When a publisher reduces the price on their own book, it's called a White Sale. They do this to move out excess inventory, or raise some quick cash. But the result is that we get cool new sale books, that we may or may not have handled before. We also get enough copies to (hopefully) make everyone happy. Closeouts are different because we often have only a couple or a handful of copies, and we are the ones to reduce the price. Here we've gathered up some of our favorite White Sale items that we think deserve your attention, both new items just in, and some older groups that include some of my favorite books. We also mixed in a handful of closeouts of our own which ARE limited in quantity--but they are ALL NEW, appearing at new prices here for the first time. So as always, best to act now to avoid missing out. FREE BOOK! We have 17 copies of The Shadow #142 with a bumped corner. One per customer please, just add it to your order of any white sale item. We also have a few Free Comic Book Day comics left, you can include those also. |
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ARTIFACTS DELUXE Slipcased & includes 24 x 36 poster insert. By Ron Marz. Art by Michael Broussard et al. Individually, thirteen ancient and mystical artifacts have guided mankind since the beginning of time. Now together, thirteen artifacts will threaten to destroy everything when a mysterious antagonist known only as the Survivor orchestrates a grand symphony to draw the artifact bearers together. Featuring virtually every character in the Top Cow Universe, including Witchblade, The Darkness, Angelus, Magdalena, Cyberforce, Hunter-Killer, and many more, this over-sized, slip-cased edition collects the entire Artifacts series. Image Comics, 2012...More. Item Code: ARTIFD Hard Cover, 8x12, 448pg, Full Color |
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MADMAN 20TH ANNIVERSARY MONSTER Signed Signed bookplate. Highly Recommended. By Michael Allred and many friends! Frazetta!& Kirby! Toth! Moebius! Kubert! Miller! Stevens! The BIG one! Literally: This gigantic 11 x 17 hardcover is the coffee table book of the Millennium! Nearly every great artist ever to work in comics is in this book which includes a new 19-page story by Allread, and one-page tales and poster-sized tributes by Peter Bagge, Kyle Baker, Philip Bond & Peter Milligan, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Cooper, Dean Haspiel, Los Bros Hernandez, Erik Larsen, David Mack, Pat Mckeown, Bernie Mireault, Michael Avon Oeming, Paul Pope, Eric Powell, Frank Quitely, and on and on, with Steven T. Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen, Jeff Smith, Jay Stephens, Craig Thompson, Matt Wagner, Joe Quinones & Maris Wicks. Image Comics, 2011...More. Item Code: MAD20H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 11x17, 264pg, Full Color |
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SPEED RACER MACH GO GO GO Recommended. By Tatsuo Yoshida. DMP celebrates Speed Racer's 40th anniversary with a beautifully packaged, slipcased, two-volume hardcover collector's set! The Speed Racer: Mach Go Go Go Box Set is the complete, unabridged version and contains episodes available in the United States for the first time. Join Speed Racer, Racer X, Trixie, Spritle and Chim-Chim in this fast-paced thriller of action and intrigue! Special introduction by the voice of Speed Racer, Peter Fernandez. Four complete stories, remastered, from the very beginning of Speed's carer in his specially-designed Mach-5. Digital Manga, 2000...More. Item Code: SPERH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 6x8, 620pg, b&w |
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THE ART OF BRIAN BOLLAND Highly Recommended. Often referred to as the "artist's artist," Brian Bolland has produced some of the most memorable and inspiring illustrations--primarily cover art--ever. This handsome volume is a retrospective of this astonishing artist's career and a look at the man himself. It begins with his rarely-seen British series, including Judge Dredd and Tank Girl, but quickly moves into iconic U.S. work on 63 covers for Animal Man, the legendary Camelot 3000, Wonder Woman, The Invisibles, Batman: Killing Joke. Every cover he's done is powerful, a knockout, minutely detailed. Image, 2006...More. Item Code: ARTBBH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 176pg, Partial Color |
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UNHUMAN THE ELEPHANTMEN Art of Ladrönn By Richard Starkings and John Roshnell. Unpublished art, sketches and drawings by Ladrönn in a beautiful hardcover volume, similar to Frank Cho's Cover Girl. Designed by Comicraft's Secret Weapon, John JG Roshell, this book is the perfect companion to Hip Flask: Concrete Jungle, and is printed in the same format. Image Comics, 2008...More. Item Code: UNHUH Hard Cover, 9x13, 128pg, Partial Color |
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YESTERDAY'S TOMORROWS By Rian Hughes. With Grant Morrison and Tom DeHaven. An eclectic and stylish collection of comics from Rian Hughes, renowned illustrator and graphic designer, Yesterday's Tomorrows features infamous and hard-to-find collaborations with Eisner Award winner Grant Morrison's Dan Dare, a post-modern classic that sets the aging and retired iconic British character Dare against a modern British landscape he no longer understands, and Really and Truly, a high-octane psychedelic road-trip torn from the pages of cult comic 2000AD. Hughes' clean graphic style comes to the fore in duotone for The Science Service, written by John Freeman, while Hughes explores an evocative noir palette replete with dramatic angular lighting for Raymond Chandler's Goldfish, adapted by It's Superman author Tom DeHaven. Image, 2010...More. Item Code: YES01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 264pg, Partial Color |
