Thursday, September 29, 2022

Art of Franklin Booth, Ron Cobb, Alex Toth reprints, Epic Conan, Todd McFarlane, Werewolf by Night and Bettie Page!

Flesk’s Art of Franklin Booth is here and it’s magnificent. Ron Cobb is here; and a new Sketching from the Imagination: Magic & Myth. Alex Toth is back in two new printings; Conan Omnibus and Epic editions; Todd McFarlane’s Artist Edition; and three great new EC editions! Plus new PS archives and replica editions, Philippine Legends, Werewolf by Night, a new Bettie Page GN, and Black Water Lilies, a superlative new graphic novel from France.

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Art Books

 


FRANKLIN BOOTH SILENT SYMPHONY Hardcover Edition
Special hardcover edition, limited supply. Our Highest Recommendation. The culmination of twenty years of publishing. The entire Flesk team poured months of research and work into making this all-new, freshly designed, 304-page volume that reprises their first book in 2002. This celebrates the life and work of Franklin Booth, who inspired artists from Berni Wrightson to Michael Kaluta. This is THE book on one of the most successful commercial artists of the early 20th century. 365 black and white and 25 color illustrations plus photos and more. Flesk, 2022. Out of Print. ...More.

Item Code: FRABSSH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 304pg, Partial Color
$65.00

 

FRANKLIN BOOTH SILENT SYMPHONY Softcover Edition
Item Code: FRABSS
Soft Cover, 9x12, 304pg, Partial Color
$49.95 $45.00

Fleskes’ hardcover edition was completely sold out in his Kickstarter offering. But a European distributor gave him a large order for another edition, and we were able to get 100 of these of which we’ve already pre-sold half our copies. Act now.
 


THE ART OF RON COBB
Recommended. By Jacob Johnston. During his sixty-year career, Ron Cobb started out as a radical underground comics cartoonist, but his far larger claim to fame was his concept art for some of the biggest films in sci-fi cinema. From designing spaceships for Alien, Dark Star, and Firefly and the Delorean from Back to the Future to character designs for Conan the Barbarian and creature concepts for Star Wars and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Ron has left a legacy of artwork behind to inspire future generations of concept artists. Includes exclusive insights from the talent he worked with: James Cameron, Joe Johnston, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, and Nick Castle. Titan, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: ARTRCH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 208pg, Partial Color
$60.00 $52.50
 


SKETCHING FROM THE IMAGINATION Magic & Myth
Highly Recommended. 50 contributors with a dizzying array of styles and backgrounds throw open the doors of their imaginations for all to see the creatures and characters, people and places, and other unheard-of concepts they've created. They share ideas, motivations, creative strokes of genius, or simple chance that lit the fire beneath their imagination. This makes it not only a visual feast of fantastical magic from artists around the world, but also an absorbing and compelling read. 3dtotal Publishing, 2022....More.

Item Code: SCIFW
Soft Cover, 8x9, 320pg, Partial Color
$37.00
Here's more fine art books from 3DTotal: The Art of Feefal, the Art of Eliza Ivanova, Mythical Beasts: An Artist’s Field Guide to Designing Fantasy Creatures, Draw What You Love by Simone Grunewald, Character Design 20 and 21, Beyond Art Fundamentals, and The Style of Loish, which has our Highest Recommendation.
 

Graphic Novels

 


BLACK WATER LILIES
Highly Recommended. By Michel Bussi and Fred Duval. Art by Didier Cassegrain. A complex murder mystery with stylish, beautifully painted artwork, from France. Three willful women: "one old and wicked, one young and selfish, and the third in the prime of her life." And a man murdered three ways: stabbed, bludgeoned, and drowned in a stream. The mystery brings brash young InspectorLaurenç from Paris to the postcard-perfect Normandy village of Giverny, home to Impressionist Claude Monet’s gardens and studio. Laurenç soon finds himself head over heels for a pretty schoolteacher — and in over his head. Dider Cassegrain brings Michel Bussi’s bestselling novel to life in lush, delicate watercolors worthy of the famous canvases that lend the book its name: Monet’s immortal Water Lilies. Magnetic Press, 2022....More.

Item Code: BLAWLH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 256pg, Full Color
$29.99
 


BETTIE PAGE The Curse of the Banshee
Collects #1-5. An all-new Bettie Page series under the guidance of writer Stephen Mooney, ably assisted by artist Jethro "Jet" Morales and the queen of the pin-up herself — Bettie Page! Utilizing several clues found at the ancient Key Artifact site in the Middle Americas, McKnight and Bettie surmise that a Key Artifact has been relocated to an ancient burial site in rural Ireland. There Bettie comes face-to-face with the mysterious shape changing Banshee. 40 pages of regular and variant covers for each issue by Morales, Linsner, Mooney, Ani-Mia (cosplay) and others. Plus Bettie herself, in vintage photos. Dynamite, 2022....More.

Item Code: BETCUR
Comic, 7x10, 136pg, Full Color
$19.99
Here's more Bettie, in her previous GNs: Bettie Page Unbound [BPU01. $19.99], Bettie in Hollywood [BP01. $17.99], and her Hollywood Adventures on Murder Island [BETHA. $19.99]. There are also two variants of the Terry Dodson Bettie statue, Oliva Pins, Jim Silke’s Queen of the Nile and original vintage photo collections.
 


MOON KNIGHT Volume 2
Collects #7-12, 2021-22 and Devil's Reign. The brilliant new phase of the Moon Knight continues by writer Jed MacKay. How does he fight someone that no one knows? Moon Knight is out for blood, and hits the streets armed with only a name—Zodiac. Marc is soon fighting his way through the super-crime underworld of NYC, looking for answers to a question he’s barely grasped— Marvel, 2022....More.

