs many brave and magical deeds. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story. CC Books, 2017...More. Item Code: CLA70 Soft Cover, 6x9, 48pg, Full Color $9.95

Previously we have been offering Classics Comics published by Jack Lake in Canada. Another publisher entirely has evidently secured the rights to publish as Classics Illustrated. We compared the lists and we are bringing in titles that we have not offered before. We will be bringing in five to six new titles each month for the next five months, 32 in all. This is the first group of titles. See all our other Classics titles on our website. Now in softcover, at a new lower price, is this highly recommended history:

ALSO AVAILABLE CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED A Cultural History Second Edition Major revised edition, with 100 more pages! Now in softcover. Our Highest Recommendation. By William B. Jones. A significant expansion of the critically acclaimed first edition, and now in a lower-priced softcover. Over 100 more pages expand on the 70-year history of Classics Illustrated and the careers and contributions of such artists as Alex A. Blum, George Evans, Henry C. Kiefer, Gray Morrow, Rudolph Palais, and Louis Zansky. Enhancing this lively account are new interviews and correspondence with editor Helene Lecar, publicist Eleanor Lidofsky, artists Mort Kunstler and Lou Cameron, and the founder's grandson John "Buzz" Kanter. McFarland, 2017...More. Item Code: CLAI Soft Cover, 9x11, 382pg, Partial Color $35.00

2019 Calendars

PIN-UP GIRLS GIL ELVGREN 2019 Calendar By Gil Elvgren. If you're looking for a new spin on the standard 12 x 12 wall calendar look no further than Orange Circle's cleverly designed entry. This decorative, retro-inspired calendar is packaged in a sturdy sleeve, just like a classic vinyl album! It's printed on matte paper for a true vintage look, features full-color poster-style artwork and is right at home whether in your work space or in the garage hanging next to a '57 Chevy. Each image is spread across both calendar pages with the grid at the very bottom. This has NO overlapping images with the other Elvgren calendar we are offering. Orange Circle, 2018...More. Item Code: PIG19 12x12, 24pg, Full Color $16.99

PIN-UPS BY ELVGREN 2019 Calendar Recommended. By Gil Elvgren. Enjoy Pin Up girls from one of the most renowned pin up and glamour artists of the 20th century: Gil Elvgren. The charms of these girl next door types are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat all year. Wonderful and classic images, totally different ones than in the other Elgren calendar we are offering this year. Cowgirls, a fire fighter on a pole, baathing suit beauty, lighting a firework, lying in the grass, posing in lingerie...all have the trademark nylons or bare long legs, enticingly exposed. Not to mention other curves... Time Factory, 2018...More. Item Code: PUP19 12x12, 24pg, Full Color $14.99

WINGS OF ANGELS 2019 Calendar By Michael Malak. Known for vintage 1940's style glamour photography, photographer Michael Malek has combined classic beauty with some of the most recognizable aircraft of World War ll. As a tribute to pinup art and WWII aviation, Malek has created a look back to an era when sexy meant curves and curls, when pinups provided servicemen with sweetly seductive reminders of home. It’s all about lingerie, nylons and high heels.  A meticulous process has gone into every photograph to give it an authentic vintage look. Zebra, 2018...More. Item Code: WA19 12x12, 24pg, Full Color $15.99

GREG HILDEBRANDT AMERICAN BEAUTIES 2019 Calendar Highly Recommended. By Greg Hildebrandt. World renowned artist Greg Hildebrandt has created over 75 original pinup paintings as part of his American Beauties series. Both fun and sexy, American Beauties combines vintage pinup glamour with iconic American themes. American Beauties 2019 has spacious grids with international holidays and moon phases. Nearly unclad ladies in homages to sci-fi, night clubs, pulp covers, private detective novels, burlesque, even roller-skating drive-in waitresses. Great fun. Zebra, 2018...More. Item Code: GH19 12x12, 24pg, Full Color $15.99

See all other 2019 Calendars on our website. More are coming in every week.

Bargain Books These books are generally very low in stock, as few as two or three copies--too few to list in our regular clearance sale. This may be your last chance at this special price. Don't miss out, act now.   CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #48 David Copperfield [CI48. $9.99 $5.99]. ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP, IN RHYME By Thomas Mackenzie [ALDH. $30.00 $19.95]. THE SPIDER/SMILODON [SPSMM. $15.00 $7.50]. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by EVB [BEBEAH. $25.00 $14.95]. DEADPOOL CLASSIC Omnibus Volume 1 [DEP01H. $125.00 $75.00]. DEADPOOL MINIBUS Volume 2 [DEP02H. $75.00 $45.00]. JOHN STANLEY GIVING LIFE TO LITTLE LULU Signed [JSGIVHS. $39.99 $29.99]. MICHELANGELO Complete Works [MICCWH. $69.99 $39.99]. ARCHIE'S SUNDAY FINEST [ASF01H. $49.99 $35.00]. SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE The Tarantula [SAMT. $12.99 $7.99]. WIENER WERKSTATTE [WIEH. $29.99 $14.99]. You can see all of our discounted items on the website, under Closeouts at the end of each category (such as Artists and Illustration, Comics Related, etc). To get on our email list for Sales & Specials, click here.

Rare & Out of Print We have 8 new titles from Modesty Blaise creator Peter O'Donnell, including a softcover of comic strips, and 6 hardcover novels. Modesty Blaise Dragon's Claw Pieces of Modesty Modesty Blaise the Xanadu Talisman Modesty Blaise Dead Man's Handle The Impossible Virgin Modesty Blaise The Silver Mistress Modesty Blaise Dead Man's Handle (paperback) Modesty Blaise The Black Pearl and The Vikings (comic strips) We also have three fine art books, Alphonse Maria Mucha, The Enchanted World of Jessie M. King, and a collection of 40 classic artists in Forty Illustrators and How They Work.   All  |  New Arrivals   |  Artists & Illustration  |  Fantasy & Sci-Fi  |  Illustrated Fiction Comic Book Archives  |  Comic Strip & Cartoon   |  Comic Artists  |  Pin-Up  |  Erotic Art Click here to add yourself to our Rare & Out of Print mailing list.

Mature Readers We have a very unusual new graphic novel this week: Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini. Well, Minky is also the girl getting tied up, sans clothing, in this unusual and fairly explicit erotic graphic novel offering an alternate look at Houdini's weird world. Next from one of our favorite editors, Hiroshi Unno, comes a book, Dark & Fetish Art, unlike any of his other fine collections. This is his first compilation (published in Japan) of erotic art, and it's rich with amazing work from yesterday. And back in stock at a sale price is the Fantagraphics book Sexytime: "1970s trash cinema movie posters the likes of which have never been collected between hard covers before. B-Movie Bikers, beatniks, disturbed artists, witchcraft, familial dysfunction, evil corporations, lost girls..." And we have two new DVDs: Liquid Assets, starring Samatha Fox, Sharon Kane, and Lisa B. And Showdown: Back in the Saddle Again!, starring Gina Carerra, Sharon Mitchell, and Shanna McCollough. Nude Photography  |  Erotic Art   |  Erotic Films: DVDs  |  Adult Graphic Novels  |  All Pin-Up & Adult Click here to add yourself to our Adult's Only mailing list.

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 Place your order before noon PST, Monday through Friday for SAME DAY shipping (for in-stock items). Note: FREE SHIPPING OVER $300. If your order total is $300 or more and you are in the U.S., we pay the standard shipping cost. Contact us: csr@budsartbooks.com or 530-273-2166 Mon-Fri 9-4

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