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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Bud's Spring Clearance Sale!

Bud's Clearance Sale!

Here's an entirely new list of items that we've discounted to make room here. Below are sixty items...you can see the rest, just click here. Most items below we have as few as 3 or 4 copies; items not below can be as low as 2 or 3 copies. Act now for the best selection. If an item sells out, when you click on it below it will NOT link you to the website listing. Sold item items are immediately pulled from our website.

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Artist & Illustration

 


SIDESHOW FINE ART PRINTS Volume 2
Highly Recommended. No creative studio explores the intersection of high art and pop culture like Sideshow. This entirely new collection presents a jaw-dropping gallery of prints done for the high-end collectibles market. 100 never before collected works inspired by Star Wars, Marvel, DC, and more. Experience fan-favorite characters in a whole new way, drawn by Alex Ross, Olivia De Berardinis, Adi Granov, Jon Foster, Mark Brooks, David Palumbo, Anthony Francisco, Paolo Rivera, and many, many others. Behind the scenes, learn how many of these illustrators brought their creative visions to life, from conceptual sketches to the finished piece. Insight Editions, 2021. ...More.

Item Code: SIDF02H
Hard Cover, 9x12, 304pg, Full Color
$60.00 $39.95
 


THE EARLIEST BRADBURY
Initial printing of 100. Ray Bradbury fell in with Science Fiction early on. In 1938, at the age of 18, his first published sci-fi story appeared in the fanzine Imagination! This collects every story from this run from 1937-41...everything except his own fanzine, that has been collected elsewhere. Most of this has rarely surfaced. Includes several Hannes Bok illustrations. Experience some of Bradbury’s earliest steps on his road to becoming a master fantasy/sci fi writer. Lavishly illustrated, with each story in facsimile direct from the original publication. First Fandom, 2020....More.

Item Code: EARBRH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 160pg, Text/Partial Color
$150.00 $99.00
 


THE GREAT GATSBY Illuminated Edition
Highly Recommended. The Italian illustrators known as the Balbusso Twins are taking on F. Scott Fitzgerald's greatest novel, bringing out the richness, satire and sorrow that suffuses this Jazz Age saga of wealth, corruption, decadence and love. Their modern illustration style highlights the relevance of Fitzgerald's story, which has only seemed to increase over time. Deluxe edition in a die-cut slipcase matching the earlier Beehive illustrated editions and wonderful full gilt slipcase design. Beautiful reproduction. Beehive Books, 2021....More.

Item Code: GREGH
Hard Cover, 9x12, na, Full Color
$100.00 $65.00
 


ALIX L'ART DE JACQUES MARTIN
Recommended. By Jacques Martin. Contributors include Gaëtan Akyüz, Stéphane Beaujean et al. Jacques Martin (1921 - 2010) was a French comics artist and comic book creator. He was one of the classic artists of Tintin magazine, where he was a longtime collaborator with Hergé. He is best known for his series Alix, a kind of a French-language Prince Valiant. It stars an adolescent boy who grows up fast fighting and surviving one adventure after another in ancient, pre-gunpowder Europe and Egypt, in the times of Ben Hur and chariot races, swords and gladiators. This volume is a catalog of his work, based on an exhibit at the Angoulême comics festival in France. Text in French. 9eArt Editions, 2018....More.

Item Code: ALIXH
Hard Cover, 10x13, 160pg, Partial Color
$80.00 $34.95
 


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 $35.00
 


CHAMPIONS OF FLIGHT
Our Highest Recommendation. This fine art book celebrates the work of Clayton Knight (1891-1969) and William Heaslip (1898-1970), the two preeminent American aviation artists of their time, who chronicled the golden age of aviation, (1927-1945) from Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight through the most devastating wars in world history. Knight and Heaslip were experienced military men and formally trained artists who, combining an authenticity of experience and an artistic mastery of illustration, produced powerful artwork that influenced a generation of Americans, creating air-minded adults and youngsters, many of whom flocked to US military service after Pearl Harbor. Casemate, 2021....More.

Item Code: CHAMH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 200pg, Partial Color
$49.95 $29.95
Also available as a Imperfect Edition at $24.95.
 


THE LOOK AND LEARN PICTORIAL MUSEUM
Recommended. The Look and Learn picture library (found online) is one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of illustrations. Its images are regularly used in TV documentaries, films, books and magazines, and for marketing and advertising, museum display, greeting cards, clothing design and merchandise. This explains briefly how the picture library came into being. But the book's purpose is to showcase 5,000 illustrations, chosen from over 500,000. 448 pages of color illustrations, eight to 12 per page. Book Palace, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: LOOKLH
Hard Cover, 8x12, 464pg, Partial Color
$79.99 $49.99
Here's more on sale from British publisher Book Palace.
 