Item Code: MOONK02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 168pg, Full Color
$19.99 $17.99
#1 is also $17.99. Here are more Moon Knight Omnibus and Epic collections.
 

EC Comics Archives

 


THE BEST OF EC STORIES Artisan Edition
Our Highest Recommendation. Reproduced directly from the original art pages, 27 of EC's finest (and complete). From the most shocking to the most exquisitely drawn, here's EC's best work in a handsome thick and affordable edition. Wally Wood’s "My World," Al Williamson’s "Food for Thought," Alex Toth’s "Thunderjet," Joe Orlando’s "Judgment Day," Harvey Kurtzman’s "Corpse on the Imjin" and "Air Burst," Bernie Krigstein’s "Master Race," Jack Davis‘ "Foul Play," four Ray Bradbury adaptions including "A Sound of Thunder" and so many more classics of the form; truly the cream of the crop, the best of the best. IDW, 2022....More.

Item Code: BESEC
Soft Cover, 8x12, 200pg, Partial Color
$39.99
 


HOME TO STAY The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories
Our Highest Recommendation. Introduction by Greg Bear. Commentary by Ted White. All the Ray Bradbury stories adapted by EC (including the unauthorized ones!) for the first time in one volume...oversized in a beautiful deluxe binding. Between 1951 and 1954, EC adapted 28 Bradbury stories, scripted by Al Feldstein and illustrated by all of EC's top artists: Johnny Craig, Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, Will Elder, George Evans, Frank Frazetta, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Orlando, John Severin, Angelo Torres, Al Williamson, and Wallace Wood. Fantagraphics, 2022....More.

Item Code: HOMEH
Hard Cover, 10x14, 240pg, b&w
$75.00 $65.00
 


THE EC ARCHIVES CRIME PATROL Volume 1
Collects #7 (the first issue)-11, 1948-49. Recommended. By Gardner Fox and Al Feldstein. Presenting tales of horrific crimes, grisly murders, and bizarre homicide cases featuring the artistry of Johnny Craig, Sheldon Moldoff, Ann Brewster, and Stan Ashe. Obviously EC's version of the highly successful Crime Does Not Pay. Introduces "Captain Crime" and contains at least one werewolf story, a hint of things to come at EC! One of EC’s very first titles, from the "Pre-Trend" era of comics first published by M.C. Gaines, and then by Bill Gaines after his father's death in 1947. Dark Horse, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: ECACP01H
Hard Cover, 9x11, 176pgs, Full Color
$49.99 $42.50
Here are more EC Artist Editions, Archives, and the new softcover line.
 

Comic Book Archives

 


TODD MCFARLANE'S SPIDER-MAN Artist's Edition
Recommended. Huge oversized volume. Todd McFarlane’s gorgeous work on Spider-Man was nothing less than groundbreaking. His intense version of the web-slinging wallcrawler took the character to new heights, instilling in the character a sense of energy and vitality rarely seen before. First, in The Amazing Spider-Man, written by David Michelinie, and then in a spin-off series, with both story and art by McFarlane. McFarlane took each character and made them his own — Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, Sandman, the Vulture, the Lizard, plus his classic interpretations of the Incredible Hulk and Wolverine! And let’s not forget his alluring Mary Jane! IDW, 2022. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge. ...More.

Item Code: TMSAEH
Hard Cover, 17x24, 192pg, Partial Color
$150.00
Here is more by McFarlane. Still in stock is Comic Book Rebels from 1977, signed by McFarlane, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Dave McKean, Dave Sim, Will Eisner and others: without slipcase [COMBRS. $150], with slipcase [RB1663. $250]. These are Underwood File Copies.
 


BLACK ADAM Rise and Fall of an Empire
By Geoff Johns, Morrison, Rucka & Mark Waid. Art by Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett et al. Following the events of Infinite Crisis was a year without Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman...now it's Black Adam as the merciless ruler and protector of the nation of Kahndaq. He's declared an end to the reign of superheroes. But now Adrianna Tomaz, a former refugee, joins Adam and reshapes his goals to become a hero to the world. Freeing enslaved children across Africa, Adam and his newly formed family offer hope to a world in need...but can such change last? Collects the complete black Adam saga from the 52 series. DC Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: BLAARF
Soft Cover, 7x10, 360pg, Full Color
$34.99 $31.99
 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS WEREWOLF BY NIGHT Volume 1
Collects Marvel Spotlight #2-4, 1971; Werewolf by Night #1-8, 1972; Marvel Team-Up #12, 1972. Recommended. By Gerry Conway and Len Wein. Here is the series that kicked off Marvel’s 1970s horror boom, and now is part of the film universe too. Master of the macabre Mike Ploog delivers some of the greatest artwork of his storied career. Marvel’s most fearsome horror hero debuts. Jack Russell by day, but Werewolf by Night! Immigrated from Eastern Europe as a small child, 18-year-old Russell finds out the hair-raising secret of a family curse that turns all males into werewolves! Marvel, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: MMW01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 280pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
Alter Ego #77 has a cover feature on Werewolf by Night [AE177. $10.95].
 


CONAN THE BARBARIAN The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection Volume 6
Vengeance In Asgalun. Collects #72-88, 1977-78. Highly Recommended. By Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema & Howard Chaykin with Tony DeZuniga. Conan and pirate queen Bêlit continue their quest to reclaim her throne in Asgalun. They must descend deep down the River Styx into Luxur, the capital city of Stygia, land of snake-worshippers, in search of Bêlit’s father. Along the way they’ll encounter raiders off the coast of Shem and the famous (and deadly) Hawk-Riders. Conan encounters the Lost Valley of Iskander as he pursues the powerful Eye of Set and ventures into swamps where a sultry witch and man-dragons threaten to devour him alive! Then, Conan is joined by one of the fiercest allies he’ll ever know — the formidable fighter and skilled mage, Zula! Marvel, 2022....More.

