Thursday, December 17, 2020

New Star Wars Archives, a Shazam collection, Alter Ego & Comic Book Creator, and a signed print by Olivia.

This week we have a Wonder Woman print signed by Olivia and two new Star Wars Archives. A new Shazam collection, DC Through the 80's by Paul Levitz. Alter Ego features Syd Shores and Comic Book Creator examines Tim Truman. Also a huge The Books of Magic Omnibus, Conan goes to Las Vegas, Superman vs. Wonder Woman from 1978, Simon Bisley's Slaine deluxe, more Pre-Code Sale books and also three new PS Artbooks. Coming in January, The Art of Saul Tepper.

Graphic Novels  |  Comic Book Archives  |  Wonder Woman
New Star Wars  |  New from Beehive Press  |  Magazines from Twomorrows

3..2...1...Gone   |  New from PS Artbooks   |  PS Pre-Code On Sale
Coming in January  |  News & Notes  |  Website Index

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Graphic Novels

 


ADVENTUREMAN Volume 1 The End of Everything After
Collects #1-4, 2020. Our Highest Recommendation. By Matt Fraction. Art by Terry Dodson et al. Where his story ended... her story begins! "Everyone" knows the story of how Adventureman, the greatest pulp hero of all time, ended in a heartbreaking cliffhanger with our hero facing his very execution...now, learn the startling truth about how, 80 years after his seeming demise, single mother and amazing babe Claire and her adventurefan son Tommy light the spark of resurrection! Well written and superbly drawn, this is a breath of fresh air and worth your attention. Handsome oversized hardcover with 13-page bonus Afterword by Fraction interspersed with dozens and dozens of never before seen character sketches by Dodson. Image Comics, 2020....More.

Item Code: ADVM01H
Hard Cover, 9x12, 168pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
Here's more by Terry Dodson: Bombshells Sketchbook, a Bettie Page statue and variant (on sale), Muse (in the same style as Adventureman) [MUSEH. $24.95], plus other books he has a part of.
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
BOMBS AWAY A Terry Dodson Sketchbook Signed
Signed! All-new. Highly Recommended. One of our very favorite good-girl illustrators. Bombs Away is a collection of highlights from the last 3 years of Terry's personal sketchbooks. The drawings include numerous character designs and figure studies, most but not all of heroines...including work for his upcoming IMAGE title Adventureman! with Matt Fraction. Plus a how-to section about the creation of this cover, with Terry narrating the process step by step. Today Terry is also working on covers for Marvel's Star Wars, Mr. and Mrs. X, and DC's Wonder Woman — she gets the center spread here. Flesk, 2019....More.

Item Code: BOMB09S
Soft Cover, 6x8, 32pg, Full Color
$15.00
 


CONAN Battle for the Serpent Crown
Collects Conan: Battle for The Serpent Crown #1-5, 2020. Recommended. By Saladin Ahmed. Art by Luke Ross. A deadly quest and a daring heist...in the age of marvels! Conan wanders the desert, and as he reaches the city, no Stygian temple nor Vendhyan fortress greets him. No, something far stranger: the lights of modern day Las Vegas! Conan is far from home, and it's time for him to tread the thrones of the Marvel Universe under his sandaled feet! Co-Stars The Black Cat, Mephisto and Scarlet Spider. The City of Sin is just the beginning... Includes variant covers. Marvel, 2020....More.

Item Code: CONBAT
Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color
$15.99 $14.50
See more new Conan graphic novels, as well as vintage comics in archives, on our website.
 


REMINA
Recommended. By Junji Ito. AAn unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Oguro, christens the body “Remina” after his own daughter. His finding is met with great fanfare, and Remina herself rises to fame. However, the object picks up speed as it moves along in its curious course, eliminating planets and stars one after another, until finally Earth itself faces extinction — Is the girl Remina the true cause of the catastrophe? A masterwork of horror from Junji Ito, unfolding on a universal scale. Viz Media, 2020....More.

Item Code: JUNJH
Hard Cover, 6x9, 256pg, b&w
$22.99 $20.99
See our website for more Manga like this.
 

