Thursday, October 29, 2020

Holiday Catalog, Monstrous Tales, DC Cover Art, Mark Brooks, Szukalski , Guillermo Del Toro

Our final catalog for the year, our Holiday edition, can be downloaded NOW. It’s new this week. Check out the great cover that we pulled from Spectrum 27, also just in. This week we have Monstrous Tales, which I highly recommend, DC Cover Art, the art of Mark Brooks, Szukalski’s Inner Portraits, a Guillermo Del Toro Tarot and a new Peanuts history. Tony DiTerlizzi signs his new all-ages book for us, we have DC Christmas Carols, 80 Years of Batman, Black Widow, and a very limited edition new Tarzan novel. Enjoy!

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Art Books

 


MONSTROUS TALES
Highly Recommended. Stories of Strange Creatures and Fearsome Beasts from Around the World. Art by Sija Hong. A beautifully illustrated collection of traditional folktales about bewitching and blood-thirsty creatures with all new work. Welcome to a world of magical adventure: a mysterious wolf pursues a bridegroom through a dark forest, a princess is trapped in a monster's body, and a dragon is coming with a storm in its wake. 21 stories explore "After Dark," "Over Water, Under Water," and "Not As They Seem." Chronicle Books, 2020. ...More

Item Code: MONSTTH
Hard Cover, 8x9, 160pg, Text/Full Color
$24.95 $21.95
Try our website for more Fairy Tales collections.
 


DC COMICS COVER ART 350 of the Greatest Covers in DC's History
Highly Recommended. By Nick Jones. From 1938 to the present day, from vintage Action, Superman and Detective Comics to the photorealistic stylings of Adam Hughes and quirky humor of Amanda Conner, DC Comics Cover Art is a collection of the most iconic covers in DC's history. Chapters explore The Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Steel Age and Modern Age. Every cover choice includes expert commentary exploring the significance of each and profiles each artist. DK, 2020....More

Item Code: DCCOMCH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 240pg, Full Color
$35.00 $29.95
 


MARVEL MONOGRAPH The Art of Mark Brooks
Highly Recommended. Mark Brooks' photorealistic art style lends power to every character he depicts. Like Alex Ross, his attention to detail, his very real faces, his action sequences show why he's one of Marvel's top cover artists. But he also excels on interior pages and this shows much of his best two, including a healthy complement of original art and behind-the scenes commentary by Mark himself. Marvel, 2020....More

Item Code: MARMMB
Soft Cover, 9x11, 112pg, Partial Color
$24.99 $21.99
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INNER PORTRAITS by SZUKALSKI
Highly Recommended. A collection of Stanislav Szukalski's (1893-1987) portraiture works, including essays and background — a major survey of this amazing mid-20th century genius's illustrations, painting, and sculpture. This new edition is upgraded and newly re-designed, and expanded with images and texts never before published. He was a member of Chicago's artistic elite during the 1920s who spent his last years in obscurity. Last Gasp, 2020....More

Item Code: INNPH
Hard Cover, 9x10, 208pg, Text/Partial Color
$35.00 $29.95
See more Szukalski on our website.
 


TAROT DEL TORO
Recommended. By Tomas Hijo. Foreword by Guillermo del Toro. From the macabre world of Guillermo del Toro comes a deliciously twisted take on a traditional seventy-eight-card tarot deck. Designed and illustrated by Tomás Hijo, this deck features sumptuous original artwork inspired by the themes, imagery, and characters of some of del Toro's most popular films, including Pan's Labyrinth, Crimson Peak, and The Shape of Water. Insight Editions, 2020....More

Item Code: TARDEL
3x6, Full Color
$29.99
More Tarot: Dali, Sensual Goddess, Red Sonja, and Echo Arcana Hurt (on sale). See the website.
 


THE PEANUTS BOOK A Visual History of the Iconic Comic Strip
Highly Recommended. By Simon Beecroft. Foreword by Stephen Colbert. In this celebration of Schulz and his beloved work, you can explore rarely seen sketches, influential strips, and collectors' artifacts. Discover the evolving art of Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the gang, as Peanuts grew to become the world's favorite comic. DK, 2020....More

Item Code: PEABH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 200pg, Partial Color
$30.00 $26.95
Click here for more Peanuts and Schulz collections.
 