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THOUGHT BUBBLE Anthology Collection 10 Years of Comics By Kate Beaton et al. Art by Charlie Adlard et al. Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Thought Bubble Festival, which takes place in Leeds, Northern England, from Nov 1-6, 2016, this collection features short stories and art by: Charlie Adlard, Gabriel Bautista, Gabriel Bá, Kate Beaton, Jordie Bellaire, Ivan Brandon, Jeffery Brown, Mark Buckingham, Clark Burscough, Adam Cadwell, Mike Carey, Emily Carroll, Cliff Chiang, Becky Cloonan, Boo Cook, Farel Dalrymple, Rufus Dayglo, Andy Diggle, D'israeli, Marc Ellerby, Ming Doyle, Warren Ellis, Gary Erskine, Carlos Ezquerra, Ray Fawkes, Duncan Fegredo, Robin Furth, Leigh Gallagher, Stuart Gordon, Brandon Graham, Nicholas Gurewitch, Tony Harris, Will Morris, Antony Johnston, Barry Kitson, Ales Kot, Emi Lenox, Tula Lotay, Sarah Mcintyre, Fabio Moon, Stephen Mooney, Ramon Perez, Sean Phillips, Rick Remender, Emma Ríos, Tim Sale, Fiona Staples, Cameron Stewart, Richard Starkings, Babs Tarr, Emma Vieceli, Annie Wu & Skottie Young. Image Comics, 2016...More. Item Code: THOUB Soft Cover, 7x10, 136pg, Full Color |
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DAWN Volume 3 Three Tiers Signed Signed bookplate! Collects the complete limited series #1-6, 2003-2005. Recommended. By Joseph Michael Linsner. In Three Tiers, Dawn leads her earthly lover Darrian through a post-apocalyptic Europa. She taunts him in visions and dreams, but she is always just one maddening step away. On his quest for Dawn, Darrian fights duels in a coliseum, slays dragons, and makes love to three women — a virgin, a queen, and a whore. Is Dawn one of them — or all three?! In chasing Dawn, Darrian stumbles upon the key to his destiny and discovers the true face of the goddess. Deluxe silver-printed transparent jacket. Comes with a very handsome, illustrated bookplate Linsner created and signed for us in 1997, to go with Dawn: Lucifer's Halo. Outstanding, luxurious artwork! Image Comics, 2006. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: DAW03H Hard Cover, 7x10, 176pg, Full Color |
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CRUSADES Volume 1 Knight Collects #1-9, Vertigo, 2001-02. By Steven T. Seagle. Art by Kelley Jones. An enigmatic 11th century Crusader has come to render a terrible justice on the citizens of 21st century San Francisco. His acts of unspeakable violence spark a firestorm of moral soul-searching in the hearts and minds of the city's most colorful figures. Putting together the pieces of the Knight's mysteriously brutal puzzle is the voluptuous Venus Kostopikas, a fact checker for a dying newspaper with aspirations to rise above her station and lead her own crusade. First of two re-mastered volumes collects -- for the first time -- the macabre Vertigo crime series complete. Image comics, 2010. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: CRUS01H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x11, 256pg, Full Color |
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CRUSADES Volume 2 DEI Collects #10-20, Vertigo, 2002. By Steven T. Seagle. Art by Kelley Jones. This second of two skull-crushing, re-mastered volumes collects—for the first time—the conclusion of the macabre Vertigo crime series by noted creators Steven T. Seagle and Kelley Jones. Volume 2 re-presents The Crusades #10-20, as well as a collection-only section of extras: art, interviews and behind-the-scenes material never before published. An enigmatic 11th century Crusader has come to render a terrible justice on the citizens of 21st century San Francisco... Image Comics, 2010. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: CRUS02H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x11, 256pg, Full Color |
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HAMMER OF THE GODS Volume 1 Mortal Enemy Recommended. By Mike Oeming and Mark Wheatley. Art by Michael Avon Oeming, Kelsey Shannon et al. Vikings just want to have fun! Of course, their idea of fun involves sharp bladed weapons, sexy warrior-women, and lots of blood. Sadly, Modi's suffering under a curse and if he ever touches a weapon he will lose his soul. Worse still, he's obligated to a fight-to-the-finish with the God Thorr! Who can blame the gods for not expecting Modie would have the courage and the power to stand against them. "..the quest of one hero, one simple good man with one simple good question. Why?" -from Peter David's introduction. IDW, 2009...More. Item Code: HAMG01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg. Full Color |
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NEGATIVE BURN Very Best From 1993-1998 By Neil Gaiman et al. Art by Brian Bolland, Arthur Adams, Paul Pope, Dave Gibbons, P. Craig Russell et al. Nominated for 20 industry awards, including 4 Eisners and 5 Harveys. Negative Burn merged genres and pushed boundaries to allow comics' top talent an opportunity to experiment and tell stories that they wanted personally to tell. Veterans Gaiman and Alan Moore plus new wave superstars Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, Frank Quitely, Mark Chiarello, Terry Moore, Phil Hester, Andy Kuhn, Bob Burden and more, produce the most eccentric anthology title in the history of comics. Best stories from the first 50 issues. Image, 2005...More. Item Code: NEGBU Soft Cover, 7x10, 200pg, b&w |
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OUTLAW TERRITORY Volume 2 Highly Recommended. By Mike Baron, Len Wein, Dysart, Kirkman et al. Art by Francavilla, Mayerik, Albuquerque, Fowler et al. The critically acclaimed western anthology returns with an even bigger line-up than before! Thirty eight-page stories by some of the best and brightest creators in comics as they weave their own brand of tales about the old west. From more somber to action-packed to gut-wrenching character plays, it's like the old days of comics. All wrapped up in eight pages! Explore the dark and gritty history of America we call the wild west, and the lawless men and lawless territory on the frontier. Some adult themes. Image purposely made the cover and backcover art on this look beat up, like a gritty old book, with rubbed edges and such. Image Comics, 2011...More. Item Code: OUT02 Soft Cover, 7x9, 248pg, Full Color |
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OUTLAW TERRITORY Volume 3 Highly Recommended. By Maxwell Patterson, Tony DiGerolamo et al. Art by Ryan Sook, Pinna, Wayshak, Evenhuis, Tradd Moore, Greg Scott et al. With five more stories, 35 in all, and 50 more pages, Image wraps up this series of complete-in-themselves eight page tales. All new stories of the wild and violent and brutal and even sexy west. It seems like they packed more adult material into this particular volume. This critically acclaimed anthology is a delight to read, from some of the biggest and brightest talent in the industry today. Image purposely made the cover and backcover art on this look beat up, like a gritty old book, with rubbed edges and such. Image Comics, 2013. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: OUT03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 296pg, Full Color |