DEAR CHARLIE
Limited, 300. Art by S. Clay Wilson. Charles Plymell, the legendary publisher of the very first issue of Zap Comix was an early and good friend of legendary madman artist, S. Clay Wilson. Wilson loved to write (and illustrate) long postcards, letters and even envelope exteriors ("give the postman something to smile at") and here is that amazing correspondence, from decades of staying in touch with Charles. Reproduced in full color, it's a hoot for any Wilson fan. Water Row Books, 2021. Mature readers....More.

Item Code: DEACHA
Soft Cover, 9x11, 70pg, Full Color
$39.95 $27.95
Also available in a signed & limited hardcover.
 


DRAW WHAT YOU LOVE The Art of Simone Grunewald
Recommended.Simone Grünewald, a young artist from Germany, also known as "Schmo.e", is a passionate illustrator and well-known art director, character designer, 2D animator, and key art story boarder, working in the games industry. Her style is a blend of anime and animation style that we found intriguing. Simone has a wealth of knowledge in both traditional and digital art and shares her insights here, along with delightful artworks. 3dtotal Publishing, 2021....More.

Item Code: DRAWYH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 152pg, Full Color
$36.99 $24.99
Click here for our complete How to Draw section.
 


ONE MAN ARMY The Action Paperback Art of Gil Cohen Hardcover
With 24 bonus pages. By Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle. Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan, "The Executioner," applies skills and training to target organized crime with the intensity, fortitude, and firepower of an entire division of highly trained specialists. Gil Cohen, veteran artist and art teacher, targeted the commercial illustration market with the drive, skill, and stamina of ten painters. He created hundreds of arresting cover images for bestsellers and paperback series of every stripe. New Texture, 2020....More.

Item Code: ONEMAH
Hard Cover, 9x9, 140pg, Full Color
$39.95 $19.95
Also available in softcover [ONEMA. $24.95, $14.95] but without the bonus pages.
 


THE PROMISED NEVERLAND ART BOOK WORLD
By Kaiu Shirai. A handsome art book featuring Posuka Demizu’s incredible artwork. Creator commentary and interviews, Packed with finished full color paintings, character sketches, and an inside look at one of today’s most popular Shonen Jump manga series. VIZ Media, 2022....More.

Item Code: PROMNH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color
$29.99 $17.99
 


MANARA ITINERAIRE D'UN MAESTRO DE PRATT A CARAVAGE
Highly Recommended. Limited, 1500. In 2019 the Angoulême comics festival in France celebrated Milo Manara's fifty-year career with a major exhibit of his original art. From his beginnings in Italian pulp comics to his biography of Caravaggio, to his notable collaborations with Hugo Pratt and Federico Fellini, this traces the unique career of a master of erotic art—with many examples of his very adult work. More than 150 exceptional pieces, including unpublished drawings, in b&w, partial color and full color, superbly reproduced. Oversized art book. Text is in French. 9eArt Editions, 1999....More.

Item Code: MANITH
Hard Cover, 10x13, 160pg, Partial Color
$80.00 $49.00
Click here for more Manara collections.
 


DC POSTER PORTFOLIO J.H. Williams III
Highly Recommended. One of our very favorite modern artists, with a perspective like no other. His iconic take on Batwoman has left an imprint on comics, his fantastic works in Sandman are amazing, and with the magnificent work on his magnum opus, Promethea, J.H. Williams III has created a name for himself in comics! Works from all these sources and more. DC Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: DCPOJW
Soft Cover, 12x16, 42pg, Full Color
$24.99 $14.99
We also have Jenny Frision and Jae Lee Poster Portfolios at $21.99 each.
 

Archive Editions

 


THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 5
Collects Savage Sword of Conan #61-72, 1981-82. Recommended. New writers Michael Fleisher and Bruce Jones join Conan legend John Buscema to drive the barbarian’s black-and-white adventures in new directions! Roy Thomas returns for a locked-door mystery set at sea, with Conan playing the sleuth! Plus: comic art master Alex Toth delivers a stunning Conan art portfolio, and Gil Kane and John Buscema both write and draw barbarian backup features "Chane" and "Bront!&" Marvel, 2021. ...More.

Item Code: SAVS05H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 768pg, b&w
$125.00 $75.00
 


BATMAN NO MAN'S LAND Omnibus Volume 1
Collects 12 different titles circa 1999-2000. By Dennis O'Neil and Greg Rucka. Art by Dale Eaglesham and Frank Teran. The crossover event that changed Gotham City and the Dark Knight forever, collected in one volume for the first time. After suffering a cataclysmic earthquake, the U.S. government has deemed Gotham City uninhabitable and ordered all citizens to leave. It is now months later and those that have refused to vacate "No Man's Land" live amidst a citywide turf war in which the strongest prey on the weak. Batman and his allies, including the enigmatic new Batgirl, Nightwing, Oracle and Robin, must fight to save Gotham during its darkest hour. DC Comics, 2021....More.

