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We mailed out our annual Free Comic Book Day specials earlier this week. See it all here. Add ones you want to an order from this list. Also, our latest catalog—Bruce Timm cover—is new this week, downloadable here. Print copies will reach you early in September. This week we have Hokusai's Views of Edo, another 1000-page Archie, Crumb's final Sketchbook, John Byrne Fourth World, Four-Fisted Tales, more vintage Conan, Giant Size X-Men Tribute, Captain America Omnibus, Lady Mechanika, a new Elvira adventure and the return of Lev Gleason's Daredevil. Plus lots of coming items and new books from Flesk. |
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R. CRUMB SKETCHBOOK Volume 6 Highly Recommended. Edited by Dian Hanson. Silly Fool Comics fills the final page in this final volume, with a devilish creature telling the anguished Crumb, "YOU Will Soon Be DEAD!" He was a mere 67, but in his self-absorbed way was already obsessing about death, when not making intimate and loving portraits of his wife Aline and all the other women who'd tormented his libido since boyhood. Most impressive in this book are his historic tableaux, some single page, others multi-page strips, including Piers the Ploughman of 14th century England, My Secret Life by "Walter," Rough Women of the Dark Ages and The Apache Dance, from a 1930s Parisian postcard.Taschen, 2021. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: RCSK06H Hard Cover, 8x11, 444pg, Partial Color $40.00 |
| This is the final volume in the series. Volumes 1-3, & 5 are still available, from $34.95 to $40. Volume #4 is out of print. Here are more Crumb Sketchbooks from previous series, and more Crumb in general. |
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THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI Recommended. Bound in the Japanese tradition with uncut paper, the original 36 plates plus the additional 10 later added by the artist. Mount Fuji has long been a centerpiece of Japanese cultural imagination, and nothing captures this with more virtuosity than the landmark woodblock print series by Hokusai (1760-1849). The renowned print maker documents 19th-century Japan with exceptional artistry and emotion, celebrating its countryside, cities, people, and serene natural beauty. Taschen, 2021. ...More. Item Code: THIRMFH Hard Cover, 17x12, 224pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE HOKUSAI A Graphic Biography Highly Recommended. By Francesco Matteuzzi. Art by Giuseppe Latanza. A revealing and wonderfully visual graphic novel biography of Japan's most famous artist. He's the enigmatic creator of Japanese art's all-time most iconic image — and far more. His intriguing life and pioneering works, details of the Edo-era Japan, and how Hokusai forged an image of his country that still resonates across the world today. Laurence King Publishing, 2021....More. Item Code: HOKUH Hard Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color |
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DC POSTER PORTFOLIO Jae Lee Recommended. Jae Lee's distinctive award-winning style has enthralled fans for years. Now his most popular pieces of DC's most iconic heroes can grace your home in this all-new poster collection! Printed on heavy card stock paper, the pages of the Poster Portfolio are easily pulled out and are suitable for framing. See Lee's unique concepts of Batman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Superman and others. DC Comics, 2021....More. Item Code: DCPOJL Soft Cover, 12x16, 42pg, Full Color |
| Here are the other DC Poster Portfolios available. |
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GIANT SIZE X-MEN Tribute to Wein and Cockrum Gallery Edition Collects Giant-Size X-Men: Tribute to Wein & Cockrum #1, 2020; Giant-Size X-Men #1, 1975. Recommended. In 1975, one comic book changed the face of Marvel Comics forever. Writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum revamped The X-Men with an international cast including Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus and Wolverine! Now, 36 of Marvel's top artists come together to recreate this epic story, each drawing one pulse-pounding, fully painted page in tribute! Plus: Wein & Cockrum's inimitable original story — together with tons of behind the scenes artwork and more special features — all on oversized 10x13 pages that give new meaning to Giant-Size X-Men! Marvel, 2021....More. Item Code: GIAXM Hard Cover, 9x13, 200pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE X-MEN GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS Extended Cut Gallery Edition Collects #1-2, 2020. By Chris Claremont. Art by Brent Eric Anderson. In 1982, writer Chris Claremont was in the midst of his legendary run on Uncanny X-Men, by far Marvel's #1 best-selling title. He was changing the comic landscape forever and creating a new gold standard of storytelling! With a wealth of ideas, Claremont joined forces with industry giant Brent Anderson for a one-shot, stand-alone graphic novel: this book. This groundbreaking story saw the X-Men teaming up with their bitterest enemy, Magneto, against an adversary threatening all of mutant kind in the name of God. An all-new, oversized edition of one of Marvel's finest-ever tales. Marvel, 2020. ...More. Item Code: XMGODH Hard Cover, 9x13, 112pg, Full Color |