Item Code: CONBE06
Soft Cover, 7x10, 328pg, Full Color
$44.99 $39.99
 


CONAN THE BARBARIAN The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 8
Recommended. Collects Conan the Barbarian #195-213 & more, 1987-88. In the late ‘80s, artist Val Semeiks took the reins on Conan the Barbarian, injecting a powerful new energy into the series. Semeiks’ work was a force multiplier for the latter half of Christopher Priest’s era-defining run. Together, they crafted one of the greatest Conan epics of all time, a massive story line building to issue #200 and a showdown with the Devourer of Souls. As the Devourer reveals his final gambit, drawing upon the power of the Elder Gods, Conan must seek aid from one whose name even he dreads: Thulsa Doom! Also featuring the return of Red Sonja, the acclaimed "Heku Trilogy" and early work by Andy Kubert. By Crom! Marvel, 2022....More.

Item Code: CONB08H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 624pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
Here are more Conan Omnibus editions and epic editions, and also new graphic novels like The Cimmerian.
 


DISNEY MASTERS Volume 21 Mickey Mouse The Monster of Sawtooth Mountain
Collected from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #226-248, 1959-61. Recommended. By Paul Murray. Mickey's adventure stories were a back-up to Carl Barks' Ducks in Walt Disney's, but they were actually very good and at long last are collected here. All illustrated by Paul Murry, who set the Mickey style for a decade or more. Here are eight wild adventure stories, taking place the world over, serialized over three issues each. Fantagraphics, 2022....More.

Item Code: DM21H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 184pg, Full Color
$29.99 $27.99
Here are more Disney Masters editions.
 


THE MYTHOLOGY CLASS Where Philippine Legends Become Reality
Nearly 350 pages! Winner of the National Book graphic novel award, 2000. Immerse yourself in a high-stakes fantasy adventure set in the Philippines! This Philippine National Book Award winner fuses traditional myth and magic with contemporary action. Borrowing elements from The Lord of the Rings and The Phantom Tollbooth, author and creator Arnold Arre reinvents age-old Filipino fables, constructing a rich world of fantasy and adventure for a new generation. Tuttle, 2022....More.

Item Code: MYTCP
Soft Cover, 7x10, 368pg, b&w
$18.99
 

Alex Toth

 


GENIUS, ISOLATED The Life and Art of Alex Toth
Our Highest Recommendation. By Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell. Now in paperback, this biography was compiled with complete access to Toth's archives and with the full cooperation of Toth's family. Rare comics pages from the original art, photographs, and drawings. It also reproduces 20 complete stories, including a previously unknown and unfinished story from 1950, most from the original artwork. Updates include clarification on Toth's early married life in the 1950s and the first appearance of the recently discovered final page that completes the special section collecting Jon Fury, the comic strip Toth created in the army, a prize long sought by even the most ardent Toth collectors. IDW, 2022....More.

Item Code: GENIAT
Soft Cover, 9x12, 328pg, Partial Color
$34.99
 


ALEX TOTH BRAVO FOR ADVENTURE Artist's Edition 2nd Printing
New Printing. Highly Recommended. Of every comics story Alex Toth ever drew, the only one that he kept the complete original art for was Bravo for Adventure. This is a virtual "how-to" course in drawing comics. We see how he would draw all the detail in a scene, from thumbnails to pencils to inks — only to black it out in order to focus the reader's eye on what really counted. Also included are variant versions of the Bravo saga, dozens of never-before-seen pencil roughs, preliminary drawings, and story fragments, and twelve pages of Toth's own coloring for an edition that never saw print — until now. IDW, 2022....More.

Item Code: ATBAEH
Hard Cover, 12x17, 136pg, Partial Color
$125.00
Here is more by Toth: His Roy Rogers, Glamour Int’l, Treasures Retold, and out of print editions.
 

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

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.

 

PS Artbooks

 


BLUE BOLT TALES OF TERROR Volume 1
Collects #108, 110, 112, 116, 118, and 119, 1951-53. Recommended. All covers by L.B. Cole. Art by Basil Wolverton, Wally Wood, Jay Disbrow, Rudy Palais et al. A wild configuration of reprinted and new stories make these true pre-code classics. L.B. Cole turn in more of his wildest covers; Wolverton's Spacehawk comes back from the early 1940s, as does the original Blue Bolt, a superhero created by Simon & Kirby but here by another artist. Wally Wood's "The White Spirit" appears in the final issue, and Disbrow contributes six all-new horror stories. Plus a mashup of more horror, science fiction and super hero (Sub-Zero, Phantom Sub, Target and the Targeteers, Torpedoman) stories. PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: BLUB01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color
$32.99
 


ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN Volume 17
Collects #96-101, May-October 1958. Highly Recommended. Another round up of all's that good in these wonderful 1950's issues from ACG and editor Richard Hughes. Science fiction, fantasy, the supernatural, and the unexplained... The artists are even better than usual: John Buscema and Al Williamson each contribute a story, while the regulars abound: Ogden Whitney, Edmond Goode, John Forte, Pete Costanza, John Rosenberger, Creig Flessel, Harry Lazarus, Emil Gershwin, Paul Reinman and Bob Jenney. PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: ADU17
Soft Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color
$24.99
Yes, #18 was announced earlier and is in stock at $26.99. PS shipped these out of order to us. Click here for previous softcover editions, and also newly back in stock earlier editions on sale.
 


