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A retro 1930s style Mickey Mouse; Earle Bergey featured in Illustration Magazine; Marvel Universe reimagined in medieval Japan; Dune; Firefly; Spider-Man. Trailblazers looks at the Canadian Golden Age; Yo Shimizu's "beautiful scenes" art; ten more Classics Illustrated on sale. And the top 15 2022 Bestsellers so far this year. Enjoy. FREE COMIC BOOK DAY was May 4th. We are down to 12 titles left, plus a few for-sale vintage bargains. And several are nearly gone as I write this. Add three titles to any order, six for orders over $50. |
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| MICKEY MOUSE ZOMBIE COFFEE Our Highest Recommendation. I love this! It's the old Mickey in a 1930s-style adventure told in a daily comic strip format but in full, rich, warm colors. -Bud. Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow go camping to forget the Great Depression. But when they return to Mouseton, they find shady real-estate developer Rock Fuller destroying it to build a golf course— with the help of an army of "zombies," transformed from normal citizens with a magic drink! What does Mickey's old enemy Pegleg Pete have to do with this evil scheme— and can Mickey trip it up? Fantagraphics, 2022....More. Item Code: MMZOMH Hard Cover, 12x9, 80pg, Full Color |
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ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #76 Earle Bergey Our Highest Recommendation. This issue features the work of Earle Bergey, one of the most prolific and outstanding cover artists of both pulps and vintage paperbacks, but never with a book devoted to him. This is it — his career and dozens and dozens of wonderful cover creations, many from the original artwork. Including early pin-up art and nudes. Illustrated Press, 2022....More. Item Code: IL76 Magazine, 9x11, 80pg, Partial Color $15.00 |
| Back issues, including many long out of print from the two collections we bought recently. |
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DEMON DAYS Treasury Edition Acclaimed Artist Peach Momoko Reimagines the Marvel Universe! Recommended. A wandering swordswoman with a psychic blade arrives at a village targeted by demons. One is black and white with a horrifying tongue, and another may be the strongest demon there is! Mariko Yashida hears mysterious voices and has strange dreams that feel real. Maybe her redheaded maid who dresses all in black might know more than she lets on? But as Mariko embarks on a wondrous journey, deadly creatures lurk in the woods — including a mysterious, blue-skinned woman and a giant with super-strength and claws! Plus many bonus features, all in a huge oversized format. Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: DEMDA Soft Cover, 9x13, 208pg, Full Color |
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Peach Momoko also appears in Heavy Metal #299 (out of print, six left) – [HM299. $9.99] and she does a variant cover in Marvel Comics Amazing Fantasy Treasury Edition [AMAFA. |
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DUNE TALES FROM ARRAKEEN Collects Dune: Blood of the Sardaukar #1 & A Whisper of Caladan Seas #1. By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Art by Adam Gorham. Jopati Kolona is one of the Sardaukar: the emperor's elite military unit. The Sardaukar are unbeatable, unbending in their devotion, and feared throughout the galaxy. Tasked with overthrowing the Atreides stronghold on Dune, Jopati will be forced to choose between duty and forgiveness. Meanwhile, as Paul Atreides meets his destiny in battle, Sgt. Vitt must use his family's gift of storytelling as a Jongleur to transport his men from their tomb to their homeworld of Caladan. Boom!, 2022....More. Item Code: DUNTFH Hard Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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FIREFLY RIVER RUN Collects Firefly: River Run #1 and Holiday Special #1. By David M. Booher (Canto) and Jeff Jensen. Art by Genolet, Federici, Pérez (Xena), and Mascolo. Simon goes undercover into the Alliance to get River away from those that hurt her at any cost. In addition, it's time for a Christmas Carol, Firefly style! Jayne's selfish behavior receives the unwanted attention of three visiting spirits who reveal the hidden past, present and future of Serenity's most...miserly crew member. And finally revealed is the origin of the greatest sibling bond in a story no Browncoat can afford to miss. Extra-thick collection with bonus features. Boom!, 2022....More. Item Code: FIRRRH Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color $16.99 |
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SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN Facsimile Edition #1 From 1976, the first issue of the 2nd Spidey title. By Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito. By the mid-1970s, Spidey fans could thrill to their favorite hero's escapades in "Amazing Spider-Man", his high-octane encounters with other super-types in "Marvel Team-Up," his all-ages adventures in "Spidey Super Stories" and reprints of classic stories in "Marvel Tales" — and still it wasn't enough! Such was the clamor that a second solo title debuted with a focus on the man beneath the mask: the always popular Peter Parker! But fear not, there's plenty of costumed action in this frantic first issue, co-starring the deadly Tarantula. Marvel, 2022. ...More. Item Code: SPECS01 Comic, 7x10, 32pg, Full Color $3.99 |
