Thursday, February 16, 2023

Bernie Wrightson: The FPG Years, John Singer Sargent, Alley Oop, Carmen, Hashman, Dune and Marvel Archives!

Bernie Wrightson: The FPG Years is here and it’s really a sharp book. We also have John Singer Sargent, Alley Oop Meets Draculina, new Phantom Dailies, Carmen--the opera--as a graphic novel, the story of fighter Jack Johnson, Hashman (!), Dune, Marvel Archives and PS Artbooks. Plus my Pasadena Book Fair report with celebrity sightings there! Enjoy!

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BERNIE WRIGHTSON The FPG Years
Introduction by Mike Ploog. Our Highest Recommendation. It’s been almost 30 years since Bernie Wrightson let his imagination run wild on his two trading card series. Bernie was given free rein to explore whatever ideas he wanted. Over a two-year period, he created 150 amazing NEW paintings. Vivid images of swamp creatures, vampires, werewolves, and beasties — Bernie's favorite monsters! It’s a spellbinding collection of all the things for which Bernie is best known, never before in book form and nearly actual size of each painting. Bonus material: 11-page introduction, all advertising, box and sleeve art, note from the original publisher and more. FPG, 2022....More.

Item Code: BERNWH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 200pg, Partial Color
$49.00

Click here for much more by Bernie: Monsters Color the Creature Book ($30), Frankenstein ($19.99), Absolute Swamp Thing ($90), Swamp Thing Omnibus ($85), Zombie Jam ($19.95), Bronze Age House of Secrets 1 ($110) and more.

In Rare Books, his first and still best Art of book, the massive A Look Backsigned on the title page [RB1989. $700], Very Fine in a Near Fine jacket. From 1978.

 


JOHN SINGER SARGENT Masterpiece Edition
Recommended. By Carter Ratcliff. An enormous new collection, 12 x 15 inches. In the early work of John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Henry James saw "the slightly 'uncanny' spectacle of a talent which on the threshold of its career has nothing more to learn." Sargent’s genius was sustained with equal intensity through his famed society portraits, like the scandalous Madame X; his full-size showpieces, like The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit; his thousands of watercolors executed en plein air from Venice to Corfu to Maine to Montana; and his ambitious mural decorations for the public monuments of Boston. Abbeville Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: JOHSSH
Hard Cover, 12x15, 272pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
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Comic Strip Collections

 


ALLEY OOP MEETS DRACULINA 1981 Dave Graue
Highly Recommended. Alley travels to the darkest heart of Transylvania where he fights vicious Turks alongside the vampire queen: Draculina! Is she friend... or fiend? Meanwhile, the hunt is on for Dinny... who is lost in the twentieth century! And...two time travelers from the far future come to the 20th century but are scheming to eliminate Wonmug and his time machine; but not on Alley's watch. Nice work!!! Acoustic Learning, 2023....More.

Item Code: ALLE81
Soft Cover, 9x8, 106pg, b&w
$19.99
See our website for all previous Alley Oop collections from Graue and from V.T. Hamlin. These deserve your attention, they are selling very well, one release after another.
 


THE PHANTOM The Complete Dailies Volume 26 1975-1977
Five complete continuities: "Hzzz," "Star of Bangalla," "Mystery of Kula-Ku," "S.S. Blitz," "Return of the Terrorists," "The Proposal," and "Guardian of the Eastern Dark." Strips from this issue are taken directly from King Feature’s proofs. Hermes, 2023....More.

Item Code: PH26H
Hard Cover, 12x9, 272pg, b&w
$60.00
Printings are not large and these are going out of print. We have Volume 23, 25 and 26, all at $60 each, plus Hurt copies of Volumes 21, 22 and 24 at $45 each. Here is more of The Phantom, and more specialty books from Hermes Press.
 