Tony DiTerlizzi

 


THE TALES OF KENNY RABBIT Signed
Highly Recommended. Signed! Profusely illustrated, all-ages adventures. By Tony DiTerlizzi. Kenny Rabbit lives in the sleepy little village of Roundbrook, where the most exciting things that happen are in the pages of his books. That is, until a dragon takes up residence in a cave right next door. He's nothing like the fearsome beasts of lore — Grahame is funny, cultured, and enjoys a spot of crème brulée. But when the villagers of Roundbrook catch wind of the new arrival, they are set on removing Grahame from their midst, no matter the cost. Simon & Schuster, 2020....More

Item Code: TALKHS
Hard Cover, 6x9, 384pg, Full Color|Text/b&w
$35.99
 


KENNY & THE BOOK OF BEASTS Signed
Signed Bookplate! Profusely illustrated. Highly Recommended. By Tony DiTerlizzi. In this highly anticipated sequel to New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Honor–winning author Tony DiTerlizzi’s Kenny and the Dragon, Kenny must cope with many changes in his life—including the fear that he’s losing his best friend. Simon & Schuster, 2020....More

Item Code: KENBHS
Hard Cover, 6x9, 216pg, Text/b&w
$17.99
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
TONY DITERLIZZI DUNGEON DRAWINGS II Portfolio Signed
Signed & limited, 100. Highly Recommended. By Tony DiTerlizzi. Self-published by Tony himself in this tiny printing. A return to the days of large-sized portfolios, this offers ten wonderfully fantastic b&w plates. DiTerlizzi has been creating children’s books for twenty years and is perhaps best known for his collaboration with writer Holly Black on The Spiderwick Chronicles, which has sold over 20 million copies and became a feature film. Printed on heavy paper, the drawings are mostly from 2019’s “Inktober” drawings: cool critters, adventurers, friendly and clearly NOT friendly monsters. Tony DiTerlizzi, 2020. ....More

Item Code: TONDD
10 prints, 11x15, b&w
$100.00
 

Young Adults & All Ages

 


DC CHRISTMAS CAROLS We Wish You a Harley Christmas
Recommended. By Daniel Kibblesmith. Classic Christmas carols with a DC twist. A very handsome diminutive hardcover, a perfect stocking stuffer. Dozens of transformed carols, with vintage and contemporary artwork of fan favorite DC characters by Alex Ross, George Perez, Elsa Charretier, Tim Sale, John Byrne, Dustin Nguyen, Sean Galloway, Dave Johnson, Sergio Aragonés, J.Bone, Ro Stein and Ted Brandt. Characters are seen decorating Christmas trees, making snowmen, hanging out with Santa, and exchanging presents. Chronicle Books, 2020.  ...More

Item Code: WEWIH
Hard Cover, 5x7, 80pg, Full Color
$14.95
See more Young Adult (YA) and all-ages books on our website.
 

New Tarzan Adventures

 


TARZAN UNTAMED FRONTIERS Signed
Signed & numbered by both creators, from 350! By Gary A. Buckingham. Art by Daniel Parsons. An entirely new Tarzan novella, which takes place just before Tarzan the Untamed, in which Nazis are coming to Africa, about to drag Tarzan into the Great War. Plus a second new short story, introduction by Will Murray, and more. Intended as the bonus publication for the aborted 2020 ECOF/Burroughs Convention. ECOF, 2020....More

Item Code: TARUFS
Soft Cover, 8x11, 108pgs, Text/b&w
$20.00
I believe this is currently only available from the publisher and ourselves. ERB Inc. just last week announced a a new novel, Tarzan in Pellucidar, which we will have in stock soon. We handle all the new Tarzan and ERB collections, including Doug Murray’s Tarzan Conqueror of Mars, my favorite of the new novels. Don’t miss it.
 

Graphic Novels

 


ANGELA DELLA MORTE Volume 1 Unleash the Beast
Recommended. By Salvador Sanz. Aka: Destroying Angel. First of two books. Translated from the Spanish, subject of a 2010 film and 2019 television series. Angela and her companion, a monkey with the mind of a man, are on assignment on the moon's surface. Suddenly a missile takes out her ship, and now it's a race with limited oxygen to safe haven. But there are attackers there too, and soon a reborn Angela is a soul who can move from body to body, and doesn't know who the good guys are anymore. Includes variant covers and prelim artwork. Red 5 Comics, 2020....More

Item Code: ANG01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color
$12.95
 


STEPHEN KING'S DARK TOWER The Drawing of the Three Complete Set
Recommended. Art by Piotr Kowalski and Jonathan Marks. This boxed set includes the complete graphic novel series, in four hardcover volumes: The Prisoner, House of Cards, The Lady of Shadows, and Bitter Medicine. This boxed set includes the complete graphic novel series, in four hardcover volumes: The Prisoner, House of Cards, The Lady of Shadows, and Bitter Medicine. The graphic novels were originally published by Marvel Comics in single-issue form and creatively overseen by King himself. The full story of Roland's troubled past and lifelong odyssey is revealed. Sumptuously drawn, and adapted by Stephen King expert Robin Furth, and scripted by New York Times bestselling author Peter David. Gallery, 2020....More

Item Code: STEVP
Hard Cover, 7x10, 512pg, Full Color
$104.96 $89.95
These are also available as individual volumes. See more by Stephen King on our website including Cycle of the Werewolf, with illustrations by Berni Wrightson [SKCYC. $18]. See the latest in recommended Graphic Novels in our website special section.
 

