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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Rod Serling, Leonora Carrington, George Clayton Johnson, Anais Nin, Doris Danger, Asian artists and The History of Japan.

From Japanese and other Asian artists, to new sale books, we’ve got quite the variety this week. Also graphic novel biographies of Rod Serling, Leonora Carrington, George Clayton Johnson and the erotic writer Anais Nin. Also Doris Danger, The History of Japan, Desegregating Comics, Doc Savage & other pulp titles further discounted, New on Sale titles and a Flash Sale on Classics Illustrated for this week only. Enjoy!

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Art Books

 


WONDERLAND THE ART OF NANACO YASHIRO
In Japanese and English. Recommended. Nanaco Yashiro’s illustrations feature various motifs such as a woman in a feathered robe from Japanese mythology, a large tiger reminiscent of Arabia, a man in a spacesuit, and concept art for an imaginary movie about heaven and hell. Each is drawn sometimes in delicately refined watercolor brushwork or at other times in bold strokes with acrylic gouache. While the themes and motifs may vary, all of them depict Nanaco Yashiro’s signature style, starring lovely young women in fantastic clothes and costumes, in fantastic settings. PIE International , 2022....More.

Item Code: WONAH
Soft Cover, 7x9, 168pg, Full Color
$29.99

 


ASIAN ILLUSTRATION 46 Asian Illustrators with Distinctively Sensitive and Expressive Styles
Back in Stock. 250 illustrations by 46 artists. Highly Recommended. This book showcases 250 illustrations by 46 young up-and-coming artists. These polished creators are working at the forefront of the animation and art world of Asia. All names are new to us (you'll notice many use just one name)—but these are polished, professional illustrators doing fantasy, creatures, beautiful girls and women, fairy tales, futuristic cityscapes, everyday scenes and more, with 2-6 pages by each. Profiles in English and Japanese. Some of our favorites are Zeen Chin, LOIZA, Junc, REDUM, kara xu, Sainker, arxlee, Gharliera, and grandia. The cover illustrator, who gets a feature section. is acclaimed Singaporean artist Guweiz. PIE International, 2020....More.

Item Code: ASILL
Soft Cover, 7x10, 224pg, Full Color
$39.99
 


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VISIONS 2021 Illustrators Book
Almost Gone! Recommended. All English Text. A new Japanese-based best-of art book. From Kadokawa and fully supervised by pixiv. A massive 360 pages features artwork from 170 of today’s top Asian illustrators, with background scenes, monsters, and a strong emphasis on beautiful girl heroines (no nudity). Includes work by 0313, 12stairs, 6VCR, Yoshitoshi Abe, Ace Akira, AF_KURO, Sashimi Akai, Akakura, Aki Akane, A. Merica, and many others. Yen Press, 2021....More.

Item Code: VISILB
Soft Cover, 7x10, 360pg, Full Color
$45.00 $39.99
See below in coming, for an entire book on the artist who did the cover of Asian Illustration, Guweiz. And here’s more books with Asian themes, such as The Good Asian (noir mystery) and Tokyo Rose: Zero Hour.
 


LIGHT
Recommended. Edited by Kerryn Greenberg. Showcasing more than 100 remarkable artworks from the past 200 years, this beautiful book reveals how the intangibility of light continues to fascinate. In every conceivable media, artists have exploited the contrasts between light and dark, opposed cool and warm colors, drawn on science, and attempted to capture the transient effects of light and its emotional associations. Beginning with the British artist John Martin's Dore-like fantasies, William Blake, and finally J. M. W. Turner (1775—“1851), who captured triumphant explosions of light, influencing the French Impressionists. For them, light became the subject itself, as the likes of Claude Monet (1840—“1926), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841—“1919), Alfred Sisley (1839—“99), and others ventured outside to capture the momentary effects of sunlight on canvas. Tate Gallery, 2023....More.

Item Code: LIGT
Soft Cover, 8x10, 224pg, Partial Color
$40.00
 

Biographical Graphic Novels

 


ANAIS NIN A SEA OF LIES
First published in France in 2020. Highly Recommended. By Léonie Bischoff. An impressive and no-holds-barred graphic novel of the highly unique and sexually-charged life of Anais Nin, the author of erotic works such as Delta of Venus and House of Incest. She is “the patron saint of taboo-breaking pop culture sexual iconoclasts.” Not only is she an inspiration for contemporary figures such as Madonna, but her oeuvre, which encompasses erotica, autobiography, essays, short fiction, novels, and much more, has been adapted into film (Henry and June), television (Little Birds), and other media. Nudity, adult themes. Fantagraphics , 2023....More.

Item Code: ANANH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 184pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99
 


ARMED WITH MADNESS THE SURREAL LEONORA CARRINGTON
Recommended. By Mary M. Talbot, Bryan Talbot. A new perspective on the 1930s Paris art scene from an influential surrealist artist, feminist icon, reluctant muse (to Max Ernst)—heiress, rebel, refugee, often quite the demented soul. Perhaps the last of the great surrealists, Leonora Carrington played many roles in her long and extraordinary life. Exchanging her privileged upbringing in prewar England for the more exciting elite of Paris's 1930s avant-garde, she comes to rub shoulders (and more) with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, and Salvador Dali. SelfMadeHero , 2023....More.