Graphic Novels

 


CARMEN
Recommended. Perhaps the most famous opera in history, Georges Bizet's Carmen premiered in 1875 in Paris. The four-act opera, adapted from the novella by Prosper Mérimée, remains "one of the most exciting and popular works in the repertoire." Arizona Opera Company presents Carmen, a tragic tale of a beautiful dancer and her soldier-suitors (and revolutionaries), adapted as a graphic novel by tenor, director, and writer Alek Shrader and illustrated by legendary artist P. Craig Russell and the acclaimed artist Aneke (Bylines in Blood). Powerfully drawn in an oversized format, with excellent artwork. Clover Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: CARMH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 112pg, Full Color
$35.00
Carmen is another uniquely high quality project from Clover Press. Click here for all the books we handle from Clover. For another musical/opera, don’t miss The Phantom of the Opera, now on sale [PHANOPH. $29.99, $14.99]. We have seven copies left at this price.
 


LAST ON HIS FEET Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century
Recommended. Transporting readers directly into the ring, artist Youssef Daoudi and writer Adrian Matejka intersperse dramatic boxing action with vivid flashbacks to reveal how Jack Johnson, the self-educated son of formerly enslaved parents, reached the pinnacle of sport — all while facing down a racist justice system. Through a combination of powerful illustrations and striking verse, Last on His Feet honors a contentious man who has for more than a century been denied his proper due. Liveright, 2023....More.

Item Code: LASTHH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 336pg, Full Color
$29.99
You might also like The Set-Up: The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March, another graphic novel about the boxing underworld, this one written in 1928 [SETUH. $29.95, $27.95]. Korero Press, 2022.
 


HASHMAN
By Alex Grand and Joshua Berman. Art by Charbak Dipta. Based on a series of interviews with eye witnesses, court reports, and newspaper articles carefully used to construct an authentic and visually visceral ride through the life of a well connected cannabis pioneer. Joey Berkowitz has a complicated past, extending through East Coast mobs, the psychedelic 60s, the New York celebrity drug culture, Berkeley Peace movement, the Paris riots, Altamont, Woodstock, laundering money in Southeast Asia, and sitting meditation courses in Tibet. Join Joey as he manages to escape prosecution time and time again by the seat of his pants, ultimately becoming a noteworthy shrink in Seattle where he manages to find himself a central figure in the worldwide cannabis legalization scene as its most notorious authorizing doc, dispensary financier, and industry stalwart. Comic Book Historians, 2023....More.

Item Code: HASHM
Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color
$13.99
Here are more small-edition specialty books from Alex Grand (Comicbookhistorians.com): Cult Girls, Frank Thorne: Blue Wizard of Comic Arts, and Howard Chaykin: Dark Prince of Comics, from $14.99 to $24.99.
 


DUNE: The Waters of Kanly
Collects #1-4, 2022. In the aftermath of the battle of Arrakeen, House Atreides is shattered and war master Gurney Halleck takes refuge with spice smugglers, vowing revenge no matter the cost. Soon, Gurney and the smugglers may have an opportunity to deal a crucial blow to their bitter enemies, but at what cost? Will they be met with certain death, their sacrifices all for nothing? Artist Francesco Mortarino brings the original short story written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson to life. Variant covers by Yoon (4 different), Carnevale, Raul Allen, Sorrentino, Mortarino, and InHyuk Lee. Boom!, 2023....More.

Item Code: DUNWH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color
$24.99
Here is more in the Dune series.
 

Marvel Archives

 


DAREDEVIL Epic Collection Volume 1 The Man Without Fear
New printing. Collects Daredevil #1-21, 1964-66. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee, Wally Wood, and Dennis O'Neil. Art by Wood, Romita, Colan, Everett, et al. This is it, the first two years of stories starring Marvel's totally original new character, created just after Lee and Ditko (and perhaps Kirby) dreamed up Spider-Man. When a daring act to save a man's life blinds young Matt Murdock, he finds that the same accident has enhanced his remaining senses to superhuman levels! He becomes Daredevil. Origin story by Bill Everett, superlative follow-up stories by Wally Wood, then John Romita.. Marvel, 2023....More.

