I can't say enough about a new book on 19th century artist William Bouguereau. Several graphic novels are real treats: Memorabilia, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and After Houdini. Catwoman gets a new low-priced statue. Maxon Crumb is finally examined. A perfect best-of book is Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse: The Greatest Adventures. Two new Wonder Woman collections, from giant Omnibus to mini-covers. And Bill Schelly has two new books of interviews with early fan writers, artists, publishers and dealers. |
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WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU The Essential Works All-new and Exceptiional. Our Highest Recommendation. By Dr Kara Lysandra Ross and Frederick C. Ross. William Bouguereau was the most popular artist in nineteenth-century France. This book is an exploration of the four genres most prevalent throughout Bouguereau's career: mythological works, religious works, peasants, and portraits. This final section on portraits focuses on paintings of heads and hands, where he concentrated on the subtleties of capturing human emotion, something at which he was a consummate master. Acc Art Books, 2018...More. Item Code: ESSWH Hard Cover, 9x12, 240pg, Full Color $65.00 |
I really think this is a fine book. I took it on my vacation with me and have learned a great deal about this artist, who I have always held in high esteem. The quality of the reproductions from original artwork, is such that I found myself literally studying each work, even his portraits. It pointed out his attention to fingers, and skin...some of these are almost like photos, they are so real. Wonderful, outstanding new collection. |
VER SACRUM The Vienna Secession Art Magazine 1898-1903 Highly Recommended. Edited by Valerio Terraroli. Art by Schiele, Moser, Wagner, Fabiani, Olbrich and Josef Hoffmann With all-original artwork by Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Klimt, Schiele and others, the avante garde Austrian magazine Ver Sacrum set the standard for art nouveau imagery and fine magazine design.This Vienna Secession showpiece was published from 1898 to 1903, collecting 471 original drawings made specifically for the magazine, 55 lithographs and copper engravings and 216 block prints. This collects all 120 regular issue covers—plus special, limited-edition covers—along with a selection of the very finest and most innovative interior artworks. Skira, 2018...More. Item Code: VERSH Hard Cover, 11x13, 320pg, Full Color |
Advance orders were strong for this and we ran through our first stock before listing it here, a few weeks ago. We now have more copies on hand. |
MAXON Art Out of Chaos By Malcolm Whyte. Excerpts from Maxon's writings, anecdotes from his brother R. Crumb, plus a gallery of Maxon's bizarre and surreal artworks crown an inspiring story of a man who candidly bares his world to us through ink, oil, metal, wood, and word. Maxon Crumb—artist, author, and yogi—embarked on a coast-to-coast odyssey to conquer one severe challenge after another: a brutal childhood, crushing sibling rivalry, lost love, death threats, and debilitating disease. FU Press, 2018...More. Item Code: MAXAR Soft Cover, 8x10, 140pg, Text/Partial Color $25.00 |
Like many R. Crumb fans, I've heard the stories about his even-stranger brother Maxon. Here is his bio and art, in a slim and very accessible volume in full color. There's even a little of R. Crumb here too. |
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS Art and Arcana A Visual History By Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman et al. From one of the most iconic game brands in the world, this official Dungeons & Dragons illustrated history provides an unprecedented look at the visual evolution of the brand, showing its continued influence on the worlds of pop culture and fantasy. Inside the book, you'll find more than seven hundred pieces of artwork—from each edition of the core role-playing books, supplements, and adventures; as well as Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance novels; decades of Dragon and Dungeon magazines; and classic advertisements and merchandise; plus never-before-seen sketches, large-format canvases, rare photographs, one-of-a-kind drafts, and more from the now-famous designers and artists associated with Dungeons & Dragons. Ten Speed Press, 2018...More. Item Code: DDARTH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 440pg, Partial Color |
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS Art and Arcana A Visual History Deluxe By Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman et al. The superstar author team gained unparalleled access to the archives of Wizards of the Coast and the personal collections of top collectors, as well as the designers and illustrators who created the distinctive characters, concepts, and visuals that have defined fantasy art and gameplay for generations. This is the most comprehensive collection of D&D imagery ever assembled, making this the ultimate collectible for the game's millions of fans around the world. Ten Speed Press, 2018...More. Item Code: DDARTD Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x13, 448pg, Partial Color $125.00 |