Item Code: BATN01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1136pg, Full Color
$125.00 $75.00
 


THE SAVAGE SHE-HULK Omnibus
Collects Savage She-Hulk #1-25; Marvel Two-in-One #88, 1980-82.By David Anthony Kraft (with a 4-page introduction). Art by Mike Vosburg, John Buscema et al. The complete original adventures of She-Hulk in one massive Omnibus. When criminal defense attorney Jennifer Walters is shot by a mob hitman, her cousin saves her life with a blood transfusion — that cousin is Bruce Banner and his gamma-irradiated blood turns her into the Savage She-Hulk! Suddenly, she’s a mean, green lawyering machine, and criminals the world over had better watch out. Conflict rages not just between She-Hulk and the many super-powered enemies in store, but between Jennifer Walters and She-Hulk! Marvel, 2022....More.

Item Code: SAVSHH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 648pg, Full Color
$100.00 $60.00
 


LOKI Omnibus Volume 1
Stories from Journey into Mystery, Thor & much more, 1963-70. Highly Recommended. The classic villainy of the God of Mischief — every Loki appearance from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s legendary era of Thor and more, including work by Joe Sinnott, Neal Adams, Ditko, Marie Severin and John Buscema. It’s a volume full of brotherly rivalry, deadly plots and wicked magic. Loki’s tricks on Thor are a treat to read, as he wreaks havoc in Asgard and Midgard, banishing Jane Foster to Limbo, trading spells with Doctor Strange, masterminding a Thor/Silver Surfer battle...and of course, causing the Avengers to first assemble! Marvel, 2021....More.

Item Code: LOKI01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1008pg, Full Color
$125.00 $60.00
 


SHADOWMAN CLASSIC Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Shadowman #0-24, 1992-94 plus four more issues. Jack Boniface nearly died one night — attacked by something out of a nightmare. Now, when darkness falls, a feeling comes over him, the urge to cast out the evil that would defile the night. Demons in the dark, beware the vigilante known as... Shadowman. From Valiant legends Bob Hall (Squadron Supreme), Jim Shooter (Secret Wars), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), and Steve Englehart. Plus 20-plus pages of rarely seen art and extras. Valiant, 2021....More.

Item Code: SHAC01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 736pg, Full Color
$99.99 $59.99
 


MIKE MIGNOLA'S HELLBOY Artisan Edition Hellboy in Hell and Other Stories
Highly Recommended. Features the first five issues of Hellboy in Hell as well as a wealth of historic supplementary material: the first three Hellboy stories — the two initial four-pagers, produced for promotional purposes, and the 10-page story from John Byrne’s Nextmen #21 — plus The Corpse, and two other tales selected by Mignola for inclusion. Nearly every page has been scanned from Mignola’s original art and showcases the artist's gorgeous work as closely as possible to the physical page. This is a book for fans of great storytelling and polished art. IDW, 2022....More.

Item Code: MMHAE
Soft Cover, 8x12, 200pg, Full Color
$39.99 $29.99
Here's more Hellboy including others on sale.
 


ASTRO CITY METROBOOK Volume 2
Collects Astro City Vol 2 #13-22, Local Heroes #1-5, Special #1 and more, 1995-97. Highly Recommended. Star creators Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Alex Ross, and friends bring you more stories that changed how we think about superheroes in their own universe of offbeat heroes, Astro-City. Here is the award-winning tale of Steeljack, a washed-up supervillain looking for a chance at a straight life — this super-powered convict must turn detective to protect his community. A young lawyer becomes entangled with a chilling avenger. A television actor finds himself playing superhero for real. A living cartoon, the chilling Blue Knight, an unusual comic book publisher and other heroes, villains, citizens and visitors in the strangest city on earth! Image Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: ASTC02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 496pg, Full Color
$34.99 $24.99
 


THE POE CLAN Volume 1
Massive 500 pages! One of the best-selling manga — by one of the most decorated cartoonists in the world — comes to the U.S., starring vampire teens. The Poe Clan: a race of undead that feeds on the energy of the living, whiling away the centuries in a village of roses where time and geography have no meaning. Circumstances lead to a brother and sister, Edgar and Marybelle, being initiated into the clan too young, and therefore doomed to live out eternity forever on the brink of adulthood, until a wooden stake or a silver bullet should cut them down. Fantagraphics, 2019....More.

Item Code: POEC01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 512pg, b&w
$39.99 $24.99
 


THE BATMAN'S GRAVE The Complete Collection
Collects #1-12, 2019-2020. By Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan & Jim Sinclair. Alfred meticulously tends to Thomas and Martha Wayne's headstones: weeding, cleaning, polishing. But how much longer before there's another Wayne memorial to tend to? Batman's current case forces him to inhabit the mind of a murder victim with a half-eaten face — sending him on a collision course with an enemy who has infiltrated every part of Gotham. Every corner Batman turns leads him one step closer to his own grave! DC Comics, 2021....More.