OUT OF THIS WORLD ADVENTURES Volumes 1 & 2 Flipbook
Collects #1-2, 1950-51. Highly Recommended. The wonderful folk at PS Artbooks bring you two complete issues of a pulp which also featured full color comics — in the flip book format with 264 pages. Comic stories are "Kenton of the Space Patrol," "Lunar Station" and "Man-Eating Lizards" by the legendary Joe Kubert with able assists by John Giunta, and two episodes of an early Conanesque tryout, "Crom the Barbarian" by famed writer Gardner Fox and Giunta. Complemented by prose sci-fi stories from Lester del Rey, Ray Cummings, Basil Wells, A. Bertram Chandler and A.E. Van Vogt, among others. PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: OUTA
Soft Cover, 7x10, 264pg, Full Color
$34.99
No hardcover announced. We suspect this will only be done in softcover since it’s a unique project and extra thick.
 


STARTLING TERROR TALES Volume 1
Collects #10, 12, 13, 4&5 (#1-5), 1952-53. Recommended. All cover by L.B. Cole. Art by Jay Disbrow, Matt Baker, Wood/Harrison et al. Horror, Jo-Jo Jungle King, a book-length adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (by Wood/Harrison), violent crime and more. Publisher Star didn't have much budget, so they reprinted many stories from earlier Fox comics. But then they had Jay Disbrow do new lead stories, and the notorious L.B. Cole created some of the most highly collectible covers ever on pre-code comics. That's what we have here! PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: PSST01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$29.99
No hardcover has yet been announced. This may only be available in softcover.
 


CLASSIC ADVENTURE COMICS Volume 5
Collects Dell's Combat #1-5, 1961-62. Variant John F. Kennedy cover. Recommended. Remarkable accounts of some of the fiercest battles in World War II: "Get the Bismark!" "Pearl Harbor." "The Death March of Bataan." "Lt. John F. Kennedy, USNR," the story of President Kennedy on PT Boat 109. The great "Desert Fox" falls before the surging onslaught of British might! And all featuring the stunning artwork of the great Sam Glanzman! "Pearl Harbor" recounts how the Japanese lost 28 planes, while the U.S. lost half of its entire Pacific Fleet — in 120 minutes ! PS Artbooks, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: PCAD05
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$29.99
Also available in hardcover with a different cover [PCAD05H. $46.99]
 


SILVER AGE CLASSICS: MYSTERIES OF UNEXPLORED WORLDS Volume 5 Hardcover
Collects #21-25, 1960-61. Recommended. Steve Ditko stories in all but one issue; covers on four! One of Charlton’s longest running titles, this ran for nine years from 1956 to 1965. Fantasy-supernatural, horror tales and science fiction stories with work by Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Bill Fraccio, Bill Montes,and Charles Nicholas. All here, reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be! PS Artbooks, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: SAMUW05H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$46.99
Also available in softcover, with a variant cover by Steve Ditko [SAMUW05. $29.99]
 


SILVER AGE CLASSICS: STRANGE SUSPENSE STORIES Volume 5 Hardcover
Collects #38-42, 1958-59. Recommended. Charlton's not-to-be-underestimated Strange Suspense Stories boasted a huge roster creative of talents: Dick Giordano, Gene Colan, Sol Brodsky, Bill Molno, Rocco Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, Tony Talarico, Bill Fraccio, Matt Baker. And of course Steve Ditko whose moody, individualistic touch came to dominate Charlton's supernatural titles. But before his Marvel fame, Charlton's shining light, Steve Ditko was at his best in this run of Strange Suspense Stories. He's in three issues here, with wonderful covers on two issues. In #39, he draws all FIVE stories. PS Artbooks, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: PCSS05H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color
$46.99

Also available in softcover [PCSS05. $32.99]. Variant cover by Steve Ditko.

We have most previous issues of all the PS titles in stock. See them on our website.

 

PS Replica Editions

 


EERIE COMICS #1 1947 Replica Edition
Recommended. It was January 1947 that the first real, indisputable supernatureal horror comic came along: Eerie Comics #1, published by Avon. Behind a striking cover by Rudy Palais lay "The Eyes of the Tiger" by Bob Fuji featuring a pet tiger who gets his first taste for blood, "Dead Man’s Tale" by Jon Small, story of a bottle that gave Myron Morgan wealth and how he died when it was destroyed, and "The Man-Eating Lizards" by Joe Kubert — when a plane goes down in the ocean, the surviving crew members find themselves on an island of giant, man-eating lizards. And "The Strange Case of Henpecked Harry" by Fred Kida, tells how Harry Horton plots the death of his wife, only to be driven mad by the guilt. PS Artbooks, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: ECM01
Squarebound, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$16.99
 


SCREAM MAGAZINE #2 Replica Edition
By Al Hewetson. Skywald's 1973 issue includes ten complete stories, including "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe. Lady Satan's origin by drawn by Ricardo Villamonte. "The Thing in the Black Dress" by Suso, an exceptional artist whose bio is included. "The Vampire Letters" by Emilio Bernado! And all reproduced here completely like the original comic magazine. Don't hang around, these horrors will be gone by sunrise! PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: SCRE02
Magazine, 7x10, 68pg, b&w
$22.99
#1 is available [SCRE01. $18.99]. Here are more Replica editions from PS and others.
 

Mature Readers

Shasta African Queen is from Skylight books and devoted to one amazing woman from Rwanda. She is photographed in a variety of outdoor and indoor settings, with a modicum of costumes or none at all.

Sorayama: Complete Masterworks is available in a new printing with a new red cover. We had issues with bent corners on the last edition; this one also has covers that extend beyond the contents (Japan style) but this time they came in with no issues, nice and unbent!

Extra Petite P***y Girls is back in print in a revised and larger-size edition. It sold out late last year.

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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #16 The Modesty Blaise Artists
Recommended. Another fine book in this excellent series, this time with a comprehensive look at all the artists that have depicted Modesty Blaise. Jim Holdaway, Enric Romero, John M Burns, Patrick Wright, Neville Colvin, Gerald Lip to Dick Giordano ... plus numerous paperback cover artists. Packed with superb examples of all the artists' work, fascinating articles and never before seen script to sketch comparisons, insights and never before seen visuals of Modesty. Book Palace, 2022. Due: Dec. ...More.