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PHERONE Recommended. By Viktor Kalvachev. Following Eve, a dangerously seductive woman on the edge of her sanity, Pherone weaves a dark storyline filled with espionage, mystery, and suspense. Armed with a killer body and a killer's mind, the femme fatale must hunt down clues to rediscover her own troubled past, bringing violence and danger to anyone who crosses her path. Is she a detective gone bad? Is she the hooker or deranged seductress that she appears to be? Where did she get her personal combat skills? A sexy, adults-only story with strong (and well done) influences from Frank Miller's Sin City-style artwork. Image, 2009. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: PHERH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 104pg, Full Color |
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THE DIVINE COMEDY Inferno Purgatorio Paradiso Recommended. By Dante Alighieri. Art by Gustave Doré. Dante's masterpiece of literature is well matched by the peerless art of Gustave Doré. Dante and his guides, Virgil and Beatrice, journey through Hell in an allegory of the passage of the soul through the Afterlife. The illustrations were drawn or painted by Doré, then engraved in either steel or wood. They have rarely been out of print since their first publication in the 1860s. His artwork perfectly complements the movement from the darkness and horror of tormented souls in Hell, through to the light—Paradise Regained. Nicely reproduced. Handsome gilt and silver embossed hardcover. Flame Tree, 2018. Out of Print....More. Item Code: DIVINEH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 6x9, 432pg, Text/b&w |
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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Recommended. By Lewis Carroll. Art by Tenniel, Rackham, Henry Holiday et al. Foreword by Charlie Lovett. A collector's edition of both of Lewis Carroll's Alice fantasies: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and the sequel, Through the Looking Glass, plus several other Carroll works such as the epic-length fantasy poem, The Hunting of the Snark-- published as a separate book in 1876 with illustrations by Henry Holiday, which are all included here. Also: letters, poems and a biography of Carroll. Over 100 black and white illustrations plus a handsome gilt and silver-embossed cover. Art by Sir John Tenniel (and Arthur Rackham, but these alone are poorly reproduced). Flame Tree, 2018...More. Item Code: ALICAH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 6x9, 480pg, Text/b&w |
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CHILLING HORROR SHORT STORIES 46 complete stories. Recommended. By H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker et al. A deluxe edition of original and classic short stories, packed with monsters, vampires and a host of weird creatures. Tales of shadows and voices in the dark from the likes of H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Hope Hodgson are cast with previously unpublished stories by some of the best writers of horror today. Handsome gold and silver embossed hardcover, thick with plenty of stories. Flame Tree, 2015...More. Item Code: CHILLH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 6x9, 478pg, Text Only |
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WILL EISNER A SPIRITED LIFE Highly Recommended. By Bob Andelman. Foreword by Neal Adams. A new expanded edition of the out-of-print biography, detailing Eisner's fascinating 70-year career. From a pioneer at the beginning of the Golden Age, to offering innovative stories and brilliant art in the Sunday funnies (The Spirit), to educational comics (PS Magazine), back into comics, bringing back The Spirit, and finally creating new graphic novels, beginning with A Contract with God. Eisner's influence has been felt by such diverse talents as Bob Kane and Jack Kirby, as well as underground comics legend R. Crumb and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists Jules Feiffer and Art Spiegelman--all have hailed Eisner's cinematic approach to comics, and his enduring character The Spirit. TwoMorrows, 2015...More. Item Code: WILLEIH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 255pg, Partial Color |
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DON HECK A Work of Art Recommended. By John Coates. Foreword by Stan Lee. Afterword by Beau Smith. Meticulously researched here is Don Heck’s 40-year career, including his time at Atlas with Stan's pre-hero stories, DC, Dell, Gold Key, his pre-code horror work in the early 1950s (on titles like Horrific, Danger and Weird Terror), and as "ghost" artist on Lee Falk's The Phantom newspaper strip. From personal recollections from Don's surviving family, long-time friends, and industry legends, to rare interviews with Heck himself (where he discusses his career, artistic technique, triumphs, frustrations, and love of drawing), this book is full of insight into--and first-hand anecdotes from--the early days of Marvel Comics. TwoMorrows, 2014...More. Item Code: DONHH Hard Cover, 8x11, 192pg, Full Color |
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COMIC BOOK CREATOR #16 Dean Haspiel & Dan Parent Highly Recommended. Edited by Jon B. Cooke. Career-spanning conversations with Brooklyn's own Dean Haspiel (the Emmy-winning alternative-slash-mainstream artist who collaborated with Harvey Pekar, and artist on Mark Waid's The Fox and The Red Hook webtoon) and Dan Parent (GLADD award-winning cartoonist and creator in the Archie universe). Plus In Remembrance: Rich Buckler; including Pt 1 of a two part interview; Russ Heath's missing Blazing Combat story; a visit with Marie Severin; Paul Power describes Jack Kirby's guest appearance on the Bob Newhart show and Fred Hembeck. TwoMorrows, 2018...More. Item Code: CBCR16 Soft Cover, 8x11, 80pg, Full Color |
