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We lead off with my favorite new book, At the Mountains of Madness. The new Moebius collection is also a winner. I greatly enjoyed Conan Exodus and am still delighting in Hunt Emerson's Great Occultists. And the Golden Age Black Canary archive is also a real treat. A fine look at Steranko is back in print. Also: Frank Thorne, news, arrival updates and more. |
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AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS Oversized hardcover with exquisite artwork. Our Highest Recommendation. By H.P. Lovecraft. Art by Fancois Baranger. Arkham, 1933. Professor Dyer, a prominent geologist, learns that a scientific expedition will soon leave for Antarctica following in the footsteps of the journey which he himself had made in 1931. In the hope of dissuading the attempt, Dyer decides to make a full account of the tragic events he had survived, this time without omitting the passages which he had kept silent about on his return, for fear of being taken for a madman. Two years earlier, ships chartered by Miskatonic University had landed on the frozen continent at the start of the Antarctic summer, and the group of four professors and sixteen students set to work immediately. The expedition biologist, Professor Lake, left with several members of the team to follow a promising fossil track. After just a few days, he announced by radio that he had discovered astonishing specimens of an unknown ancient species, before stopping all communication after a terrible storm. Design Studio Press, 2020...More… Item Code: ATMOUNH Hard Cover, 10x14, 64pg, Full Color |
| I just relisted the companion to this, The Call of Cthulhu, last week and promptly sold out our copies. It also has my highest recommendation. These are both illustrated versions using HPL's text. We'll have more shortly, and you are welcome to reserve one if you missed it [CALLCH. $29.95, $27.95]. We have another similar title The Call of Cthulhu and Dagon, just in last week, which is a graphic novel by different creators. |
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MALEVOLENT VISIONS The Art of Der Orchideengarten Volume 5 Collects Vol 2 #9-15. Recommended. By Thomas Negovan. Art by E. Plaichinger-Coltelli, Karl Ritter, Walter Wellenstein et al. Germany was already decimated by the First World War, and the Spanish Flu ravaged the country from border to border. It was during these unsettling years that the world's first horror-fantasy magazine was published. Immediately after the First World War, German art was at its height of decadence and debauchery: the magazine included copious illustrations of themes ranging from suspense and terror to crime and the eerily-erotic. Negovan also describes each of the stories, offering us an eerie glimpse at early fantasy horror.Century Guild, 2021....More… Item Code: ARTD05 Soft Cover, 5x9, 70pg, Partial Color $29.00 |
| Volumes 1-4 are all in stock [ARTD01, etc. $29 ea]. See more high quality, unique books from Century Guild here. |
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LAZLO PARKER Highly Recommended. This all-new hardcover matches the format as Le Faune de Mars, 4o Days in the Desert and Le Major. But this is purely an Art of Moebius, its abundant pages collecting most surreal paintings and drawings. "Lazlo Parker" is an obscure artist, purely from Moebius' imaginings--an expert in mechanized and yet organic shapes, a compulsive-obsessive drawer... Minimal text (intro, afterword and minor captioning) all in French. Moebius Productions, 2020. ...More… Item Code: LAZLH Hard Cover, 6x8, 320pg, Partial Color $50.00 |
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THE INCAL Back in print. Collects the 1st six volumes of The Incal, 1981-88. Highly Recommended. By Alejandro Jodorowsky. Art by Jean Giraud (Moebius). Here is Moebius at his finest!! John Difool, a detective in a degenerate dystopian world, finds his life turned upside down when he discovers an ancient, mystical artifact called "The Incal." Difool's adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxy's greatest warrior, the Metabaron, and will pit him against the awesome powers of the Technopope. These encounters and many others make up a tale of comic and cosmic proportions that has Difool fighting for not only his very survival but also the survival of the entire universe. And Moebius obviously had a great time with these wild, metaphysical, cosmic drawings. Humanoids, 2020...More… Item Code: INCAH Soft Cover, 8x10, 316pg, Full Color |
| Click here for Moebius. The other three books in this series are all in stock: 40 Days in the Desert, Le Major and La Faune de Mars, all in French limited editions. Also Inside Moebius 1-3, World of Edena, Angel Claws (erotica) and more. |