Item Code: ARMM
Hard Cover, 6x9, 144pg, Duotone
$24.99
 


GEORGE'S RUN: A WRITER'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE TWILIGHT ZONE
By Henry Chamberlain. The life of sci-fi and screen writer George Clayton Johnson in a new graphic novel. George broke into Hollywood in a big way when he co-wrote the screenplay for Ocean’s Eleven. More legendary works followed, including Logan’s Run and classic scripts for shows like The Twilight Zone and Star Trek. In the meantime, he forged friendships with some of the era’s most visionary science fiction writers, including Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Matheson, and Rod Serling. Rutgers University Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: GEORUN
Soft Cover, 6x9, 264pg, Duotone
$24.95
Here’s more Biography books on artists and famous persons, from Che Guevara and Hokusai, to publisher James Warren, Winsor McCay, and Alex Toth....
 

Flash Sale - Classics Illustrated

These hardcovers were already discounted to $7.95, but for one week only, we are making most of them just $4.99 each! The exceptions are ones that we have under 4 or 5 copies left. These will return to $7.95 next week when the next email goes out.

 

More Graphic Novels & Archives

 


A HISTORY OF JAPAN IN MANGA SAMURAI, SHOGUN AND WORLD WAR II
By Shunichiro Kanaya. A quite serious and detail-packed graphic novel (each chapter begins with a text section with maps and charts) portraying the saga of Japan from its misty origins up to the present day. Epic battles, noble Samurai and duplicitous leaders are all portrayed in modern manga fashion. The lively stories in this book include The Genpei and Onin Wars, the 47 Ronin, and the Satsuma Rebellion. Tuttle Publishing , 2023....More.

Item Code: HISJM
Soft Cover, 6x9, 320pg, Tritone
$18.99
 


DAUGHTERS OF SNOW AND CINDERS
By Núria Tamarit. A handsome, hardbound, oversized full color graphic novel. Fleeing the fires of her war-torn homeland, a young woman travels to the New World in search of gold to rebuild her life. In this strange, lawless land, Joana encounters friends (the kind Native women Tala and Opa), foes (the cruel gold hunter Matwei and his men), and an unexpected traveling companion who may just be her good luck charm — and amidst the icy reaches of the wilderness, a fearsome fantastical beast lurks in the shadows. Fantagraphics , 2023....More.

Item Code: DAUGH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 212pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99
 


DORIS DANGER GIANT MONSTERS AMOK
By Chris Wisnia & Ricky Sprague, with Dick Ayers, Art Adams, Bill Stout et al. Written and drawn as dead-on homages to the styles of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Dick Ayers, these 20 stories recount Doris Danger’s encounters with the classic Marvel-style pre-hero monsters, now renamed “Ner-Nee-Nah,” “Spwum,” “Ho-Chee-Cha,” “X, Son of XI,” etc. But this is parody on a meta-level, as “editor” Rob Oder takes you behind the scenes and reveals the secrets behind these comics — the chaos, the “faster-faster/cheaper-cheaper” mentality, the never-ending deadlines, the despicable treatment of writers and artists, the contempt for fans, the blithe disregard for quality — all presented with an unctuous, sunny veneer of jocular “sophistication” to readers. This is one very, very strange book! Fantagraphics, 2023....More.

Item Code: DORDH
Soft Cover, 7x11, 214pg, Full Color
$35.00 $31.99
 


THOR EPIC COLLECTION Volume 9 Even An Immortal Can Die
Collecting Thor #260-280, Annual #6-7, and Marvel Preview #10, 1977-79. Recommended. When writer Len Wein is joined by all-time great Thor artist Walter Simonson, there’s no question that what’s in store will be great. Odin has disappeared and Thor ventures across the vastness of space to find him, bringing him into conflict with the Enchantress and the Executioner, the Destroyer and, of course, Loki. Then, Roy Thomas and John Buscema take up the hammer. They’ll tap deep into Thor’s mythic roots, crafting amazing adventures featuring the death of Balder, the Midgard Serpent and a new Norse Thor. Marvel, 2023....More.

Item Code: THE09
Soft Cover, 7x10, 520pg, Full Color
$49.99 $44.99
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Biography & Scholarly

 


ROD SERLING HIS LIFE, WORK, AND IMAGINATION
Highly Recommended. By Nicholas Parisi. Foreword by Anne Serling. In great detail and including never-published insights drawn directly from Rod Serling's personal correspondence, unpublished writings, speeches, and unproduced scripts, Nicholas Parisi explores Serling's entire, massive body of work. Long before anyone had heard of alien cookbooks, gremlins on the wings of airplanes, or places where pig-faced people are considered beautiful, Rod Serling was the most prestigious writer in American television. As creator, host, and primary writer for The Twilight Zone, Serling became something more: an American icon. When Serling died in 1975, at the age of fifty, he was the most honored, most outspoken, most recognizable, and perhaps the most prolific writer in television history. University Press of Mississippi , 2018....More.