Item Code: BATGRH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 296pg, Full Color
$39.99 $24.99
 

Graphic Novels & Comic Related

 


ANIMAL CASTLE Volume 1 Signed & Limited
Collects #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 $59.00
Also available in an unsigned hardcover [ANIM01H $24.99, $21.99].
 


STRANGE ADVENTURES
Collects #1-12. Art by Mitch Gerads. This new science fiction epic written by bestselling author Tom King offers a continuation of one of DC's finest characters, Adam Strange. Born on Earth and hero of the distant planet Rann, Adam is famous throughout the galaxy for his bravery and honor. After leading his adopted home to victory in a great planetary war, Adam and his wife, Alanna, retire to Earth. But decisions Adam made during battles on Rann come back to haunt his family. It will take an investigation by one of the most brilliant heroes in the DC Universe, Mr. Terrific, to uncover the truth and clear Adam’s good name. DC Comics, 2021....More.

Item Code: STRADVH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 376pg, Full Color
$39.99 $24.99
 


MOON KNIGHT Volume 1
Collects #1-6, 2021. By Jed Mackay. Art by Alessandro Cappuccio. The updated new Moonknight, a slick Spirit-like wraith who has a therapist! The mysterious Mr. Knight has opened his Midnight Mission, his people petitioning him to shelter them from the weird and horrible. The Moon Knight stalks the rooftops and alleys marked with his crescent moon tag, bringing violence to any who would harm his flock. Marc Spector, in whichever guise he dons, is back on the streets, a renegade priest of an unworthy god. 16 variant covers. Marvel, 2022....More.

Item Code: MOONK01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color
$17.99 $10.99
Here's more Moon Knight.
 


BOOTBLACK
Recommended. By Mikael. By the author of the critically acclaimed Giant. On the German front, in the spring of 1945: the war leaves only death and destruction in its wake. To escape the horror of the present, Al, an American soldier, the only survivor of his unit, immerses himself in the memories of his New York life. Son of German immigrants, born in the United States, he was not yet ten years old when, in one night, under the approving eyes of anti-immigrant Americans, he lost his parents and his home in a terrible fire. Turning his back on his origins, Al has no choice but to live on the streets; he becomes a Bootblack, a shoe shiner. NBM, 2022....More.

Item Code: BOOTBLH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
 


THE JUNCTION
Superb animation-style art from renowned animator. Highly Recommended. By Norm Konyu. When a missing child, Lucas Jones, reappears on his uncle’s doorstep in his hometown of Medford after an absence of 12 years, the brief moment of joy is clouded by mystery. Where has he been? Where is his father, who disappeared at the same time? And how is it possible that Lucas is still 11 years old? Unusual impressionistic but very effective art style. Titan, 2022....More.

Item Code: JUNCH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 176pg, Full Color
$29.99 $18.99
 


POWERS The Best Ever
Collects Powers #7-8, 2015, with new material, variant covers and a sketchbook section. By Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Michael Avon Oeming. It's been over two decades since detectives Deena Pilgrim and Christian Walker teamed up to solve the murder of the most beloved superhero Retro Girl. It's been years since they’ve spoken. It's been years since the world changed. But the worst criminal in Powers' history, Wolf, has been reincarnated and all hell has broken loose. This opus of a graphic novel covers the entire life of the seemingly immortal Christian Walker as he fights one last time to defend those he swore to protect. Dark Horse, 2022....More.

Item Code: POWBE
Soft Cover, 7x10, 264pg, Full Color
$29.99 $18.99
 


YOUNG HELLBOY The Hidden Land
Highly Recommended. By Mike Mignola, Tom Sniegoski et al. Stranded on a strange island after a mishap on their way to a South American dig site, Hellboy and Professor Bruttenholm are confronted by all manner of monsters on land, sea, and sky! A beautiful stranger who rescues them turns out to be one of Hellboy's heroes, a lost aviatrix with new shape-shifting abilities. But an old evil that the hidden island protects is about to reawaken, drawing Hellboy and his new allies into a desperate battle! Dark Horse, 2021....More.

Item Code: YOUHH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color
$24.99 $14.99
 


TUKI Fight for Fire Signed
Signed! By Jeff Smith. The ancient world was filled with restless and powerful spirits. Two million years ago, new forces began to stir...and everything changed. At the dawn of humanity, during a prolonged period of hardship and drought, three lost children meet a mysterious traveler named Tuki. Together, their search for the Motherherd of all Buffalo leads them far north through the dangerous territory of a rival species called the Habiline. The Habiline hunt and kill anyone found using fire. Tuki's reputation precedes them and soon they find themselves at the center of unwanted attention not only from Habiline warriors, but of gods and giants!! Cartoon Books, 2021....More.

Item Code: TUKIFS
Soft Cover, 11x9, 144pg, b&w
$20.00 $11.99
The hardcover is also signed and on sale [TUKIFHS. $40, $24.,99]. Tuki Fight for Family is also still available at $20 signed.
 