Comic Book Archives & More

 


BATMAN 80 Years of the Bat Family
Recommended. This collects the mostly new stories celebrating the 80th anniversaries of Batman and his co-horts. Here are the entire contents, most newly created, for the celebration issues of Detective Comics #1000: The Deluxe Edition #1, and the 80th Anniversary 100-page Giants celebrating Detective #1000, Robin 80th, Catwoman 80th, The Joker 80th and more. DC Comics, 2020....More

Item Code: BATBF
Soft Cover, 7x10, 400pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99
See the individual 80 Years collections, and Detective #1000 and other milestone issues on our website.
 


ABSOLUTE SWAMP THING By Alan Moore Volume 2
Recommended. Oversized, Slipcase. Collects #35-50, 1985-86. Recommended. Art by Stephen R. Bissette, John Totleben, Rick Veitch, Alfredo Alcala, Tom Mandrake et al. Expanded to a handsome oversize format, Alan Moore's seminal tales. This volume brims with horrors including underwater vampires, a werewolf with an unusual curse — and the debut of John Constantine! Plus, Swamp Thing's quest for self-discovery comes to its shattering conclusion, and a harbinger of doom awakens an evil beyond comprehension, bringing together Constantine, Deadman, the Phantom Stranger, the Spectre and others. DC, 2020....More

Item Code: ABS02H
Hard Cover, 9x13, 424pg, Full Color
$99.99 $85.00
Click here for more Swamp Thing and Swampmen in general! Volume 1 has just been reprinted and we have copies coming in.
 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS MARVEL TEAM-UP Volume 5
14 classic early 1970s comics and bonus material. By Bill Mantlo, Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema et al. Time travel! When the man behind the Salem witch trials pulls the Scarlet Witch and the Vision back in time, Spidey gets dragged along for the ride. Doctor Doom doesn't cotton to people messing with HIS time platform. The Dark Rider emerges. It's off to the dystopian futures of Killraven and Deathlok before landing back in the 20th century for a crossover co-starring the Thing. Finally, Spidey, Iron Man and Doctor Strange battle the Wraith. The tough-as-nails NYPD captain and Marvel mainstay Jean DeWolff first appears. Marvel, 2020....More

Item Code: MMMT05H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 304pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
See all the previous volumes on our website.
 


COMICS REVUE PRESENTS OCT 2020
Recommended. Complete in this issue: 1966 The Phantom by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, Sir Bagby by R&D Hackney, and 1972 Flash Gordon by Dan Barry and Bob Fijitani. 8 pages of full-color with Burne Hogarth's Drago, V.T. Hamlin's Alley Oop, Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts and Flash Gordon by Mac Raboy. Manuscript Press, 2020....More

Item Code: CR1020
Soft Cover, 8x10, 128pg, Partial Color
$19.95
 

Black Widow

 


BLACK WIDOW Poster Book
Recommended. Detachable poster prints by Buscema, Linsner, Divito, Samnee Noto, Land, Chido et al. She's Earth's stealthiest hero — the superspy with red in her ledger! She's Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, and she's leaving the shadowy world of espionage to take the spotlight in a book filled with poster-sized masterpieces! Marvel, 2020....More

Item Code: BLAWPO
Soft Cover, 11x16, 42pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
 


BLACK WIDOW EPIC COLLECTION The Coldest War
1981-98. By Gerry Conway, Jim Starlin et al. Art by Bob Layton, Butch Guice, Joe Chiodo et al. The Black Widow sets out on her own in a series of solo adventures that defined her as one of Marvel's greatest heroes! Writer Ralph Macchio begins with a tense secret-agent tale stunningly illustrated by Paul Gulacy. Then, with artist George Perez, he spins one of the most beloved Black Widow stories of all time for Marvel Fanfare. Next, a series of graphic novels explores the darkest corners of the Marvel Universe. Marvel, 2020....More

Item Code: BLWE02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 480pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99
See more Black Widow collections, art books, and appearances in other collections, on our website.
 

Coming in December

 


TRAVELERS
Recommended. By Kimberly Power. Aron Wiesenfeld, a former WildStorm artist, has been creating works of fine art since the early 2000's. This is a selected collection of his latest pieces. His compositions reflect his early work as a comic book illustrator and are infused with romanticism and mystery. While men and boys make occasional cameos, his works are usually centered upon young women and girls, often isolated in rural and natural landscapes or in deserted city streets. Due: Dec. ...More

Item Code: TRAVH
Hard Cover, 10x10, 112pg, Full Color
$45.00 $39.95
 


DC THROUGH THE 80S The End of Eras
By Paul Levitz. In the first of three comprehensive volumes exploring this revolutionary decade, former DC Comics president and veteran comics writer Paul Levitz revisits the stories that exemplified this vanishing world: once dominant genres like war and mystery that were fading from prominence; veteran creative talents doing some of their last—and best—work; and the final stories of the world's greatest superheroes to be done in the styles typical of the era, before Crisis on Infinite Earths changed everything. DC Comics, 2020. Due: Dec. ...More

Item Code: DCTHREH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 520pg, Full Color
$49.99 $39.99
See our website for more reference books about comics and the 1980s.
 