Item Code: RODSE
Soft Cover, 6x9, 543pg, Text/b&w
$28.00
 


DESEGREGATING COMICS — DEBATING BLACKNESS IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN COMICS
Recommended. Edited by Eisner Award Winner Oiana Whitted. Some comics fans view the industry's Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as brutal savages, devious witch doctors, or unintelligible minstrels. Yet the true portrait is more complex and reveals that even as caricatures predominated, some Golden Age comics creators offered more progressive and nuanced depictions of Black people. Desegregating Comics assembles a team of leading scholars to explore how debates about the representation of Blackness shaped both the production and reception of Golden Age comics. Rutgers University Press , 2023...More.

Item Code: DESEC
Soft Cover, 6x9, 358pg, Text/Partial Color
$34.95
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Rare & Out of Print

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New on Sale

I’m particularly excited to have four outstanding new "remainder" sale books now available.

Benson’s Confessions about the 1950s publisher St. John is packed with never before known details about Matt Baker & the creators there; I love this book.

Edward Sorel’s bio/art book is fascinating and beautifully illustrated, and in hardcover.

Funnyman is must-read story, how the creators of Superman tried so hard to come up with a new winner ten years after the debut of Superman.

Marvel Vault is a fun book for veterans or youngsters alike—with rare early Timely and Atlas gems, and cool bonus materials in a big envelope!



THE MARVEL VAULT A VISUAL HISTORY
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Roy Thomas and Peter Sanderson. Chock-full of historic and never-before-seen memorabilia, including great prelim drawings for important covers, and an envelope with five cool tucked-in rarities (see full description). This chronicles how Marvel has channeled its singular storytelling into a blockbuster movie studio, even as it has stayed true to its hallowed roots in the comics world. Excellent coverage of the 1940s, 50s and 60s creations. This updated edition features 16 new pages that cover Marvel's story from 2010 right up to the present day. Titan, 2016....More.

Item Code: MARVAH
Hard Cover, 12x10, 192pg, Full Color
$39.95 $24.95
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
MARVEL MUSEUM The Story of the Comics
Closeout Price! Recommended. By Ned Hartley. The complete story of Marvel Comics, illustrated with artwork from the official Marvel archives, touching on the MMMS (the first Marvel fan club), Stan’s go-to assistant Flo Steinberg, Roy Thomas, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Marvel’s early days as Timely and Atlas, and each of the the characters and groups that have morphed into the big screen, from Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor, to Doctor Strange and Black Widow. This gives readers the experience of a fascinating exhibition from the pages of a beautiful oversized (11x14) hardcover book. Studio Press, 2019....More.

Item Code: MARMUSH
Hard Cover, 11x15, 96pg, Text/Full Color
$32.00 $19.95
Also check out Marvel: Year by Year A Visual History [MARYH. $50, $42.50] and the new Taschen XXL books on Spider-Man, The Avengers, and The Fantastic Four.
 


CONFESSIONS, ROMANCES, SECRETS, AND TEMPTATIONS Archer St. John and the St. John Romance Comics
Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. St. John's reputation as a fair and honest publisher attracted many of the top artists of the day, including Matt Baker, Ric Estrada, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Joe Kubert, Bob Powell, Leonard Starr, and George Tuska. In addition to interviewing Estrada, Kubert, and Starr, Benson talks with several St. John staffers, including editor Irwin Stein, production man Warren Kremer, and editorial assistant Nadine King, an attractive lady who often modeled for the artists! They provide an engaging account of publisher Archer St. John and the innovative atmosphere he nourished to create these distinctive comics. Fantagraphics, 2007....More.

Item Code: CONRO
Soft Cover, 6x9, 96pg, Partial Color
$9.95 $7.50
John Benson also edits the EC fanzine Squa Tront. #14, still available [SQ14. $16.99], with our Highest Recommendation. John is now putting together a box of back issues for us to sell for him...stay tuned!
 


SIEGEL AND SHUSTER'S FUNNYMAN The First Jewish Superhero, from the Creators of Superman
Closeout Price! Edited by Thomas Andrae and Mel Gordon. By Jerry Siegel. Art by Joe Shuster. Here is a kaleidoscopic analysis of Funnyman, a little-known super-hero comics & syndicated strip by the creators of Superman. Included are complete stories, daily strips and color Sunday pages from this short-lived series. They lost the lawsuit against DC to regain rights to Superman and were fired, in 1946. But when they launched their new comic character Funnyman in 1947, it failed miserably. All the turmoil and personal disasters in Siegel and Shuster’s postwar life percolated into the comic strip. Feral House, 2010....More.

Item Code: SIESF
Soft Cover, 7x10, 240pg, Partial Color
$24.95 $12.50
Here’s more by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, from Superman Sunday and Daily strips from the 1940s, to Superman Comics Omnibus editions.
 


PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED A Memoir Edward Sorel
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. The fabulous life and times of one of our wittiest, most endearing and enduring caricaturists — in his own words and inimitable art. Sorel has given us “some of the best pictorial satire of our time … [his] pen can slash as well as any sword” -The Washington Post. Alongside more than 172 of his drawings, cartoons, and caricatures — and in prose as spirited and wickedly pointed as his artwork — Edward Sorel gives us an unforgettable self-portrait, including the scrappy early days of Push Pin Studios, founded with fellow Cooper Union alums Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast, which became the hottest design group of the 1960s. Knopf, 2021....More.

