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CONAN THE BARBARIAN By Kurt Busiek Omnibus Recommended. By Kurt Busiek, Len Wein et al. Art by Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates et al. Award-winning writer Kurt Busiek reinvents the Hyborian Age with a gritty new take on Conan the Barbarian! From his birth on a Cimmerian battlefield to his coming-of-age during the Battle of Venarium, witness Conan's legendary rise. As he wanders the ancient world in search of adventure, Conan will face the Vanir, be enslaved by an ageless evil and battle Janissa the Widowmaker! He will experience the mystery of the Frost Giant's Daughter, the horror of the God in the Bowl, and the secrets of the Tower of the Elephant! Marvel, 2020....More. Item Code: CONKBH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1024, Full Color |
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NEW MUTANTS Omnibus Volume 1 Collects Marvel Graphic Novel #4, 1982; New Mutants #1-34, 1983 on and MUCH more. Art by Bill Sienkiewicz, Frank Miller et al. The future of the X-Men is here! Karma. Wolfsbane. Sunspot. Cannonball. Moonstar. Follow their early days at Xavier's School — including battles against Sentinels, the Hellfire Club, the Brood and more! New recruits Magma, Magik and Cypher find their footing, a deadly rivalry begins with Emma Frost's Hellions — and the Demon Bear that haunts Dani Moonstar bares his teeth, Bill Sienkiewicz-style! Will the New Mutants survive — and if so, can they make a new friend in the alien Warlock? Plus, the mind-bending debut of Professor X's son, Legion! Marvel, 2020....More. Item Code: NEWM01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 1272pg, Full Color |
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CAPTAIN AMERICA By Dan Jurgens Omnibus Collects Captain America (1998) #25-50; Annual 2000-01, & material from CA: The Legend #1, 1996. By Dan Jurgens. Art by Andy Kubert et al. Comic book titan Dan Jurgens’ complete Captain America run! In action-packed adventures, Cap must somehow stop the war efforts of the Hate-Monger, a villain with ties to Hitler himself — and save Ka-Zar from the monstrous murderer Count Nefaria! And what happens when Steve’s girlfriend Connie Ferrari gets caught in an A.I.M. plot? Then, the entire free world is at stake when the nefarious Red Skull hijacks the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier and threatens nuclear annihilation. Marvel, 2021....More. Item Code: CAPADH Hard Cover, 8x11, 880pg, Full Color |
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SUPERMAN / BATMAN Omnibus Volume 2 Collects Superman/Batman #44-87; Superman/Batman Annual #3-5, 2008-2010. Writers Michael Green and Mike Johnson (Supergirl) and artist Rags Morales (Identity Crisis) bring you one of the darkest struggles Superman and Batman have ever faced. First they attempt to rid the world of all traces of Kryptonite. Then they encounter li'l versions of themselves from an alternate universe, confront an extraterrestrial warrior who aims to wipe out all Kryptonians, and much more. Massive collection! DC Comics, 2021....More. Item Code: SUPBAT02H Hard Cover, 7x11, 1232pg, Full Color |
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MADMAN Library Edition Volume 2 Collects Madman Comics #11-20 & much, much more. Highly Recommended. 600 pages of the wildest superhero ever, taking us into surreal realms. Deluxe oversized hardcover. Also collects spinoffs and crossovers: Superman/Madman crossover, Powers/Madman one-shot by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Michel Avon Oeming. This six-volume Madman universe library collects all of Allred's award-winning work in selected reading order! Dark Horse, 2021....More. Item Code: MAD02H Hard Cover, 8x12, 576pg, Full Color |
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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 |
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DC COMICS GIRLS UNITE! Box Set Recommended. All-ages, animation-style art, 1998-2008. By Evan Dorkin and Sara Dyer, Brett Blevins, Adam Beechen, Carlo Barberi et al. A perfect gift for young women comic fans. A slipcased set of four mini-graphic novels feature Batman Adventures: Cat Got Your Tongue? and Batgirl: A League of Her Own, Supergirl Adventures: Girl of Steel, and Justice League Unlimited: Girl Power. Catwoman makes purrfect plans for herself but will be sure to mess with it. Supergirl gets accustomed to life on Earth, all while having to face her fears. Batgirl faces off with Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Ra's al Ghul! Mary Marvel, Supergirl, and Wonder Woman in a JLA tale. DC Comics, 2021....More. Item Code: DCGUN Hard Cover, 6x8, Full Color |
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THE PHANTOM The Complete DC Comics Years Volume 1 Hurt From 1987, first of three volumes. By Lee Falk et el. "A new, intelligent take on a classic hero [this] stand[s] as a distinguished chapter in the canon of the character." An action packed collection of the first six stories of the DC Comic Phantom, with the first mini-series by Peter David with art by Joe Orlando, followed by two stories from the next series with script by Mark Verheiden, pencils and inks by Luke McDonnell. Includes an interview with Peter David and a detailed biography of Joe Orlando. Hermes Press, 2021. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: PHDC01HR Hard Cover, 8x11, 224pg, Full Color |