SUPER FRIENDS Saturday Morning Comics Volume 2
Collects Super Friends #27-47, 1979-81. By E. Nelson Bridwell. Art by Ramona Fradon. Inspired by the hit animated TV series, these 1970s tales are collected in a new volume of stories starring Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League of America. Villains include Felix Faust, Gorilla Grodd, and Sinestro, and aliens that stole Atlantis! Due: Dec....More

Item Code: SUPF02H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 488pg, Full Color
$69.99 $59.99
The first Super Friends collection is also available, same creators, same discounted price [SUPF01H.] It collects issues #1-26.
 


WOMEN OF DYNAMITE VAMPIRELLA Statue Crimson Blood
Recommended. Limited to 299. By Jose Gonzalez. Few artists have managed to capture the iconic look of Vampirella like Jose Gonzalez could. 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of comics' most memorable vampire, and Dynamite celebrates the occasion with a very large, 12" tall, 1/6 scale tribute to her most memorable illustration! The classic "Warren era" of Vampirella is finally exemplified in this highly-detailed resin, the way it was meant to be. Dynamite, 2020. Due: Dec....More

Item Code: WODVJC
12" tall, Full Color
$325.00
Here is the regular edition, limited to 706 [WODVJ. $249.99]. It has been more popular than we anticipated and we’re out of copies right now, but more are due shortly.
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
VAMPIRELLA JOSE GONZALES Door Poster
Limited, 500. Highly Recommended. Harris Comics has reprinted one of the crown jewels of Vampirella collectibles: the Jose Gonzalez Door Poster! Die hard Vampi fans have often paid top dollar for this, but now you too will finally be able to take one home! This special edition of the poster bears a small Vampirella 40th Anniversary logo on the bottom. Dynamite, 2020....More

Item Code: VAMJGPO
24x72, Full Color
$39.95
 
 

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Here's another batch of 30 items that are going away soon, down to just one, two or three copies left. Click here to see the full list of items low in stock.
 

Mature Readers

All Natural Beauties is a new collection from Goliath, the German publisher of adult photography. This devotes several pages to each young lady, celebrating spontaneous poses indoors and outside, by Adam Koons.

And we have three new adult calendars this week, although all three feature no nudity and probably won’t get anyone in trouble! There’s Biker Babes, Lingerie by Johnny Crosslin, and Farmer’s Daughter. See all 2021 calendars here, and all adult calendars here.

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The History of EC Comics
I'm pleased to report that our reorder of this came in. I was a bit concerned it might have sold out, but so far it remains in print. We're still adding the full color bookplate, drawn by Angelo Torres, and signed by the author Grant Geissman, while our supply of bookplates lasts.


History of EC Comics

Fire Season Power Shutdown
We were closed Monday and Tuesday of this week, October 27-28, thanks to a power outage from PG&E, due to potential fire danger from high winds. So a few new items are being pushed into next week as we catch up. Watch for them on our home page/New Arrivals.

 

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Thursday, October 22, 2020

Voting is your Superpower!, Ditko goes BIG, a new Druillet Lone Sloane, Johnny Hazard, Donald Duck, ghost stories and much more!

Yoe has a timely and fun new book on the history of promotional comics about VOTING. Ditko’s Doctor Strange run is now King-Sized. We have new art inspired by Miyazaki films; a new Druillet Lone Sloane, Chaos; a new Johnny Hazard by Frank Robbins; two new Duck collections; Manga Ghost Stories, an enormous Fables Compendium, Max Collins’ Ms Tree Volume 2, a bio of DC writer Gardner Fox, The Marvel Age of Comics, a bio of Jodorowsky, Charles Schulz Interviews and much more!

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VOTING IS YOUR SUPERPOWER
Highly Recommended. By Larry Leiber, Al Avison et al. Introduction by Julie Newmar. In the 1950s the Cold War and Red Scare stoked fears, so civic organizations and major comic book companies teamed up to create clever stories to be passed out in the streets, union halls, factories, at state fairs, in schools. There were titles like "The Man Who Stole Your Vote" (with an evil masked super villain), "If Your Children Could Vote" (with a brave, brash Greta Thurnberg-of-the-time berating the adults), and "Your Vote is Vital" (powerfully illustrated by Lee Elias!). Clover Press, 2020....More.

Item Code: VOTSP
Soft Cover, 7x10, 72pg, Full Color
$12.99

I'm adding my voice to this Yoe project. Get out there and VOTE, everyone!

