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This week we lead off with new editions of the Haddon Sundblom and Dean Cornwell art books. We have a fun to-do book on MC Escher, new replica editions and archives from PS Artbooks, the next Elric prose novel (actually four novels in one), Jim Starlin, Gun Honey, Reckless, Moon Knight, Weapon X, Betty and Veronica by DeCarlo...and all of Serpieri's Druuna series. Enjoy! |
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| THE ART OF HADDON SUNDBLOM New Printing By Daniel Zimmer. Art by Haddon Sunblom. Haddon Sundblom (1899-1976) was Coke's most prolific artist, painting subjects that ranged from pin-up bathing beauties to soda-fountain scenes. They are actively collected today. During his peak period in the 1940s, he produced half of all Coke's advertising art, including the famous Santa everyone recognizes today. Illustrated Press, 2022....More. Item Code: ARTHSH Hard Cover, 9x12, 224pg, Full Color $44.95 |
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THE ART OF DEAN CORNWELL New Printing Limited, 900! Third Printing. Our Highest Recommendation. By Daniel Zimmer. Filled with beautiful illustrations reproduced almost exclusively from the original paintings and drawings. This spectacular book explores Cornwell (1892-1960), American illustrator and muralist. His oil paintings were frequently featured in popular magazines and books as literary illustrations, advertisements, and posters supporting the war effort. Throughout the first half of the 20th century he was a dominant presence in American illustration. At the peak of his popularity he was nicknamed the "Dean of Illustrators". Illustrated Press, 2022....More. Item Code: ARTDCH Hard Cover, 9x12, 224pg, Full Color $44.95 |
| We're excited to be able to offer these two again; both have been sold out for some time. Here's all available Illustrated Press art books, and here are Illustration Magazine issues. We're just listing a major run of back issues, too. |
Elric Original Prose Novels |
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STORMBRINGER The Elric Saga Volume 2 Four more complete prose novels. Highly Recommended. Cover by Michael Whelan. Foreword by Michael Chabon. In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melnibone. After defeating his nefarious cousin and gaining control over the epic sword, Stormbringer, Elric, prince of ruins, must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in a fight against Armageddon. Saga Press, 2022....More. Item Code: ELR02H Hard Cover, 6x9, 860pg, Text/Partial Color $29.99 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE ELRIC OF MELNIBONE The Elric Saga Prose Novel Volume 1 Highly Recommended. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. I723 pages, four complete prose novels, plus full-color endpaper map and interior illustrations. In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melnibone maintaining a symbiotic existence with his blood-thirsty sword, with a mind of its own. Elric's amoral cousin Yrkoon sets his eyes on the throne. Elric must face his nefarious cousin in an epic battle for the right to rule. Gallery/Saga Press, 2022....More. Item Code: ELR01H Hard Cover, 6x9, 752pg, Full Color $29.99 |
| Here's more of Michael Moorcock's Elric—in comics form. Also his other character, Hawkmoon, now in two volumes. |
M.C. Escher |
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M.C. ESCHER KALEIDOCYCLES Recommended. By Wallace G. Walker and Doris Schattschneider. This set puts M.C. Escher‘s tessellated wonders right at your fingertips with 17 easy-to-assemble paper sculptures included with the hardcover book. All in a substantially heavy and large-sized decorative box. Folding along the score lines, you can transform the artist's richly geometric designs into three-dimensional polyhedra with forming and reforming patterns, including genius arrangements of flowers, butterflies, lizards, and seashells. The book includes a review of the geometric principles and artistic invention underlying Escher's optical marvels. Taschen, 2022. ...More. Item Code: MCEKH Hard Cover, 10x13, 64pg, Partial Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE MAGIC MIRROR OF M.C. ESCHER Bargain priced new edition of the 1978 biography and art book. Highly Recommended. By Bruno Ernst. Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images, Maurits Cornelis Escher was a master of the third dimension. His lithograph Magic Mirror dates as far back as 1946. By taking such a title for the book, mathematician Bruno Ernst stressed the enrapturing spell Escher's work invariably casts on those who see it. Ernst visited Escher every week for a year, systematically talking through his entire oeuvre with him. Their discussions resulted in a friendship that gave Ernst intimate access to the life and conceptual world of Escher. Ernst's account was meticulously scrutinized and made accurate by the artist himself. This is perhaps the best book ever published on Escher, and certainly a great value in this new edition. Taschen, 2022....More. Item Code: MAGMH Hard Cover, 9x12, 160pg, Partial Color $25.00 |