Before Magic the Gathering was hiring all the best fantasy artists, there was Dungeons and Dragons, doing exactly the same thing. With big budgets and huge sales, they could afford the best. Here is the first major art book yet on an amazing genre of artwork. You don't have to be a gamer to appreciate what you will find here, by dozens of names familiar to all of us. Often the Spectrum annual was the only way to find ANY this work, if you were't a gamer and keeping up with all the latest releases, as well as the long-running Dragon Magazine. |
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MEMORABILIA A Homage to Ditko, Kirby, Wood, Eisner & Corben!! Highly Recommended. By Sergio Ponchione. Poised between reality and fantasy, Memorabilia is acclaimed cartoonist Sergio Ponchione's wildly original homage to the legendary comic book creators who captured his imagination as a child. Weaving history, speculative fiction, and pure fantasy, Ponchione has crafted a visually stunning love letter befitting such towering comic book legends. Fantagraphics, 2018...More. Item Code: MEMOR Soft Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color $16.99 |
H.G. WELLS The Island of Dr. Moreau Highly Recommended. By Dobbs. Art by Fabrizio Fiorentino. Based on the original story by H. G. Wells, this graphic novel adaptation, translated from the French album, brings a whole new look to the disturbing and visionary tale. Set adrift in the Pacific Ocean, Edward Prendick is rescued only to find himself on the strange remote island of Dr. Moreau. Moreau has been conducting bizarre experiments for years, genetically modifying animals to give them each a conscience and the ability to speak. These “Beastmen” obey a very precise set of rules called The Law, which forbids them to exhibit any primitive behavior and commands that they worship Dr. Moreau like a god. Insight Comics, 2018...More. Item Code: HGWISH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 64pg, Full Color |
Companion to this is The Time Machine, just listed last week. I didn't know Dr. Moreau as well, so I was eager to read this. I found it both a good read and suitably creepy, with good solid artwork. Again, this was first done in France as a graphic album. |
AFTER HOUDINI Recommended. By Jeremy Holt. Art by John Lucas. Harry Houdini, master magician and covert spy for the United States government, is dead...or is he? The only man who can save him is his estranged son Josef, who, like his father, knows the power of magic—real magic—and how it can be more than just an illusion. Josef Houdini takes after his father: A gifted escape artist, there's not a jam he can't get himself out of. Then again, when your father is one of the greatest illusionists of all time, that comes as no surprise. What does come as a surprise is the fact that Harry Houdini is not only the world's greatest magician, but also a top-secret operative for the US government during World War I. Insight Comics, 2018...More. Item Code: AFTH Soft Cover, 8x10, 112pg, Full Color |
Also available is mature readers graphic novel Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini [MINWH. |
LIP HOOK A Tale of Rural Unease An Adult-themed take on Lovecraftian horror. By David Hine. Art by Mark Stafford. Somewhere in the British Isles, at the end of a neglected road, there is a village called Lip Hook. For its inhabitants, the village is more than the end of the road—it's the end of the world. Beyond it, there is nothing but mist-shrouded marshland. Few travelers take the road to Lip Hook, but one foggy night, a car speeds perilously toward the village. The driver is a dangerously beautiful woman, the passenger a man with a gunshot wound and a suitcase containing a treasure he has risked his life for. Cash-strapped but in need of a place to hide, the two fugitives seek shelter at the Hanged Man Inn, where the woman persuades the innkeeper to accept payment in kind. Self Made Hero, 2018. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: LIPHH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 166pg, Full Color $22.99 |
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MICKEY MOUSE THE GREATEST ADVENTURES Mickey's best adventures by his finest artist/writer. Highly Recommended. By Floyd Gottfredson. A special release for the 90th Anniversary of Mickey Mouse! Mickey was never so thrilling as when he was drawn by Disney Legend Floyd Gottfredson. And this commemorative full-color edition collects the best of those irrepressible Mickey adventures, including Gottfredson's first — written by Walt Disney himself! Fantagraphics, 2018...More. Item Code: MMGRH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x11, 302pg, Full Color |