Click here for more recommended Yoe! Books.

 

Comics Archives

 


DITKO IS STRANGE! KING SIZE
Collects the Dr. Strange stories from Strange Tales #110-111, 114-146, 1963-66. Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee, Roy Thomas et al. Art by Steve Ditko. Steve Ditko and Stan Lee's complete "Doctor Strange" stories at a massive size, so big that each page is like falling into another dimension. Lose yourself in the first appearances of such iconic characters as Baron Mordo, Wong, Eternity, beautiful Clea, Dormammu, the Mindless Ones and more. Ditko is an inimitable talent dedicated to a singular vision — one of the greatest storytellers of all time — a visual master who created other dimensions beyond imagining and eerie worlds beyond compare. Marvel, 2020....More.

Item Code: DITKKH
Hard Cover, 14x21, 328pg, Full Color
$100.00 $85.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
DITKO IS...AMAZING! KING-SIZE
Collects Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #3, 11-13, 24, 31-33, Annual #1-2, 1962-64. Highly Recommended. By Steve Ditko and Stan Lee. The incomparable Amazing Spider-Man work of Steve Ditko, in the massive King-Size format. From Spidey's origin to the first appearances of villains like Mysterio and Doctor Octopus, all for the first time OVERSIZE. Including the Master Planner saga (#21-33) — considered by many to be the greatest Spider-Man story ever. A host of bonus material, including Ditko's original Amazing Fantasy #15 artwork with variant art, several pages of his uninked pencils, full color house ads and more. Marvel, 2019....More.

Item Code: DITAKH
Hard Cover, 14x22, 328pg, Full Color
$100.00 $85.00

We have much more on Ditko, including several sale-priced titles. Click here for ALL of our King-Size titles, including several Jack Kirby collections and just out, Steranko is Revolutionary! King Size [STERRH. $125, $105]. You can also see many of our oversized artist's editions here. Reminder: shipping in the U.S. is FREE on all orders over $300.

 


FABLES COMPENDIUM ONE
Fables #1-41 & more, 2002-2005. Highly Recommended. By Bill Willingham. Art by Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Lan Medina, James Jean et al. Get lost in the fantastic world, an amazing 1180 pages of it, of Bill Willingham's acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning series. When a savage creature, known only as the Adversary, conquered the lands of legends and fairy tales, the famous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the normal citizens of a modern New York, these magical characters created their own peaceful and secret society, which they called Fabletown. But when Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it's up to Fabletown's sheriff — the reformed Big Bad Wolf, Bigby — to find the killer. DC Comics, 2020....More.

Item Code: FABL01H
Soft Cover, 7x10, 1184pg, Full Color
$59.99 $49.99
 


WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK Volume 18 & 19 Set
Almost Gone! Collects Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #192-216 & more, 1956-58. Highly Recommended. By Carl Barks. Gift box set collects two volumes: In "The Lost Peg Leg Mine" (Volume 18), Uncle Scrooge, Donald, and the nephews are hot on the trail of a pair of old saddlebags filled with gold nuggets — stashed in an abandoned mine and guarded by ghosts. In "The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama" (Volume 19), it’s Christmastime, and Donald, Uncle Scrooge, and the nephews are searching for rare black pearls. But when their boat is sucked into an underwater cavern, they find themselves facing the fury of the island’s volcano! Fantagraphics, 2020. Out of print....More.

Item Code: WDDLP
Hard Cover, 7x10, 400pg, Full Color
$59.99 $49.99

These two volumes can also be ordered individually, along with earlier volumes and more slipcased sets (always at a savings over the individual volumes). Click here to see them all.

 


DISNEY MASTERS Volume 14 Donald Duck Follow the Fearless Leader
21 stories, 1958-64. By Dick Kinney and Al Hubbard. Donald's nerdy cousin Fethry Duck is a mallard on a mission, determined to include Donald in all his sudden passions: from a super exercise regimen to building an indoor farm, to stage magic that turns startlingly real! This volume begins collecting these Ducktales for the first time in North America! Kinney and Hubbard were a Disney dream team in the '60s, hatching Donald Duck co-stars like Fethry, master spy Mata Harrier, and terrible tomcat Tabby. Fantagraphics, 2020....More.

Item Code: DM14H
Hard Cover, 8x10, 192pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

Click here for previous Disney Masters volumes and slipcased sets.

 


MS. TREE Volume 2 Skeleton in the Closet
Highly Recommended. By Max Collins. Art by Terry Beatty. Six more classic stories from Road to Perdition author Max Allan Collins and artist Terry Beatty. Follow the beautiful but deadly—and unforgiving—private investigator Ms. Michael Tree through The Devil's Punchbowl, Skeleton in the Closet, Cry Rape!, Horror Hotel, Roger's Story, and To Live and Die in Viet Nam. Plus bonus text short story with Ms Tree, Louise. Titan Comics, 2020....More.