Comic Book Archives

 


THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE CLASSICS THE BOOKS OF MAGIC Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Books of Magic #1-32 & 14 more issues of various titles, 1990-97. Highly Recommended. By Peter Gross. Art by John Bolton, Charles Vess et al. What do two dead boys and a normal 13-year-old have in common? The ability to save the world. Charles and Edwin are dead. They're also detectives. Tim Hunter is alive. He could be the world's greatest mage...once he masters magic. And that's just the beginning. Neil Gaiman kicked off this series and this collects the complete saga of Tim Hunter in chronological order for the first time, with many never-before-collected tales and a brand new forward by writer John Ney Reiber and introduction by series writer and artist Peter Gross. DC Comics, 2020....More.

Item Code: SANDB01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1504pg, Full Color
$150.00 $125.00
See the latest Sandman Deluxe Archives and more, and more Neil Gaiman here.
 


SLAINE THE HORNED GOD Collector's Edition
Massive, Bargain-Priced Edition. Recommended. By Pat Mills. Art by Simon Bisley. The number one best-selling graphic novel in a deluxe collector's edition. For too long the people of Tír nan Óg have suffered under the dominion of the drunes; strange druids who have poisoned the land with their magic. Now Slaine must unite the four kings and use their mystical weapons in an all-out war. One of the most popular stories to be serialized in 2000 AD, the acclaimed British title. The entire saga in one volume. 2000 AD, 2020....More.

Item Code: SLAHO
Soft Cover, 8x11, 208pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
Here's five more Bisley collections.
 


DC THROUGH THE 80S The End of Eras
Recommended. By Paul Levitz. In the first of three comprehensive volumes exploring this revolutionary decade, former DC Comics president and veteran comics writer Paul Levitz explores the early 1980s and a tectonic shift through the world of comic books. Stories here are milestones from Jim Aparo, Mike W. Barr, Cary Bates, Rich Buckler, Gerry Conway, Denys Cowan, Johnny Craig, J.M. DeMatteis, Tony DeZunija, Lee Elias, Mark Evanier, Michael Fleisher, Ramona Fradon, Dave Gibbons, Dick Giordano, Sam Glanzman, Mike Grell, Carmine Infantino, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Gil Kane, Alan Moore, Dennis O'Neil, Nestor Redondo, and many more! DC Comics, 2020. ...More.

Item Code: DCTHREH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 520pg, Full Color
$49.99 $39.99
 


SHAZAM AND THE SEVEN MAGIC LANDS
Recommended. Collect #1-11, 13 & 14, 2018-19. By Geoff Johns. Outstanding artwork and a really wild story, as legendary comics writer Geoff Johns continues his modern reimagining of Shazam following the hit 2019 Warner Bros. movie. Shazam and his foster siblings take a trip to a series of magical lands including the Funlands and the Wozenderlands. But these dreamlike fantasy worlds hide a nightmarish reality, as the young heroes must face the lands' tyrannical rulers as well as the all-new deadly Monster Society lead by Mr. Mind. DC Comics, 2020....More.

Item Code: SHAZS
Soft Cover, 7x10, 344pg, Partial Color
$29.99 $26.99
Here's more Shazam collections, including the real, original Captain Marvel.
 

Wonder Woman

 


WONDER WOMAN LASSO OF TRUTH Fine Art Print By Olivia
Signed, numbered & limited, 600! Highly Recommended. By Olivia De Berardinis. Sideshow and Olivia De Berardinis, inspired by Gal Gadot's sensational performance in Wonder Woman (2017), present Olivia's incredible portrait of a beloved heroine, strikingly embodying Gadot's likeness, complete with her detailed Amazon armor. A superbly painted and reproduced high quality print, on very heavy deluxe paper, capturing every detailed color and brushstroke in a luxury collectible format. Each print is hand-signed by Olivia and includes a signed Certificate of Authenticity as a part of the limited edition of 600 pieces. Sideshow, 2020....More.

Item Code: WWLAS
18x26, Full Color
$225.00
 


SUPERMAN VS WONDER WOMAN Tabloid Edition
Recommended. By Gary Conway. This tabloid-sized epic from 1978 tells the tale of a forgotten chapter of World War II in which Superman and Wonder Woman cross paths as the United States stands at the brink of developing nuclear weapons. While Superman sees the atomic potential to stop the Axis, Wonder Woman is determined to destroy their deployment before innocent lives are lost! But before they can settle their differences, they must face the super-powered menaces of the Nazi Baron Blitzkrieg and the mysterious samurai Sumo! DC Comics, 2020....More.