Item Code: IQS16
Soft Cover, 9x11, 160pg, Partial Color
$38.99
Also from Book Palace: The Illustrators Quarterly Special – Art of Glamour is back in stock now in a new printing [IQS13. $44.99]. Also back in stock is The Edgar Rice Burroughs Special Issue [IQS14. $38.99]. Here is more from Book Palace.
 
 

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Flesk News

We took delivery on the Brad Kunkle book regular edition last weekend and it will begin shipping out next week. The signed edition is being signed shortly, and it will be a little longer until they get to us.

Lupente: Flesk Artist Showcase was saved as a surprise with little advance fanfare. It kicks off a new series with art by several illustrators; this issue features five women, including Stephanie Law, whose book Descants & Cadences signed we carry [DESCS. $35]. Also featured is work by Julia Blattman, Karla Ortiz, Virginie Ropars, and Erica Williams. Watch for our unveiling of this in mid-October. We will have it in Publisher Limited Hardcover and softcover editions.

 

PS Artbooks Sale

One more week. With 50+ titles to deal with it’s taken us until this week to get them all up on the website. By the time you click on this, all new sale titles should be up on our website.

 

Upcoming Shows this Fall

We’ll be exhibiting at:

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair October 8-9, with vintage illustrated books and a small assortment of vintage comics and underground comix and more

Sacramento Book Fair October 15

Berkeley Comic Show November 5th – mostly vintage comics, Gold & Silver, plus a few new books

55th California International Antiquarian Book Fair, Pasadena, February 10-12, 2023

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

ERB’s At the Earth’s Core, The Art of Feefal, Lady Death pin-ups, Macanudo, Tokyo Rose, Animal Castle, Sabrina, Alley Oop and much more!

The Letterpress Artist’s Edition At the Earth’s Core is a stunningly beautiful edition. Pulp artist George Gross; The Art of Feefal; Lady Death pin-ups; French graphic novels; the hilarious comic strip from Brazil, Macanudo; Lady Mechanika’s new origin; the true story of Tokyo Rose; Animal Castle Deluxe; Tex the Western returns; Warren’s Spacemen #1-3 is collected; Sabrina 60 Years; Alley Oop; 2023 Calendars and more.

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AT THE EARTH'S CORE Deluxe Signed
Letterpress Edition. Limited & numbered, 648. Highly Recommended. Art by Frazetta, St. John, Sanjulian, Eggleton, Patrick, Stout, Yeates, Jusko, Burian, Grindberg & Jones. ERB Books has issued their next deluxe boxed set, designed to capture the craftsmanship of the past while leading you to experience the adventure of Pellucidar in a fresh new way. The book has been printed letterpress with magnesium plates on a vintage Heidelberg press. Each includes one of the printing plates designed to print one of the pages in the book, a bonus portfolio, 21 color plates, 14 b&w plates, and 35 b&w illustrations by classic as well as contemporary artists. Edgar Rice Burroughs, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: ATEAD
Hard Cover, 7x10, 302pg, Partial Color
$299.99
We’ve just shipped out all backorders of this along with the very last dedication page which was left out, an errata page from the publisher, and a bonus extra page of Burrough’s correspondence. We have ten copies left as I write this. The publisher has only five Artist Proof copies left if we sell through these before those are gone. Here’s more recent ERB editions.
 

Art Books

 


GEORGE GROSS COVERED Hardcover
Bonus 18 pages exclusive to this edition. Recommended. George Gross is one of the best known of the pulp cover artists — here we are introduced to his men's adventure magazine covers and art of the '50s and '60s, and paperback covers from the '40s through the '80s. He was a mentor and friend to iconic illustrator Mort Künstler. Gross's artwork helped establish a visual vocabulary for action/adventure and hard-boiled fiction. His imagery continues to inspire and influence, from action paperbacks to the Pulp Fiction movie poster. New Texture, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: GEOGCH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 140pg, Full Color
$39.95
Also available in softcover with a variant cover. [GEOGC. $24.95]. Click here or on the banner above for more from this publisher.
 


THE ART OF FEEFAL
By Linnea Kikuchi. Her spooky-cute style has been a constant throughout her career, amassing legions of dedicated Instagram followers who not only adore her art, but are always keen to know the stories and inspiration behind it. For the first time, Feefal shares the early influences that put her on the path to becoming the professional character designer she is today, including those of her Swedish-Japanese upbringing. In doing so, the ideas behind paintings such as Lamp Shade Lady, Understanding the Hahahaki Disease (a fictional ailment caused by unrequited love) and Momento Mori are explained. Galleries of paintings intertwined with step-by-step tutorials and insights into her creative process. 3dtotal Publishing, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: ARTFEH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 152pg, Full Color
$50.00
 


LADY DEATH EVEN MORE NAUGHTY Artbook
All New! Lady Death's naughty side is in this brand-new hardcover art book, containing 48 full-color pages of pin up art from loads of today's top artists. Topless, see-through filmy outfits, or otherwise nearly nude. Contributors include Ryan Brown, Spurlonga, Elias Chatzoudis, Mike DeBalfo, Greg Horn, Ryan Kincaid, Mike Krome, Mike Mayhew, Dawn McTeigue, Dan Mendoza, Monte Moore and many more! Coffin Comics, 2022. Mature Readers. ...More.

Item Code: LDEMNH
Hard Cover, 8x12, 48pg, Full Color
$45.00
Here is more Lady Death special comics and art books.
 

Newly Translated from France

 


TEXAS JACK Book 1
Volume 1 of 2. Highly Recommended. By Pierre Dubois. Art by Dimitri Armand. A circus performer and dime novel hero, Texas Jack is hired by the government to eliminate a dangerous gang in distant Wyoming ... he's a crack shot and a gunslinger, but he’s never even seen the Wild West! Fortunately his path will lead him to a real professional: Marshal Sykes. With his three co-stars from the show, they're going to get into some wild action with a group of bloodthirsty murderers. It's a suicide mission he can't turn down. Excellent artwork. Cinebook, 2022....More.