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MASTERS OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION Limited, 1,000! New Edition. Our Highest Recommendation. By Fred Taraba. This sold out immediately in 2011, a massive 432 pages about the working methods of 41 iconic American illustrators. Walter Baumhofer, Rudolph Belarski, W.T. Benda, Franklin Booth, Austin Briggs, Charles Livingston Bull, Matt Clark, Will Crawford, Albert Dorne, Robert Fawcett, James Montgomery Flagg... Along with Edwin Giorgi, John LaGatta, Andrew Loomis, Orson Lowell, Rose O'Neill, Herbert Paus, Edward Penfield, Coles Phillips, Mead Schaeffer, Jon Whitcomb, and Coby Whitmore... Illustrated Press, 2016...More. Item Code: MASAH Hard Cover, 9x12, 432pg, Full Color |
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HEATH ROBINSON'S COMMERCIAL ART A Compendium of His Advertising Work Import from England. Highly Recommended. By Geoffrey Beare. Heath Robinson (1872-1944) is fondly regarded for his mischievous comic illustrations that have been enjoyed for generations. For the first time the advertising work of this incredibly versatile artist takes center stage in this meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated book, collecting countless scarce and rare images. For a diverse range of clients, Robinson's inventiveness, humor, artistic skill and professionalism made him the obvious choice to advertise their products, which ranged from asbestos cement roofing to liquor, train travel and bread. Oversized with many color plates. Lund Humphries, 2017...More. Item Code: HEARH Hard Cover, 10x11, 256pg, Partial Color |
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COMICS JOURNAL LIBRARY Volume 4 Drawing the Line Recommended. By Gary Groth. The fourth volume in this ongoing series of lavish coffee-table-books. Far-ranging and introspective interviews drawn from the Utne Award-winning magazine's archives, this volume gathers together four of the sharpest social commentators of our times: Ralph Steadman, Jules Feiffer, Edward Sorel, and David Levine. Each definitive conversation is complimented with generous amounts of illustration. Plus a full-color gallery of rarely seen work. Fantagraphics, 2004. Out of Print....More. Item Code: CJL04 Soft Cover, 12X12, 120pg, Text/Partial Color |
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THE BOOK OF IMPRUDENT FLORA Recommended. By Claudio Romo. With a nod to Jules Verne, Claudio Romo deftly combines the narrative arts of literature and illustration to create a form all his own, part graphic novel, part imaginary bestiary. With totally bizarre illustrations throughout, the book is written as a travel diary by Lázaro de Sahagún, eminent naturalist and explorer and concerns his voyage to the mysterious Specular Isle, and subsequent cataloging of the astonishing life forms, each with a unique history and mode of existence. Gingko Press, 2017...More. Item Code: BOIMH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x9, 64pg, Text/Full Color |
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FAIRYLAND By Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Highly Recommended. By Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. A highly sought-after collectible, Fairyland features the exquisite illustrations of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, a noted artist of the early 20th century. Outhwaite excelled at the depiction of dainty sprites, and her whimsical visions are highlighted by images of kangaroos, koalas, kookaburras, and other creatures of her native Australia. Her art--with accompanying verses by her sister, Annie R. Rentoul, and stories by her husband, Grenbry Outhwaite--is populated by princesses, witches, pixies, and other folkloric creatures and abounds in timeless charm. This hardcover edition of Outhwaite's most lavish work features dozens of graceful and imaginative illustrations, including nineteen in full color. Calla, 2016...More. Item Code: FAILH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 168pg, Text/Partial Color |
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TO LAUGH THAT WE MAY NOT WEEP The Life & Times of Art Young Highly Recommended. By Art Young, Art Spiegelman and Frank Young. Edited by Glenn Bray. To Laugh That We May Weep is a long-awaited tribute to one of the great lost cartoonists whose work is as relevant in the 21st century as it was in its own time. A sweeping career retrospective, reprinting —often for the first time in 60 or 70 years— over 800 of Young's timeless, charming, and devastating cartoons and illustrations, many reproduced from original artwork, to create a fresh new portrait of this towering figure in the worlds of cartooning and politics. With essays by Art Spiegelman, Justin Green, Art Young biographer Marc Moorash, Anthony Mourek, and Glenn Bray, with a biographical overview of Young's life and work by Frank M. Young. Fantagraphics, 2017...More. Item Code: TOLAUH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x12, 320pg, Partial Color |
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AX Volume 1 A Collection of Alternative Manga Edited by Sean Michael Wilson. Ax is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics. Since 1998, it has collected the most innovative, experimental and personal works in contemporary manga--the flourishing underground of the world's largest comics industry. A massive 400 pages of stories by 33 artists, including work by Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Imri Sakabashira, Kazuichi Hanawa, Yusaky Hannakuyma, Akino Kondo, Shin'inchi Abe and many others. In English for the first time! Art styles and subject matter ranges all over, from traditional to abstract, stylish and highly detailed to cartoony. Top Shelf, 2010. Adult Material...More. Item Code: AX01 Soft Cover, 6x9, 400pg, b&w |