Item Code: MST02
Soft Cover, 6x9, 288pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

Volume 1 offers five novellas in one thick volume [MST01. $24.99, $21.99].

 

Art Books

 


MY NEIGHBOR HAYAO Art Inspired by The Films of Miyazaki
Recommended. Introduction by Takashi Murakami. Curated by Spoke Art Gallery, artwork from more than 250 artists. A diverse array of original paintings, sculpture, and limited edition prints that attracted more than 10,000 attendees. This beautiful book grants fans of Miyazaki another creative avenue to explore his inspired worlds through interpretations of characters and themes found in iconic films including My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away, and Princess Mononoke.Cernunnos, 2020....More.

Item Code: MYNEH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 272pg, Partial Color
$29.95
 


THE SEVEN LIVES OF ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY
By Vincent Bernière and Nicolas Tellop. Written in collaboration with some of the finest American and Bande Dessinée journalists and legendary collaborators in the fields of art, music and film. A journey through Jodo’s personal life, his life in the theater, his rebirth as a 70s cinematic cult figure and of course, his work on Dune, the unfinished masterpiece. Interviews, essays, illustrations and photographs offer an in-depth look at his entire career, including collaborations with Moebius and other comics artists on the Incal and Metabarons series. Humanoids, 2019....More.

Item Code: SEVLH
Hard Cover, 9x13, 208pg, Full Color
$39.95

See our website for more Jodorowsky including his latest collection, Twisted Tales [JODTH. $34.95, $29.95] and his collaboration with Moebius, the adult dark fantasies of Angel Claws [ANGEH. $24.95, $21.95]. This is a new bargain-priced edition.

 

Comics Strips & Graphic Novels

 


MANGA YOKAI STORIES Ghostly Tales from Japan
Highly Recommended. By Lafcadio Hearn. Adapted by Sean Michael Wilson. Art by Inko Ai Takita. Classic and very unusual Japanese ghost stories, collected and translated by famed author Lafcadio Hearn between 1890 and 1904. A masterless samurai is trapped in a house haunted by headless goblins; A young man develops an obsession with a woman in a painting that almost kills him; A woman's unburied corpse cannot rest until she has taken her revenge on the man who divorced her; A young mother terrifies her family when she returns as a ghost, unable to find peace until she puts to rest a shocking secret she has left behind... Tuttle, 2020....More.

Item Code: MANGYO
Soft Cover, 8x10, 128pg, b&w
$14.99

I quite enjoyed this, it's very different. Look here for more Manga, and here if you like Ghost Stories!

 


JOHNNY HAZARD NEWSPAPER DAILIES Volume 8 1956-1957
Highly Recommended. By Frank Robbins. See more trend-setting artwork by comics legend Frank Robbins in one of the most important adventure strips ever to grace newspapers. Includes the following stories: “Project Heat-Barrier,” “Hazard vs Hawkes,” “The Most Dangerous Man in the World,” “Project Globe,” “The Grand Gizmo,” and “It’s Kismet.” Reproduced entirely from original King Features press proofs. Hermes Press, 2020....More.

Item Code: JH08H
Hard Cover, 10x6, 288pg, b&w
$50.00

Volumes 4-7 are all available at $50. Volume 9 is due in February, and available to backorder. Click here to see them all.

 


ALSO AVAILABLE
JOHNNY HAZARD THE SUNDAYS Full Size 1944-1947
Limited, 1000. Highly Recommended. By Frank Robbins. For the last six years Hermes Press has been reprinting the daily version of Frank Robbins' masterpiece, Johnny Hazard. Now after scouring collections all over the world for a set of the color tabloid Sundays, Hermes Press presents an archival, full size reprint of these exciting Sunday stories — 133 Sundays in sequence. Plus 26 pages of special features, from character original art, full size, to a look at Robbin's work at DC and at Marvel Comics by Roy Thomas, and a Foreword, "A Look at One of the Great," by Howard Chaykin. Hermes Press, 2020....More.

Item Code: JHSH
Hard Cover, 12x17, 160pg, Full Color
$80.00

Click here for more work by Frank Robbins.

 


LONE SLOANE CHAOS
Highly Recommended. By Philippe Druillet. Set ten years after the best-selling 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane, Chaos sees Druillet's complex and existential protagonist continuing to explore the endless mysteries of the universe. He has been presumed dead along with his woman, Salammbo, but indeed he is not, and this is the story of his reappearance. This time, he comes face to face with his old enemy, Shaan. Titan, 2020. ...More.

Item Code: 6V04H
Hard Cover, 10x13, 72pg, Full Color
$24.99

Also available:

The Night [NIGHH. $24.99, $21.99]

Yragael & Urm [YRAH. $34.99]

Druillet’s very first book, Lone Sloane, the French language hardcover (near fine), 1966, [RB62. $150, $99].