Item Code: TEXJ01
Soft Cover, 9x11, 64pg, Full Color
$15.99
 


TEXAS JACK Book 2
Highly Recommended. Book 2 of 2. By Pierre Dubois. Art by Dimitri Armand. Jack and his friends, still attached to Marshal Sykes’ posse, are on their way to Eagle Town to rendezvous with a cavalry detachment. Yet there are still questions marks hanging over his mission. Too many ambushes, too many coincidences ... Not to mention that the idea of sending a circus act to fight a deadly bandit remains a preposterous idea to Sykes ... and that the presence of the too-beautiful Amy creates tensions between the two teams. Outstanding art, fast-paced good story. Cinebook, 2022....More.

Item Code: TEXJ02
Soft Cover, 9x11, 64pg, Full Color
$15.99
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AKKAD Book 1
Part 1 of 2. By Clarke (Frédéric Seron). In the near future, Earth is falling to a catastrophic alien invasion: giant beetle-like creatures emerge without warning from spatio-temporal rifts, wipe out resistance in a certain zone, then seal it behind a completely impenetrable barrier. Entire sections of the planet have already been lost forever. With conventional weaponry powerless, the USA authorize a program that will turn five teenagers into pure geniuses. Will the test subjects find a defense— or will they become out of control themselves? Cinebook, 2022....More.

Item Code: AKK01
Soft Cover, 9x11, 72pg, Full Color
$16.95
 


AKKAD Book 2
Part 2 of 2. By Clarke (Frédéric Seron). Conclusion. To save humanity from a mortal threat, an unscrupulous scientist conducts a dangerous experiment on five teenagers, hoping to turn them into weapons. Professor Kessler’s experiment continues, but the powers of his test subjects are growing at a phenomenal rate. He calls upon Sofi, herself a guinea pig for him once, and who loathes him, to oversee the teenagers ... and track them down when they inevitably escape. Is it not already too late to stop the invasion, as the number of enemy incursions suddenly skyrockets? Cinebook, 2022....More.

Item Code: AKK02
Soft Cover, 9x11, 48pg, Full Color
$11.95
 


RAJ Volume 1 The Missing Nabobs of The City of Gold
In the art style of Tintin. Book 1 of 2. By Wilbur. Art by Didier Conrad. In the 19th century Raj — the British colonial empire in India — a young, idealistic Crown agent is confronted with the sordid reality of colonialism and its ugly consequences. Book 1 of 2. Bombay, 1831. Freshly arrived from London, Alexander Martin reports to his new boss at the Indian Political Service, a government agency whose function is little more than helping the East India Company expand its grasp on the Indian subcontinent. The enthusiastic, somewhat idealistic young man soon begins displeasing the British establishment, and is shunned by Bombay’s polite society ... until several of its members begin disappearing, forcing Alexander to investigate ... Cinebook, 2022....More.

Item Code: RAJ01
Soft Cover, 9x11, 48pg, Full Color
$11.95
Here is more from France, now in new English editions.
 

Comics & Graphic Novels

 


MACANUDO Welcome to Elsewhere
Introduction by Matt Groening. Highly Recommended. In the spirit of Calvin & Hobbes, Mutts, and Krazy Kat, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children, talking animals, imaginary monsters, sensitive robots, occasional elves, and anthropomorphized objects to perform gags, philosophize, muse on nature, and engage in surreal, artistic flights of fancy. It's hilarious! Jokes about domestic life, imagined scenarios of historical figures, Cthulu showing up to Tinder dates, characters simply enjoying a pastoral sunset, the puncturing of pop-culture stalwarts: Macanudo is a boundless canvas for its author's humane and delightfully off-kilter view of the world, in a way few comic strips have ever even attempted. Fantagraphics, 2022....More.

Item Code: MACAH
Hard Cover, 9x7, 176pg, Full Color
$24.99 $22.99
 


LADY MECHANIKA Volume 7 The Monster of The Ministry of Hell
Collects the complete four issue series. Recommended. By Joe Benitez. Art by Beth Sotelo. The origin of the notorious adventuress! In a Victorian asylum full of grotesque inmates, sadistic guards, and a fanatical doctor, a young lady wakes to find her arms and legs have been replaced with mechanical limbs. But who among this gruesome menagerie is the true Monster of the Ministry of Hell? The origins of the notorious adventuress known as Lady Mechanika! Cover Gallery with seven homage covers by Joe Benitez. to celebrate his return and her debut with Image. Image Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: LADY07
Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color
$12.99
Volume 1 remains available [LADY01. $14.99]. It collects #0-5, 2010-15.
 


TOKYO ROSE ZERO HOUR
Recommended. By Andre R. Frattino. Art by Kate Kasenow. The true story of Iva Toguri, a Japanese American woman who was visiting her relatives in Tokyo shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Trapped in Japan, Iva refused to renounce her American citizenship. But she was forced to take a job with Radio Tokyo to host "Zero Hour," a propaganda broadcast aimed at demoralizing American troops — in the role of the infamous Tokyo Rose, "The Siren of the Pacific." Tuttle, 2022....More.

Item Code: TOKRH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 128pg, b&w
$16.99
 


ANIMAL CASTLE Volume 1 Signed & Limited
Collects issues #1-5. Tipped-in signature plate, signed by writer and artist, limited to 250. Recommended. By Xavier Dorison. Art by Felix Delep. On the Farm, all animals were equal. In the Castle, some are more equal than others. Forgotten by men, the Animal Castle is ruled with an iron hoof by President Silvio. The bull and its dog militia savor their power, while the other animals are exhausted by work, until the arrival of the mysterious Azelar, a traveling rat who will teach them the secrets of civil disobedience. Ablaze, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: ANIM01D
Hard Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color
$99.00
Unsigned Hardcover edition [ANIM01H. $24.99, $21.99].
 