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BEAUTIFUL BOOKBINDINGS A Thousand Years of Bookbinder's Art Highly Recommended. By P.J.M. Marks. From exquisite medieval bookbindings made of precious metals and jewels to the unique and highly imaginative creations of contemporary bookbinders, this book celebrates over 100 of the most beautiful bookbindings of the last 1,000 years. As the great aesthete Oscar Wilde believed, bookbindings are beautiful and artistic in their own wonder. Books bound by some of the greatest bookbinders including Mearne, Padeloup, Payne, Simier, Cobden-Sanderson, and others are showcased, further revealing the beauty and skill of this art form. Oak Knoll, 2011...More. Item Code: BEABH Hard Cover, 9x11, 192pg, Full Color |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS STRANGE FANTASY Volume 2 Collects #8-14, 1953-54. Recommended. By Bob Webb, Steve Ditko, Sal Trapani et al. More whacked-out weirdness from the days when comic books had an edge, and featuring (in issue #3) an appearance from everyone's favourite jungle princess, Rulah! The line-up includes writer Bruce Hamilton (later a comics publisher himself) and young Steve Ditko. Plus the unknown "Iger Shop" talents going to town on over-the-top horror. PS Artbooks, 2015...More. Item Code: STF02H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 272pg, Full Color |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS AVON'S WITCHCRAFT Volume 1 Collects #1-6, 1952-53, with bonus issue The Dead Who Walk. Highly Recommended. Art by Joe Kubert, Sid Check, Everett Raymond Kinstler et al. Collected together for the very first time, this outstanding title from fabled Avon Comics, who gave EC a real run for their money and today are highly collectible. Wonderful inside-front cover artwork by Wally Wood's protégé Sid Check, a cover by pulpster Kelly Freas, great Kinstler, and over-the-top horror stories! PS Artbooks, 2015...More. Item Code: WIT01H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color |
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MIRACLEMAN Artifact Edition By Garry Leach, Alan Davis and John Totleben. Miracleman was launched 30 years ago in the now legendary Warrior magazine. It turned the concept of "super-hero" on its ear with big ideas that helped redefine an entire genre. Cool Gallery section with original pencils, unused concepts, alternate covers never used. Selected covers & pages from Warrior #2 to #21. Nudity and mature themes. IDW, 2015...More. Item Code: MIRAEH Hard Cover, 15x20, 144pg, b&w |
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WALTER SIMONSON'S BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Art Edition By Walter Simonson, Roger McKenzie, Steven Grant et al. This offers you an inside look at the master draftsman's work on the Battlestar Galactica comic book series published by Marvel Comics from 1979 to 1981. Four complete issues: #16, 19, 20, 22 and 23, from cover to last page. The adventures of brash pilots Apollo and Starbuck were never so epic as they were under Simonson's skillful hand. Scanned in high-resolution color and printed at original size, the Battlestar Galactica Art Edition preserves every detail of the artist's meticulous skill and hard work. Dynamite, 2017...More. Item Code: WSBAEH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 104pg, Full Color |
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WALTER SIMONSON'S THE MIGHTY THOR The Return of Beta Ray Bill Artist's Edition Collects The Mighty Thor #349-354. The fate of Earth and Asgard hang in the balance as Thor, Beta Ray Bill, and tons of guest-stars battle Surtur and his horde of invading demons! The second Thor Artist's Edition by the legendary comics' creator Walter Simonson offers you the entire story--and from the original artwork, full size and scanned to capture every detail on every page! These pages are from Simonson's personal archives--his first Thor Artist's Edition won the prestigious Eisner Award and has gone through multiple printings. IDW, 2017...More. Item Code: WSMTAEH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x17, 160pg, b&w |
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GREAT MASTERS OF DECORATIVE ART Sir Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and Walter Crane. Recommended. By Aymer Vallance and Lewis F. Day. This beautifully done hardcover collects three special annual issues of The Art Journal, from 1898-1900, each devoted to one of these three masters of design and illustration: Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and Walter Crane. Several color plates have been added, while the rust-colored cloth cover beautifully captures the feel of the original editions, with an elaborate green and gilt embossed design. Inside every page features magnificent illustrations, and an insightful text that explores their philosophies and methods. Calla, 2017...More. Item Code: GRMAH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 32pg, Partial Color |
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ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT Highly Recommended. By Joseph Bédier. Art by Robert Engels. Dating from the 12th century, this tale of a star-crossed romance between a Cornish knight and an Irish princess is rooted in Celtic legend and French poetry. Tristan's heroic exploits win Iseult as a bride for his uncle, King Mark. But during their sea voyage to Mark's kingdom, Tristan and Iseult unknowingly drink a love potion that arouses their passion for each other and raises irresistible challenges to their loyalty and honor. Calla, 2017...More. Item Code: ROMTH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 137pg, Full Color |
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AMERICAN BEAUTIES The Artwork of Harrison Fisher Recommended. Harrison Fisher's portraits of healthy, poised, active, and confident women set the standard for American beauty during the early years of the twentieth century. The artist enjoyed enormous popularity from 1905 to 1920, serving as a judge in nationwide beauty contests and maintaining a celebrity status that was unparalleled for an illustrator. This original publication recaptures the images that made Fisher famous, compiling his very best black-and-white and color illustrations for Cosmopolitan, The Saturday Evening Post, and The Ladies Home Journal as well as for books and other publications. Dover, 2012...More. Item Code: AMERBE Soft Cover, 8x11, 152pg, Partial Color |
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by EVB Beautiful facsimile of the 1875 edition. By Eleanor Vere Boyle (EVB). Featuring 10 full-color plates, numerous black-and-white drawings, a redesigned layout, a lovely new font, and fresh border details. Plus a striking gilt, white & red embossed pictorial cover on black cloth. This re-presents a rare and treasured 1875 edition by the very collectible "EVB," one of the very few women artists of her day. Her books are rare and highly prized. Drawn in a formal early Victorian style, not unlike the work of Walter Crane. This recaptures the fairy tale's magic not only through the artwork, but with a retelling that is also by EVB. Calla, 2017...More. Item Code: BEBEAH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 58pg, Text/Partial Color |