It's not just another Mickey reprint, this is all Floyd Gottfredson—the ultimate Mickey artist. And it's those famous, classic stories that most of us have only seen in snippets over the years. |
MARVEL MASTERWORKS The Mighty Thor Volume 17 Collects Thor #267-278, 1977-78; Marvel Preview #10, 1975. By Len Wein and Roy Thomas. Art by Walter Simonson, John Buscema et al. Not just one, but two teams with godlike creative talents grace the latest Marvel Masterworks. First, Len Wein and Walter Simonson will pit Thor against mercenaries with a nuclear cobalt cannon, bang on the Stilt-Man like a tin can, rock the world in a battle with Blastaar and conquer the massive artificial intelligence F.A.U.S.T. Then, Roy Thomas and John Buscema take up the hammer in some of the most beautifully illustrated Asgardian epics of all time! They'll tap deep into Thor's mythic roots, crafting amazing adventures featuring Loki, the death of Balder, the Midgard Serpent and a new Norse Thor. All as foretold in the legend of Ragnarok! Also featuring rare never-before-reprinted Thor and Hercules stories from Marvel Preview. Marvel, 2018...More. Item Code: MMMT17H Hard Cover, 7x10, 310pg, Full Color |
Two Artist’s Editions and a Thor Omnibus, Volume 3, are also in stock. See the website. |
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WONDER WOMAN The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 3 Sensation Comics #49-69, Wonder Woman #16-25, and Comics Cavalcade #14-22. By Robert Kanigher, Joyce Murchison, William Moulton Marston. Art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Woman, the best-known female superhero in the world and star of her own monthly comics, faced the evil of the Axis powers in these World War II-era tales. In these stories, Wonder Woman protects Man's World, using her bracelets and lasso of truth to stop injustice. These tales include Wonder Woman's battle to keep innocents from being drawn into a land of nightmares and see her sending a gangster to Paradise Island to be reformed, attending a costume party to prevent a murder and much more! DC, 2018...More. Item Code: WWGA03H Hard Cover, 7x11, 784pg, Full Color |
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DC COMICS WONDER WOMAN The Complete Covers Volume 1 Palm-sized miniature. Starting from the first comic featuring the Amazonian warrior-princess in 1942, this miniature art book compiles the covers of the first few hundred volumes and issues of Wonder Woman comic history, all bound together at a readable pocket-book size that makes the perfect collector's item for comic book fans. Insight Studios, 2018...More. Item Code: DCWW01H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 3x4, 304pg, Full Color $11.99 |
This matches Detective Comics, The Complete Covers Volume 1 [DCDET01H. $11.99], with the first 300 coverswith Batman in #27-300. Also see the website for more Wonder Woman archives, statues and graphic novels. |
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BILL SCHELLY TALKS WITH THE FOUNDERS OF COMIC FANDOM Volume 1 Highly Recommended. By Bill Schelly. The genesis of comic fandom took shape with a brainy crew of amateur authors, editors, and artists who in the early 1960s gave fans of all comic books, from science fiction to super-heroes, a like-minded community in which to exchange their ideas, sharpen their minds, and share their passions. Vol. 1 has a new interview with Richard Grass Green, conducted weeks before he died. Plus Richard and Pat Lupoff, Jerry Bails, Ron Foss, and John Benson. Pulpo Hero Press, 2018...More. Item Code: BILL01 Soft Cover, 5x8, 200pg, Text/b&w $17.95 |
BILL SCHELLY TALKS WITH THE FOUNDERS OF COMIC FANDOM Volume 2 Highly Recommended. By Bill Schelly. The genesis of comic fandom took shape with a brainy crew of amateur authors, editors, and artists who in the early 1960s gave fans of all comic books, from science fiction to superheroes, a like-minded community in which to exchange their ideas, sharpen their minds, and share their passions. Vol. 2 features a brand new interview with Roy Thomas which focuses on his period in fandom (1960 to 1965), plus talks with Don & Maggie Thompson, Richard Kyle, Steve Perrin, and Bud Plant. Pulp Hero Press, 2018...More. Item Code: BILL02 Soft Cover, 5x8, 204pg, Text/b&w $17.95 |
Two new books from a new publisher, collecting Bill's excellent interviews from as far back as 1991. Sadly, many of the folks here are no longer with us, but fortunately Bill here has preserved an oral history of our comic book roots. I am one of his subjects, in Volume two. We recently brought in a great batch of Bill's self-published books, most signed and at half price or less. See them all on our website. |