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COUNT By Ibrahim Moustafa. A sci-fi re-imagining of the greatest revenge story of all time: The Count of Monte Cristo, from an Eisner-nominated writer/artist. Framed for treason and wrongfully imprisoned at the hands of a jealous and corrupt magistrate, Redxan Samud escapes his breathtaking hovering prison colony with only one thing on his mind: Revenge. Posing as a Man of Status with a newfound fortune and his Automaton Retainer Unit (Aru) by his side, Samud sets out to dismantle the lives of those who have wronged him. Humanoids, 2021....More… Item Code: COUNS Soft Cover, 7x10, 136pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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LIVES OF THE GREAT OCCULTISTS Highly Recommended. By Kevin Jackson. Art by Hunt Emerson. Since the dawn of humanity, there have been individuals who want to mess around with Hidden Powers -- or scam others, impressed with their "special" powers. Some were mystics, some were scientists, some were charlatans. Some were powerful, some were wretched. All were pretty bonkers. From Dr. John Dee to Kenneth Anger, from Mother Shipton to Madam Blavatsky, from Isaac Newton to David Bowie -- centuries of eccentric, bizarre lives told in wonderfully funny short comic-style biographies. Knockabout, 2021....More… Item Code: LIVGO Soft Cover, 8x12, 112pg, Full Color $17.99 |
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CONAN Exodus and Other Tales Collects Conan the Barbarian: Exodus #1, 2019; Savage Sword of Conan #12, 2019; King-Size Conan #1, 2020. Recommended. By Frank Tieri, Roy Thomas et al. Art by Andrea Di Vito et al. SSavage tales of Conan the Barbarian by blockbuster creators! First, visionary artist Esad Ribic writes and illustrates the never-before-told story of Conan's first journey from Cimmeria at 15 years old! Braving the elements without food, shelter or weapons, Conan must learn to survive fast or die! Then, Frank Tieri and Andrea Di Vito send Conan to join the beautiful warrior Saleria on a hunt for a demonic sect in Argos! But a hellish mystery arises that may very well doom the nation! And legendary Conan scribe Roy Thomas returns in a king-sized tale fit for a barbarian! Plus seven variant covers. Marvel, 2021....More… Item Code: CONEX Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
| I quite liked this, collecting very recent stories celebrating Conan's early life. It reminded me of the first Conan stories and, in fact, Roy Thomas' story is actually a prequel to the very first Barry Windsor-Smith story in Conan #1. Oops, spoiler alert… |
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WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE Volume 3 Recommended. By Grant Morrison. Art by Yanick Paquette. Continuing the tradition of the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling Earth One tales that challenge the status quo -- the final installment of this visionary and enterprising graphic novel series. Diana, now queen of the Amazons, must assemble the disparate Amazonian tribes for the first time in a millennium. Max Lord's assault on Paradise Island with his destructive A.R.E.S. armors is on the horizon, and in order to weather the war that is coming, Wonder Woman will need the full might of her sisters by her side! DC Comics, 2021....More… Item Code: WWE03H Hard Cover, 7x10, 136 pg, Full Color |
| Vol 1 [WWE01H. $22.99, $20.99], Vol 2 [WWE02H. $24.99, $21.99]. Click here for more new Wonder Woman books, statues, and this gem: |
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ALSO AVAILABLE 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 |
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THE BLACK CANARY Bird of Prey Collects material from Flash Comics #86-88, 90-104; Comic Cavalcade #25; DC Special #3; Adventure Comics #399, 418-419; Brave and the Bold #61-62, 1947-72. Our Highest Recommendation. Don't miss this: ALL the cool first adventures of this late-Golden-Age heroine. Introduced in 1947 as a supporting character in Flash Comics, Black Canary became an instant hit with readers. She earned her own starring feature that established her identity as Dinah Drake, a meek florist by day who dished out vigilante justice by night under the guise of the Black Canary. Collects all of Dinah Drake's early comic book appearances by Robert Kanigher, Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, and Murphy Anderson. DC Comics, 2021....More… Item Code: BLACAB Soft Cover, 7x10, 224pg, Full Color |
| These early stories are tongue in cheek, since she started out in the Johnny Thunder strip which was a loopy super-hero spoof. He was constantly being saved by the strange alien character Thunderbolt. Reader response was so good, Black Canary first became a regular, then graduated to her own strip. She reminds me of Harvey's Golden Age Black Cat, not to be taken too seriously…but lots of fun. |