Item Code: SUPVWH
Hard Cover, 10x14, 72pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99
The next Wonder Woman film, WW 1984, hits theatres and/or stream on December 25. Here's all of our Wonder Woman collections, t-shirts and statues.
 

New Star Wars from Taschen

 


STAR WARS ARCHIVES EPISODES I-III 1999-2005
Highly Recommended. Numbered from 10,000 copies. By Paul Duncan. Made in close collaboration with George Lucas and Lucasfilm, this second volume covers the making of the prequel trilogy: Episode I, The Phantom Menace; Episode II; Attack of the Clones; and Episode III, Revenge of the Sith. This XXL tome matches the companion volume on Episodes 4-6. It continues a visual trip through the Star Wars galaxy with an exclusive interview with Lucas, script pages, abundant concept art and on-set photography, and much more.Taschen, 2020. Due to the weight, Rush shipping would require an additional charge. ...More.

Item Code: STARWEH
Hard Cover, 16x12, 600pg, Full Color
$200.00 $180.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
STAR WARS ARCHIVES EPISODES IV-VI 1977-1983
16 pounds, a massive landscape-format volume. Recommended. Made with the full cooperation of George Lucas and Lucasfilm, this first volume covers the making of the original trilogy—Episode IV: A New Hope,Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi—and features an exclusive interview with Lucas.The book is profusely illustrated with script pages, production documents, concept art, storyboards, on-set photography, stills, and posters. The ultimate feast of rare material revealing how the films were created, how the actors worked together, how special effects were done, changes from original concept to final film... Handsome black cloth-bound hardcover. Due to the weight, Rush shipping would require an additional charge. Taschen, 2018....More.

Item Code: STARWH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x16, 600pg, Full Color
$200.00 $180.00
 


STAR WARS ARCHIVES EPISODES IV-VI 1977-1983 40th Anniversary Edition
Bargain-Priced. Highly Recommended. George Lucas narrates his own story, taking us through the making of the original trilogy — Episode IV A New Hope, Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, and Episode VI Return of the Jedi — and bringing fresh insights into the creation of a unique universe. Complete with script pages, production documents, concept art, storyboards, tons of on-set photography, stills, and posters. The authoritative exploration of the original saga. Adapted into a smaller format based on the $200 Taschen Archives edition. Taschen, 2020....More.

Item Code: STARWAH
Hard Cover, 6x8, 512pg, Partial Color
$25.00
See our website for more Star Wars collections.
 

New Illustrated Collections from Beehive

 


PETER PAN
Recommended. By J. M. Barrie. Art by Brecht Evens. A deluxe new edition in Beehive's ongoing line of Illuminated Editions. Today's greatest graphic artists illustrate literary classics with original illustration and design. A slipcased hardcover edition of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, lavishly illustrated by Brecht Evens and designed by Maëlle Doliveux. Each slipcase is die-cut, foil blocked, and embossed and debossed to create a three dimensional impression of Brecht's beautiful artwork. Color plates. Beehive, 2020....More.

Item Code: PETPANH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 156pg, Full Color
$100.00
 


CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Recommended. By Fyodor Dostoevsky. Art by Dave McKean. A slipcased deluxe hardcover edition of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, lavishly illustrated by Dave McKean and designed by Maëlle Doliveux, who designed the other outstanding Beehive volumes. Full page and partial page art throughout in full color, and this is a big book—I'm surprised it's only $100 like the other smaller editions! Slipcase die-cut, foil blocked, embossed and debossed to create a three dimensional impression of Dave's beautiful artwork. Beehive, 2020....More.

Item Code: CRIMPH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 338pg, Partial Color
$100.00
More Illuminated Editions from Beehive:

Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde by Yuko Shimizu

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells, art by Bill Sienkiewicz

The Willows and Other Nightmares by Algernon Blackwood, art by Paul Pope

Beehive also produced:

Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady by Denis Kitchen and Violet Kitchen [MADNH. $125] and deluxe of 250 copies [MADND. $325]. I highly recommend both!

Temple of Silence: Forgotten Works and World of Herbert Crowley [ TEMPH. $125].