Item Code: PROFH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 272pg, Full Color
$30.00 $16.95
Here’s more by Sorel: Unauthorized Portraits, Drawing the Line, Artists at War, and Poster Man. Here are more Comics-Related Closeouts. And here are Imperfect Editions, both Comics Related and other subjects, at 40% and 50% off.
 

New on Sale – Sanctum Pulp Reprints

We bought a lot of the Sanctum pulp reprints several years ago when the publisher lost his license. Now we are dropping the price on most of the ones still in stock (from Doc Savage to The Avenger, The Whisperer, Phantom Detective, Cap Fury, and Black Bat) to $4.95 each. The James Bama Doc Savage variant covers, which until now were $12.95 to $14.95, are now $6.95 each, while they last.

The only exceptions to this new price are issues where we have just 2 or 3 left.

 

Coming in June & July

 


THE WORLD OF GUWEIZ The Art of Gu Zheng
Recommended. The second installment in the intriguing journey of Guweiz, whose stunning art has earned him over 1 million followers on Instagram. Following on from his first book, Guweiz: The Art of Gu Zheng Wei (2020), the artist now takes us deeper into his world of beautifully painted artwork, which features beautiful girls, often warriors, in manga-inspired dark settings. He discusses the storytelling in his work and his evolution as an artist. Fans will discover new insights into the artist’s creative processes, with in-depth step-by-step tutorials and discussions around working full-time as a freelance artist. 3dtotal Publishing, 2023. Due: June....More.

Item Code: WORGH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 152pg, Full Color
$50.00
 


ORIENTAL DREAMS
By Claire Maingon and Mathias Ary Jan. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Ary Jan Gallery in Paris in October 2022, Oriental Dreams  showcases masterpieces of 19th century Orientalist art with over 300 color reproductions. During this period, colonization and a revolution in means of transportation allowed artists to visit countries from North Africa to the Middle East that had previously been relatively inaccessible. The patterns, colors, and light of this region influenced artists such as Delacroix, Decamps, Berchère, Bridgman, Ziem, Gérôme, Corrodi, Dinet, Matisse, Majorelle and many others. Editions Norma, 2023. Due: June....More.

Item Code: ORIDH
Hard Cover, 10x12, 352pg, Full Color
$90.00 $85.00
 


INTERNATIONAL REALISM 16th International Arc Salon
Recommended. Edited by Kara Lysandra Ross and Frederick C. Ross. The latest installment of the International ARC Salon Competition. Over a thousand artworks from the forefront of the 21st Century Realist Art Movement. Winners and finalists in a range of categories: Figurative, Portraiture, Imaginative Realism, Landscape, Animals, Sculpture, Drawing, Still Life, Plein Air.ACC Art Books, 2023. Due: July....More.

Item Code: INTRH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 512pg, Full Color
$70.00 $65.00
 

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.

 

Mature Readers

 

Glamour Girls of Paris 2 features 1950s and 60s erotic photography of daring young ladies revealing all. Here’s more from Deicide Press.

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News & Notes

 

The Art of Perry Peterson

This literally just came in the door. Next week we'll have a full write-up and interior scans, but it is available for purchase now.

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Eisner Hall of Fame

As mentioned here and in the editorial of our latest catalog….I’ve been nominated for induction into the Eisner Hall of Fame. If you are a comics professional, you can apply for a ballot and vote. Here’s the link: https://form.jotform.com/230927489799177

 

Bud Plant & Hutchison Books

Anne now has over 4600 books listed on our website, entirely separate from Bud’s Art Books. Here’s a few highlights that went out in her April email list this week.

Moebius Blueberry 6, 8, 9 signed/limited; Frank Frazetta Illustrations Arcanum; William Stout The New Dinosaurs signed/limited; Chris Achilleos Medusa, signed; The Thrilling Art of Alex Schomberg; Bill Sienkiewicz Sketchbook signed/limited; Ron Cobb Colorvision and 3 more books; Jim Fitzpatrick Celtia, Book of Conquests and The Silver Arm; Norman Lindsay’s Pen Drawings; Bill Griffith Zippy signed, and a few signed limited copies of the early Usagi Yojimbo hardcovers.

These won’t be listed on her website for several more days, but you can get the elist now by signing up on the site. Also children’s books by Dorothy Lathrop, William Pene du Bois, Otto Soglow, Wallace Tripp, Tasha Tudor, Trina Schart Hyman, and some new Alice editions.

~Bud

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

A History of Modern Manga, Japanese Monsters, Liam Sharp’s Starhenge, Terry & Rachel Dodson, and a look at weed!

A new Blood ‘n’ Thunder Annual is always welcome. New is A History of Modern Manga; Yokai: a look at Japanese Monsters; two outstanding new titles from 3dtotal; Liam Sharp’s Starhenge takes us to ancient Celtic lands—and the future. Heads Together looks at weed & drug publications of the 60s and 70s. And much more!

