The Basil Wolverton gets my highest recommendation. It's just amazing. The first Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck slipcased volume is here. The Complete Tintin—really—in eight volumes in a slipcase. Seven new 2020 calendars include Frazetta, Royo and Hildebrandt. And much more!

If you haven't received your copy of our latest Holiday catalog, call for one or download it right here.

Click here to see ALL New Arrivals, beginning with the latest and going back 30 days.

BRAIN BATS OF VENUS The Life and Comics of Basil Wolverton Volume 2
1942-52. Our Highest Recommendation. By Greg Sadowski. Even larger than the first volume, this is packed with scores of letters between Wolverton and his editors and publishers and excerpts from his personal diaries, providing documentary insight not only into Wolverton’s day-to-day life and career, but also the inner workings of the early comic book industry. It is also chock full of Wolverton’s comics stories from this period, including 17 science-fiction and horror tales fully restored and never before collected in a single volume. In color! Plus FAR more.Fantagraphics, 2019...More.

Item Code: BRAIH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 432pg, Full Color
$44.99 $39.99

The first book in this series, Creeping Death from Neptune, is out of stock as I write this but more are on the way. It's the very best coverage ever done on Wolverton's art and his unique career in comics and other fields of illustration. See our website for nine more titles with Wolverton, including his Artist's Edition and comics archives, like Weird Mysteries, Mister Mystery, and:

ALSO AVAILABLE
SWAMP MONSTERS CLASSIC MONSTERS OF PRE-CODE HORROR COMICS
Introduction by Stephen Bissette. Edited by Steve Banes and Craig Yoe. Something's out there in the mad, murky depths of the fear-filled, sinister swamp... some... swamp... THING is coming for you! And it's out for mud! Classic Monsters from the Pre-Code days. 240 pages of icky, drippy, slimy, grimy beasts from the grungy bottom of the Pre-Code comics' bog. Art by Bob Powell, Lou Cameron, Hy Fleishman, Lin Streeter, the Iger Shop, Basil Wolverton and others! A fascinating and long, fifteen page introduction, with special art, by comics legend and artist of Swamp Thing, Stephen Bissette! IDW, 2019...More.

Item Code: SWAM
Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99

Art Books

DC COMICS YEAR BY YEAR A Visual Chronicle
New edition. Highly Recommended. By Alan Cowsill and Alex Irvine et al. In 1938, Superman led the charge. The world's first Super Hero was soon followed by his Justice Society teammates Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, and Green Lantern. Plus Capt. Marvel, Plastic Man, Uncle Sam and many others. These heroes, and their Super-Villainous foes such as Lex Luthor and The Joker, became the foundation of DC Comics. Year by year, you can trace these characters' evolution, and learn about the company and creators who made them enduring icons. DK, 2019...More.

Item Code: DCYH
Hard Cover, 10x12, 376pg, Full Color
$50.00 $42.50

See similar books in our Comics Reference, such as Batman 100 Greatest Moments and the newly on sale Batcave Companion. The American Comic Book Chronicles look at ALL comics history, decade by decade.

JOHN BYRNE'S MARVEL CLASSICS Artifact Edition
Recommended. By Chris Claremont. Art by John Byrne. John Byrne is one of the true superstars of Marvel Comics. His legendary runs on The X-Men and Fantastic Four are just two of the highlights of his illustrious and storied career (and have each received the award-winning ARTIST'S EDITION treatment!). Now we continue to present John Byrne at his finest, in an Artifact Edition that features his work on MARVEL TEAM-UP, CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE AVENGERS, IRON FIST, and more. As you have come to expect from Artist's Edition style books, each page is tracked down and scanned from the original art-perusing this book will be like opening a portal in time and visiting John Byrne in his studio as he painstakingly draws some of his most well-remembered stories-all in one beautiful book! IDW, 2019. . ...More.

Item Code: JBMAEH
Hard Cover, 12x17, 144pg, b&w
$125.00

We were unable to complete the listing for this due to the PG&E fire safety power shut-off. We are hoping that they will be in stock and ready for shipment on Friday.

See more Artifact Editions on our website: Bernie Wrightson, Jim Lee, Star Wars, Miracleman, and Amazing Spider-Man. See all of our Artist's Editions there, too. See more by John Byrne too, including this coming in any day now:

COMING SOON
JOHN BYRNE FANTASTIC FOUR Artist Select Deluxe Signed
Signed & numbered, 999! Recommended. For more than 40 years, John Byrne has been one of the most popular artists in comics. His legendary run on X-Men with collaborator Chris Claremont stands as one of the most influential of all time. This oversized and massive 360-page limited edition hardcover celebrates John Byrne's time on Fantastic Four, with a carefully chosen selection of his best work. 999-copy limited edition, in a beautiful slipcase, individually numbered and signed by John Byrne. IDW, 2019. Due Oct. ...More.