 

Comics Related

 


FORGOTTEN ALL-STAR A Biography of Gardner Fox
Highly Recommended. By Jennifer DeRoss. Comics and science fiction author Gardner Fox was known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics, including the Flash, Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Zatanna and the original Sandman, and was the writer who first teamed those and other heroes as the Justice Society of America, later recreating the team as the Justice League of America! Fox also introduced the concept of the Multiverse to DC Comics in the 1961 story "Flash of Two Worlds!". Pulp Hero Press, 2020....More.

Item Code: FORALL
Soft Cover, 5x9, 240pg, Text/b&w
$27.95

The same author is working on her next book, on super-fan Jerry Bails. I’ve read this Gardner Fox book and very much enjoyed it. Fox was highly successful, enjoyed what he was doing, and wrote fan-favorite comics during both the Golden Age and Silver Age. It’s an inside look at being a comics professional. For more fine comics creator biographies, see Bill Schelly’s on Harvey Kurtzman, Otto Binder, and early comics fandom.

 


MARVEL AGE OF COMICS 1961-1978 40th Anniversary Edition
A massive bargain-priced volume, silver metallic cover. Highly Recommended. By Roy Thomas. Welcome to the Marvel Age of Comics, a triumphant era of comic and pop culture innovation which redefined the super hero genre. This behind-the-scenes treasure trove of images and exclusive insights reveals the making of such household characters as the Hulk and Spider-Man as well as the legendary architects who brought them to life. All from insider writer and editor, Roy Thomas!! Taschen, 2020....More.

Item Code: MARVAGH
Hard Cover, 9x13, 512pg, Full Color
$25.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
THE GOLDEN AGE OF DC COMICS
New edition, Bargain-Priced. Our Highest Recommendation. By Paul Levitz. 1935-1956! Superman's story, and those of Batman, Wonder Woman, and hundreds of other DC Comics characters, are all told in The Golden Age of DC Comics. The single most comprehensive book on the subject, this volume traces the company's first decades, from its pulp origins up to the comic book burnings of the McCarthy '50s in more than 400 pages bursting with comics, art, comics, photographs, and more comics. Originally $60, now smaller sized but still with every page, every illustration. Taschen, 2019....More.

Item Code: GADCH
Hard Cover, 6x8, 672pg, Full Color
$20.00

These two books are in matching formats, thick massive hardcovers. Both were first published at $60 and are unabridged, just smaller in size.

 


WHAT CARTOONING REALLY IS The Major Interviews with Charles M. Schulz
Recommended. By Gary Groth et al. Everybody knows the iconic characters of Peanuts, but few are privy to the character of the man who created this beloved cast and the world they inhabit: Charles M. Schulz. To illuminate the life story and rich inner life of the renowned cartoonist, Fantagraphics presents four of the most comprehen­sive interviews ever conducted with Schulz, by film critic Leonard Maltin, novelist Laurie Colwin, Comics Journal editor and critic Gary Groth, and comic strip historian Rick Marschall. Fantagraphics, 2020....More.

Item Code: WHATC
Soft Cover, 6x9, 232pg, Text/b&w
$24.99 $21.99

Click here for 20 more books of Peanuts, including three others about Shulz: Born to Draw Comics, Only What’s Necessary: The Art of Peanuts, and The Comics of Charles Schulz.

 

2021 Pin-Up Calendars

 


THE ART OF OLIVIA Featuring Bettie Page 2021 Calendar
Highly Recommended. By Olivia De Berardinis. Produced and published by Olivia herself, here are twelve months of classic pin-up art (24 images) featuring Bettie Page and other favorite models (Julie Strain, Dita Von Teese, Masuimi Max et al). Each month of 2021 opens out to a double page spread with 2 images — the art covers roughly 2/3's of the spread, and calendar dates the rest. Very handsomely designed. Some tasteful nudity. Ozone, 2020. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: OLI21
na, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$15.99

One of our very top selling calendars every year. Beware, this has sold out early some years.

Also by Olivia:

Let Them Eat Cheesecake Signed from 1500 – 1 copy only [AB02. $125 $100]

Olivia button packs, both almost gone [OLIV2019, OLIV2018. $6.99 ea]

Lucky Ladies II Playing Cards [OLIL. $9.95]

Olivia Terry Tattoo Flash Pin [OLIVTF. $12].

Olivia’s work is also in Pinups Past and Present by Jim Silke [PINPASH. $17.99]. A second volume in this series is due soon.