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THE CALL OF THE WILD Facsimile of the 1912 edition. Recommended. By Jack London. Art by Paul Bransom. Jack London's novels and rugged individualism embodied American hopes, frustrations, and romantic longings in the turbulent early years of the twentieth century, an era infused with the wonder and excitement of great technological and historic change. The author's restless spirit, taste for excitement, and probing mind led him on a series of hard-edged adventures from the Yukon to the South Seas. Out of these sometimes harrowing experiences — and his fascination with the theories of such thinkers as Darwin, Spencer, and Marx — came the inspiration for adventure novels that made him one of America's most popular writers. Calla, 2017...More. Item Code: CALWH Hard Cover, 7x10, 256pg, Text/Partial Color |
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THE GOLDEN ASSE By Lucius Apuleius. Art by Jean De Bosschere. Written in the second century A.D., this picaresque classic is the ancient world's only surviving complete novel. An inquisitive young man is transformed into an ass by a magic potion, and the narrative offers tales of love, intrigue, and witchcraft -- a story-within-a-story technique that inspired many later authors, including Boccaccio, Cervantes, and Rabelais. This lavish hardcover edition--bright red cloth with gold embossed titles--reproduces the John Lane/Bodley Head version, published in London in 1923, complete with the at-the-time racy plates: 16 full-page, eight in color, and numerous black-and-white images by noted illustrator Jean de Bosschère. Calla, 2016...More. Item Code: GOLAH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 282pg, Text/b&w |
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JOAN OF ARC Recommended. By F. Funck-Brentano. Art by O.D.V. Guillonnet. This expertly translated and lavishly illustrated biography traces The Maid of Orléans' progress from ordinary peasant girl to seer of mystic visions to savior of France. Forty full-page color plates by French artist and illustrator O. D. V. Guillonnet enhance historian Frantz Funck-Brentano's highly readable narrative. Originally published in 1912 as part of a series of young adult biographies of French leaders. Calla, 2016...More. Item Code: JOARH Hard Cover, 9x12, 184pg, Text/Full Color |
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THE SCARLET LETTER Originally published in London, 1920. Recommended. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. Art by Hugh Thomson. Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 masterpiece unfolds among the rigidly intolerant Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay colony, where Hester Prynne is condemned to wear the scarlet letter as a badge of shame. Deluxe hardcover with gold-embossed cover and 31 full color plates. Hugh Thomson at his peak was as popular as Rackham and Dulac, doing many notable signed & numbered vellum-covered books in the same years before World War I, during the Golden Age of Illustration. Calla, 2016...More. Item Code: SCARLH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 296pg, Text/Full Color |
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SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Highly Recommended. Art by Edmund Dulac. Facsimile reproduction of the magnificent 1914 edition, complete with ornate gilt-embossed cover on decorated blue cloth! Here are the timeless stories from The Arabian Nights, faithfully retold by English author Laurence Housman and magnificently enhanced with 23 color plates by illustrator Edmund Dulac, from the Golden Age of Illustration. His popularity rivaled that of fellow illustrator Arthur Rackham. Dulac's romantic and exotic images provide the perfect accompaniment to "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," "The Story of the Three Calenders," and "The Sleeper Awakened." Calla, 2016...More. Item Code: SINBH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 272pg, Full Color |
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WILL BRADLEY'S GRAPHIC ART Highly Recommended. Will Bradley (1868–1962) was among the first American artists to realize the immense possibilities creative design held for the business world. Experimenting with typefaces, decorative illustrations, layouts, and print, he produced posters, advertisements, book designs, and magazine covers that were practical as well as striking and original works of art. At the turn of the century, Bradley was in the forefront of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, and his iconic posters from the 1890s brought Art Nouveau into the forefront of American graphic art and advertising design. 89 b&w and two color plates plus 16 full color plates. Dover, 2017...More. Item Code: WILBRA Soft Cover, 8x11, 144pg, Partial Color |
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ATTU The Collected Volumes By Sam Glanzman. A rebellious caveman, cast out by his mountain-dwelling tribe, finds adventure in the lowlands among giant tigers, dinosaurs, and visitors from another planet. Rendered in stark black-and-white by Sam Glanzman, the acclaimed creator of the U.S.S. Stevens stories, this gripping graphic novel collection combines prehistory, super-science, and time travel. Dover, 2016...More. Item Code: ATTUC Soft Cover, 8x11, 160pg, b&w |
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USS STEVENS The Collected Stories Highly Recommended. By Sam Glanzman. Legendary Golden Age artist Sam Glanzman set many of his tales aboard the USS Stevens, the actual World War II destroyer on which he served. This full-color, hardcover treasury collects every single Stevens tale he ever published, more than 60 short adventures from Our Army at War, G. I. Combat, and other 1970s DC war comics as well as longer pieces from Marvel's 1986 revival of Savage Tales magazine and the more recent Joe Kubert Presents. Plus, this outstanding collection also includes the final, four-page story about the warship, newly written and illustrated by Glanzman himself. Dover, 2016...More. Item Code: UST Hard Cover, 7x10, 384pg, Full Color |