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BLOOD N THUNDER 2023 Special Edition
Highly Recommended. The award-winning journal of pulp history enters its third decade with a book-length barn-burner special with all-star contributors. Robert Sampson writes about gangster pulps; Ron Goulart reveals his personal relationship with legendary crime-fiction writer Cornell Woolrich; Don Hutchison on the film adaptation of Woolrich’s Black Alibi; Will Murray on Western scribe Clyde A. Warden); Rick Lai on the intersection between the works of Robert E. Howard and Robert Bloch and much, much more. Muriana Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: BLOT23
Soft Cover, 7x10, 334pg, Text/b&w
$25.00

Still available: Blood ‘n’ Thunder Annual 2022, 2021, ($24.95 ea), BNT Presents The Penny-a-Word Brigade ($24.95), The BNT Guide to Pulp Fiction ($29.95) and by the same editor, Ed Hulse, is The Art of Pulp Fiction, which gets our highest recommendation [ARTPFH. $49.99, $44.99]. See our Pulps & Fiction section, and Pulp Reference, for much more.
 

Art Books & Miscellany

 


A HISTORY OF MODERN MANGA
How did the manga market reach one billion copies annually in less than half a century? Who are the major players in this incredible expansion? Here are 71 creators examined in detail, year by year, along with the major events and best-known series. New, updated and expanded edition. New details about essential entries in the manga canon, including Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Death Note, Naruto, Berserk, and more. Original, full-color illustrations as well as artwork from the featured manga titles. Handsome oversized, full color hardcover. Insight Editions, 2023....More.

Item Code: HISMMH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 204pg, Partial Color
$39.99 $34.99
Here’s more from the world of Manga.
 


YOKAI The Ancient Prints of Japanese Monsters
Recommended. By Paolo Linetti. Yokai shares 200 works of Japanese mythological and horror imagery from the 18th and 19th centuries. Prints, books, clothes, weapons, swords, samurai armor, 77 precious netsuke and a 33-foot scroll coalesce into a portrait of Japan’s storied — and sometimes spooky — past. Artists include: Yoshu Chikanobu, Katsushika Hokusai, Eisen Keisai, Utagawa Kunisada, Kawanabe Kyosai, Tsukioka Settei, Kitagawa Utamaro, Utagawa Yoshitora and Utagawa Yoshitoshi. Skira, 2023....More.

Item Code: YOKAH
Hard Cover, 10x12, 208pg, Partial Color
$45.00
Here’s more art from Japan.
 


COMICS ART IN CHINA
Very good value for the price. International Convention of Asia Scholars 2019 Book Prize - Best Art Publication. In the most comprehensive and authoritative source on this subject, Comics Art in China covers almost all comics art forms in mainland China, providing the history from the nineteenth century to the present as well as perspectives on both the industry and the art form. Political, social, and gag cartoons, lianhuanhua (picture books), comic books, humorous drawings, cartoon and humor periodicals, and donghua (animation); topics ranging from the earliest Western-influenced cartoons and the popular, often salacious, 1930s humor magazines to cartoons as wartime propaganda. University of Mississippi Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: COMARC
Soft Cover, 8x11, 250pg, Partial Color
$30.00
 


HEADS TOGETHER Weed and the Underground Press Syndicate 1965-1973
The youth uprising now simply known as the Sixties was fed by one of the greatest booms in publishing history. The Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) began as a loose confederation of five papers in 1966, and within a few years swelled to over 500, including Kaleidoscope, International Times and the East Village Other. They "spread like weed," said the UPS director, weed dealer and eventual founder of High Times Tom Forcade. Heads Together collects these drawings and articles, shining a light on lesser-known names in the stoner-art canon, and many who weren’t names at all since no signature was attached. It also compiles guides for growing weed when it was strictly contraband. Activist-oriented, psychedelic rolling papers are showcased too. Patrick Frey, 2023....More.

Item Code: HEADT
Soft Cover, 7x10, 566pg, Partial Color
$55.00
Here’s the new Freak Brothers series and more from the world of Underground Comix.
 


COMICS REVUE PRESENTS APR 2023
Recommended. Cover by Bob Lubbers. Complete in this issue: Tarzan by Dick van Buren and John Celardo, The Phantom (1978) by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, and Buz Sawyer (1971) by Roy Crane. 19 pages of full-color Sunday pages and a wealth of B&W features: Drago by Burne Hogarth; Flash Gordon by Mac Raboy and Harry Harrison; Rick O'Shay by Stan Lynde; Gasoline Alley by Dick Moore; Alley Oop by V. T. Hamlin; Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff; Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts; and Garth, The Phantom, Krazy Kat, Mandrake and much more, including Sir Bagby (1963) by R&D Hackney. Manuscript Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: CR0423
Soft Cover, 8x10, 128pg, Partial Color
$19.95
Don’t miss any back issues to get all the story continuities.
 