Item Code: JBFFASD
Hard Cover, 9x13, 360pg, Full Color
$150.00

STAR WARS The Concept Art of Ralph McQuarrie
Palm-sized miniature. Highly Recommended. By Ralph McQuarrie. Explore the evocative Star Wars concept art of legendary artist Ralph McQuarrie in this miniature art book. Featuring over 100 stunning concept images--over 300 pages-- from the original Star Wars trilogy as well as the many books and publications inspired by the Star Wars galaxy, this mini book is bound together at a readable pocket-book size and is the perfect collectible item for Star Wars fans of all ages. McQuarrie was a leading visualizer of Star Wars, creating concept drawings used nearly all of the films. Insight Editions, 2019...More.

Item Code: SWCAH
Hard Cover, 3x4, 304pg, Full Color
$11.99

STAR WARS The Complete Marvel Comics Covers Volume 1
Palm-sized miniature. Explore the complete history of Marvel Comics’ Star Wars covers in this miniature art book. Beginning with the very first Star Wars comics, published alongside the release of the original film in 1977, this comprehensive exploration includes this early era (art by Howard Chaykin) through to Marvel’s return to the Star Wars brand in 2015. Featuring some of the most memorable covers in comics history drawn by some of the most famous artists in the industry, including Al Williamson, plus a dazzling array of variants. Insight Editions, 2019...More.

Item Code: SWCC01H
Hard Cover, 3x4, 304pg, Full Color
$11.99

Looking for more about Star Wars? See 14 more titles on our website, as well as 63 more loosely related titles.

Click here to see all of our other minature books including the DC Complete Covers series.

Graphic Novels

SECRETS OF SINISTER HOUSE 1
All new! Travel alongside Harley Quinn, John Constantine, Detective Chimp, Zatanna, the Atom and others as they face this macabre devastation firsthand! And in the bowels of this dark mansion...we return to the world of the legendary Red Rain to meet once again with the dreaded vampire Batman. Don't miss this year's DC Halloween special--because if you do, it'll haunt you! DC. 2019...More.

Item Code: SECR01

$9.99

We were unable to complete the listing for this due to the PG&E fire safety power shut-off. We are hoping that they will be in stock and ready for shipment on Friday.

Go back to the roots of DC horror with these two outstanding DC Omnibus volumes:

ALSO AVAILABLE
HOUSE OF SECRETS The Bronze Age Omnibus Volume 1
Special Order - takes 3-4 weeks! Collects #81-111, 1969-73. Highly Recommended. By Len Wein, Bernie Wrightson, Neal Adams, Gray Morrow, Murphy Anderson, Nick Cardy, Jim Aparo et al. Here's a real treat. Featuring the first appearance of Swamp Thing, this new mystery collection includes some of the earliest work by a new generation of talent that hit the comics world at this time: such writers and artists as Len Wein, Alex Toth, Bernie Wrightson, Jim Aparo and the amazing Neal Adams, laying the groundwork for classic DC Universe horror stories for years to come. Fine work by these young turks, getting their start in comics with witches and warlocks, ghouls and pure haunted-house mystery. DC, 2018...More.

Item Code: HOSB01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 864pg, Full Color
$125.00

ALSO AVAILABLE
THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY The Bronze Age Omnibus Volume 1
Collects #174-200, 1968-72. Highly Recommended. Edited by Joe Orlando. Art by Berni Wrightson, Alex Toth, Wally Wood et al. New 2018 introduction by Michael Uslan. As one of the most celebrated anthology titles of the Bronze Age of comics, The House of Mystery cemented its iconic status in the 1970s under the transformative leadership of editor Joe Orlando, whose impeccable instincts yielded a cornucopia of devilish delights in every intriguing issue. It was a training ground for up-and-coming new creators Neal Adams, doing fabulous covers and stories, and lots of work by Michael Wm. Kaluta and Berni Wrightson. It was also a place for veteran artists to have some fun doing offbeat stories with no superhero in sight. DC, 2018...More.