Comics Archives |
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BETTY AND VERONICA Decades: The 1960s 39 complete stories, 1960-67. Highly Recommended. By Dan DeCarlo et al. Introduction by Dan Parent. Stories month by month, from April 1960 to April 1967. Here's Dan Parent: "...in my opinion, the pinnacle of these stories [the entire Archie history] revolve around Dan DeCarlo in the 1960s. This was the decade when the Dan DeCarlo style became THE Archie Comics house style. His pages were a combination of comic art and VOGUE and GLAMOUR magazines. He became what John Romita was to Marvel and Neal Adams was to DC. He was the Master." Archie Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: BETV60 Soft Cover, 5x8, 224pg, Full Color $10.99 |
| Here's more Archie, Betty & Veronica, Sabrina...and Archie's Rivals: An Illustrated History 1940-1970s [ARCRIS. $39.95]. |
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MOON KNIGHT Omnibus Volume 1 New printing. Moon Knight #1-20, and dozens more titles, 1973-80s. Recommended. By Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz, et al. The many faces of the Moon Knight! Mercenary. Werewolf hunter. Millionaire playboy. Cab driver. His origin and first six years of stories...Follow Marc Spector as he builds the strangest rogues gallery in all of comics: the deadly Bushmaster, Arsenal, the one-man army, and Stained Glass Scarlet, the nun with a crossbow! Marvel, 2021. ...More. Item Code: MOONK01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 1016pg, Full Color |
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WOLVERINE WEAPON X Gallery Edition Collects material from Marvel Comics Presents #72-84; Wolverine #166; Uncanny X-Men #205. Highly Recommended. The character-defining origin of Logan, newly restored from original art and print sources for this handsome new oversized edition. Written, illustrated and colored by auteur creator and master storyteller Barry Windsor-Smith, it is one of the greatest Wolverine stories ever told. After being taken hostage by an experimental Canadian military science outfit, Logan is transformed into Weapon X, an unstoppable killing machine.Marvel. 2022. ...More. Item Code: WOLWGH Hard Cover, 10x13, 200pg, Full Color |
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CAPTAIN BRITAIN Omnibus Collects material from Captain Britain #1-39, 1976 & much, much more. 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. ...More. Item Code: CAPBRH Hard Cover, 8x11, 1360pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE MASTERS OF BRITISH COMIC ART Oversized, 386-page monster. Highly Recommended. By David Roach. Revealing the extraordinary history of the UK's prolific comic book industry from the 19th Century to the 21st, this ground breaking volume celebrates the incredible artists who made a huge impact on British comics and would go on to revolutionize the industry on a global scale as they or their work came to the U.S.. Featuring a Who's Who of talent, including Brian Bolland, Ron Embleton, Alan Davis, John Bolton, Gary Leech, Sydney Jordan, Jaime Hewlett, Glenn Fabry, Frank Hampton, Dave Gibbons, Don Lawrence and lost masters like Reg Bunn and Shirley Bellwood. Rebellion, 2020....More. Item Code: MASBCAH Hard Cover, 9x12, 336pg, Partial Color |
| Here's much more from British creators. |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS UNCANNY X-MEN Volume 14 Collects Uncanny X-Men #210-219; two annuals & Fantastic Four vs. X-Men #1-4, 1986-87. Extra-length edition. By Chris Claremont. Art by Alan Davis, John Romita, Barry Windsor-Smith, Art Adams, Butch Guice et al. In his very first work for Marvel in the U.S., iconic British artist Alan Davis delivers a double-sized New Mutants Annual that introduces Psylocke. But she's arrived just as Sabretooth and the Marauders go on the hunt for Morlocks — and don't mind slaying any X-Men who get in the way! The “Mutant Massacre” event shocked readers and set a high-water mark. Plus Longshot joins the X-Men in an Arthur Adams-drawn Annual! Marvel, 2022. ...More. Item Code: MMUX14H Hard Cover, 7x10, 496pg, Full Color |
| Click for more X-Men and also the latest Marvel Masterworks editions. |
Graphic Novels |
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GUN HONEY Adam Hughes Cover Collects #1-4. Recommended. By Charles Ardai. Art by Ang Hor Kheng. "The finest kind of pulp noir." -Ed Brubaker. The weapon you need, where you need it, when you need it, she'll get it! They call her Gun Honey. From Edgar Award Winning Writer Charles Ardai, Founder of Hard Case Crime. She thought she was planting a gun for a simple hit. But when it's used in a deadly prison riot, Joanna is forced to work with U.S. Government agent to hunt down the perp, a deadly scarred killer with shadowy past. TV Series now in development. Nudity. Titan Comics, 2022. Mature Readers. Out of print. ...More. Item Code: GUNHOV Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color $17.99 |