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MORBIUS THE LIVING VAMPIRE Blood Ties By Brendan Deneen. Cover by Lee Inhyuk. A entirely new prose novel by the author of The Chrysalis. Morbius the Living Vampire seeks to end his curse of bloodthirst and to stop a demonic cult from unleashing hell on Earth. He teams up with Amanda Saint, whose sister Catherine, Poison-Lark, is one of the leaders of the Demon-Fire Cult. She plans to unleash all the powers of Hell on Earth, and to kill Morbius and Amanda. Marvel, 2021....More… Item Code: MORLVH Hard Cover, 6x9, 304pg, Text Only |
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BERSERK DELUXE EDITION Volume 7 Collects Volumes #19-21. Genuine leather binding, massive 704 pages. By Kentaro Miura. Guts the Black Swordsman is on a rampage when Mogus, master inquisitor of the Holy See, readies Guts' beloved Casca to be burned at the stake as a heretic in the forbidding Tower of Conviction. But Casca's demonic Brand of Sacrifice is drawing hideous dark powers to the Tower, and even if Guts can defeat the mighty Mogus, can he save Casca from the ravenous hordes of Hell? A new matching volume in the popular, long running story. Violent, occasional nudity. Dark Horse, 2021. Mature Readers. ...More… Item Code: BER07H Hard Cover, 7x10, 704pg, b&w |
| All back volumes remain available, as well as the companion series, Hellsing. |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS HOWARD THE DUCK Volume 1 Recommended. Wow -- an extra large Masterwork with all of Howard's first adventures. There were several worthy candidates for the milestone 300th Masterworks edition, but only one waddled away with election victory: Steve Gerber and his artistic cohorts Val Mayerik, Frank Brunner and Gene Colan delivered one of comics' most iconoclastic and hilarious characters with ol' Howard. From his quirky first appearance as a "fowl out of water" alongside Man-Thing, to, well, you'll see. Marvel, 2021....More… Item Code: MMHD01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 392pg, Full Color |
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MYSTERIOUS TRAVELERS Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity By Zack Kruse. Steve Ditko (1927-2018) was one of the most important contributors to American comic books. As the co-creator of Spider-Man and sole creator of Doctor Strange, Ditko made an indelible mark on American popular culture. Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity resets the conversation about his heady and powerful work. Always inward facing, Ditko's narratives employed superhero and supernatural fantasy in the service of self-examination, and with characters like the Question, Mr. A, and Static, Ditko turned ordinary superhero comics into philosophic treatises. Many of Ditko's philosophy-driven comics show a clear debt to ideas found in Ayn Rand's Objectivism. Unfortunately, readers often reduce Ditko's work to a mouthpiece for Rand's vision. Mysterious Travelers unsettles this notion. University of Mississippi Press, 2021...More… Item Code: MYSTRA Soft Cover, 6x9, 286pg, Text/b&w $30.00 |
| Several excellent books collecting Ditko work have appeared lately. Several of the Fantagraphics collections and PS Silver Age Classics are also currently on sale. See them all here. |
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R. CRUMB Literature, Autobiography and the Quest for Self By David Stephen Calonne. R. Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self contains six chapters that chart Crumb's intellectual trajectory and explore the recurring philosophical themes that permeate his depictions of literary and biographical works and the ways he responds to them through innovative, dazzling compositional techniques. Calonne explores the ways Crumb develops concepts of solitude, despair, desire, and conflict as aspects of the quest for self in his engagement with the book of Genesis and works by Franz Kafka, Jean-Paul Sartre, the Beats, Charles Bukowski, and Philip K. Dick, as well as Crumb's illustrations of biographies of musicians Jelly Roll Morton and Charley Patton. Calonne demonstrates how Crumb's love for literature led him to attempt an extremely faithful rendering of the texts he admired while at the same time highlighting for his readers the particular hidden philosophical meanings he found most significant in his own autobiographical quest for identity and his authentic self. University of Mississippi Press, 2021....More… Item Code: RCRUL Soft Cover, 6x9, 288pg, Text/b&w $30.00 |
| This is also being done as a hardcover, which is not yet in stock [RCRULH. $99]. Yes, not a typo, it's $99. As far as we know, it's the same book but obviously a print on demand or a very small edition size. |