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WALTER CRANE STORYBOOK COLLECTION Walter Crane's Picture Books, 1865-1876. Recommended. By Walter Crane. Glorious full-color illustrations grace every page of this charming storybook by a beloved Victorian-era artist. A prominent member of the Arts and Crafts movement, Walter Crane was among the most popular and influential creators of children's books in his day. This original compilation unites the best folktales from Crane's Toy Books, first published as a colorful series of individual volumes and today hugely collectible and quite scarce. Calla, 2017...More. Item Code: WALCSH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color |
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WHITE COLLAR Novel in Linocuts First-ever new printing of the 1940 rarity. Recommended. By Giacomo Patri. Introduction by Rockwell Kent. Inspired by the wordless woodcut novels of Lynd Ward. Recounted in 128 striking black-and-white linocuts by artist Giacomo Patri, the story takes place between 1929 and 1933, from just before the stock market crash to the devastating years immediately afterward. The protagonist, an earnest young man with a promising career in advertising, descends into unemployment, debt, and homelessness. Desperate to provide for his family, he discovers common ground with blue-collar workers and the benefits of union organizing. Dover, 2016...More. Item Code: WHITH Hard Cover, 8x11, 144pg, b&w |
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DIAN HANSON'S HISTORY OF PIN-UP MAGAZINES Highly Recommended. By Dian Hanson. The definitive annotated and illustrated history of pin-up magazines--1900-1969. You're about to learn everything you could ever want to know about the world history of men's magazines--not magazines about sports, hunting or fishing or how to build a birdhouse, but those titillating periodicals embracing the subject dearest to all heterosexual men's (and some women's) hearts--and other body parts: the undraped female form. Taschen, 2013. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: HISP01 Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x9, 816pg, Full Color |
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GIL ELVGREN PIN-UPS Poster Set Handsome box set of 16 prints. Recommended. Transform a blank wall into a personalized display. This set of images has been specially selected from the TASCHEN collection as the most loved, and most interesting, examples of Elvgren's Pin-Ups, including one rare full nude and several of his all-time favorite images. Sexy ladies all but bursting out of swimsuits, black lace, nighties, or just caught in a compromising expose of garters, nylons and high heels. Large sized, in a sturdy cardboard box, suitable either for framing or as a poster. Taschen, 2016. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: GILEPB 16 posters, 11x14, Full Color |
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ALTER EGO Volume 1 The Best of Alter Ego Publisher File Copies. Highly Recommended. Edited by Roy Thomas and Bill Schelly. In 1961, Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas launched Alter Ego, the first fanzine devoted to comic books and their colorful history. This very special collection, published by Bill Schelly's own Hamster Press, was the first to collect some of that amazing material. It appeared in 1997 with very limited distribution. Packed with informative and fun articles and art, all from the original 11 issues from 1961-78. All new introductions by Julius Schwartz, AND Jerry Bails AND Roy Thomas! Then it's packed with articles on Golden Age and Silver Age heroes, new artwork by a host of pros and fans, vintage interviews with Gil Kane, Bill Everett, and Joe Kubert and much more. Hamster, 1997. Out of Print....More. Item Code: BESA01 Soft Cover, 9x11, 192pg, Text/b&w |
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THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMIC FANDOM Signed Publisher File Copies. Signed! Our Highest Recommendation. By Bill Schelly. Introduction by Roy Thomas. The book-length history of comic fandom's early years...now revised and expanded. The Fanzines! The Dealers! The Comicons! An American grass roots movement from its humble origins to its status as a true cultural phenomenon. Covers life before the Golden Age, the birth of Alter-Ego, the advent of the amateur comic strip, the first comicons of the 1960s, and much more. Fanzine mania, regional fan scenes, the coming of pro-zines, the first Overstreet Guide (1970), and finally the 1997 fandom reunion in Chicago. Hamster Press, 2003. Out of Print....More. Item Code: GACFS Soft Cover, 9x11, 176pg, Text/b&w |
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THE BEST OF STAR STUDDED COMICS Signed Publisher File Copies. Signed & limited, 500! Highly Recommended. By Bill Schelly. An attractive collection from the classic fanzine of original comic book stories that was published from 1963 to 1972. It featured the talents of numerous gifted writers and artists, many before they became professionals. These include Jim Starlin, Mike Vosburg, Grass Green, Alan Weiss, Biljo White, and many more. Included here is Warrior of Llarn by DC Comics' Gardner Fox, adapted into strip form by Roy Thomas and Sam Grainger. Also, underground artist George Metzger's gorgeous Dr. Weird, and a tale by the superb Landon Chesney. Plus 60 pages of new material, and other surprises and bonus features. Note: some overlap with Fandom's Finest Comics.Hamster, 1999. Out of Print....More. Item Code: BESSTS Soft Cover, 8x11, 256pg, b&w |
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EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER Signed Deluxe Signed & limited, 700! The Artist's Journey through Popular Culture 1942-62. Our Highest Recommendation. By Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Signed by Everett and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. on a hand-numbered bound-in print. The book comes in a red cloth-bound numbered slipcase with gold-stamped title. Kinstler's work hangs in museums, boardrooms, banks, private collections, The White House, and in the homes of his clients and friends. Before portraiture became his life's work, he spent the 1940s and 1950s honing his craft in comic books: Hawkman for DC's The Flash, Black Hood and Black Terror for Standard, and dozens upon dozens of covers, inside cover contents pages, and stories for those delightfully lurid Avon titles like Eerie, Cowpuncher, Dalton Brothers, Jesse James, Strange Worlds, etc. And illustrating for pulp magazines like The Shadow, Doc Savage and Detective Tales! JVJ, 2005...More. Item Code: EVED Hard Cover, 8x11, 244pg, Partial Color |