JENNY ZERO IN HIS SHADOW
Collects #1-4. By David Dwonch, Brockton McKinney et al. Art by Magenta King et al. After washing out as the military’s top Kaiju (monster) killer, Jenny lives the celebutante life with her hotel heiress bestie. But freakish creatures, secret societies, and her father’s legacy now have her wondering if she can sober up — just long enough to save the world! Time to fight some monsters, and even take on a monstrous form herself. It's a fun Godzilla-related story with a modern twist. Dark Horse, 2022....More.

Item Code: JENZ
Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color
$19.99 $11.99
 


YELLOW CAB
By Benoît Cohen, art by Christophe Chabouté. After 20 years working on film and series shoots, French filmmaker and director Benoît Cohen found his enthusiasm gone. So he moves to New York in order to best absorb the rich diversity of the cosmopolitan metropolis, settling on a simple idea: he will become a taxi driver. Behind the iconic Yellow Cab, behind the fantasy of freedom and independence, behind the faces of his thousands of passengers, Benoît discovers a world in which he is a stranger. Based on his 2017 prose novel. IDW, 2022....More.

Item Code: YELCA
Soft Cover, 7x9, 168pg, b&w
$19.99 $11.99
 


ETHER OMNIBUS
Collects the complete series, five issues each of Ether I, II and III plus all covers and bonus content. By Matt Kindt. Art by Rubín. From New York Times bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and Black Hammer's Rubín comes an inter-dimensional, genre-bending, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery adventure! Inter-dimensional explorer Boone Dias, a brilliant scientist from Earth, enters the magical world of Ether and stumbles onto a great responsibility that takes him through the center of volcanoes, deserts full of living mummies and sphinxes, and a bizarre fairy forest- - all leading toward a final climactic battle for the fate of both worlds. Dark Horse, 2022....More.

Item Code: ETHEOM
Soft Cover, 7x10, 440pg, Full Color
$29.99 $18.99
 


THE MOST IMPORTANT COMIC BOOK ON EARTH Stories to Save the World
Recommended. A global collaboration for planetary change, bringing together 300 leading environmentalists, artists, authors, actors, filmmakers, and musicians. 120 stories to save the world. Whether it’s inspirational tales from celebrity names such as Cara Delevingne and Andy Serkis, hilarious webcomics from War and Peas and Ricky Gervais, artworks by leading illustrators David Mack and Tula Lotay, calls to action from activists George Monbiot and Jane Goodall, or powerful stories by Brian Azzarello and Amy Chu, each of the comics in this anthology supports projects and organizations fighting to save the planet. DK, 2021....More.

Item Code: MOSCB
Soft Cover, 7x9, 352pg, Full Color
$30.00 $17.99
 


MYOPIA
Recommended. By Richard Dent. Art by Patrick Berkenkotter and Freire Ronilso.Science fiction, noir steampunk and a thrilling and complex alternate reality. Imagine a world where your every thought, your every move, is filtered through The Central Lens Network. Now imagine being a twelve-year old boy and discovering a special pair of lenses that allow you to access this network undetected. This is exactly what happens to Matthew Glen the day his father is murdered — then two years later mysteriously appears back in his life. A journal is left on the edge of a subway platform, filled with stories about a world that doesn't exist. Nearby a scientist is murdered and his lab burned down. The only clues? A magnetically propelled motorcycle, and a man walking around New York City with the last living falcon on the planet. Bonus line art and character studies. Dynamite, 2022....More.

Item Code: MYOPI
Soft Cover, 7x10, 174pg, Full Color
$19.99 $11.99
 


SECOND CHANCES
Collects #1-4. Recommended. By Ricky Mammone. Art by Max Bertolini. Second Chances Hotline — call now and get a new identity! All you need is some cash, a proper referral, and a very good reason to start over. When Leblanc, the man behind the hotline, is approached by a shady figure from his past, he's forced to accept a new client who doesn't meet any of the requirements — a client with chemically induced amnesia in desperate need of protection. Up-and-coming writer Ricky Mammone and artist Max Bertolini (The Witcher, Nathan Never) explode onto the scene with this psychedelic, action-packed, bizarre noir that feels like John Wick punching through an existential French New Wave fever dream. Image Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: SECOC
Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, b&w
$16.99 $9.99
 


GHOST CAGE
Collects #1-3. When his megacorp power plant falls under attack by terrorists, the super-scientist who revolutionized and controls all energy on Earth sends in his ultimate creation, a monstrous robot, and an "adequate employee," a chubby, nerdy-looking girl, to destroy his most monstrous secrets. Bestselling artist Nick Dragotta (East of West) and Eisner Award-winning writer Caleb Goellner (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures) combine their energies for a visceral thrill ride of pure comics power! Image Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: GHOSC
Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, b&w
$16.99 $9.99
 

Flesk on Sale

 


NAUGHTY AND NICE The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm
New printing. Naughty and Nice presents an extensive survey of Bruce Timm’s celebrated “after hours— private works. These tastefully drawn nudes, completed purely for fun, are showcased in this exquisite new release. This volume boasts over 250 full-color or line and pencil images, each one full page. It's all about sexy, nubile girls: partially clothed or fully nude, of almost every conceivable description and temperament. Girls-next-door, seductresses, vampires, girls with guns, teases...Timm blends his animation style with his passion for traditional good-girl art for an approach that is unmistakably all his own. Flesk, 2021. Mature readers....More.