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THE GHOST IN YOU A Reckless Book Highly Recommended. The fourth book in the bestselling Reckless series. Crime noir masters Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips present another original graphic, set in 1989. But troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless is out of town, so this time, Anna has to tackle the job on her own. When a movie scream queen asks her to prove the mansion she's renovating isn't haunted, Anna will stumble into the decades-long mystery of one of Hollywood's most infamous murder houses... a place with many dark secrets — some of which might just kill her. Image Comics, 2022. ...More. Item Code: GHOSTH Hard Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color |
| Here are the first three Reckless GNs and more by Ed Brubaker. |
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MIDNIGHT ROSE By Jim Starlin, art by Nikkol Jelenic. A new, original graphic novel by Jim Starlin (creator of Thanos, Gamora, Dreadstar) and artist Nikkol Jelenic. Midnight Rose is a very singular, frightening and very human creature, with extraordinary power. Somehow she can control living plants and trees, and what she does with them, oh boy. A particularly bizarre tale of loneliness, love...and vengeance. What happens when you can't help but give in to the vengeance growing deep within yourself. Nudity, adult themes. AfterShock Comics, 2022. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: MIDRO Comic, 7x10, 64pg, Full Color $8.99 |
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BETTIE PAGE Hollywood Adventures on Murder Island Collects Bettie Page Vol 3 #1-5. By Karla Pacheco. Art by Vincenzo Federici. Stunning starlet Bettie Page has signed on to a new "tastefully sensual" fantasy film, shooting on a secluded tropical island. But when one of her cast members is murdered, everyone on the island is a suspect! And what is the film's producer hiding? How do they get off the island? Plus 35 pages of variant covers including original Bettie photographs and work by Joseph Michael Linsner (for every issue), Kano, Federici, RB White, et al. Dynamic Forces, 2021....More. Item Code: BETHA Soft Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color |
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THE JUNCTION Outstanding animation style art from a renowned animator. Highly Recommended. By Norm Konyu. When a missing child, Lucas Jones, reappears on his uncle's doorstep in his hometown of Medford after an absence of 12 years, the brief moment of joy is clouded by mystery. Where has he been? Where is his father, who disappeared at the same time? And how is it possible that Lucas is still 11 years old? Unusual impressionistic but very effective art style. Titan, 2022....More. Item Code: JUNCH Hard Cover, 7x10, 176pg, Full Color |
| I’ve just started reading this and it’s really good!! It’s really an unusual story and I’m only part way in and already deeply intrigued about where it is going… I really enjoy the animation style artwork, too. |
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STAR WARS The High Republic: Trail of Shadows Collects #1-5, 2021. By Daniel José Older. Art by Dave Wachter. One Jedi Master is dead. Another is in a state of complete shock. And Jedi investigator Emerick Caphtor must solve the case before it's too late. The fate of the Jedi, the Hutts, and the Nihil hangs by this tangled thread of lies and deceit. Emerick will need to dive into the darkness, testing himself and his Jedi ideals like never before. And he'll need help. Luckily, lady private eye Sian Holt lives in the shadows. Together, the two will follow the trail wherever it leads — if they can work together, that is! Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: SWHIGT Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color $15.99 |
| See more High Republic and Star Wars here. |
PS Artbooks Replica Editions |
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PSYCHO MAGAZINE #1 Replica edition. Recommended. By Roger Elwood and Gardner Fox. Skywald's Psycho #1, published in January 1971, is a black-and-white comic magazine absolutely packed full of horror and suspense. If you're brave enough take a peek, we've got "The Skin And Bones Syndrome" by Gray Morrow; "The Glistening Death" and "I Painted Only Terror!" by Norman Nodel; "The Thing in the Mirror" by Raymond Everett Kinstler; "The Steps in the Cellar!" by Alan Weiss; "..And Then There's Cicero!" by Paul Reinman; "Anatomical Monster" by Alvin Hollingsworth; and more! PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: PSY01 Magazine, 7x10, 68pg, b&w $18.99 |