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THE SHADOW #136 The Wealth Seeker, Guardian of Death and Murder in White. By Walter B. Gibson and Bruce Elliot. Art by Tom Lovell, Paul Orban et al. Lamont Cranston takes center stage in three classic pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson and Bruce Elliott writing as “Maxwell Grant.” First, the generous donations of an unknown philanthropist attract the sinister attention of “The Wealth Seeker” and his criminal minions! Then, a “Guardian of Death” protects a crypt's incredible secret until it's unearthed by The Shadow! Finally, Lamont Cranston goes undercover in a big city hospital to clear a physician falsely accused of committing “Murders in White.” Sanctum, 2018...More. Item Code: SHT136 Soft Cover, 7X10, 128pg, Text/b&w $14.95 |
On the website are more pulp reprints, new history of the pulps books, and pulp art collections. |
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DC COMIC GALLERY CATWOMAN PVC Statue Designed by Shawn Knapp. Sculpted by James Marsano. A Diamond Select Toys release! The DC Gallery line of PVC dioramas has an unauthorized visitor, as Catwoman breaks into the breakout series of collectibles from DST! Perched atop a massive Egyptian cat-headed statue, Selina Kyle steals the spotlight in this 9-inch-scale diorama, wearing her modern, curve-hugging black costume. Made of a high-quality plastic, and featuring a detailed sculpt and exacting paint applications, it comes packaged in a full-color window box. Diamond Select Toys, 2018...More. Item Code: DCCATW 9 tall, Full Color $55.00 |
ALSO AVAILABLE DC COVER GIRLS CATWOMAN Statue Limited, 5,000. Highly Recommended. Designed by Joëlle Jones. Sculpted by Jack Mathews. From Joëlle Jones, the superstar artist who took Catwoman into battle, comes this brand-new statue from the DC Cover Girls line. Selina Kyle lounges on a nicely detailed safe she's ready to crack open. Sexy and fun. Inspired by the powerful women of the DC Universe, DC Cover Girls is a long-running line that features dynamic depictions of the most famous superheroines and super-villains in premium statues. Individually numbered. DC, 2018...More. Item Code: DCCGCAT 7 tall, Full Color $125.00 |
ALSO AVAILABLE BATMAN 1966 CATWOMAN RUBY Statue Special Order- takes 3-4 weeks! 1/6 scale. Sculpted by Trevor Grove. From the classic 1966 Batman TV series comes this strikingly beautiful Batman 1966 TV Series Catwoman Ruby Red Maquette Diorama Statue! Sculpted by Trevor Grove, this beautiful maquette features an almost purrrrrfect likeness of Julie Newmar as everyone's favorite feline fatale! Catwoman is in her iconic black full-body outfit, holding a prized ruby in her right hand. She stands against a black cat statue on top of a marble-like display base. Tweeterhead, 2017...More. Item Code: BCATR 14 tall, Full Color $249.99 |
75 Years of Catwoman is going away, we have just two left. CAT75H. |
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WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK Volume 1 Ghost of the Grotto Highly Recommended. By Carl Barks. One of Donald Duck's most famous adventures leads off Fantagraphics' new line of affordable kid-sized Donald Duck books: just-right half-height with that Barks magic, both long adventure stories and shorter ten and single pagers. Each story is complete with all the original story and art (no panels have been dropped or altered). Fantagraphics, 2014...More. Item Code: WDDD01 Soft Cover, 7x5, 128pg, Full Color $12.99 |
WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK Volume 2 Sheriff of Bullet Valley Highly Recommended. By Carl Barks. One of Donald Duck's most famous adventures in this new line of affordable, kid-sized books. Filled with that Barks magic, one long adventure story (from the Four Color one-shot), plus a hilarious ten-pager with Gladstone Gander (Mr. Lucky), plus single pagers. Donald and the kids head west for wild adventure, battling Blacksnake McSquirt. Donald as sheriff, sporting a six-gun? Watch out! Fantagraphics, 2015...More. Item Code: WDDD02 Soft Cover, 7x5, 96pg, Full Color $9.99 |
WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK Volume 3 The Golden Helmet Highly Recommended. By Carl Barks. Donald finds an ancient map and triggers a race to recover a fabulous Viking artifact that will give its owner legal title to all of North America! A rip-roaring adventure full of twists, turns, and calamitous reversals of fortune through treacherous seas, dangerous terrain, and stealthy opponents. Plus: Three more bonus stories. Fantagraphics, 2015...More. Item Code: WDDD03 Soft Cover, 7x5, 128pg, Full Color $12.99 |
All the hardbound Carl Barks archives series are great...around $25.99 after discount. The sets of two volumes are even a better value. Christmas at Bear Mountain features the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge, and Only a Poor Old Man is his first full-length adventure—with Donald and the kids, of course. Here are our lowest-priced books in every category: Just Arrived, Art & Illustration, Comics Related, Pulps & Fiction, Special Interest, and Pin-Up and Adult.