 


RETRO PIN-UPS 2021 Calendar (Gifted)
Recommended. If you like the Elvgren "school" of vintage cheesecake, this is for you. Besides Gil's work (at least half of the calendar), here also are daring ladies by Randall and Art Frahm, who's famous for his ladies with their panties around their ankles. Girls pose in revealing nighties, dance, stretch, brush their hair, try to keep a towel in proper place, expose long legs exiting a car, etc. Gifted, 2020. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: RPU21
na, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99
 


PIN-UP GIRLS GIL ELVGREN 2021 Calendar
Recommended. It's classic Gil Elvgren and each girl is like a centerfold, taking up about 3/4's of the double page space each month. I like that format, it allows for much larger pictures albeit the date space is a bit smaller. We have girls doing tire repair, caught by an arrow, using a dress to hold a hot dish...all exposing sheer nylons. Many wear even less, posed seductively in daring outfits. All smiling or surprised to find themselves exposed. Orange Circle, 2020....More.

Item Code: PIG21
na, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

Click here for all 2021 Calendars. And click here for the latest in Pin-Up Art.

 

3...2...1...Gone

 
No new items added this week, but you can click here to see items that are going away soon, down to just one, two or three copies left.
 

Coming in December

 


ELEEZA THE ART OF ELIZA IVANOVA
By Eliza Ivanova. An evocative, edgy, and beautiful book filled with the work of this exciting artist who has contributed to many of Pixar's latest films. She produces effortless movement with her sketched lines and animation-influenced dynamic touches. Well known for her portraits and figures of women and children, Eliza’s style is distinctive and rich in detail. Includes a gallery filled with a mix of old favorites, new creations and commissions for this book. 3DTotal, 2020. Due: Dec....More.

Item Code: ELEEZ
Soft Cover, 9x13, 152pg, Full Color
$42.99
 


SILVER AGE CLASSICS KONA Monarch of Monster Isle Volume 1 Hardcover
Collects KONA Monarch of Monster Isle #1-4, 1962 plus Reptilicus #1, 1961. By Sam Glanzman. Covers by Victor Prezio. Debuted in Dell's Four Color Comics #1256 (February 1962) before his own self-titled series started a few months later with issue #2. Kona saves the lives of Dr. Henry Dodd, his daughter Mary and his grand children Mason and Lily after this group crashes their army surplus airship on the prehistoric Pacific island Monster Isle that Kona calls home. PS Artbooks, 2020. Due: Dec....More.

Item Code: SAKM01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$46.99

Check out more titles in the Silver Age Classics series. We are the primary U.S. source for these. Diamond does not keep these in stock past their first listing, so most comic shops can’t restock them.

 


SILVER AGE CLASSICS SPACE ADVENTURES Volume 6
Collects Space Adventures #27-31, 1959. By Dick Giordano et al. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, we come to the end of our Space Adventures saga from Charlton Comics. Blast off into these pages and feast on the universe of 1950s space adventures from writers and artists including Dick Giordano, Steve Ditko (4 stories in #27), Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Matt Baker, Ernie Hart, Maurice Whitman, Rocco Mastroserio and Bill Montes. PS Artbooks, 2020. Due: Dec....More.

Item Code: PCSPA06H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$46.99

See previous volumes on our website.

 


DEADMAN OMNIBUS
Highly Recommended. By Neal Adams, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez et al. Introduced in 1967, Deadman was a circus performer known as "Boston" Brand who was murdered while on the high-wire. In the afterlife, a mysterious being known as Rama Kushna gifted his spirit with the ability to possess the bodies of the living so he could discover the identity of his killer and bring him to justice. Featuring spectacular art by Neal Adams, José Luis García-López and others, these tales take Deadman across the DC Universe in search of justice. DC Comics, 2020. Due: Dec....More.

Item Code: DEADMH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 944pg, Full Color
$99.99 $85.00
 


THE PHANTOM The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 20 1966-1968
Recommended. By Lee Falk. Art by Sy Barry. This continues the Sy Barry years! Five complete continuities: "Bullet's Town," "The Killer," "The Sea God," "The Satchel," "The Crime School," "Deadman's Point," and "The Rogue Elephant." Included in the volume is a comprehensive essay and documentary materials. Hermes, 2020. Due: Nov....More.

Item Code: PH20H
Hard Cover, 12x8, 272 pg, Full Color
$60.00

See our website for more Dailies, Sundays, and other Phantom books.

 

Rare & Out of Print

 

No new items this week. Click on the links below to view more mature items on our website.

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Mature Readers

Beautiful Sexy Portraits of Erotic Film Stars is just what it sounds like, except it’s not explicit nor in bad taste. Nearly half the book is actually face portraits, lovely faces of well-known film stars, but nothing prurient. The other half is more traditional full nudes. By photographer & film director James Avalon.

From the same publisher: Early Photographs of Bettie Page [EARP. $19.99 $14.99]

Two new 2021 Calendar titles this week: The tasteful Wings of Angels…girls in skimpy outfits and classic WWII planes, no nudity. And Pole Dancers, athletic ladies doing amazing acrobatics. See all of our adult calendars here, including several new ones.

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