Item Code: HOMB01H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 792pg, Full Color
$99.99 $85.00

VAN HELSING Sword of Heaven
Collects #1-6, 2019. By Chuck Dixon. Art by Julius Abrera. Is an ancient weapon feared by every undead creature a myth or a reality? Our steam punk warrior Liesel is willing to risk everything, her life included, to get her hands on the legendary blade that could bring an end to vampirism the world over. Her quest takes her to a remote corner of India and beyond reality on an adventure that could bring her the vengeance she seeks if it doesn't drive her mad first. Includes a vast, sexy collection of variant covers--25 in all. Dixon has written for Batman, Punisher, Bane. Zenescope, 2019...More.

Item Code: VANHE
Soft Cover, 7x10, 148pg, Full Color
$19.99 $17.99

See more Zenescope titles including the latest Grimm Universe specials ($5.99 to $7.99) on our website. They also now offer a Cosplay 2020 Calendar, which we expect any day now.

WHITE BIRD A Wonder Story
Recommended. By R. J. Palacio. Inspired by her blockbuster phenomenon Wonder, R. J. Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with an unforgettable story of the power of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war. Grandmère’s heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend. Sara’s harrowing experience movingly demonstrates the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save lives. Knopf, 2019...More.

Item Code: WHITBH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 220pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99

For more historical graphic novels, see our website/advanced search/Description, under “World War II” and Special Interest/History.

RYUKO Volume 1
By Eldo Yoshimizu. Ryuko is a hard-hitting, motorcycle-riding, high ranking member of the Japanese mafia stationed in the Middle-East. After a fierce battle with the government, she becomes embroiled with the Chinese and an unknown terrorist organization. Everyone has their own agenda, but it becomes personal for Ryuko when her mother is kidnapped and she is forced to kill her father. What is the right thing to do in this morally complicated situation? Titan Comics, 2019...More.

Item Code: RYU01
Soft Cover, 6x9, 256pg, b&w
$14.99

Looking for more Manga? See them on our website.

REINCARNATION STORIES
By Kim Deitch. This veteran underground comics artist presents an entirely new collection. Here begins Deitch’s quest to piece together the cosmic jigsaw puzzle of creation and reveal his past lives. This sprawling odyssey weaves through time and space, encompassing a dizzying array of oddball characters, including aspiring screenwriter Sidney Pincus, a tribe of moon-dwelling Native Americans, a feline YouTube star, a has-been silver screen cowboy, Frank Sinatra, and the awesome Monkey God! Surreal scenarios and eye-popping psychedelia. Fantagraphics, 2019...More.

Item Code: REINSH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 260pg, b&w
$29.99 $26.99

Kim Deitch's work also appears in Fifty Freakin Years of the Freak Brothers, Gates of Eden (the out of print fanzine from 1982, RB435 and RB436, $25 ea), Gothic Blimp Works #4 [RBA16. $75], Tales from the Berkeley-Con, from 1973 [TALBC. $5] and Memorabilia [MEMOR. $16.99].

Comic Book & Comic Strip Archives

THE COMPLETE LIFE AND TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK Volume 1 & 2 Slipcase Set
By Don Rosa. Highly Recommended. By Don Rosa. The stunning second and final volume of the long-awaited “Director’s Cut” series collecting Uncle Scrooge’s life story as Don Rosa always wanted to tell it. In the first half of Life and Times, Don Rosa told the tale of how Uncle Scrooge earned his fortune, from his shoe-shining boyhood in Scotland to becoming the richest duck in the world. But Rosa was just getting warmed up! In Volume 2, he still has more secrets to tell from Scrooge’s legendary life--seven more stories of the wild west, Australian outback, and the Yukon. Fantagraphics, 2019...More.

Item Code: COML01HP
Hard Cover, 9x11, 248pg, Full Color
$59.99 $49.99

THE COMPLETE LIFE AND TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK Volume 2
Highly Recommended. By Don Rosa. IHighly Recommended. By Don Rosa. The second and final volume of the long-awaited “Director’s Cut” series collecting Uncle Scrooge’s life story as Don Rosa always wanted to tell it. More secrets to tell from Scrooge’s legendary life — nine complete stories, including a rollicking Yukon adventure involving Glittering Goldie (that might just break your heart!), Pizen Bluff, voyage of the Cutty Sark, Culebra Cut, White Agony Creek, Last Sled to Dawson, Of Ducks and Dimes, Dream of a Lifetime, The Old Castle's Other Secret... Fantagraphics, 2019...More.

Item Code: COML02H
Hard Cover, 9x11, 248pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

Volume 1 is also in stock [COML01H. $29.99, $26.99]. See more Ducks by Don Rosa and Carl Barks on our website.