 

Magazines from Twomorrows

 


ALTER EGO #167
Highly Recommended. Edited by Roy Thomas. A star-spangled salute to Syd Shores, Golden Age artist of Captain America, the All Winners Squad, Black Rider, Human Torch, The Vision, Black Knight, and Silver Age artist of Red Wolf, Frankenstein, Cracked, Creepy, Eerie, Web of Horror, et al. Plus the inside story on creator of The Green Turtle, the sole Asian Golden Age hero; Mort Weisinger's legacy editing the Superman family; Allen Bellman remembrance, Golden Age Fawcett staffer Harvey Janes. Twomorrows, 2020....More.

Item Code: AE167
Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Full Color
$9.95
 


COMIC BOOK CREATOR #24
Recommended. Edited by Jon B. Cooke. Comic book veteran Timothy Truman talks about his start at the Joe Kubert School, breakout success on Grimjack with writer John Ostrander, and current collaborations. Also, part one of a career-spanning chat with Scott Shaw! about the early years of San Diego Comic-Con and friendship with Jack Kirby! Patrick McDonnell selects and comments upon favorite comic book pastiches from Mutts. TwoMorrows, 2020....More.

Item Code: CBCR24
Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Full Color
$9.95
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
THE FANTASTIC ART OF TIMOTHY TRUMAN Signed
Signed Bookplate! Highly Recommended. A career-spanning collection of art from Grimjack co-creator Timothy Truman, an important and popular creator in the heyday of 1970s and 1980s independent comics. This full-color hardcover focuses on Truman's western, fantasy, and science fiction genres, plus artwork for roleplaying game covers and illustrations. Clover Press, 2020. Due: Jan. ...More.

Item Code: FANTTHS
Hard Cover, na, 184pg, Full Color
$39.99
See our website for back issues of both titles, and click here for all of Twomorrows publications. Some are on sale. The Syd Shores picture shown above with Alter Ego is from my (Bud's) collection, thought you might enjoy it. It's probably from 1970 or so.
 

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

 
Here's another batch of 25 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.
 

New from PS Artbooks

 


PRE-CODE CLASSICS CHILLING TALES OF HORROR BEWARE Volume 1
Collects Youthful's Beware #10-12 and two great Avon one—shots, 1952-1953. Recommended. By Harry Harrison et al.Youthful operated from 1949 to 1954 and only published about ten titles. Doug Wildey was the company's lead artist—he later went on to create the 1964 animated television series Jonny Quest. This is a totally different title than Beware from Trojan—also collected by PS. Also here are two scarce Avon one-shots: Phantom Witch Doctor, with a great cover & 7 pages by Kinstler, and Night of Mystery by Kinstler and A.C. Hollingsworth. This pulls out all the stops: we have Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum by Wildey; an atom bomb and shrunken-head cover; an Ambrose Bierce adaptation; and a S.O.T.I. issue. PS Artbooks, 2020....More.

Item Code: PCBE01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$46.99
 


SILVER AGE CLASSICS Strange Suspense Stories Volume 4
Collects #33-37, 1957-58. Highly Recommended. Art by Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas et al. This fine Charlton title continues, featuring 2-3 Steve Ditko stories each in #33, 35 and 37, and 4 stories in #38, which is a special 15-cent, 68-page issue. And in #34, we're treated to "The story of ruthless business man W. B. Gaines," with a Ditko cover and more art. Also here are stories by Bill Molno, Sal Trapani, Don Perlin, Bill Fraccio, Maurice Whitman, Charles Nicholas, Richard Doxsee and Marvel's very own Gene Colan. Ditko's moody, individualistic touch came to dominate Charlton's supernatural titles such as this one. PS Artbooks, 2020....More.

Item Code: PCSS04H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color
$46.99
 


PS ARTBOOKS SOFTEE Strange Mysteries Volume 1
Collects Strange Mysteries #9-12, 1958-64 and Strange Worlds 1958. By Jay Disbrow, Ross Andru et al. I.W. Publishing became notorious for publishing unauthorized reprints of other company's comics, often with new covers. And from the Golden Age to pre-code, with NO comics code approval! Issues #9-12 are an eccentric mix of weird and strange tales from Jay Disbrow, George H. Appel, Ross Andru, Ben Brown, Bernard Baily and Carl Burgos. Plus, the bonus issue Avon's Strange Worlds featuring out of this world spine-tingling science fiction fare from the likes of Mike Esposito, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Syd Shores and Gene Fawcette. PS Artbooks, 2020....More.