| Here are more X-Men collections and specials. |
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection Volume 3 Collects Volume 3 Conan the Barbarian #27-42 & material from Annual #1, 1973-4. Highly Recommended. Roy Thomas and John Buscema build Conan into one of the greatest comic book series of all time! Plus Neal Adams illustrates “The Curse of the Golden Skull.” Conan wanders the lands of Hyboria, eventually finding himself pressed into duty as a soldier in the army of his one-time foe, King Yedzigerd! Along the way, Conan travels the swamps of Stygia, the jungles of Kush and Zembabwei and the Eastern realm of Khitai, confronting monsters, demons and bloodthirsty warriors! Marvel, 2021....More. Item Code: CONBE03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 336pg, Full Color |
| The previous two Epic collections are also available, as well as six Original Marvel Years Omnibus collections. Several are discounted as Imperfect Editions. |
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ARCHIE 1000 PAGE COMICS DREAM This series is the #1 value in color children's books today. The latest volume of the biggest Archie graphic novels ever, featuring over 100 full-color stories in a format akin to the hugely popular Archie Digest series at an amazing price. Archie Comics, 2021. Note: Due to manufacturing, all copies have moderately wrinkled spines and minor scuffing at the spine bottom. ...More. Item Code: ARCCD Soft Cover, 5x7, 1000pg, Full Color $14.99 |
| Here's another 1000-page Archie and more about Sabrina, Josie (both by Dan DeCarlo), Katy Keene and the Riverdale Gals. |
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CAPTAIN AMERICA Omnibus Volume 3 Collects Captain America #149-192, 1972-75 and more. By Steve Englehart. Art by Sal Buscema. The early ‘70s were interesting times for America — and adventurous ones for Captain America! Featuring more than 40 issues, this oversized omnibus collects writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema's iconic run. Cap battles enemies — and allies — including Doctor Faustus, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Captain America and Bucky of the 1950s. And that's just the beginning! The Falcon co-stars throughout, and only the combined efforts of Cap, the Falcon, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the X-Men can hope to topple the Secret Empire! Marvel, 2021. ...More. Item Code: CAP03H Hard Cover, 7x10, 976pg, Full Color |
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Here's more Cap archives and omnibus editions. Also available are both Golden Age Captain America Omnibus Editions, plus we have two Imperfect Copies of the Golden Age Omnibus 1: 40% off, |
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FOURTH WORLD By John Byrne Omnibus Collects New Gods #12-15, Jack Kirby's Fourth World #1-20, and Genesis #1-4, and three more issues, 1996-98. Following his legendary work on Superman, X-Men, and Fantastic Four, John Byrne takes on Jack Kirby's groundbreaking creations! While staying faithful to Kirby's original vision, these tales brought characters like Orion, Darkseid, Mr. Miracle, and the Forever People into the 1990s, reviving the epic mythology of New Genesis and Apokolips for a new generation of readers. DC Comics, 2021. ...More. Item Code: FOURJBH Hard Cover, 7x11, 768pg, Full Color |
| Here is Kirby's original Fourth World: Omnibus, Absolute Edition and two Artist's Editions. |
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TOLKIEN 2022 Calendar Featuring 12 full-color paintings of scenes from The Silmarillion, some of which are new and unique to this calendar, Ted Nasmith explores Tolkien's creation with greater depth than ever before. Ranging from the Elder Days of Middle-earth, through the Second Age and the rise of Sauron, to the end of the War of the Ring, the reader is drawn even further into the fantastical world of Middle-earth. Harper, 2021....More. Item Code: TOLK22 12x12, 24pg, Full Color $14.99 |
| With this new title we now have eight in stock. Act now while our stock is plentiful. Some will sell out before the end of the year. |
Graphic Novels |