DEJAH THORIS VS JOHN CARTER OF MARS
Collects #1-6. AAn epic adventure, reuniting fiction's greatest lovers: Dejah Thoris from Barsoom, and John Carter from Earth! But their reunion is short-lived...The Longborn, an ancient and mysterious race of immortal "gods", have arrived to reclaim what is theirs: Mars! A planet-sized war courtesy Dan Abnett (Guardians Of The Galaxy, Justice League) and Alessandro Miracolo (Red Sonja). Dynamite, 2022....More.

Item Code: DEJVJ
Soft Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color
$19.99
Here is more Dejah and John Carter.
 

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

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.

 

Archive Editions

 


TEX IN THE LAND OF THE SEMINOLES
Highly Recommended. By Mauro Boselli (who provides a six-page introduction with art by Toppi). Art by Michele Rubini. One of our very favorite westerns returns. Tex Willer is on the run! To escape the relentless FBI agent's hunt, the lone outlaw ends up in Florida, where a bloody war has been waged between the American army and the Seminoles for thirty years in the swamps infested with poisonous snakes and ferocious crocodiles. First a soldier, then a deserter and finally an enemy traitor, Tex will find himself fighting not only for his life, but for the salvation of an entire people! All six chapters together. Epicenter Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: TEXLH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 400pg, b&w
$35.99
We didn’t get our full order of this, so if you find we are out of stock, we expect more soon. Our previous Tex collection is out of print, and so is the Free Comic Book Day issue we offered in May, which previewed this new book.
 


SPACEMEN Volume 1
Collects #1-3, 1961-62. Recommended. By Basil Gogos et al. Warren's companion title to the ground breaking Famous Monsters, also edited by Forry Ackerman. Four years before Creepy got started, here's a look at the best science fiction films with pictures, interviews and synopses of the best films of the 30s, 40s, and 50s. 210 pages of SF action, wonder, and amazement guaranteed to thrill the Space Cadet in all of us! Get ready for blast off!! PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: SPAME01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 210pg, b&w
$34.99
 


HARLEY QUINN & THE GOTHAM CITY SIRENS Omnibus
Collects the complete Gotham City Sirens #1-26 and Catwoman #83, 2009-2011. Recommended By Paul Dini, Peter Calloway & Tony Bedard. Art by Guillem March & Andres Guinaldo. The bad girls of Gotham City! Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are tired of playing by other peoples' rules regardless of which side of the law they're on. These tough ladies have a new agenda that's all their own, and they'll use any means necessary to pursue it. But can they get along and work as a team? And who will get hurt along the way? Batman is away...but not so are Hush, the Riddler and the Joker, all out to squash the gals. DC Comics, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: HARGCH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 648pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
 


BATMAN NO MAN'S LAND Omnibus Volume 2
By Dennis O'Neil. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. The epic conclusion to Gotham City's darkest hour — the crossover event that will completely change Gotham and the Dark Knight! Features appearances by Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, the Scarecrow and many others. An earthquake has cut off Gotham City from the rest of the world; criminals are running wild. Lex Luthor offers to help against Bane, Two-Face and the Joker, but can they trust him? DC Comics, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: BATN02H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1080pg, Full Color
$150.00 $125.00
 


SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH 60 Magical Stories
Recommended. By Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Dan Parent et al. 60 stories from 60 years of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, including her first story and many more by Dan DeCarlo. Fun, full-color commemorative collection of magical and mischievous stories! Digest-sized. 500 pages of classics — one story from each of the 60 years of Sabrina's history! Also: behind-the-scenes anecdotes that shed light on each decade and iteration of Sabrina. Archie Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: SABMA
Soft Cover, 5x8, 512pg, Full Color
$14.99
We have just three copies left of Sabrina The Teenage Witch Vol 1, from 2019, collecting #1-5 of the new series by Kelly Thompson and Veronica Fish [SAB01. $14.99].
 


ALLEY OOP AND HAN SIN'S KITE 1974 By Dave Graue
Recommended. Alley Oop time-travels to ancient China to find the first kite ever made— but instead finds spies, intrigue, and traitors in the high court! Includes all the daily strips from 1974, never before reprinted. Also featuring "Stranded in Nerr". Professor Lurch invents a new car, but to keep it from the wrong hands, Alley takes it time-traveling. But instead of Pennsylvania in 1794, they end up, well, in a very strange land...and Wonmug can't track them down. Manuscript, 2022....More.

Item Code: ALLEHS
Soft Cover, 9x8, 106pg, b&w
$19.95
Here are more in the Dave Graue series, and click here for the V.T. Hamlin collections.
 


ARROWSMITH Volume 2 Behind Enemy Lines
Collects Behind Enemy Lines #1-6. Recommended. Excellent art. In a world where World War One is fought with magic and dragons as much as bullets and trenches, young Fletcher Arrowsmith of the Overseas Aero Corps is sent on a secret mission into enemy territory, to find a mysterious ally and stop a deadly plan to destroy Europe. He'll deal with dangerous enemy sorcerers, werewolves, and trolls...and learn the true secrets behind magic and the war itself. Image Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: ARR02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 168pg, Full Color
$16.99
Volume 1 is still available, collecting #1-6, 2003-04. Recommended [ARR01. $24.99].
 

2023 Calendars

 


PULP ATTACK 2023 Calendar
Recommended. Twelve steamy magazine and paperback covers and movie posters from the golden age of sleaze. Nautipuss, She Tried to be Good, Satan was a Man, Perversity, etc. Nice selection of sultry ladies. Lots of cleavage. Eco friendly paper, all major holidays. Features months and days in additional languages.Tushita, 2022....More.