Item Code: SASM01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$24.99
If you like this new lower-priced “Softee” format, see them all here. Planet Comics 1 & 2 have also been done as softcover, $24.99 editions.
 

PS Pre-Code On Sale

 


PRE-CODE CLASSICS AMAZING ADVENTURES Volume 1
Closeout Price! Collects #1-6, 1950-52. Highly Recommended. Art by Murphy Anderson, Jerry Siegel, Wally Wood et al. Oh, boy, we got an out'n'out doozy for you this time, with the six 1950's issues of Ziff Davis' Amazing Adventures, brim full with work from the likes of Murphy Anderson, Jerry Siegel (editor/writer), Ogden Whitney, Wally Wood, Norman Saunders, Ross Andru, and a host of other talented writers and artists. I could say more, like how #2 contains "The Steel Monster," a kickass riff on Ted Sturgeon's "Killdozer" yarn from 1944 (also homaged by Marvel some 20 years later). PS Artbooks, 2016....More.

Item Code: PCAA01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color
$59.99 $19.95
 


PRE-CODE CLASSICS DARK MYSTERIES Volume 1
Closeout Price! Collects #1-6, 1951. Highly Recommended. Art by Lou Cameron, Wally Wood & Joe Orlando, Harrison, Hollingsworth et al. Another off-beat publisher from the pre-code horror boom. From Master/Merit comes a 24-issue series kicking off with an eight-pager from Wally Wood ("The Curse of the Sea Witch")! Elsewhere there are tales from Joe Orlando, Walter Johnson, Ed Goldfarb, Bill Fraccio, Lou Cameron, John D'Agostino, Tony Tallarico, Harry Harrison (Wood's studio-mate and the Hugo-award winning Sci Fi writer), Hy Fleishman and a whole host of other wacked-out-of-their-gourd luminaries. PS Artbooks, 2018....More.

Item Code: PCD01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color
$49.99 $19.95
 


PRE-CODE CLASSICS DARK MYSTERIES Volume 2
Closeout Price! Collects #7-12, 1952-53. Recommended. Art by Harry Harrison, A. C. Hollingsworth, Hy Fleishman, Doug Wildey et al. Some of the weirdest and most esoteric stories and covers of the time. Skeletons, anyone? They loved them on every cover. And busty, Wally Wood-ish ladies—on the covers and inside, too. Dismemberment, hypo blood drainage, cannibalism, witch burning, severed heads...even a horror witch hostess clearly stolen from EC. And that's all noted in Overstreet! As shown on the cover here, artist Hy Fleishman was obviously influenced by Wood and he has plenty here. Also so does Hollingsworth, also a Woody clone. PS Artbooks, 2018....More.

Item Code: PCD02H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color
$49.99 $19.95
 


PRE-CODE CLASSICS ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS Volume 1
Closeout Price! Collects #5-9, 1952-53. Highly Recommended. By Alex Toth, George Tuska, Jerry Grandenetti, John Celardo, Ruben Moreira, Jack Katz et al. The covers alone are worth the price of admission — three stories by Toth, Jerry Grandenetti, plus, for fans of DC's My Greatest Adventure, a beautifully drawn story by Ruben Moreira —very few pre-code comics come any better than this. The under-rated Ralph Mayo contributes too. More wild work by Jack Katz included two covers. Even a delightful little two-pager by Murphy Anderson. Really strong artwork on fun horror stories in the EC tradition. Standard Comics did not believe in #1 issues so this ten issue run begins with #5. PS Artbooks, 2017....More.

Item Code: PCA01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$44.99 $19.95
 


PRE-CODE CLASSICS ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS Volume 2
Closeout Price! Collects #10-14, 1953-54. Final volume. Recommended. By George Roussos, Art Saaf, John Celardo, Nick Cardy, Alex Toth, Mike Sekowsky et al. The covers alone in this baby are worth the price of admission, by George Roussos and DC mainstay Mike Sekowsky, doing his best imitation of Alex Toth! And his best was very good, as shown on several of his stories here. Also in these issues, two stories by Jack Katz, an Overstreet-identified lingerie panel, and a cannibalism story cited by T.E. Murphy's anti-comics articles. And work by Gene Fawcette (Planet Comics and Avon regular) and the other artists mentioned above. Way above average pre-code stories. PS Artbooks, 2017....More.