Item Code: DAE01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 472pg, Full Color
$44.99 $39.99
 


CAPTAIN AMERICA By Nick Spencer Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Captain America: Sam Wilson #1-17, 2015; Steve Rogers #1-11, 2016 & four Avengers one-shots. Blockbuster writer Nick Spencer launches a star-spangled saga. When Steve Rogers retired, Sam Wilson — formerly the Falcon — became the all-new Captain America. And in addition to threats like the Sons of the Serpent, he must contend with those who resent his taking of Cap’s mantle. But when Sam, Steve and Bucky learn the shocking truth of the town of Pleasant Hill, everything changes again — and a reinvigorated Steve returns as a second Captain America! But Steve has a terrible secret. Is he a double agent for Hydra? Has he always been one?! As Sam battles in the light, Steve navigates through the shadows — and schemes to change the world! Marvel, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: CAPNS01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 888pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN Volume 16
Collects Iron Man #158-170; Iron Man Annual #5 & more, 1982-83. Art by Carmine Infantino, Luke McDonnell et al. Tony Stark is living proof that even good looks, lots of money and world-class technical genius can’t guarantee that life’s a breeze! With new writer Dennis O’Neil at the helm, Iron Man faces a gauntlet of villains including Diablo, the Serpent Squad — and a battle against AIM that requires the help of Moon Knight! Still struggling with alcoholism, Stark transfers the mantle of Iron Man — to Jim Rhodes! Marvel, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: MMIM16H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 360pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
Here are more recent Marvel Omnibus Editions, Masterworks and Epic (softcover) collections.
 

PS Artbooks Archives

 


Item Code: CLHOR03H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$52.99

CLASSIC HORROR COMICS Volume 3 Hardcover
Collects Do You Believe in Nightmares #1-2, 1957-58; Eerie #17 (1954) and 8-9, 1958. Recommended. By Steve Ditko, Wally Wood, Joe Kubert, Jerry Grandenetti et al."Do You Believe in Nightmares" from St. John in 1958 serves up lots of great Steve Ditko and Dick Ayers in two issues originally intended to be a Charlton title. Eerie #17 is straight from the original Avon title in 1954; two more Eerie issues are IW/Super reprints circa 1958-64, collecting early 1950s Wally Wood covers & stories, a story from Spook #1, a classic Dr. Drew by Grandenetti from Ghost #9 and more. PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: CLHOR03
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

Here are previous volumes.
 


Item Code: SASW04H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$52.99

SPACE WAR Volume 4 Hardcover
Collects #16-20, 1962-63. By Joe Gill. A science-fiction feast from Charlton Comics. From "Rescue in Space" to "The Brain Master." Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Rocco Mastroserio, and Charles Nicholas artwork. Space War ran from 1959 to 1964, one of several Charlton titles to carry on the traditions begun with EC and DC’s Strange Adventures and Mystery in Space. The quality of material was never too great, but inside the occasional classic cover it gave us new tales of life and death in outer space! PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: SASW04
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

The softcover sports what I’d consider a classic robot cover, different from the HC. It came in a while back [SASW04. $32.99]. Here are previous volumes.
 


Item Code: PCAD06H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$52.99

CLASSIC ADVENTURE COMICS Volume 6 Hardcover
Collects Dell's Combat #6-10, 1962-63. By Paul S. Newman. Art by Sam Glanzman et al. Painted covers. WWII and some of the fiercest battles including "Raid on Regensburg" and "Action in the Sunda Strait" where the Japanese smash a combined American-British-Dutch-Australian fleet at the Battle of the Java Sea. Ferocious jungle combat between soldiers sworn to victory in "Fighting Back in New Guinea!" The raging battle for Monte Cassino against unseen enemy troops. And finally the thunder of a thousand bullets and bombs in the blazing "Battle of Midway." PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More.