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DEATH DEFYING DEVIL Our Home Collects #1-5, 2019. Recommended. The Golden Age Daredevil (from Lev Gleason publishers) returns in a gritty new adventure — but he's mute and confused and suddenly also in the body of an actor playing westerner Black Bart (the original DD's identity was Bart Hill). But it begins with the Winslow House: a shambles that people call home, where they take in our damaged lad. It is also in a bad neighborhood, and no one will stop criminals from tormenting the residents...until The Death-Defying 'Devil shows up! Includes 12 outstanding covers, four by Lucio Parrillo! Dynamite, 2021....More. Item Code: DEADEF Soft Cover, na, 136pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE AMERICAN DAREDEVIL Comics, Communism and The Battles of Lev Gleason Highly Recommended. By Brett Dakins. American Daredevil is the story of Lev Gleason, a titan among comic book publishers in 1940s New York who fell victim to two of Cold War America's defining crusades: a nationwide campaign to censor comics, and the paranoia of the Red Scare. Beginning with Silver Streak and the original Daredevil—who like Captain American fought Hitler before the U.S. entered the war — it was his team, Biro and Wood, who created Crime Does Not Pay. That title outsold every other comic in the 40s, and started the crime trend that eventually resulted in the creation of the Comics Code. CharterHouse, 2019....More. Item Code: AMERDE Soft Cover, 6x9, 220pg, b&w $24.99 |
| Here are archives of Daredevil Battles Hitler/Daredevil Comics and Silver Streak (where DD first began, by Jack Cole) Vols 1 and 2. He's also covered in an article in Alter Ego #155 [AE155. $9.95] and of course in Secondary Superheroes [SECSG. $75]. |
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ELVIRA The Shape of Elvira By David Avallone. Art by Fran Strukan. Cover by Francesco Francavilla. The Mistress of the Dark lands the leading role in a touching art film about human/gill monster romance, but there's something decidedly fishy about her costar. Is there an Oscar in her future, or is director Billy Bullworth interested in spawning something more than an Academy Award-winning movie? Includes 13 covers, four by J. Bone and four photo covers of our gal herself. Dynamite, 2021....More. Item Code: ELVSE Soft Cover, 6x10, 120pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK Volume 1 Timescream Collects #1-4 plus 20 variant covers, all full page. Recommended. By David Avallone. Art by Dave Acosta. The Mistress of the Dark has become unstuck in time! Elvira crashes Mary Shelley's monster weekend, beginning an epic journey through horror history, where she also meets Edgar Allan Poe. She's being stalked by the most terrifying nightmare to ever walk the Earth (no spoilers!). Thrills, chills and double-entendres in this four-issue miniseries. Includes photo covers and variants by Hack, Moore, Francavilla, et al. Collection cover and ALL FOUR regular covers by Joseph Linsner. Dynamite, 2019....More. Item Code: ELVIM01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 104pg, Full Color |
| Volume 2 is also available, same discounted price. |
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LADY MECHANIKA Volume 1 Collects #0-5, 2010-2015. Highly Recommended. By Joe Benitez. Art by Peter Steigerwald. A newly remastered edition of the steampunk heroine's origin and very first adventures, featuring a revised script and updated lettering. In a Victorian world filled with flying dirigibles and clockwork automatons, a young woman searches desperately for the secrets to her past — a past that left her with extraordinary, but unnatural, mechanical limbs. Outstanding artwork throughout, plus variant covers by Garza, Franchesco, Nei Ruffino and J. Scott Campbell. Dynamite, 2021....More. Item Code: LADY01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color $14.99 |
| Here are seven more art books, comics and graphic novels dealing with Steampunk themes. |
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FOUR-FISTED TALES Animals in Combat Highly Recommended. By Ben Towle. This is fun, dramatic and informative, all in one. 11 stories. In virtually every military conflict in recorded history animals have both aided and fought (and often died) alongside their human counterparts. From Hannibal's elephants in ancient Rome to mine-sniffing rats in Vietnam, carrier pigeons, gas-masked dogs, cats, kangaroos, camels, horses..Four-Fisted Tales highlights the real-life contributions of these underappreciated animal warriors. Dead Reckoning, 2021....More. Item Code: FOURF Soft Cover, 7x9, 120pg, b&w $24.95 |
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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. You can now see the latest 3…2…1 items in a new section on our website, called ALMOST GONE, at the top of the home page, right next to CLOSEOUTS. We are continuously adding to our Imperfect Editions sections as well. |
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THE DRAWINGS OF EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY Publishers Edition Exclusive Publisher Hardcover Edition. Highly Recommended. By Alice "Bunny" Carter. Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911). This book focuses on Abbey's line art for magazines and books published by Harper & Brothers, beginning with his earliest works as a new professional in the field. The collection contains over 350 drawings, including an exquisite series done over twenty years for The Comedies of William Shakespeare, followed by a very rare set, The Shakespeare Tragedies. His painstaking devotion to research while securing the appropriate costumes, props and models for his drawings was legendary. Flesk, 2021. Due: Aug. ...More. Item Code: DRAWEAH Soft Cover, 6x9, 400pg, b&w $49.95 |