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PUSH YOUR CREATIVITY Reimagining Fairy Tales Through Illustration
Highly Recommended. Edited by Marisa Lewis/3DTotal Publishing. A lavish hardback tome with lavish new takes on fairy tale classics. These characters, their settings, and narratives have taken on a different form, their stories unflinchingly transformed. The infamous darkness that shrouds many fairy tales is left intact, while in others, the weird, wondrous, and even unexpected workaday awaits. Lovingly drawn and painted scenes filled with color and detail make each re-imagining utterly convincing. Accompanied by each artist's preliminary studies and personal narratives, giving a behind-the-scenes glimpse of their creative process. 3dtotal Publishing, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: PUSHH
Hard Cover, 8x12, 288pg, Full Color
$50.00
 


CHARACTER DESIGN QUARTERLY #24
Highly Recommended. I quite like this quirky, fun magazine that goes behind the scenes with creative contemporary animators. New cover by Nathanna Érica, whose combination of paper craft and digital art is explored. Lisanne Koeteeuw creates a botanical bellboy, Lee Embeli shares tips, Fatemeh Haghnejad creates a beautiful portrait with water colors. Tata Che conjures three spooky witches; a look inside Spain's most successful animation studio, SPA, creators of the movie Klaus; Chaaya Prabhat on creating children's books; Raquel Ochoa shows how to create emotions; Marta Andreeva on poses and emotions. 3dtotal Publishing, 2023....More.

Item Code: CDQ24
Soft Cover, 8x10, 104pg, Partial Color
$16.00
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ALSO AVAILABLE
THE FIELD GUIDE TO WITCHES
An Artist’s Grimoire of Witches and Their Worlds. Highly Recommended. A beautifully drawn look at famous witches from around the world with lots of history and details. Twenty witches are described and illustrated by 20 international concept designers and illustrators. Circe, Freyja, Hecate, Isis, Morgan Le Fay, The Snow Queen, The Weird Sisters, Baba-Yaga, Jenny Greenteeth, etc. Step into a world of witchcraft both good and evil, where the iconic character of myth and legend is brought uniquely to life. 3dtotal Publishing, 2022....More.

Item Code: FIEGWH
Hard Cover, 9x10, 320pg, Partial Color
$50.00
 


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THE STYLE OF LOISH Finding Your Artistic Voice
Our Highest Recommendation. By Lois van Baarle (Loish). This is very much an art book doubling as an instructional book. Loish's work is a joy to look at; her girls are beautiful, sexy and vital. She'll be one of several modern creators to be featured in an upcoming Flesk art book. Meanwhile, her previous collections in 2016 and 2018 have sold 85,000 copies. This new book bursts with brand new, specially commissioned art that provides a unique opportunity to understand the foundations of Loish’s style. She explores (and narrates) her own style through creating volume, choosing color, establishing flow, and the ideas and subjects themselves. 3dtotal Publishing, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: STYLH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 168pg, Partial Color
$50.00
 

Graphic Novels

 


WONDER WOMAN WHO IS WONDER WOMAN The Deluxe Edition
Highly Recommended. From Allan Heinberg, the screenwriter behind 2017's Wonder Woman feature film, comes the classic new graphic novel with superb artwork by Terry and Rachel Dodson. Circe is augmenting the powers of Wonder Woman's deadliest rogues, while she, Donna Troy and Diana Prince will all compete for the title of Wonder Woman. DC Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: WWWHOH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 160pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99
Flesk publishing has a Dodson art book on the horizon—more on that soon. Meanwhile, here’s more by the top-notch good-girl art team of Terry and Rachel Dodson: two volumes of Adventureman, a special issue of Comic Book Creator, Bombshells 2 (signed), Muse (with our highest recommendation), Vampirella and more Wonder Woman.
 


MISTER MAMMOTH
First published in France. Highly Recommended. By Matt Kindt. Art by Jean-Denis Pendanx. A mystery with twists as good as any Alfred Hitchcock film. You'll never see where this is headed! And lush, beautifully painted art. I liked it!! Mister Mammoth is brilliant and the world’s greatest detective. And a massive, hulking seven-foot-tall. But he's having difficulty with his latest case, distracted with a strange obsession with a soap opera actress who murders her husband. Meanwhile, flashbacks might finally unlock the secret of his traumatic, now forgotten childhood. Spoiler alert: is he solving a crime — or planning one? Dark Horse, 2023....More.

Item Code: MISMAH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99
A modest new novel, first published in France, that I really enjoyed. Lush artwork and a mystery that you’ll never, ever guess the ending to.
 


STARHENGE Book 1 The Dragon and the Boar Deluxe Edition
Collects #1-6. Recommended. Revered creator Liam Sharp cuts loose in this visually stunning masterpiece. A future Merlin travels to 5th-century Britain to prevent monstrous time-traveling killer robots from robbing the universe of magic. Meanwhile, Amber Weaver's lively present-day narrative reveals how she becomes drawn into a war across time. The Terminator meets The Green Knight in this enthralling epic inspired by the Arthurian sagas! Stunningly painted. Image Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: STAR01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 176pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99
 


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ENCORE THE ART OF LIAM SHARP Signed with Sketch
Signed, with large original detailed sketch across the front endpapers! Includes signed Kickstarter booklet and 3x5 print. Highly Recommended. Introduction by Grant Morrison. Encore showcases work from across Liam Sharp's extensive career, presenting much of the hyper-detailed art in its black and white unlettered form for the first time in print — from the spectacular high fantasy of The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman, to the incredibly intricate sci-fi realms of The Green Lantern. Also: many examples of Liam's full-color work — both traditional and digital — which pays homage to the masters of the past while also pushing boundaries and breaking new ground. Sharpy, 2021. ...More.

Item Code: ENCLSD
Hard Cover, 8x11, 140pg, Partial Color
$100.00
The trade edition of Encore is currently out of stock but we expect more shortly. It comes signed [ENCLSHS. $45].
 