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NIGHTMARE #1 Replica edition. Recommended. By Don Heck, Norman Nodel, Jack Katz, Bill Everett, Ross Andru, Wally Wood, Mike Esposito, Joe Kubert, and Syd Shores. Skywald's first publication was Nightmare #1 from 1970 and here it is...a black-and-white comic magazine absolutely packed full of horror that would never pass the Comics Code: "The Pollution Monsters," "Master of the Dead," "Dance Macabre," "Orgy of Blood," "A Nightmare Pin-Up," "The Skeletons of Doom," "Help Us to Die," "The Thing from the Sea," "The Creature Within," and "The Deadly Mark of the Beast." PS Artbooks, 2021....More. Item Code: NIGHM Magazine, 7x10, 68pg, b&w $18.99 |
| Here's more replica and facsimile editions from PS and elsewhere. |
PS Artbooks Archives |
Item Code: SABB02H |
BRAIN BOY / SPACE PATROL Volume 2 Collects Brain Boy #4-6, 1963 and Space Patrol #1-2, 1952. Recommended. By Herb Castle. Art by Frank Springer. Brain Boy is a mix of superhero, fantasy, supernatural, horror, suspense, science fiction and spy adventures, drawn by Frank Springer! This classic space opera was drawn almost entirely by EC's Bernie Krigstein with wonderful Norman Saunders painted covers. It's a great early pre-code sci-fi title. PS Artbooks, 2022. |
Item Code: SPABB02 |
| Also available are the HC and SC editions of Volume 1. |
Item Code: SAUT03H |
UNUSUAL TALES Volume 3 Collects #11-15, 1958-59. Recommended. Charlton allowed the creative talents of Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, Gene Colan, Max Elkan, Rocco Mastroserio, Dick Giordano and Steve Ditko (of course) free rein to produce science fiction, horror, suspense, fantasy and supernatural tales. Ditko appears in four issues, does the cover of #10 & 15, and does four stories in the special 68-page issue #11.PS Artbooks, 2021.. |
Item Code: SAUT03 |
| Here are previous volumes. |
Item Code: SASW01H |
SPACE WAR Volume 1 Collects #1-5, 1959-60. Recommended. Charlton Comics' other-worldly stories from "Abandon Spaceship" to "Exiled to Earth." Featuring the writing talents of the prolific Joe Gill and artists Dick Giordano, Matt Baker, Bill Montes, Bill Molno, Bill Fraccio, Jon D'Agostino, Charles Nicholas and of course Steve Ditko — who does the cover and one story in issues #4 and #5. PS Artbooks, 2022. |
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PLANET COMICS Volume 13 Collects #39-42, 1945-46. Recommended. The best science fiction series of the Golden Age in its best run of issues. Featuring The Lost World now drawn by Lily Renee; Mysta of the Moon by Fran Hopper; Space Rangers by Ruth Atkinson; Star Pirate, two episodes by Jack Keller and two by the great Murphy Anderson; Gale Allen by Joe Doolin; and Auro Lord of Jupiter by August Froehlich. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: PLC13 Soft Cover, 7x10, 176pg, Full Color $26.99 |
| All previous volumes are still available. Some hardcover volumes (with different contents, sometimes as many as six issues) are still available; several are even still on sale. |
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FORBIDDEN WORLDS Volume 17 Collects #101-106, 1962. Highly Recommended. By Richard Hughes. The ACG crew keep producing ever more wild stories of fantasy, sci fi and the supernatural. Artists include Ogden Whitney, Al Wenzel, Emil Gershwin, Pete Costanza, John Rosenberger, Chic Stone, Ruben Moreira, Joe Sinnott, and Harry Lazarus. PS Artbooks, 2021....More. Item Code: FOR17 Soft Cover, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color $29.99 |
| Here are all available previous volumes, plus Adventures Into the Unknown. |
Mature ReadersNew this week: My Favourite Top Models by our own favorite nude photographer, Stefan Soell. See all his books here—they remain many of our most popular nude photography books. Direct from Italy, Serpieri Tarot Cards ($24.95) and Serpieri Playing Cards ($9.95). See all the new arrivals from Los Scarabeo here, including Milo Manara Tarot Cards and more. Finally back in stock, we have all six volumes of Druuna by Serpieri. As mentioned previously, our U.S. source of these proved unreliable, so we went direct to Italy for these. All are now in stock. Click here for all of Serpieri's works. The Bilingual series is in short supply on some titles until the XXX title is reprinted in late April. By June we'll have it along with restock on all “Bilingual” titles, Eros and West.
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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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Jim Steranko There's a show of Jim Steranko's work in Youngstown Ohio that runs through the end of May. My friends Dave Armstrong and Alex Grand (comicbookhistorians.com) have already seen it. https://butlerart.com/portfolio-item/steranko/ |
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