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN By J Michael Straczynski Omnibus Volume 1 Collects Amazing Spider-Man #30-58, 500-514, 509 Director's Cut, 2001-04. Acclaimed screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) begins a run that established him as one of the all-time Spidey greats — joined by the legendary John Romita Jr. They kick things off by introducing an enigmatic stranger with a startling secret about Spider-Man's origin. Wrestling with his separation from Mary Jane, Peter goes back to his roots with a new job — science teacher at his old school. But how will Aunt May react when she learns that Peter is really Spider-Man? Plus: Spidey battles Doctor Octopus, Morlun, Dormammu and more, and teams up with Doctor Strange, Captain America and — Loki?! Marvel, 2022. ...More. Item Code: AMSJ01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 1120pg, Full Color |
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TRAILBLAZERS A Tribute to Canada's WWII Comic Creators Limited, 300. Highly Recommended. A very special homage by contemporary artists, celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the first published Canadian comic books and their creators. Canadian wartime comic enthusiast Ivan Kockmarek has edited an anthology of tributes to Canada's original comic creators by some of the best current creators. Contributors include: Michael Gilbert (on Mr. Monster's creator Fred Kelley, naturally), Ken Steacy, Ho Che Anderson, Dave Sim, James Waley (Orb), Eric Kim, Ronn Sutton (of Dark Horse fame), Ron Kasman et al. North End Books, 2021....More. Item Code: TRAILB Soft Cover, 7x10, 56pg, b&w $20.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE MR. MONSTER The Original Adventures of Doc Stearne Signed Signed full color bookplate with new work by Michael T. Gilbert, limited to 300! Our Highest Recommendation. Mr. Monster was one of the many heroes created during the Golden Age of Canadian comics. But Michael T. Gilbert updated this same Mr. Monster in the 1980s, and we've all seen what fun he had with the character. This new collection includes the two original 1940s Mr. Monster stories plus the earlier Doc Stearne stories and covers, all by creator Fred Kelly. Plus never-before seen art, an interview with Kelly, a new afterword by Gilbert and an original pin-up gallery from over two-dozen contemporary Canadian artists! Raid, 2021. ...More. Item Code: MRMOHS Hard Cover, 7x9, 110pg, Partial Color $34.95 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE HEROES OF THE HOME FRONT Bell Features Artists of WWII Almost Gone! Back in stock, very limited supply. Highly Recommended. By Ivan Kocmarek. Forewords by Gerald Lazare and John Bell. A massive 300 page book including 150 full-page reproductions of original art pages, plus backstories and special interviews with the artists. Canada banned American comics during the Second World War, precipitating an explosion of homegrown comics from young publishers and creators. One of these was Bell Features, and it put out comics touting the exploits of heroes like Nelvana of the Northern Lights, the first Canadian super-heroine, who preceded even Wonder Woman. And Johnny Canuck, Speed Savage, The Brain, Nitro, The Dreamer, Doc Stearne (yes, of Mr. Monster fame), and Super Commando. North End Books, 2018. Out of Print....More. Item Code: HERHFD Hard Cover, 9x12, 320pg, Partial Color $140.00 |
| We have just five copies left of Heroes—by special arrangement the publisher allowed a few more copies after it went out of print years ago. And don't miss War Bears by Margaret Atwood and Ken Steacy, 2019 – just two copies left [WARBEH. $19.99]. |
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ALLEY OOP ON THE PLANET OF DELFON 1978 By Dave Graue Recommended. First the wrap-up of an adventure in ancient Rome, when our adventures introduce gunfire to the Roman legions. Then a return to prehistoric times for a quick adventure, and off to a sci-fi adventure...our time-traveling caveman and Oola are both stranded on Delfon, a planet of lizard warriors and living, talking vegetables! This volume includes all of the daily strips from 1978, which have never before been reprinted. Manuscript Press, 2022....More. Item Code: ALLEOP Soft Cover, 11x9, 104pg, b&w $19.95 |
| Click here for previous volumes from 1975, 1976 and 1977 and two new collections by V.T. Hamlin from 1932-34. Both are ongoing series. From the same publisher, Comics Revue carries Alley Oop strips by Hamlin in every issue. And you'll find some more great time-travel out-of-print collections from Kitchen Sink—from 1990 and 1991! |