WAR BIRDS
Art by Steve Parkhouse. When a independent robot soldier makes a unique connection with an injured, flying drone, they flee the warzone they’re in to seek lives of their own. Their military builders want to destroy them, though, while a sympathetic pair of humans tries what they can to free the errant ‘bots from military service! Steve Parkhouse, artist and co-creator of Resident Alien, joins writer Geoffrey D. Wessel in this thrilling tale of friendship and survival. Dark Horse, 2023....More.

Item Code: WARBI
Soft Cover, 7x10, 104pg, b&w
$19.99
 


MISS FURY JOY DIVISION Maria Laura Sanapo Cover Edition
An original graphic novel. Writer Billy Tucci and artists Maria Laura Sanapo and Edu Menna delve into the deep dark secret of the Nazi regime during the Second World War. Through the 1940s, several Nazi concentration camps featured brothels wherein Jewish women were forced to work as prostitutes for soldiers. Miss Fury and her Black Furies have discovered this on an all-female mission of revenge. This is designed to fit perfectly into a continuity gap in the original story line of Miss Fury, in summer, 1944. Dynamite, 2023....More.

Item Code: MISJDM
Soft Cover, 7x10, 136pg, Full Color
$34.99 $31.99
Also available with a variant cover based on a Tarpe Mills illustration [MISJD. $34.99, $31.99] and with a bookplate signed by Billy Tucci [MISJDHS. $50].
 

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.

 

Comic Book Archives

 


THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS The Deluxe Edition
Collects #1-7 and The Grim Knight #1. He unleashed the Dark Multiverse in Dark Nights: Metal. Now writer Scott Snyder reunites with acclaimed artist Jock (Batman: Black Mirror) to set that alternate reality's deadliest denizen loose in Gotham City. Half Batman. Half Joker. Combining everything that makes the Caped Crusader a hero and the Clown Prince a killer, the Batman Who Laughs is the Dark Multiverse's deadliest criminal mastermind. DC Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: BATWLH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 280pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99
 


PLANET OF THE APES ADVENTURES The Original Marvel Years Omnibus
Collects #1-11, 1975-76. Recommended. Art by George Tuska, Mike Ploog, & Alfredo Alcala. Relive the classic films Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes as Marvel’s 1970s color comic adaptations of the films are collected in one action-packed volume. When a crew of astronauts crash-lands on a strange and desolate world, they discover a society of apes with heightened intelligence and speech. And here, a race of mute humans are their slaves. Can the mission’s leader, Taylor, fight his way free and hold onto his humanity? What unfathomable danger lies beneath the surface? Marvel, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: PLAMYH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 224pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
 


THOR By Jason Aaron Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Thor God of Thunder #1-25; Thor #1-8; Annual #1; Thors #1-4; Mighty Thor #1-12, 2012-15. Jason Aaron and artistic collaborators including Esad Ribić and Russell Dauterman begin a truly epic saga of Thor — whoever he or she may be. The Goddess of Thunder battles Malekith, Loki, Roxxon—and even Odin. But who is she under the mask? And what is this new Thor’s terrible secret? Across the ages, gods are vanishing — and the God of Thunder must unite with past and future selves to stand against Gorr the God Butcher.! Marvel, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: THORJ01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1216pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS DAREDEVIL Volume 17
Collects Daredevil #182-191, and material from Elektra Saga #1-4 & more. Highly Recommended. This caps off Frank Miller’s early-’80s writer/artist run on Daredevil with a volume that stands with the best comics of all time. In the aftermath of the death of Elektra, Matt Murdock is at the crossroads of his sanity. Obsessed with the idea that she might not really be dead, can he pull it together in time to stop the criminal machinations of the Kingpin and bring justice to Bullseye? Enter Black Widow to help the man she once loved. Marvel, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: MMDA17H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 368pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
 

Mature Readers

 

Swing: The five volumes of the erotic series Swing are now collected in one large, handsome hardcover.

This is a spin-off from the adult graphic novels Sunstone, which features BDSM alternate lifestyles and more well-written stories, available in two volumes. Vol 1 [SUN01H. $39.99, $36.99], Volume 2 [SUN02H. $49.99, $45.99].

The latest work by the same fine writer/artist, Stjepan Sejic, is Fine Print [FINP01, $16.99] an erotic novel with a fantasy/mythology story of devils, gods and lust.

Also new this week is Berlin Orgies: Bourgeoisie in Lust and Ecstasy. This collects 1920s watercolor scenes by an unknown artist. Here’s more from publisher Goliath.

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Coming in July

 


TERRY AND THE PIRATES The Master Collection Volume 5
The Hypnotic April Kane, 1939. Highly Recommended. The saga continues, reproduced from Milton Caniff's personal set of color syndicate tabloid proofs. In the heart of Indo-China Terry, Pat, Connie, and Big Stoop take the good (teen-aged southern belle April Kane) with the bad (the twin villainy of Baron DePlexus and Sanjak). The three kids are held captive in an expansive net that also leaves Pat and the Dragon Lady in the clutches of Warlord Klang. Escape causes the heroes to scatter. Pat and April are snatched up by Cap’n Blaze and his daughter, Cheery — who really fails to live up to her name! — with the menace of Singh-Singh lurking in the wings— Due: July....More.