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TEACHING ARTFULLY By Meghan Parker. Introduction by Eisner-award winning Nick Sousanis. Teaching Artfully charmingly chronicles Meghan Parker's explorations as a new art teacher in a public high school. Parker struggles with engaging her students with art and why it's an important part of education. A lesson, in comic-form, we can all learn from. Created as a groundbreaking Master of Arts thesis in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, Teaching Artfully celebrates the role of the arts and emphasizes the importance of personal connection in education. Clover Press, 2021....More… Item Code: TEACAR Soft Cover, 7x6, 240pg, Full Color |
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OVERSTREET PRICE GUIDE 1st Edition Facsimile Hardcover By Robert M. Overstreet. The celebration of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide's landmark 50th anniversary continues with this special facsimile edition of the famous, rare blue cover edition, the second printing of the first Guide from 1971, complete with minor corrections and additional vintage advertisements. When the first printing sold out, the Guide was on its way to becoming The Bible of collectors, dealers and historians. High grade copies of Overstreet #1 go for thousands of dollars, but now here's your chance to get a beautiful facsimile edition, complete with the original oh-so-low prices. Gemstone, 2021...More… Item Code: OVER02H Hard Cover, 5x9, 232pg, Text/b&w $25.00 |
| The signed hardcover edition is here as well [OVER02HS. $50]. We have just four coming in only, out of a limited printing that was allocated. One is already on reserve. The softcover edition is also in stock [OVER02. $16.95]. |
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STERANKO The Self-Created Man Back in stock. Highly Recommended. By James Romberger. Art by Jim Steranko. James Romberger's long-awaited examination of the comics and film work of Jim Steranko, America's first comic book auteur. It is presented in three parts -- a biographical overview; a comprehensive interview with Steranko that articulates 144 graphic and narrative innovations found in his comics from 1966-1984; and a critical analysis of his film conceptualizations for Alain Resnais, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola. Romberger's unique perspective offers an insightful and readable commentary about one of the most enigmatic and influential creators of our time. Ground Zero Books, 2018....More… Item Code: STERSE Soft Cover, 6x9, 162pg, Text/Partial Color $24.00 |
| This is from a small publisher and has been out of print for several months. It was among our 2020 Bestsellers and we are very pleased to offer this new printing. Click here for more Steranko. |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE FANTASTIC FOUR Volume 12 Hurt By John Byrne. Master storyteller John Byrne's groundbreaking Fantastic Four run continues! From a mysterious Wakandan adventure to the chilling return of Galactus, Byrne orchestrates epic adventures that capture the spirit of what makes the FF Marvel's greatest super-team. Each issue explores the essence of these beloved characters while also putting them in unexpected places -- like side by side with Doctor Doom in a battle for Latveria! Byrne also recognizes the power of Sue Richards, has changes in store for Nova and the Thing and returns to the X-Men for a super-sized FF 250 extravaganza! Plus: John Byrne's Silver Surfer collaboration with Stan Lee, an alternate-universe exploration of an FF without super-powers and a rare Mister Fantastic story. Marvel, 2020. Condition: Bumped corners....More… Item Code: MMFF12HR Hard Cover, 7x10, 360pg, Full Color |
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AN AFFAIR WITH BEAUTY The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy Romantic Illusions Hurt Recommended. By James Philip Head. Foreword by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Fame, fortune, and beautiful models -- Howard Chandler Christy had them all. He was the most famous American painter of the Jazz Age, a time when an elite brotherhood of New York artists dominated the publishing world. Christy had eclipsed all of them with his "Christy Girl," an idealized woman who redefined beauty and influenced fashion. In Romantic Illusions, the second book in James Philip Head's trilogy, Christy tells of his early years studying art in near-poverty in New York City and his sudden ascent to stardom as the top pupil of William Merritt Chase, the premier portrait painter in America. Northloop, 2019. Condition: Bumped corners....More… Item Code: ANAFAHR Hard Cover, 6x9, 456pg, Text/Partial Color |