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FLEXIBLE The Art of Yo Shimizu Highly Recommended. The first collection of Yo Shimizu's work, featuring 160 breathtakingly beautiful and overwhelmingly fantastic landscapes and characters, body armor and creatures. The book introduces a wide variety of Shimizu's work to date, from fully-realized digital art to his prelim landscapes, hand-drawn in water color. These latter works remind us of Miyazaki storyboards. A bonus feature on the making of the cover illustration is included with bilingual Japanese and English text, giving readers a glimpse into the techniques that Shimizu uses when drawing. PIE International, 2022....More. Item Code: FLEXAR Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color |
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REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS Pictures from a Changing Nation Recommended. By Linda Klich and Benjamin Weiss. The ubiquity of photography and social media today makes it hard to imagine a time when it was not possible for ordinary people to take their own pictures and send them with short messages over long distances. But it was revolutionary when the Eastman Kodak Company, in 1903, unveiled a new postcard camera that produced a postcard-size negative that could print directly onto a blank card. Suddenly almost anyone, amateurs and entrepreneurial photographers alike, could take a picture—of neighbors at home and at work, local celebrations and parades, newsworthy disasters, sightseeing trips—and turn it into a postcard. MFA Publications, 2022. ...More. Item Code: REALPH Hard Cover, 9x10, 304pg, b&w $45.00 |
| Here are more photography collections on our website: Vienna 1900, Vienna: Portrait of a City, Glamour Road: Color, Fashion, Style and the Midcentury Automobile, The Story of Marvel Studios, 20th Century Alcohol & Tobacco Ads, Ink and Paint: The Women of Walt Disney Animation, Auto Erotica: Grand Tour Through Classic Car Brochures, and Star Wars Archives I-III and IV-VI. And of course nude and erotic photography... |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED FRANKENSTEIN Hardcover Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Mary Shelley. Art by Robert Webb & Ann Brewster. Cover by Norman B. Saunders. One of the most popular CI titles ever, with a superb cover by the renowned Norman Saunders and good solid if classic 1940s artwork by two talents in a rare collaboration. Mary Shelley's classic gothic horror story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein's life's work: to re-animate the recently deceased. However when he finally achieves his goal, things do not quite work in the way he had hoped— CCS Books, 2016. Out of print....More. Item Code: CLAFH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED KIDNAPPED Hardcover Closeout Price! Recommended. By Robert Louis Stevenson. Art by Robert H. Webb. Cover by John Parker. Stevenson's tale of the adventures of David Balfour, sold into slavery at sea, and his daring escape— Solid 1940s work from CI veteran Robert Webb, who also worked for Fiction House and the Iger shop. Classic pirate adventure from RLS. Good painted cover. CCS Books, 2017. Out of print....More. Item Code: CLAKH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED LES MISERABLES Hardcover Closeout Price! Recommended. By Victor Hugo. Art by Norman Nodel. Cover by Gerald McCann. Victor Hugo‘s great work of turbulent times in early 19th Century France, as told through the experiences of the ex-convict, Jean Valjean. Released from prison after years of cruel punishment for a simple misdemeanor, he finds adjusting to life outside the prison walls extremely hard, and the people hostile. Meanwhile, rage brews in the dark, poor underbelly of Paris— How will Valjean's life collide with that of the revolutionary students of the slums? What about the beautiful, innocent Cosette? CCS Books, 2016. Out of print....More. Item Code: CLALMH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED ROB ROY Hardcover Closeout Price! Recommended. By Walter Scott. Art by Rudolph Palais & Walter Palais. TThe adventures of Francis Osbaldistone and his time in Scotland with the famous outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor during the time of the 1715 Jacobite Rising. An uprising doomed from the start, but one that inspired rebellion in Scotland that eventually won their freedom from English domination. Decent artwork by the renowned Rudy Palais, an important figure in comics from the 1940s to the classic pre-code horror of the 1950s. CCS Books, 2017. Out of print....More. Item Code: CLARRH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE Hardcover Closeout Price! Recommended. By Robert Louis Stevenson. Art by Lou Cameron. Well-illustrated — Lou Cameron is little known today but excelled at work in the 1950s at Ace, then moved on to Gilberton to draw some of the best-known classics titles, such as this story of horror. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a well-liked and respected physician. But one drink from his potion and he turns into the mad killer Mr. Hyde...and his new alter ego wants to become a full time madman as Hyde battles for his soul. CCS Books, 2016 Out of print....More. Item Code: CLADJH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED FIRST MEN IN THE MOON Hardcover Closeout Price! By H. G. Wells. Art by George Woodbridge. Cover by Gerald McCann. Upon meeting Cavor, a physicist, the narrator Bedford becomes deeply intrigued by Cavor's work on a substance that will make spaceflight a reality. The two men design and build a spherical spaceship and upon its completion, shoot off into space to be the first men to visit the moon. And there they discover Alien Life! CCS Books, 2016. Out of print....More. Item Code: CLAFMMH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED OFF ON A COMET Hardcover Closeout Price! Recommended. By Jules Verne. Art by Gerald McCann. When a comet strikes, it breaks off a section of the Earth, sending it spinning into outer space — along with a group of survivors! Can they survive the harsh conditions of their new, reduced world, and if not, how can they possibly get home? These displaced soldiers discover a ship and sailors and set off to explore their new world. CCS Books, 2016....More. Item Code: CLAOCH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED TREASURE ISLAND Hardcover Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Robert Louis Stevenson. Art by Alex Blum. Stevenson's great adventure tale of young Jim Hawkins, who befriends a retired pirate and is drawn into a story of sea journey, treasure, heroism and betrayal. And of course, the infamous and devious ship's cook turned pirate, Long John Silver, who helps, educates, and yet betrays young Jim in the course of this epic adventure. Classic 1940s work by Alex Blum. CCS Books, 2016. Out of print....More. Item Code: CLATIH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED FOOD OF THE GODS Hardcover Closeout Price! By H. G. Wells. Art by Tony Tallarico. Cover by David McAllister. Here is a little-known science fiction classic by H. G. Wells. A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amok! And giant men. CCS Books, 2017. Out of print....More. Item Code: CLAFGH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED ALICE IN WONDERLAND Hardcover Closeout Price! First published in 1948. Highly Recommended. By Lewis Carroll. Art by Alex A. Blum. Cover by Taylor Oughton. We think this is some of Alex Blum's finest work for CI. It's an outstanding adaptation, with excellent fantasy art and weird creatures befitting this classic story. One of our favorite Classics. Lewis Carroll's tale of Alice and her adventures down the rabbit hole, where she meets the most eccentric characters including the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts. CCS Books, 2016. Out of print....More. Item Code: CLAAWH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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MIRAGE ART QUEST OF ALEX NINO Volume 2 with Original Drawing Closeout Price! Signed and limited, 500, with an original pen & ink drawing, each unique. Our Highest Recommendation. A fabulous new oversized art book, mostly in full color, with 5 gatefolds of new artwork. Much never seen before art work in a wide variety of styles and media. Contents in this book are Niño's artwork from the past 20 years, a companion to his 2008 volume 1, which is long out of print. Amazing fantasy images of other worlds, monsters, nymphs, creatures and stunning alien landscapes. Alex Niño, 2019....More. Item Code: MIRAGD Hard Cover, 10x13, 200pg, Partial Color |
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The "regular" deluxe limited edition sold out. We have only these left—they sold briskly early on, but I brought in a few too many so I'm lowering the price for a limited time. The original drawing is large and quite nice. Here is more Niño: We have one copy of Art Quest of Alex Niño, the long out of print 2015 collection. This copy has an original drawing [RB3028. $250]. Also available is his very first art book, Satan's Tears, #113 of 1000, signed, 1977. Book is Near Fine in a good to very good jacket, just reduced [RB1646. $525, $450]. Niño also beautifully illustrated Tarzan and the Cannibal King by Jake Saunders (author of Tarzan and the Martian Legion), a fine new tale of Tarzan when he was 12, before he met any white men. 2017 [TARCKH. $49.99]. |
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MARVEL COMICS LIBRARY AVENGERS Volume 1 Collects #1-20, 1963-65. Recommended. In-depth history by Kurt Busiek. By Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Wally Wood et al. The Spider-Man Library is sold out. Don't miss this new mammoth collection. Super-hero teams had been around since the 1940s, but Thor, Ant Man, the Wasp, Hulk, and Iron Man broke new ground when they joined forces to form the Avengers in 1963. They not only fought together, they occasionally fought each other! The first 20 stories from the Avengers are collected in this Hulk-sized volume, including the Silver Age return of Captain America, and the wild original stories of the early team with The Hulk, in and out of the team, Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man and the Wasp! Taschen, 2022. Due: Jun. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge....More. Item Code: MARSA01H Hard Cover, 11x15, 630pg, Full Color |
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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. We are in the process of marking down 3...2...1... items that haven't yet sold out. Some you may have seen before at full price--they are now on sale. Others are new here. We're marking down about 225 titles, so we've split this into three batches.