Item Code: TERP05H
Hard Cover, 11x14, 164pg, Full Color
$100.00
Volume 1 comes packed with the bonus appendix Volume, 13 [TERP01H. $120]. Volumes 2-3 are now in stock. Volume 4 is due by the end of April [TERP02H, etc. $100 ea]. Click here for Steve Canyon collections, original 1946 Terry books, and more with Milton Caniff.
 

Coming in August

 


BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS By Peter J Tomasi Omnibus
Collects Detective Comics #27, 994-1016, 1018-1033, Annual #2-3, & Pennyworth R.I.P. #1. Art by Doug Mahnke and Christian Duce. AAlfred is attacked at Wayne manor! Who’s hunting those closest to Batman? Commissioner Gordon calls in the Dark Knight Detective when there’s a murder at the Gotham City Aquarium, staged to look exactly like Thomas and Martha Wayne’s crime scene, right down to the playbill and pearls. How does this bizarre homicide tie into the shadowy monster that attacks Dr. Leslie Thompkins? This creature looks to wage a war on Batman — and it’s using Joker gas to do it... DC Comics, 2023. Due: Aug....More.

Item Code: BATDPH
Hard Cover, na, 1016pg, Full Color
$150.00 $125.00
 


CONAN THE BARBARIAN The Original Comics Omnibus Volume 2
Collects Conan The Barbarian (approximately) #27-51 & more. Recommended. By Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema and Gil Kane. Tired of the thieving life, Conan signs on as a mercenary for the warring kingdom of Turan. The enemy will report on Conan’s legendary skill in battle — if any of them live to tell the tale — but palace intrigue may prove more dangerous to the barbarian. After all, it’s never wise to bed a wizard’s woman. Then, Conan joins with Red Sonja for a multi-part adventure. Last, but far from least is Roy Thomas and Gil Kane’s complete adaptation of “The Hour of the Dragon,” the iconic story of how Conan became king and conqueror and met the woman who would become his wife. Titan, 2023. Due: Aug....More.

Item Code: CONOC02H
Hard Cover, na, 856pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
Volume 1 in this new series is expected June 30. Click here for the previous series published by Marvel, which ran for ten Omnibus editions. We have three copies left of Conan The King, collecting that series #1-19, on sale as an Imperfect Edition [KINC01HR. $125, $75].
 

Coming in September

 


THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Tales of Suspense #39-83 & more, 1963-66. Highly Recommended. Jet-setter, playboy, and brilliant scientist, Tony Stark is cut down to Earth when a battlefield explosion rips into his heart. Only by creating the amazing Iron Man armor can he stay alive. Packed with debonair and debutantes, Cold War monsters and sultry super-spies, this collects the very earliest Iron Man stories. First appearances of such classic Marvel characters as the Mandarin, the Black Widow, Hawkeye, the Crimson Dynamo and the Titanium Man. Marvel, 2023. Due: Sept....More.

Item Code: INV01H
Hard Cover, na, 752pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
 


THE AVENGERS Omnibus Volume 3
Collects Avengers #59-88, 1968-71 & more. Earth's Mightiest Heroes assemble under the titanic talents of Roy Thomas, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Gene Colan and Barry Windsor-Smith! It's page after page of Avengers classics, beginning with the wedding of the Wasp and Yellowjacket! Hawkeye transforms into Goliath, Ultron re-emerges, Kang and the Grandmaster introduce the Squadron Sinister, the Black Panther infiltrates the Sons of the Serpent, and Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch return — and that's just the beginning. Marvel, 2023. Due: Sept....More.

Item Code: AVE03H
Hard Cover, na, 768pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
 


THE AVENGERS Omnibus Volume 4
Collects Avengers #89-119, 1971-74; Defenders #8-11 & more. Caught in the crossfire, Earth has become the staging ground for a conflict of cosmic proportions! The merciless Kree and the shape-changing Skrulls have gone to war and humanity is on the front line. It's Roy Thomas and Neal Adams' classic Kree-Skrull War! Then, every Avenger from day one returns — to battle Ares and the Enchantress! And there's no time wasted upping the ante when the mutant-hunting Sentinels return from the heart of the sun! Marvel, 2023. Due: Sept....More.

Item Code: AVE04H
Hard Cover, na, 856pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Volume 2
Collects Spider-Man #11-19 & Annual #1, 1964. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee. Art by Steve Ditko. By popular demand! Back in hardcover, beautifully restored to match the original comics and boasting expanded bonus material! Welcome to Marvel’s reMasterworks. Peter Parker has not been Spider-Man for very long, but the threats this newly minted hero must face are mounting quickly! Mysterio, Kraven the Hunter and the Green Goblin make their debuts! Doctor Octopus has returned, determined to unmask Spidey! Plus, witness the wallcrawler’s first meetings with Daredevil and the Hulk, and the continuing development of his love/hate friendship with the Human Torch! Marvel, 2023. Due: Sept....More.

Item Code: MAS02H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 312pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
Also coming soon is the first new Spidey Masterworks and Volumes 1 and 2 of The Avengers Omnibus series.
 

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