WALT DISNEY'S SILLY SYMPHONIES The Complete Comics Volume 4 1942-1945
Recommended. By Hubie Karp, Bill Walsh et al. Art by Bob Grant and Paul Murry et al. Recommended. By Hubie Karp, Bill Walsh et al. Art by Bob Grant and Paul Murry et al. The artwork for these rare strips comes straight from the Disney vaults, each page meticulously colored using as a guide the original file copies that belonged to Walt Disney himself! This concluding volume of the series features a short adaptation of Bambi, plus the rarely seen Sunday pages featuring long adventures of two The Three Caballeros stars, José Carioca and Panchito, from 1942 to 1945. With these stories, the complete Silly Symphony newspaper strips are collected for the first time. IDW, 2019...More.

Item Code: WDSS04H
Hard Cover, 12x9, 192pgpg, Full Color
$49.99 $39.99

Volumes 1-3 are all available at the same discounted price [WDSS01H, etc. $49.99, $39.99].

PEANUTS EVERY SUNDAY Volume 7
Color Sunday Pages, 1981-85. Recommended. By Charles M. Schulz. These strips highlight fan-favorites Franklin, Peppermint Patty, and Spike. The Beagle Scouts and Charlie Brown’s always-contentious relationship with his kite also feature prominently. And when it comes to Lucy, "The Doctor is In." Scrupulously restored and re-colored to look better than they ever have, with far better printing and on better paper than ever before — allowing readers once again to immerse themselves in Charles Schulz’s timeless masterpiece.Fantagraphics, 2019...More.

Item Code: PES07H
Hard Cover, 13x10, 288pg, Full Color
$49.99 $39.99

Find more Peanuts on our website.

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN Complete Collection Set
Never before done complete collection. Highly Recommended. By Hergé. Celebrate Tintin's 90th anniversary! For the first time in the United States, all 23 of the original Tintin adventures are available in one handsome gift set. Featuring more than 1600 pages, these are presented in eight hardcover volumes and a stunning slipcase. Hergé's classic comic book creation is one of the most iconic characters in children's books. Now including Tintin and Alph-Art and Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, this unique collection will delight Tintin fans old and new.Little Brown, 2019...More.

Item Code: ADVTIN
Hard Cover, 7x10, 1648pg, Full Color
$200.00 $179.00

Also available is Tintin: The Art of Hergé [TINAR. $29.99].

Sketchbooks

TREAT YOURSELF The Art of Brett Bean Signed with Drawing
Signed! Recommended. By Brett Bean. Each book is remarqued with a small original drawing! The brand new sketchbook of Brett Bean is here! This color sketchbook features tons of artwork ranging from pencil and ink drawings to full color illustrations. Space girls, Maximum Nerdage, great creatures from a superb creator of monsters, cute critters, bizarre birds, dinosaur buddies and more. Variety of cartoony but more serious work, as well as just fun drawings of swordsmen and warrior ladies. Wonderful rich colors. Drawn To It Studios, 2019...More.

Item Code: TREYS
Soft Cover, 8x11, 46pg, Partial Color
$20.00

See our website for the latest signed sketchbooks, from Mandy to a new Monsters by Bill Stout, which we expect momentarily.

New 2020 Calendars

THE FANTASY ART OF FRAZETTA 2020 Calendar
Recommended. Classic Frazetta: two early Conan paintings for the Lancer paperback covers, Mothman, Tales from the Crypt (the EC paperback cover), Black Star, The Giant, Egyptian Queen, Priestess and the Panther, Flesh Eaters... Acknowledged as the “Master of Fantasy Art,” Frank Frazetta is one of the most influential fantasy and science fiction artists of the 20th century. His paintings of primitive heroes, full-figured heroines, and wicked beasts have shaped generations of artists and they are right here. Sellers, 2019...More.

Item Code: FRAZ20
10x14, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

We have some really great Frazetta books, including deluxe and out-of-print Publisher File copies. Check out our website.

THE FANTASY ART OF LUIS ROYO 2020 Calendar
By Luis Royo. Spanish artist Luis Royo is one of the most popular and prolific illustrators in the world today. With a career spanning four decades, his sensual paintings of women in apocalyptic landscapes and fantasy worlds have captivated fans of science fiction and erotica worldwide. This calendar features a selection of artwork from the Malefic Times series of books, of bold beautiful, dark and dangerous women, toting samurai swords and daggers, capable of handling themselves in a dangerous, toxic world. Sellers, 2019...More.