COMING IN MAY
Item Code:
PCAD06
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

The softcover version, with a different cover, is due in May [PCAD06. $32.99].
 


Item Code: KONG01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$52.99

KONGA Volume 1 Hardcover
Collects #1-5, 1961-62. Recommended. By Joe Gill. Professor Decker tests a formula he created on ordinary monkey Konga — with disastrous results. Konga first becomes a gorilla, then learns to read minds, grows to gigantic size and goes on a rampage through London! This 23-issue series began based on the 1960 film, but carried on with new stories and artwork by Steve Ditko, Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas and Bill Molno. Included is the movie adaptation, plus Konga's first four adventures past the film. Ditko has artwork in #1, 3, 4 and 5, and provides the cover for #4. PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More.

COMING IN MAY
Item Code:
KONG01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

We’re expecting the softcover version of this in May [KONG01. $32.99], with a different cover.
 

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

We still have Tarzan And The Lion of Judah in two other editions, signed $50 and Signed Deluxe Hardcover $110, but above is our last copy with the original drawing, limited to 52 copies.

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.

 

Coming in June

 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE FANTASTIC FOUR Volume 1
Collects #1-10, 1961-62. A major reprinting of the original Marvel Masterworks Volumes is now underway, starting with the book that ushered in the Marvel Age of Comics: The Fantastic Four! Back in hardcover, beautifully restored to match the original comics and boasting expanded bonus material! Welcome to Marvel’s reMasterworks! In August 1961, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby lit the fuse to the greatest revolution in comic book history, the Marvel Age of Comics, and it begins right here in the pages of The Fantastic Four. Marvel, 2023. Due: Jun....More.

Item Code: MMFF01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 288pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
 

Coming in July

 


MICHAEL GOLDEN'S MARVEL STORIES Artist's Edition
Michael Golden is a true "Artist's Artist." His work has inspired several generations of comic artists, and fans eagerly await his new releases. This Artist's Edition of Golden's Marvel work will include four stories (two short NAM stories from Savage Tales, and the Wolverine Christmas story), including one of his most fondly remembered, the Spider-Man/Hulk from Marvel Fanfare #47—considered to be one of his very best. Plus pages from Doctor Strange #55, Avengers Annual #10, and covers galore. IDW, 2023. Due: July....More.

Item Code: MICMSH
Hard Cover, 176pg, b&w
$150.00
 


JEPH LOEB & TIM SALE SPIDER-MAN Gallery Edition
Collects Spider-Man Blue #1-6, the complete series, 2002-03. "It’s about remembering someone so important to me I was going to spend the rest of my life with her." What Peter Parker didn’t know was that Gwen Stacy would only get to spend the rest of her life with him. This is the story of how they fell in love — or, more appropriately, how they almost didn’t! To get the girl of his dreams, Peter must run the gauntlet of the Green Goblin, the Rhino, two Vultures...and a mysterious man in the shadows controlling it all. It’s one of the most poignant Spidey stories ever told, by the Eisner Award-winning team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale — now looking better than ever in the pages of a Gallery Edition! Marvel, 20213. Due: Jul....More.

Item Code: JLTSH
Hard Cover, 168pg, Full Color
$50.00 $44.99
 


MARVEL JULY 1963 Omnibus
Collects Avengers #1, X-Men #1, Spider-Man #5, & much more. Marvel celebrates the 60th anniversaries of the X-Men and the Avengers by collecting each and every Marvel comic book from the month of their July 1963 debut! In July Marvel also debuted groundbreaking Annuals, experimented with a new type of war comic, continued the tales of frontier justice and appealed to an audience not just interested in fisticuffs — with teen humor and romance titles. Includes Spidey #5, FF #19 & annual 1, Sgt. Fury 3, TOS 146, TTA 48, Millie, Kid Colt, Rawhide Kid, Patsy Walker... Marvel, 2023. Due: July....More.