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AN AFFAIR WITH BEAUTY The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy The Magic of Youth Hurt By James Philip Head. The Magic of Youth is the first book in An Affair with Beauty -- The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy, a biographical trilogy of the artist's epic life as told primarily through the eyes of his second wife, Nancy, a former Cosmopolitan model once considered to be one of the most beautiful women in America. As she reflects on her life, Nancy tells of first meeting Christy in 1912 and becoming his top model. She is captivated by his irresistible charm and the glamour of his enchanting world, but discovers that things are not always what they seem and even the great Christy has scandalous secrets. Northloop, 2016. Condition: Bumped corners....More… Item Code: ANAFAMYHR Hard Cover, 6x9, 292pg, Text/Partial Color |
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HIS NAME IS SAVAGE! Volume 1 Hurt Almost Gone! An all-new sequel. Recommended. By Steven Grant. Art by Jesus Portaveritas. Savage, the star of Gil Kane's 1968 graphic novel, is back! He is the ultimate spy and de facto enforcer reining in the intelligence community's illegal excesses. But he's been framed by an international criminal cabal and is now on the run from the very government he's sworn to protect. Hmm, sure sounds like Jason Bourne!! Savage is the original anti-hero, the cure that could be worse than the disease. Looks like a good story, lots of action and violence, as with Kane's original story. ComicMix, 2019. Out of Print. Condition: Slightly bumped corners. ...More… Item Code: HISNA01R Soft Cover, 7x10, 90pg, Full Color |
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REGIMENT The True Story of the SAS Book 1 Hurt First published in France in 2017. Recommended. By Vincent Brugeas. Art by Thomas Legrain. The true and incredible story of the origins of a unit that would become legendary during the Second World War, and remains to this day one of the finest Special Forces in the world. It's 1941 and Europe is under the Nazi heel. Great Britain still holds out, but the situation worsens with every passing day. And in North Africa, gateway to the Middle East and its immense oil reserves, Rommel now threatens Egypt, keystone of British defences. In those desperate times, three unconventional officers band together to create a small, elite unit that will become a military legend: the SAS. Cinebook, 2019. Condition: Bumped corners....More… Item Code: REG01R Soft Cover, 8x11, 64pg, Full Color |
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JUSTICE INC Volume 1 Hurt New Printing. Recommended. By Michael Uslan. Art by Giovanni Timpano. A historic crossover, finally back in print! Cover by Alex Ross. The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Avenger, the three iconic pulp crime-fighters come together for the first time! Out of tragedy, a hero is born... and an alliance formed! When an airliner carrying industrialist Richard Henry Benson and his family disappears, it's the first strike in a secret cabal's master plan for world conquest. As genius adventurer Doc Savage and brutal vigilante The Shadow attempt to avert disaster with their science and bullets, Benson rises from the ashes with a fearsome new identity: The Avenger. Dynamite, 2020. Condition: Bumped corners....More… Item Code: JUSI01R Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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KULL SAVAGE SWORD The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Collected from Savage Sword of Conan & dozens more magazines and comics, 1975-87. Recommended. By Roy Thomas, Doug Moench et al. Art by Ross Andru, Marie Severin, et al. Robert E. Howard's best known hero after Conan is Kull...and a host of Marvel's greatest talents would chronicle his saga: his exile and savage youth; his exploits on the high seas; his rise through the gladiatorial pits and military ranks; his reign as king; and his epic battles with the skull-faced sorcerer Thulsa Doom. Experience Kull's complete black-and-white magazine tales here in this first-ever omnibus. Marvel, 2021. Due: May. ...More… Item Code: KULLSSH Hard Cover, 7x11, 952pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS BROTHER VOODOO Volume 1 1973-1990. By Len Wein et al. Art by Gene Colan et al. In 1973, Marvel's iconic series Strange Tales was reborn, starring an extraordinary new horror hero. Here are the zombie-hunting adventures of Brother Voodoo -- back to life! Haitian-born Jericho Drumm left his island nation to study psychology in America. When his brother is on his death bed, he returns home and this man of science becomes entangled in the spiritual world of voodoo! Jericho's brother's spirit is joined with his own. His exploits also pit him against A.I.M. and team him with Moon Knight and Doctor Strange. Marvel, 2021. Due: May. ...More… Item Code: MMBV01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 344pg, Full Color |