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1. SPECTRUM FANTASTIC ART QUARTERLY MAGAZINE 1 $25.00 We ran out of the signed bookplate and the issue is virtually out of print; There were only 1000 done. Arnie Fenner had a non-covid health issue to deal with so #2 has been delayed but will be announced soon. It will feature Jeffrey Jones! 2. SQUA TRONT 14 $16.99 We also did a bookplate for this which again ran out, since we limited it to 200. Bargain-priced and touted as the final issue, though we hope not. 3. ART OF ENRIC $49.00 This was a catalog cover feature, an outstanding Spanish artist known for his work in the Warren magazines. 4. ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #15 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS $38.99 An import from England, this features Joe Jusko in a big way, who's doing the new Tarzan ERB Inc book covers. 5. ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL 13 THE ART OF GLAMOUR $44.99 Also from England, a fine overview of pin-up art since the early days right up to today. 6. HOGAN'S ALLEY MAGAZINE 23 $7.50 A cover feature on Frazetta's tenure with Al Capp's Li'l Abner has made this a stand-out issue. Issued annually. 7. ALLEY OOP 1 SC DINNY V.T. HAMLIN $19.95 See above, first in a series (Volume 2 is out and 3 is imminent) collecting ALL of V.T. Hamlin's first strips. 8. INFECTED BY ART 9 $39.99 With no Spectrum for two years, this annual overview is the place to go to see the best in fantasy art. 9. JOHN SEVERIN TWO-FISTED COMIC BOOK ARTIST SIGNED $39.95 Another bookplate special and we still have plenty of to go with it. Full color, two-sided bookplate signed by author and EC expert Roger Hill. 10. SANJULIAN MASTER OF FANTASY ART $89.00 Another fine Spanish artist gets his own collection and it's a fine one. 11. ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE 75 JESSIE WILCOX-SMITH $15.00 Always popular, but this features the Howard Pyle student Jesse Willcox Smith, a giant in the illustration world in the 1920-40s, and also John Schoenherr, a master science fiction book cover artist. 12. ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #14 THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF WARREN COMIX $38.99 Any books dealing with the Warren illustrators does well—and this isn't even published yet. This is just based on advance orders.Expected in July or August. 13. ALLEY OOP AND THE THORN KING OF NERR SC 1975 DAVE GRAUE $19.95 -Hello, another in the Oop series detailed above. They are popular! 14. TOM KELLEY'S STUDIO 15. ART OF HERBERT PAUS $44.95 An obscure but fine designer and illustrator from the early 20th century. The first-ever book of his work. This is sold out. But you can see Paus’ work in The Black & White Images Third Annual [IMAA03. $25, $12.50]. Click here for all the on-sale Images magazines & annuals. And click here for still-available books from the publisher, The Illustrated Press. We'll finish up next week with the next 2022 winners. |
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Flesk News The Art of Arthur Adams 40 year retrospective is nearly done. We will announce a release date over the summer. This book showcases Arthur's career from 1982 to 2022 to celebrate his amazing path in the comics industry. The Art of Rachel and Terry Dodson is almost done. Years in the making, it will feature over 20 years of material with process sections. Again, watch for details this summer. ~Bud |
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