Item Code: MARJ63H
Hard Cover, 656pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
This joins the August 1961 and the June 1962 Omnibus editions which also collect every Marvel title from that month. We have one copy left of the 1961 Hurt at 40% off.
 


IMMORTAL HULK Omnibus
Collects Immortal Hulk #1-50, Gamma Flight #1-5 and much more, 2018-2021. Art by Lee Garbett et al. Cover by Alex Ross. Is he man or monster...or is he both? Find out as Al Ewing and Joe Bennett take Bruce Banner to hell and back in the complete, infernal saga of the Immortal Hulk! Every time Bruce dies, he rises again...as the Hulk! And he is being hunted: By the government, by Alpha Flight, by the mysterious Shadow Base, even by the Avengers! But Bruce has even bigger problems. Something terrible has infected him. Something with unspeakable plans for humanity. And the answers lie beyond...the Green Door! Featuring friends and foes both old and new as well as multiple Hulk personas, this horror reinvention of a Marvel icon is like no comic book you have ever read before! Marvel, 2023. Due: Jul....More.

Item Code: IMMHH
Hard Cover, 1592pg, Full Color
$150.00 $125.00
 


NEW X-MEN Omnibus
Collects New X-Men #114-154 & Annual #1, 2001-04. Grant Morrison’s wildly innovative X-Men saga returns! The X-Men, re-imagined with a new look and a new mission, must face weird new threats including evil twins, organ harvesters, sentient bacteria, rebellious mutant youth, power-enhancing street drugs and living weapons! Joined by wicked telepath Emma Frost and mysterious powerhouse Xorn, the X-Men go public — expanding Xavier’s school to train a new generation of mutants including the insect-like Angel, the bird-boy Beak, the living sandstorm Dust and eerie telepathic quintuplets the Stepford Cuckoos. Marvel, 2023. Due: Jul. ...More.

Item Code: NEWXH
Hard Cover, 1120pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS CAPTAIN AMERICA Volume 15
Collects Captain America #261-269, 1968; Annual #5, and Defenders #106, 1972. Cover by Frank Miller. Mike Zeck and J.M. DeMatteis' run is one of the Star-Spangled Avenger’s greatest eras, and it begins when a Captain America movie causes our hero’s path to cross with a new Nomad, the Ameridroid and the Red Skull! Next, the American dream is under assault by an enigmatic force, and then, in a two-part tale guest-starring Spider-Man, the cyborg S.U.L.T.A.N. has his sights set on Washington, D.C.! The Defenders join up with Cap to stop the psychopathic physicist August Masters from embroiling America in war with the Soviet Union! Plus: Silver Age Cap artist Gene Colan returns for a double-sized Annual that pits Steve Rogers against the Constrictor and Samson Scythe! Marvel, 2023. Due: Jul....More.

Item Code: MCA15H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 288pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
 

New on sale

Here are four more items we’ve found ourselves overstocked with, so we are putting them on sale exclusively from us. Supply as always is limited. For more New on Sale, click here.
 


TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION STATUE
Closeout Price! Numbered & limited, 1000. Recommended. ReelArt Studios presents a tribute to Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan of the Apes. Inspired by the classic illustration of Burroughs artist J. Allen St. John, the statue depicts Tarzan and Jad-bal-ja, the Golden Lion, from the cover art for the 1923 first edition published by A. C. McClurg. Quite large, in a handsome illustrated box. We have a very limited number; this was produced in 2007. Dark Horse, 2007. Out of print. ...More.

Item Code: TARZGL
10" tall, Full Color
$225.00 $150.00
This is from the same folks who produced the the Prince Valiant Statue [PVAL. $295]. We have just one of those left. And they did Gil Elvgren’s Suzanne [ELVSS. $175, $90]. We have five left. All are from 2006-2008.
 


