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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! Download our brand spanking new catalog here, with an exceptional selection of signed Rare Books and special sale items. See the editorial for more about Bud’s nomination to be an Eisner Hall of Fame inductee! |
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| 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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
| Click here for back issues of CDQ starting with #20 and more excellent titles from 3dtotal Publishing. These are two of our favorites: |
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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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ALSO AVAILABLE 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 |
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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 |
| 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. |
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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 |
| 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. |
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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 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE 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]. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Also coming soon is the first new Spidey Masterworks and Volumes 1 and 2 of The Avengers Omnibus series. |
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