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IMAGES #13 Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. "A handsomely-selected tasteful mix of the best, well mounted, printed. It has my vote for its long life." That's how Alex Toth described the first issue. Here's Jim: "I scour original source material--magazines and books--from before 1923 for the most beautiful and forgotten images by famous and forgotten illustrators. Using the best technology available today on museum quality stock...I try to give century-old art the benefit of modern reproduction technology and display these artists as they have never been seen before." Vadeboncoeur, 2014...More. Item Code: IMA13 Soft Cover, 9x12, 64pg, Full Color |
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BLACK & WHITE IMAGES Second Annual Collection The Golden Era of Pen & Ink Illustration1889-1922 Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. This second b&w annual features 300 illustrations from 60 different artists and covers a wide range of techniques and media. Included is multi-page material on Norman Lindsay, A.B. Frost, Charles Dana Gibson, W.T. Benda, John D. Batten, Garth Jones, Blanche Greer, and W.R. Leigh. Also included are all 20 of T.S. Sullivant's rare 1896 series, Fables for the Times, and unpublished sections from a Sidney Sime sketchbook. Vadeboncoeur, 2004...More. Item Code: IMAA02 Soft Cover, 9x12, 106pg, b&w |
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THE ART OF JEFFREY JONES Signed Deluxe Signed & numbered, 1200! 16 extra pages. Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Jeff passed away in 2011, but thanks to publisher Underwood Books, we are able to offer his finest art book complete with signature and slipcase and 16 bonus pages, at a price far below anything on the internet. From the 1960s through the early 1980s Jeffrey Jones was one of the most respected creators of fantasy and science fiction art. Comfortable as both a book cover illustrator and as a comics artist, Jones gained a large and loyal following that resulted in his being honored with a World Fantasy Award for Best Artist. Underwood Books, 2002. Out of Print. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: ARTJJD Hard Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Full Color |
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TELLING STORIES The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta Hardcover Slipcased Highly Recommended. Art by Frank Frazetta. Fantasy art's most popular painter was also one of the most popular comic book illustrators during the industry's golden age. Telling Stories: The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta celebrates the rare and largely forgotten stories created five decades ago by this iconic artist. These jungle adventures, true-life tales of heroism, and dreamy love stories not only exhibit the skill of a master craftsman but also provide tantalizing glimpses of where the young artist's career would ultimately take him. Hardcover in slipcase! This was the ONLY trade edition of this book. Underwood Books, 2008...More. Item Code: TELSH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 192pg, Partial Color |
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SPECTRUM Volume 12 Hardcover The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. Highly Recommended. Edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner. The increasing popularity of fantasy and science fiction themes in art is celebrated in the annual Spectrum series. The premier venue for such art, each lavishly illustrated volume is an invaluable resource, eagerly awaited by art directors, illustrators, and readers alike. Drawn from books, comics, magazines, art galleries, advertisements, and portfolios, the collection represents a who's who in fantasy today. With a wider reach than any previous edition. Underwood Books, 2005. Out of Print....More. Item Code: SPE12H Hard Cover, 9x12, 205pg, Full Color |
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DAVE NESTLER'S BAD GIRL CLUB By Dave Nestler. Dave presents "The Bad Girl Club...drawn to misbehave!" "...this is one exclusive sorority you don't want to miss out on. For this, my fifth book, I've assembled a collection of paintings and sketches that define the word 'bad ass' (make those well-toned and curvaceous bad asses!) The club welcomes back models Miki Black, Ashley Sebera and Asia DeVinyl, and newcomers Paula Fernandez, Jamie Eason and Amy Nicoletto as well. Your only requirement for membership is to sit back, relax and get ready for a gun-totin', hair pullin', knucklebustin' good time." SQP, 2013. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: DAVN Soft Cover, 9x12, 48pg, Partial Color |
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ART OF BRIAN ROOD This first collection of Rood's work shows the range of his talent with a variety of mediums, as well as the breadth of subjects he's tackled. Lady Death and Satanika, Bettie Page, Julie Strain and Pamela Anderson, The Crow and characters from Masters of the Universe. Lots of nudity. But this collection's true focus is on his glamorous and erotic pin-ups. Femmes fatales with guns and fast cars, demure lovelies in naked glory. SQP, 2003. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: AOB Soft Cover, 9x12, 48pg, Full Color |
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FAIRY SONG Volume 1 A Gallery of Fairies, Sprites and Nymphs By Santiago Caruso, Pedro Cuevas, Brian LeBlanc et al. A sexy celebration of those wee creatures and dwellers of the darkest parts of the forest, by an international lineup of talent. Full-page, mostly full-color art by Arantza, Gabriel Bobilo, Pedro Cuevas, Diego Florio, Brian LeBlanc, Pelaez, Marcelo Sosa, Perla Perlucky, and others. Lots of nudity, naughtiness, magic mushrooms, nasty gnomes, and flirty fantasy. Cover by Arantza. SQP, 2006. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: FAIR01 Soft Cover, 9x12, 64pg, Partial Color |
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