Item Code: PCA02H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$44.99 $19.95
Here's the latest batch. See all sale titles here, and see regular priced, new PS books here. We'll have another batch or two of sale titles still coming up.
 

Coming in January

 


THE ART OF SAUL TEPPER
Saul Tepper (1899-1987) was a life member of the Society of Illustrators and was elected to its Hall of Fame in 1980. His work is most closely compared to that of Dean Cornwell, and he worked for all the same popular magazines as Cornwell. He eventually did an almost equal proportion of fiction and advertising assignments, for most of the magazines, and for many national accounts, such as Mobil Oil, Texaco, Packard, General Motors and Coca-Cola. This is the first-ever collection of his work. Limited, 900. Highly Recommended. By Daniel Zimmer. Illustrated Press, 2020. Due: Jan. ...More.

Item Code: ARTSTH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 224pg, Full Color
$44.95

As mentioned earlier, every single Illustrated Press Art of book has been declared out of print by the publisher. Still available from us are DeSoto, The Golden Age, and Stanley Meltzoff.
 

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News & Notes

 

Richard Corben RIP

Richard had just turned 80 in October, but apparently in a heart operation that went wrong, he passed away December 2. We are shocked and saddened. He's been a part of this business from the very beginning. A buddy of mine in my home town of San Jose was the publisher of Weirdom back circa 1966, which is where Corben's first work appeared. He followed that up with work in another 60's fanzine, Voice of Comicdom, also out of the Bay Area, even though he was from Kansas. I loved his work from the very beginning, and carried everything of his that I could get my hands on.


He became one of the biggest names in underground comics. Unlike even Crumb, Corben held appeal to traditional comic fans, for his superb fantasy work and self-done color, back when they were done with overlays, before computers. He was a master of this technique on titles like Fever Dreams; I remember Denis Kitchen proudly showing me Corben's color key for this when I visited Denis in Milwaukee in the 70s.

I actually published him myself once. Editor Jan Strnad did the first three issues of Anomaly as a fanzine, with Corben art among other works. He asked me to do the 4th issue as an underground comic, due to my proximity to bay area comix publishers and my distribution connections. We printed 20,000 copies and it sold very well. Anomaly featured one story drawn by Robert Kline, the rest by Corben, and all stories written by Jan Strnad. Strnad would go on to be a writer in the Warren magazines and for the mainstream companies.


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As the underground comix era wound down, Corben carried on with his own self-published work, Fantagor being one title, then began doing underground comics for Last Gasp and Kitchen Sink, and eventually moved into working for most of the independent as well as mainstream comic publishers. He'd been doing a regular series in Heavy Metal of late.

Richard didn't do conventions and I never had the privilege of meeting him. I handled all of his self-published zines, so we had a relationship in that way. And I've remained a fan of his work to this day; his unique style and viewpoint has always stood out amongst comic creators. His career lasted 55 years, a damned good run by any measure. He will be sorely missed.


Christmas and our Priority Rush Service

At this point, unless you are very lucky or you live on the west coast — and are still lucky — you may not see your order before Christmas. Unless you use our Priority Service and get your order in before noon, Pacific Standard Time, on Friday December 18. You MIGHT still get it if you use Priority Service and order before noon on Monday, the 28th, but we can't guarantee any hard and fast delivery times due to the way things are going lately with the Post Office and UPS. So we appreciate your understanding; we're getting your orders out within 24 hours, as usual; same day if you order by noon, PST, Mon-Friday.


Barnaby 4 & Fantagraphics New Releases

This brand new Barnaby collection has gone out of print — we can't believe it, it was only just published, but Fantagraphics is sold out. We have just a couple left as I write this. On the other hand. We have plenty of the on-sale volumes 1-3! Other Fantagraphics titles are also going OP faster than expected, so watch it on these. We're trying to find more of the latest volumes of Peanuts, Pogo Volume 7, the 3rd Prince Valiant Slipcased Set 7-9. More of each are coming, but from back-up sources. Streets of Paris may be gone. Act now on these.

~Bud


 

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