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DISNEY MASTERS Volume 6 Uncle Scrooge King of The Golden River By Giovan Battista Carpi. High up the Duck Family Tree lurks King Dondorado, ancient ruler of a pre-Columbian South American empire. Now Scrooge McDuck wants to find Dondorado's treasure! But the King's ghost demands his vast wealth go only to the pure of heart. Is that why Scrooge and Donald are bringing Huey, Dewey, and Louie along? How many ways can this go wrong? Fantagraphics, 2018. Due Jan. ...More. Item Code: DM06H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color |
DISNEY MASTERS Volumes 5 & 6 Boxed Set By Giovan Battista Carpi and Romano Scarpa. In volume 5, Mickey's diabolical arch-enemy--the Phantom Blot--is on the loose! But when Mickey, Goofy, and Chief O'Hara set out to stop his crime spree, there's something they don't know: The Blot has Mickey hypnotized--our hero is unknowingly doing the bad guy's bidding! Also in this anthology of Scarpa's best, Mickey goes on a wild sea adventure as a deckhand in “The Eternal Flame of Kalhoa”--and Scrooge McDuck takes Donald and the kids along on an alligator-infested adventure to Malaya--and also meets his old flame, Brigitta MacBridge. Two-page biography of Scarpa. In volume 6, high up the Duck Family Tree lurks King Dondorado, ancient ruler of a pre-Columbian South American empire. Now Scrooge McDuck wants to find Dondorado's treasure! But the King's ghost demands his vast wealth go only to the pure of heart. Is that why Scrooge and Donald are bringing Huey, Dewey, and Louie along? How many ways can this go wrong? Fantgraphics, 2018. Due Jan. ...More. Item Code: DM03HP Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 370pg, Full Color |
Disney Masters Volumes 1-5 and sets 1-2 and 3-4 are in stock now, at the same discounted prices. See our website for more Mickey Mouse, Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck archives. |
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DETECTIVE COMICS Before Batman Slipcase Set Collects #1-26. By Jerry Siegel. DC proudly presents issues #1-26 of Detective Comics. These issues starred crimefighters of all sorts in the rough and tumble style of comics' Golden Age, including stories and art by Superman's co-creators, writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. This two-volume Omnibus set is presented in a beautifully designed slipcase. DC, 2019. Due Mar. ...More. Item Code: DETCBH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 1500pg, Full Color |
As I mentioned in News and Notes last week, I am really excited about this. This is the very first time DC has ever collected, in total, one of their amazing pre-hero titles. Here are pre-Superman Siegel & Shuster, Leo O'Mealia's Fu Manchu, and so very much more. Now we can read the complete serials (these were often just 2-4 pages per issue) and few of us even have a scattering of these, as the prices keep going up and up on copies in any condition. Reserve your copy early...I am a bit nervous that DC could underprint on these and demand could cause this to go out of print quickly, like similar books from Fantagraphics and other publishers. I will bring in as many as I can justify to prevent these selling out, but your advance reservation will help me. As always, your credit card will not be charged until this ships to you from us. |
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