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Publisher John Fleskes just this week told us we'd be able to get copies of this. We don't know the print run but expect it is small, since this is an Exclusive Publisher's Edition. If you pre-ordered the softcover and want to switch to this, call us. The softcover edition is [DRAWEA. |
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THE GREAT GATSBY Illuminated Edition Highly Recommended. The Italian illustrators known as the Balbusso Twins are taking on F. Scott Fitzgerald's greatest novel, bringing out the richness and satire and sorrow that suffuses this saga of wealth, corruption, decadence and love. Their modern illustration style highlights the relevance of Fitzgerald's story, which has only seemed to increase over time. Deluxe edition in a die-cut slipcase matching the earlier Beehive illustrated editions. Beautiful reproduction. Beehive Books, 2021. Due: Nov. ...More. Item Code: GREGH Hard Cover, 9x12, Full Color $100.00 |
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CAPTAIN BRITAIN Omnibus Recommended. By Chris Claremont, Gary Friedrich et al. Art by John Byrne, John Buscema et al. Follow the United Kingdom's greatest champion from the streets of London to the mystic realm of Otherworld! Brian Braddock, hand-picked for greatness by the sorcerer Merlyn, has made the fateful choice between the sword of might and the amulet of right — and become a hero! The complete collection of Captain Britain's iconic UK adventures — from questing alongside the Black Knight, to battling Jim Jaspers and the Fury to prevent Earth from becoming a crooked world! Marvel, 2021. Due: Nov. ...More. Item Code: CAPBRH Hard Cover, 1360pg, Full Color |
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SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 6 Highly Recommended. In this massive Omnibus collection, writer Michael Fleisher hits his stride with a series of mold-breaking Conan tales like “The Temple of the Twelve-Eyed Thing,” “Demons of the Firelight” and “Dominion of the Bat” — illustrated by top talents including Alfredo Alcala, Ernie Chan and, of course, the one and only John Buscema! Meanwhile, X-MEN superstar Chris Claremont pens an adventure that pits Conan against the minions of Thoth-Amon in a tour de force drawn by Val Mayerik! Roy Thomas is also on hand to tell solo stories of Conan's “Red Nails” colleague, Valeria. Marvel, 2021. Due: Nov. ...More. Item Code: SAVS06H Hard Cover, 8x11, 1016pg, b&w |
| Here are previous volumes, and more with Conan. |
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SPACE BUSTERS / BRAIN BOY Volume 1 Space Busters #1-2, 1952 & Dell's Brain Boy Four Color #1330 & 2-3, 1962-63. Recommended. BSpace Busters has got it all, painted covers by Norman Saunders and Allen Anderson, interior art from the great Bernie Krigstein and Murphy Anderson and “The True Story of Flying Saucers” by sci-fi novelist Harry Harrison. When the saucers do come then, heck, I want ‘em to look like these babies! Brain Boy is by Frank Springer, best known for Marvel Comics' Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's a heady mix of superhero, fantasy, supernatural, horror, suspense, science fiction and spy adventures! PS Artbooks, 2021. Due: Nov. ...More. Item Code: SPABB01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $26.99 |
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SILVER AGE CLASSICS Space Busters/Brain Boy Volume 1 Hardcover Collects Space Busters #1-2, 1952 & Dell’s Brain Boy Four Color #1330 & 2-3, 1962-63. Recommended. Space Busters has got it all, painted covers by Norman Saunders and Allen Anderson, interior art from the great Bernie Krigstein and Murphy Anderson and “The True Story of Flying Saucers” by sci-fi novelist Harry Harrison. When the saucers do come then, heck, I want ‘em to look like these babies! Brain Boy is by Frank Springer, best known for Marvel Comics’ Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. It’s a heady mix of superhero, fantasy, supernatural, horror, suspense, science fiction and spy adventures! PS Artbooks, 2021. Due Nov....More. Item Code: SABB01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $46.99 |
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SANDMAN DELUXE EDITION Book Four Highly Recommended. Art by Marc Hempel. Collects issues #51-69 of the original run of The Sandman, which includes the zero-hour tale "World's End" — at the World's End Tavern, two travelers tell stories like "A Tale of Two Cities". This volume also features Vertigo Jam #1, where the beauty and wonder of Dream's Castle is able to be experienced. Also reintroduces Prez; Death appearance; Belushi, Nixon and Wildcat cameos; and the Death of the Sandman in #69. DC Comics, 2021. Due: Nov. ...More. Item Code: SAND04H Hard Cover, 7x11, 528pg, Full Color |