Item Code: LR20
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

VINTAGE SCI-FI 2020 Calendar
Recommended. One of our bestsellers each year, and often the most popular "Vintage" calendar. Step outside your Universe! Fantastic, otherworldly, astounding, bizarre, and beautiful collection of cover art from the Golden Age of Science Fiction captures the explosion of creativity, optimism, and experimentation that took place in America during the 1920s-1950s. Unknown writers like Asimov, Bradbury, Sturgeon, and Anderson got their start between the covers of these vintage pulp magazines. Asgard, 2019...More.

Item Code: VINS20
Wirebound, 9x13, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95

Click here to see the other vintage calendars we have available.

New 2020 Pin-Up Calendars

GREG HILDEBRANDT AMERICAN BEAUTIES 2020 Calendar
Highly Recommended. World renowned artist Greg Hildebrandt continues to create original pinup paintings as part of his American Beauties series. He spoofs all the genres, using sexy girls and the centerpiece art: sci-fi, surfing, hot cars, even a war-birds pin-up piece...and more. Both fun and sexy, American Beauties combines vintage pinup glamour with iconic American themes. American Beauties 2020 has spacious grids with international holidays and moon phases. Zebra, 2019...More.

Item Code: GH20
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$15.99

PIN-UP GIRLS GIL ELVGREN 2020 Calendar
Gil Elvgren's delightfully daring pinups are brought to life each month with this calendar that features 13 of his leading ladies caught in some rather precarious situations. Elvgren's pin-up girls will take you back to a time when soft curls, bold curves, and unabashed femininity were in demand and on display. Spend a playful year getting to know each one of these gorgeous gals at their most seductive. Orange Circle, 2019...More.

Item Code: PIG20
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

RETRO PIN-UPS 2020 Calendar (Gifted)
Much like the Avonside Retro Pinups, this also features modern women who are posed in vintage outfits, hairstyles, and classic lingerie down to stockings and high heels. Gifted, 2019. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: RPU20
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

RETRO PIN-UPS 2020 Calendar (Avonside)
New photographs of today's women in classic, vintage outfits and settings. No full nudity, but lots of teasing poses in nylons and sexy outfits, lots of legs and cleavage and fun, teasing pin-up poses. Use this tasteful wall calendar at home or at the office. Avonside, 2019...More.

Item Code: RETP20
12x12, 26pg, Full Color
$14.99

WINGS OF ANGELS 2020 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, 2019...More.

Item Code: WA20
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$15.99

See all the 2020 calendars on our website, and check out the older on-sale calendars, too.

Mature Readers

#NSFW Not Safe for Work is an oversized collection of cutting-edge nudes by British photographer Rankin. Best known as the founder of Dazed and Confused magazine and for his photography of models including Kate Moss, Alison Lomax and Heidi Klum and celebrities such as Madonna and David Bowie. His work has appeared in magazines such as GQ, Vogue and Marie Claire.

Five new calendars came in this week; they are already listed in the Holiday catalog, which is just getting to customers now. You may already have one. They are:

Lingerie by Johnny Crosslin

Hot Buns

Beach Babes

Farmer's Daughter

Lingerie (a different one than the Crosslin).

Nude Photography | Erotic Art | Erotic Films: DVDs | Adult Graphic Novels | All Pin-Up & Adult

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News and Notes

The Art of Mac Raboy will in be our hands by the end of the month. I just attended OAFCon in Oklahoma City. Author Roger Hill (The Art of Reed Crandall, EC Fan-Addict) brought in advance copies by air…and sold out partway into the first day. It looks GREAT. We're bringing in plenty of copies on this one, I knew it would be good.

PG&E Power Outage

Last week we experienced a one-day outage by our power company. They are doing this when conditions are dry and there are high winds—we are in the mountains here, with lots of trees and thus fire danger. This is what caused the devastating Paradise fire—which was only 60 miles from here. We are in the middle of a mandatory power outage that began Wednesday and may extend to Friday October 11, and through the weekend. And it's possible more will occur.

Bottom line: we are setting up call-forwarding to let you know if and when we are down for the count, on the rare occasions it happens. The good news is our website still works as normal--it's remote from our warehouse. We are hoping to have power restored by Friday and plan to process orders by gerenerator if not. Hopefully this will come to an end shortly, when the rainy season begins. Thanks for your patience.

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair

Saturday & Sunday, October 12-13. Hope to see you there. We'll have many of the latest new items, out of print and rare books in all fields of comics and illustration, plus Golden Age & Silver Age comics and pulps.

~Bud

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