VISIONS OF ADVENTURE PORTFOLIO
Closeout Price! Signed & Limited, 500! Recommended. This high-quality portfolio features the best of Mark Wheatley’s Edgar Rice Burroughs paintings. The custom die-cut illustrated folder holds fifteen extraordinary plates and an additional two-sided artist biography/image information plate. 100lb stock. Six plates are signed and numbered. Bonus John Carter and the Heroes of Barsoom Diorama. ERB, Inc., 2022....More.

Item Code: VISAPT
9x14, Full Color
$59.00 $39.00
 


VISIONS OF ADVENTURE PORTFOLIO Artist Edition
Closeout Price! Portfolio with one signed plate, and a full sized b&w original ink drawing. Limited! Recommended. A high-quality portfolio featuring the best of Mark Wheatley’s Edgar Rice Burroughs paintings. The custom die-cut illustrated folder holds fifteen extraordinary plates and an additional two-sided artist biography/image information plate. 100lb stock. One plate is signed. Also includes an original ink drawing — full sized 8 x 13 in. Bonus John Carter and the Heroes of Barsoom Diorama. ERB, Inc., 2022....More.

Item Code: VISAPTD
9x14, Partial Color
$180.00 $120.00
 


THE WHO ADVENTURES The Art and History of Virgin Publishing's Doctor Who Fiction Signed
Closeout Price! Signed! By David J. Howe. In 1989 Doctor Who on television came to an end but Virgin Publishing stepped into the breach. This is their New Adventures of Doctor Who novel series. Picking up where the television series stopped, and presenting the new and further adventures of the seventh Doctor and his companion Ace, the books crossed space and time, introducing new companions like archaeologist Bernice Summerfield, and reuniting the Doctor with many old adversaries like the Ice Warriors and the Cybermen. Noted researcher and historian David J. Howe chronicles the origins of the books, speaking to all the major players in their development, and charts their critical reception as well as presenting a plethora of artwork, sketches and other imagery associated with the range. Telos, 2021....More.

Item Code: WHOAH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 336pg, Full Color
$65.00 $39.99
Here’s more from Telos, a specialty British publisher, who also produced the Reginal Heade art books, Hank Janson Under Cover, The Art of Louis Shabner (also on sale) and Cover Me, the best-selling history of the cover art of Pan Books 1950-1965.
 

Mature Readers

New this week is the conclusion of the Faithless series, Book III, where Faith does the big fall and encounters the devil himself. Surreal sex and adventure. All three books are $17.99 each, from Boom! Studios

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The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta

As I write this we have only five copies left, with minor bumps to the cardboard shipping case.  We have a final shipment coming in from overseas but we don’t expect it until early April. Reserve your copy now; the entire edition is out of print. We understand there will be a new printing but without the limitation Famous First Edition page which is individually numbered from 6000.

Bud Plant and Hutchison Books Show Report

We just had our most successful Antiquarian Book show ever in Pasadena, selling books by Howard Pyle, Norman Lindsay, Arthur Rackham, an Art of Jack Kirby Signed, two signed Carl Barks editions, vintage Walt Disney editions and much more.

Anne is working now on her February email list which only goes out to a tiny number of people…you can be one of them. This will be the first time many of our new books are available, except at the show. Call 530-273-9762 or email bpandhbooks@mac.com. Visit our website at budplantandhutchisonbooks.com. Anne is constantly adding new books and scans, available on the site, always several weeks before they appear on ABE and Biblio online.

Celebrity sightings at the show: Bill Stout came by and we caught up—pictured below—and I got to share two of my show acquisitions with him, French Art Nouveau Design portfolios from the 1880s. Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon came by and said hello—it’s been years since we’ve run into one another. And Guillermo del Toro didn’t make it into our booth, but he hit it off with Ken Sanders one aisle over, bought several things, and even invited Ken to dinner Sunday night!

During the show we stayed with Susan and Eric Goldberg nearby—and Eric made it into the 90 second Disney 100th Anniversary commercial some three hours into the Superbowl; he and Walt were the only ones shown drawing animation work!!

~Bud

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