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BERSERK DELUXE EDITION Volume 9 Collects volumes #25-27, including three fold-out color posters. By Kentaro Miura. Though Guts the Black Swordsman lies near death from battling the dragon knight Grunbeld and his demonic legion, the witch Schierke has a dangerous tool to put Guts back in the fight: the unholy Berserker Armor. But the accursed shell unleashes its host's inner demons, which might send the tormented Guts into eternal darkness! Dark Horse, 2021. Due: Nov. ...More. Item Code: BER09H Hard Cover, 7x10, 656pg, b&w |
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DECONSTRUCTING THE JODOVERSE Slipcased set. Limited, 1500. Recommended. Art by Moebius, Juan Gimenez, Zoran Janjetov and Travis Charest. Visionary author, filmmaker, and philosopher Alejandro Jodorowsky has created — with some of the world's most singular and talented sequential artists — an incredible Sci-Fi universe, full of love, revenge, intrigue, betrayal, and redemption: The Jodoverse. Its two cornerstone series are The Incal and The Metabarons, which together have sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Book 1 contains the reference guide on The Incal and Book 2 is Deconstructing the Metabarons. Humanoids, 2021. Due: Nov. ...More. Item Code: DECJH Hard Cover, 376pg, Full Color |
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AVAILABLE NOW JODOROWSKY'S & BOUCQ'S TWISTED TALES All new. By Alejandro Jodorowsky. Art by François Boucq. The playful collaboration of two masters of the medium, where the thoughts of one guided the hand of the other. The result is a unique blend of prose and graphic storytelling—Jodorosky's narrative on the left-hand page, and a full color rendition of each twisted tale on the right. And these are twisted all right. Dozens of short tales or even phrases or thoughts—of beauty and brutality, wisdom and humor. Boucq expands each in a visual reality. Some nudity, adult situations and general creepiness! Humanoids, 2019. Adult Material....More. Item Code: JODTH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 88pg, Tritone |
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Mature ReadersThis week we have a brand new adult film, released this year. It's a spoof on casting couches and finding pretty girls to star in an adult film...Seduced by Fame. Here's more of our adult films on DVD. |
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New Flesk Books I have some very exciting news to share! The Drawings of Edwin Austin Abbey and an entirely new title never before announced, The Call of Cthulhu: A Mystery in Three Parts by H. P. Lovecraft illustrated by Gary Gianni, will be here by the very end of August. Flesk calls these both “labors of love” that have been in various stages of production for over 10 years. |
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Here's more from John Fleskes himself: "I've had the good fortune to work with Gary (Gianni) ever since I first started publishing back in 2002. I feel lucky to be able to publish this new book that was designed and edited by Marcelo Anciano." |
With Call of Cthulhu, currently we are only getting the softcover—since we prefer not to take advance orders on lower priced items like this, we'll announce it when it arrives. It’s just $19.95. John might know by then if he has enough of the signed hardcover to allow us a few, another reason to hold off ordering it until we know more! -Bud Here is John Fleskes again: "The Abbey book is one that I initially planned to do after I wrapped up the second Joseph Clement Coll book back in 2006. I have been slowly working on it for over a decade. With the addition of Alice Carter who wrote a fresh essay about Abbey's career, we have a book that we are both very proud of." As you read above, the Abbey in both softcover and hardcover editions are available for your pre-order. Covenant: The Art of Allen Williams: the first collection of Allen's personal drawings and paintings. Each of his fantastical characters is accompanied by a line of text, a poem or a brief story that captures their essence. These visual narratives are pulled to the surface through Allen's renowned mastery of storytelling and his use of graphite, pencil and oils. The result is a fascinating journey into the mind of this intriguing artist. Available in a signed hardcover with bonus pages, and trade paperback. These will be delivered to us along with Gianni's Call of Cthulhu and Edwin Austin Abbey.
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Imperfect Editions We've been steadily listing new titles on our website as often as we find time. Some have sold out or nearly sold out before we could list them here in our weekly email; we won't list here anything if we have just one or two copies left. Check out the latest in our new Imperfect Editions section under Closeouts on the home page. You'll find four new titles I rescheduled for next week. ~Bud |
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