Item Code: NAUNB
Soft Cover, 9x12, 256pg, Partial Color
$44.95 $24.95
 


LUPENTE Flesk Artist Showcase
Highly Recommended. Lupente showcases five outstanding contemporary artists in an elegant and absorbing package. This volume — the first in an ongoing Flesk Artist Showcase series — features Stephanie Law, a fine artist who pulls from dreams and reality to illuminate the boundary between those two worlds; Julia Blattman, a premier visual-development artist working in the animation industry; Karla Ortiz, a concept and fine artist who is renowned for her personal works and her designs for film; Virginie Ropars, one of the most-revered dollmakers today and an inspiration to sculptors around the world; and Erica Williams, also known as "HookieDuke," who has gained acclaim by mastering a unique, highly intricate style of lines and designs that centers on Nature as its inspiration. Flesk, 2022....More.

Item Code: LUPEN
Soft Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Partial Color
$39.95 $24.95
Also available in hardcover [LUPENH $60, $39.99].
 


COVENANT The Art of Allen Williams Hardcover Signed
Highly Recommended. Signed & limited, 1500, with 16 extra pages! Allen Williams and Flesk Publications have teamed up to bring you his first art book. We previously handled Allen's sketchbooks and were very impressed. Each of his dark, eerie, skeletal and surreal fantastical characters is accompanied by a line of text, a poem or a brief story that captures their essence — often from mythology. Occasional nudity. Stunning detail and imagination. Flesk, 2021. Out of print....More.

Item Code: COVEAWHS
Hard Cover, 9x12, 160pg, Partial Color
$59.95 $44.95
Also available in softcover [COVEAW. $39.95, $29.95]. We have discounted several more Flesk art books. But since we promoted them recently in our weekly eblast, we're just listing a couple here. Click here to see all the sale Flesk books, there are some excellent titles that we just a bit overstocked on. Prices will go back to full retail once our overstock is gone.
 

PS Artbooks

 


WEIRD ADVENTURES Volume 1 City of the Living Dead
Collects #1-3 and two classic Avon one-shots, 1951-53. Highly Recommended. Art by Matt Baker, Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Giunta et al. PS is kicking off a new series of inexpensive paperback editions in addition to their hardcovers. Here we have three great issues of Weird Adventures — not the Ziff-Davis title but the far stranger 3-issue run from tiny P.L. You'll find bondage/hypodermic panels, male bondage/torture, and a severed head story. A real treat is "The She-Wolf Killer" by Matt Baker. But even better, we have two more comics: iconic, good-girl Avon rarebies, Diary of Horror! and City of the Living Dead, both with wild covers and stories by by A.C. Hollingsworth. PS Artbooks, 2020....More.

Item Code: PCWA01
Soft Cover, 8x11, 184pg, Full Color
$24.99 $17.99
 


PRE-CODE CLASSICS MYSTERIES WEIRD AND STRANGE Volume 1
Collects #1-5, 1953-54. Recommended. Art by Jay Disbrow, Iger Shop. This one's a wacky set of issues. Canadian publisher Superior Comics jumped into the four-color horror ring, first with Journey Into Fear, then Strange Mysteries and finally with this, calling itself variously Mysteries (its legal title) and Mysteries Weird and Strange. The earlier tales were bizarre and quirky. "Shrinking Horror," "Ghost on the Gallows," "Isle of Mad Revenge," "Call Me Monster," "Kidnapped in the Tomb," "Horror a la Mode," and lots more crazed, over the top horror. PS Artbooks, 2019....More.

Item Code: PCMW01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$45.99 $29.99
 


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 $24.99
 


GHOST STORIES Volume 1
Collects #1-5, 1962-64. By John Stanley et al. Art by Gerald McCann, Ed Robbins & Frank Springer. Painted covers. This horror/supernatural anthology comic from Dell is a real blast from the past; the covers, the artwork and the dialogue seethes with that certain something that typifies the early 1960s. Featuring "The Door," one of the top twenty scariest horror stories as voted by awakeatmidnight.com, you'll discover a real treasure of chills in these long forgotten pages, from Aztec idols come to life, to British soldiers that are saved from the Germans by a tank squad that had been blown to smithereens two days earlier. PS Artbooks, 2021....More.

