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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New Tarzan Adventures  |  New Graphic Novels  |  Comic Book Archives & More
Black Widow  |  Coming in December

3...2...1...Gone  |  Mature Readers  |  News & Notes  |  Website Index

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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
Click here for more Marvel Monograph collections.
 


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

 
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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