Item Code: PULP23
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95
 


CINEMA NOIR 2023 Calendar
Classic collection of twelve amazing and mostly little-seen movie posters from the golden age of Hollywood crime dramas. Exploitation and girls galore. The Devil is a Woman, Laura, The Chase, Gardenia, Cult of the Cobra, Maltese Falcon, City that Never Sleeps, Scarface, even Bogart and Bacall are here, and Spellbound with Ingrid Bergman & Gregory Peck. Tushita, 2022....More.

Item Code: CN23
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95
 


WORLDS OF FICTION 2023 Calendar
Recommended. Robbie the Robot gets top billing on a fun selection of action film posters, including a Flash Gordon wanna-be film with Flash himself, Rocket Ship with Buster Crabbe. Also Invasion from Planet X and then we have at least one vintage pulp cover, this one from Amazing Stories. With full page top image and full page bottom grid on premium European paper stock. Tushita, 2022....More.

Item Code: WOF23
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95
 


PIN-UP HISTORY 2023 Calendar
Vintage Pin Ups from an impressive variety of artists. Many of the most popular artists are here, if you’d like to explore 40s and 50s pin-ups beyond Elvgren. All with that wonderful innocent appeal of vintage pin-up art, girls with big smiles or a look of naive surprise. Features 4 months at a glance view. Tushita, 2022 ...More.

Item Code: PI23
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95
Click here for all available 2023 calendars. Several, like the two deluxe Frazettas, are still coming.
 

Back in stock, Signed by Giancola

 


MIDDLE EARTH Visions of a Modern Myth Signed
Closeout Price! Just added, an all-new signed bookplateby Giancola! Highly Recommended. From the brush of Donato Giancola, one of the world's most recognized and lauded fantasy artists, comes a book filled with new illustrations that apply his legendary Renaissance craftsmanship to J. R. R. Tolkien's fantastic Middle-Earth. Dramatic lighting and deft draftsmanship in a photo-realistic style, reminiscent of master painters, explains Donato's popularity. Winner of numerous Hugo and Chesley Awards. This long-awaited, moving, and beautiful voyage through Middle-Earth — a must-have for eager genre readers everywhere — offers a refreshingly new exploration of literature's most beloved fantasy realm with portraits as well as action scenes involving all the characters. Underwood Books, 2010....More.

Item Code: MIDEH
Hard Cover, 9x13, 78pg, Full Color
$25.00 $17.50
When Donato Giancola did his bookplate for Spectum Quarterly 2, he noticed we’d gotten this book back into stock in a warehouse find from Underwood Books (click here for all these). Donato suggested creating a new bookplate for it and we were thrilled. And at a sale price. Here’s more by Giancola.
 

Mature Readers

We have five new adult calendars this week, several of our best sellers each year: Mystique X-posed and also from the Mystique people, Hot Naked Girls, Big Boob Girls, and Xxplicit Babes. From Tushita, we have the artistic b&w nudes of Erotic Touch. See more of this year’s adult and pin-up calendars on our website.

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News & Notes

 

Spectrum Quarterly #2 – New Bookplate

Ed Binkley, the cover artist for this issue, volunteered to give us a bookplate for all of our remaining copies. As we did with Volume 1, we limited the original bookplate to 300. This issue’s bookplate by Donato Giancola just sold out. But now we have a second outstanding signed bookplate thanks to Ed Binkley.

Editors Arnie and Cathy Fenner are hard at work on SPQ #3, with features on Brom, Wrightson & more.

We featured Ed Binkley’s work on our latest catalog cover, Fall 2022. If you don’t have a copy yet, ask for one with your order, or download here. [UPDATE. $0.00]. It’s free.

Our next catalog, the 2022 Holiday Edition, is in the works now, with a cover by Kinuko Y. Craft from her new book. It will be in your hands in early to mid November.

 

Franklin Booth: Silent Symphony

I’m driving to the Bay Area to meet John Fleskes and pick up our copies on Sept 24. The Special Hardcover edition is about half sold out from us. This has been among Flesk’s most successful books. It is undoubtedly the best art book ever on Booth’s fine-line work.

Here’s more recent releases from Flesk, including the fine Drawings of Edwin Austin Abbey, still available in Publisher’s Edition and softcover [$49.95 and $39.95].

 

PS Artbooks- more on sale

We’re still processing the 50+ new sale books from PS. We just tried to reorder several from our U.S. source and found they are ALL sold out, so what we have is all we will have. We didn’t stock these quite as heavily as we have in the past, so please avoid disappointment by acting now to order your favorites.

We delayed sending out Part 2 of our PS Sale email; this may be sent on Sept 27 if we can finish our work on these, getting them all scanned and described.

 

Buster and the Haunted Banjo HC Signed by Brian Kesinger

I just read this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Well worth the price of admission, and good for all ages. -Bud ($20)

Also still available and signed from Kesinger: Time Traveling with your Octopus and Walking your Octopus. $30 ea. Traveling with your Octopus $29.95 and Dressing your Octopus SC ($25) and HC Deluxe ($60) have just one copy of each left.

 

OAF-Con report

I just returned from this vintage comics show in Oklahoma, and I had a wonderful time. I had two tables of both old comics and new material, and I managed to find lots of great new things for my own collection. I’ll try and gen up a report for Facebook and our blog in the next few days.

 

Upcoming Shows this Fall

We’ll be exhibiting at:

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair October 8-9, with vintage illustrated books and a small assortment of vintage comics and underground comix and more

Sacramento Book Fair October 15

Berkeley Comic Show November 5th – mostly vintage comics, Gold & Silver, plus a few new books

55th California International Antiquarian Book Fair, Pasadena, February 10-12, 2023

~Bud

 

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