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ETHER -- LIBRARY EDITION Collects the complete series: all 15 issues of Ether I, II and III. From New York Times bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and Black Hammer's David RubÃn comes an interdimensional, genre-bending, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery adventure! Interdimensional explorer Boone Dias, a brilliant scientist from Earth, enters the magical world of Ether and a new existence that takes him through the center of volcanoes, deserts full of living mummies and sphinxes, and a bizarre fairy forest -- all leading toward a final climactic battle for the fate of both worlds. Dark Horse, 2021. Due: May. ...More… Item Code: ETHEH Hard Cover, 8x12, 440pg, Full Color| |
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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL 10 The Art of Sydney Jordan & Jim Holdaway Highly Recommended. At long last, a fitting tribute to two of the greatest British newspaper comic strip artists, Sydney Jordan, renowned for the finest SF strip Jeff Hawke, and Jim Holdaway, the definitive artist on Peter O'Donnell's iconic Modesty Blaise newspaper strip. With a touching foreword by Brian Bolland, here is a Jeff Hawke gallery and an in-depth interview with Jordan. And the art of Jim Holdaway, a Modesty Blaise & Romeo Brown gallery, and much more. Book Palace, 2021. Due: May. ...More… Item Code: IQS10 Magazine, 9x11, 160pg, Partial Color $45.99 |
| The other specials still available are Volumes 2 and 5-9. Click here for more fine books and magazines from this British publisher, Book Palace: from the Fleetway Picture Library series, to The Complete Three Musketeers. |
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Frank passed away March 7, at the age of 90. I met Frank in the 1970s when he was doing his Wizard skits at the New York Comic Art Con, with Wendy Pini. He was also an early customer at those shows. And his many books, such as Lann and Ghita, first published by Ken Pierce books, were mainstays for me for many, many years. Hermes has been collecting much of Frank's work lately, so it's good Frank was around to see this resurgence in his oeuvre. Numerous industry professionals relayed news of Thorne's passing on Facebook, including comic book writer Paul Levitz. "Bidding farewell to Frank Thorne, an artist who progressively developed his style into a more and more personal expression. I had the pleasure of working with Frank in his later DC days, when he did some magnificent work for the mystery titles, and stepped in to pencil for Jim Aparo on The Spectre, matching his storytelling approach carefully to Jim's," Levitz wrote. "But Frank had the best time of his career on Marvel's Red Sonja, who he made both powerful and sexy," he continued. "He was probably the first working mainstream [artist] to revel in [cosplay], becoming the Wizard who acted with Wendy Pini's Sonja at show after show. A man of talent, charm and great wit. Good journey onward, Frank, you will be long remembered."
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The Fantastic Art of Timothy Truman is hung up and we don't have a new arrival date. We're adding a signed bookplate to this, thanks to Tim [FANTTHS. $39.99]. Dracula of Transylvania by Richard Delgado, which will also come with a special bookplate, is now slated for the end of July [DRACHS. $45]. Al Williamson: Strange World Adventures [SC ALSTR 29.99, HC $39.99]. and Carbon 4 [SC MSC04. $24.95, signed HC MSC04HS. $39.95] by Mark Schultz were both delayed in transit from China. They are now expected right around April 1st. John Fleskes will be hand-delivering our copies. The Publisher Exclusive hardcovers are limited to our initial order, but are still available for your advance order.
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Other Notes Dark Shadows Volume 1 [DARS01. $14.99] is out of print and we have just six left. #2-6 remain in stock. Also from Hermes, The Phantom Dailies Volumes 4, 10, 16 and 20 are all down to one or two copies each. Cons de Fee: The Erotic Art of Wallace Wood sold out quickly but we brought in a big new batch, so no problem now. Trigan Empire 1 seems currently out of print, we're out, but we have plenty of Volume 2 [RIS02. $24.99]. The two Basil Gogos variant covers are now sold out from the publisher and the Dracula variant is gone. We still have copies of the Werewolf cover [MONBGWV. $100, $55] and the original variant, a Bride of Frankenstein cover [MONBGH. $100]. Our free (well, $5) James Bama book is gone. I just discontinued several older Cavewoman titles in short supply — look for the “Almost Gone” message, always a tip-off this is your last opportunity. ~Bud |
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