Item Code: SAGS01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$24.99 $18.99
 


THE BEYOND Volume 5
Collects #21-25, 1953-54. Recommended. Penultimate volume of Ace’s excellent horror title and the first to appear in softcover. Lou Cameron (a story in EVERY issue, and all of them outstanding!), the under-rated Jim McLaughlin (with more excellent work), Lin Streeter, Ken Rice, Louis Zansky and others. Ghouls and cadavers, vampires and ghosts, beautiful gals threatened by a fate worse than — or including — death! Some superb work by Cameron, who at his best was as good as Frazetta in these issues! PS Artbooks, 2021....More.

Item Code: PCTB05
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$26.99 $18.99
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VOODOO Volume 3
Collects #15-19, 1954-55. By Matt Baker, Robert Webb & the Iger Shop. Some wild stuff here. #15 has an opium story; #16 a post-nuclear holocaust world; #17 electric chair tale, #19 has a bondage cover and it reprints two Matt Baker stories from the rare Seven Seas #1 and 5. Don't try to outsmart fate — you might lose your head! Be extra careful of that woman on the road — she may be a murderous vampire! Watch out for that axe-wielding old crone. And don't volunteer to take part in any medical experiments! PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: PCV03
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$33.99 $24.99
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BRAIN BOY / SPACE PATROL Volume 2
Collects Brain Boy #4-6, 1963 and Space Patrol #1-2, 1952. Recommended. By Herb Castle. Art by Frank Springer. Brain Boy is a mix of superhero, fantasy, supernatural, horror, suspense, science fiction and spy adventures, drawn by Frank Springer! This classic space opera was drawn almost entirely by EC's Bernie Krigstein with wonderful Norman Saunders painted covers. It's a great early pre-code sci-fi title. PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: SPABB02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$26.99 $18.99
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CLASSIC ADVENTURE COMICS Volume 1
Collects Son of Sinbad #1, 1950; Secret Missions #1, 1950; The Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu #1, 1951; High Adventure #1, 1957; and Great Exploits #1, 1957. Highly Recommended. Here's Joe Kubert's Son of Sinbad rescuing a slave girl and a fortune in jewels. The Son of Robin Hood in Great Exploits. Daring exploits of US foreign agents during the Cold War in Secret Missions. Bernie Krigstein's Explorer Joe in High Adventure. Wally Wood's Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu. All reproduced completely from cover to cover, also with Carmine Infantino, A.C. Hollingsworth, Frank Borth, Art Peddy and others. PS Artbooks, 2021....More.

Item Code: PCAD01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$24.99 $17.99
 


CLASSIC ADVENTURE COMICS Volume 2
Highly Recommended. By Wallace Wood, Pete Morisi et al. Collects five rare one-shot comics: Horror and suspense with The Black Tarantula, classic sea-faring action with Moby Dick, H. Rider Haggard's classic King Solomon's Mines, the offbeat New Adventures of Jack the Giant Killer, and a Classics Illustrated competitor's Superior Stories: The Invisible Man. All reproduced completely from cover to cover with original ads and extras. PS Artbooks, 2021....More.

Item Code: PCAD02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$24.99 $17.99
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STRANGE TERRORS #4 Facsimile Edition
From 1952. Recommended. Another legendary issue, this time with a wild and strange painted cover by the notorious William Ekgren. Inside we have work by Joe Kubert, Bill Molno, George Tuska and Charle Sultan, another forgotten artist who drew very much like Lou Fine. Comes with an oversized, 8 x 12 1/2 (image size) cover reproduction on card stock and matted. It is ready to display, with an embossed seal identifying the limited status. PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: ST04
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$23.99 $14.99
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WEIRD HORRORS #6 Facsimile Edition
From 1953. Recommended. Another of the wildest covers of the 50s by legendary William Ekgren. Stories by Bob Forgione, Jim McLaughlin, Ed Ashe and Don Perlin. We get an atomic bomb story plus "From Outer Space," "The Phantom Guillotine," "Vengeance Trail" and more. Plus an oversized, 8 x 12-1/2 inch (image size) print of the cover on card stock and matted, ready to display. PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: WEI06
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$23.99 $14.99
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CHILLING TALES #13 Facsimile Edition & Print
Collects #13, 1952. With 11 1/2 x 16 matted print of the cover. Recommended. Kicking off PS Facsimile comics comes a three-issue line-up from the pen of the legendary Matt Fox who also created covers for the pulp Weird Tales. He is well known for a small body of work but each piece unique and totally weird! Plus: The Screaming Skull by Harry Harrison, Spider Hider by pulp illustrator Vincent Napoli and Pursued by Vic Carrabotta. All scans reworked to bring them back as close as possible to the originals, with all ads. PS Artbooks, 2021....More.

Item Code: CHIL13
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$23.99 $14.99
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CHILDREN OF DOOM Replica Edition
Collects Charlton Premiere #2, 1967. Written by Denny O'Neil, and drawn by the late great Pat Boyette. A full length story with a unique blend of full color and black and white pages. Holocaust, space and time traveling, mutants...a compelling story, especially given the period it was produced in and the audience (kids?) it was aimed at. A rather obvious Dr. Strangelove reference as the world faces an uncertain future in the age of the Atom Bomb. PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: CHILDO
Magazine, 7x10, 36pg, b&w
$16.99 $9.99
 


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 $14.99
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REX DEXTER Magazine
Reprints Rex Dexter of Mars #1, Fox, 1940. Recommended. Art by Dick Briefer, Claire Moe, Adolphe Barreaux & George Tuska. In 1939, Montague Dexter built a rocket ship for that year's World Fair and to demonstrate that it works, he and his wife took off and flew to Mars. Unfortunately, the ship crashed as soon as it reached the red planet. He spent the next 61 years trying to repair the ship. By that point, he and his wife were far too old to handle the rigors of space travel. But their son Rex was young and fit and he piloted his parents' space ship back home. However, Earth at the turn of the millennium was much more advanced than the world his parents left behind. PS Artbooks, 2021....More.

Item Code: REXDE
Soft Cover, 8x11, 68pg, Full Color
$16.99 $11.99
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Comics Reference

 


THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 52nd Edition Winter Soldier
Cover by Butch Guice. The 52nd edition turns the spotlight onto the expansive history of the medium with all-new features on EC Comics founder William M. Gaines, Stan Lee, and Cap's sidekick Bucky, a.k.a. The Winter Soldier. In Memorium features George Perez and Neal Adams. Plus the latest CGC news, Yellow Kid pinbacks, new Overstreet Advisors, the latest War Comics Report, the massive Market Report from retailers and collectors across the country. The Hall of Fame inducts Ross Andru, J.G. Jones and Johnny Craig. Of course, that’s in addition to all the new prices! Gemstone, 2022....More.

Item Code: CB52W
Soft Cover,7x10, 1200g, b&w
$34.95 $19.95
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MUTINY MAGAZINE #1 Cover C Karen Darboe
Variant cover by Karen Darboe. Recommended. A cutting-edge new magazine devoted to the best in comics. Interview with writers Stephanie Phillips (Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn) and Garth Ennis (about his new project, Marj). Artist Ray-Anthony Height (Star Wars, Luke Cage, Midnight Tiger). Spanish creator Maria Llovet (Faithless). Comics veteran Sal Buscema. Felix the Cat; Marvel's What If? in comics and the Disney channel. Plus SEVEN original comics stories by Eric Herenguel, Ibrahium Moustafa, Mark Stafford, Alex Schumacher, Brandon Thomas et al. FairSquare Comics, 2021....More.

Item Code: MUTM01C
Magazine, 8x11, 100pg, Full Color
$15.00 $8.99
Also available the #1 cover by Gene Ha [MUTM01B. $15, $8.99]. And here is issue #2, also on sale, and #3.
 

Olivia, Bettie Page, And...

 


WONDER WOMAN LASSO OF TRUTH Fine Art Print By Olivia
Signed, numbered & limited, 600! Highly Recommended. By Olivia De Berardinis. Sideshow and Olivia De Berardinis, inspired by Gal Gadot’s sensational performance in Wonder Woman (2017), present Olivia’s incredible portrait of a beloved heroine, strikingly embodying Gadot’s likeness, complete with her detailed Amazon armor. A superbly painted and reproduced high quality print, on very heavy deluxe paper, capturing every detailed color and brushstroke in a luxury collectible format. Each print is hand-signed by Olivia and includes a signed Certificate of Authenticity as a part of the limited edition of 600 pieces. Sideshow, 2020....More.

Item Code: WWLAS
na, 18x26, na, Full Color
$225.00 $135.00
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BETTIE PAGE PHOTO PRINT SIGNED
Signed by Bunny Yeager. Recommended. 11 X 14 Photo print directly from the negatives of Bunny Yeager. Beautiful depiction of Topless Bettie, signed by Bunny. Yeager met Bettie Page in 1954, and took most of the photographs of her that year. During their brief collaboration she took over 1,000 pictures of Page. We had a great relationship with Bunny for many years. She was a self-promoter, producing print sets using her archives, including many of Betty Page and other famous ladies. This is one that she made up at one time and we handled it for a while here. I don't think it was widely circulated, since I cannot find a single copy on the web right now. Published by Bunny Yeager, year unknown. Adult Material. Condition: Vey Fine/As New....More.

Item Code: RBA20
11x14, b&w
$150.00
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PUSSY & BUTT
This horizonal format allows for full length shots of reclining girls, whole body pictures but with the emphasis on you-know-what, per the title. Over 300 nude and fully revealing photos taken by several major photographers. The prettiest European girls, uninhibited and uncensored, display their most intimate parts - all presented in a high quality book. Comes in a special cardboard slipcase with an "over 18" advisory. Every girl is featured in two facing pages, from very different angles for each picture. Goliath, 2018. Adult Material....More.

Item Code: PUSBH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x6, 320pg, Full Color
$59.99 $39.99
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