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THE PHANTOM The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 21 1967-1969 Hurt Recommended. By Lee Falk. Seven complete continuities: "The Rogue Elephant," "Jungle Olympics," "The Frame-Up," "The Hydra," "The Art Thieves," "The Masked Ball," and "The Jungle Home". Sy Barry took over the art chores in 1962 (see Volume 17) and did a fine job taking The Phantom in a new, contemporary direction with updated art. His work has come to epitomize The Phantom as much as the original artists (Wilson McCoy & Fred Fredericks) did during their long runs. Hermes, 2021. Condition: Bumped corners and torn dust jacket. Out of print. ...More. Item Code: PH21H Hard Cover, 12x8, 272 pg, b&w |
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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 |
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AVENGERS VS X-MEN Omnibus Hurt Collects 72 issues–1680 pages–across a wide span of different titles, c.2012. By a Who’s-Who of talent, Brian Michael Bendis, John Romita Jr., Jim Cheung et al.A crossover so huge it calls for Marvel’s biggest ever Omnibus! Get the whole story of the Phoenix Force’s return to Earth, an event that kicks off an all-out war between the Avengers and the X-Men! The X-Men see the Phoenix as mutantkind’s salvation, and the Avengers consider her a deadly danger. But what happens when five of the X-Men are transformed by the Phoenix…and begin to change the world? Marvel, 2022. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: AVXHR Hard Cover, 7x10, 1680pg, Full Color |
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THE OTHER HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE Collects #1-5. Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi. Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Let It Fall) examines the mythology of the DC Universe in this compelling combination of prose and illustration. Reframing iconic moments of DC history and charting a previously unexplored sociopolitical thread as seen through the prism of DC Super Heroes who come from historically disenfranchised groups, John Ridley goes where no other has gone before! DC Comics, 2021....More. Item Code: OTHISH Hard Cover, 9x11, 224pg, Full Color |
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CLASSIC ADVENTURE COMICS Volume 4 Collects Voyage to the Deep #1-4, 1962-1964; and Escape from Devil's Island #1, 1952. Recommended. In Voyage to the Deep, the submarine Proteus has just finished its shakedown run and heads out to explore the Mariana trench — where they not only have to deal with giant sea creatures but an act of terrorism that threatens the entire world. An interesting Dell Comics series with painted covers and art by Sam Glanzman. Escape from Devils Island is a pre-code Avon Comics one-shot on life inside the notorious French penal colony known as Devil’s Island. Set up and framed for murder and robbery, Pierre Gavril is sentenced to twenty years of torture, hard labor and isolation on Devils Island — and escape is said to be suicide. PS Artbooks, 2021....More. Item Code: PCAD04 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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GORGO ATTACKS! Collects #5-10, and 12, 1962-63. Recommended. At the height of the atomic war era, Gorgo took on the army, the navy, giant sea monsters, Soviet war-mongering, and one-eyed space invaders. Originally published in 1962, three legendary comics talents —Joe Sinnott, Joe Gill, and Vince Colletta — produced together in one giant collection. Fantaco Enterprises, 2021....More. Item Code: GORAT Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color |
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BATMAN ZERO YEAR Featuring the early, pre-Robin pointy-eared Batman...and before even that! Collects Batman #21-27, 29-33. Highly Recommended. New York Times bestselling author Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo delve into Bruce Wayne's past and reveal his journey to becoming "The Bat" — and eventually Batman. Secret moments from Bruce's training abroad, run-ins with aspiring district attorney Harvey Dent, and how Bruce learned to work with his new ally, young Lieutenant Jim Gordon. Then we spin into total darkness as the Riddler stirs up chaos in Gotham City in the "Secret City," "Dark City," and "Savage City" events. What corners of Batman's past will be revealed? And how will they impact his very near future? Unravel the mysteries set forth by the Riddler and join the madness as Batman gets closer to the endgame. DC Comics, 2021....More. Item Code: BATZY Soft Cover, 7x10, 400pg, Full Color |
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SPAWN THE RECORD BREAKER Collects Spawn #298-301, 2019. By Todd McFarlane and Scott Snyder. Collected together for the first time, the issues that lead up to and include the record-breaking Spawn #301, which went through three printings. This is the story line that changes everything...Including art from industry giants like Greg Capullo, Jason Alexander, Clayton Crain, Jerome Opeña, and Francesco Mattina, as well as a story penciled by Todd McFarlane himself. Image Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: SPAWRB Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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ART OF JEFFREY JONES Hardcover Publisher file copy, with some wear. Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Art by Jeffrey Jones. This features 185 stunning full-color works. And it's all written by the highly respected Cathy and Arnie Fenner, the editors for the first 20 years of the annual Spectrum, as well as the three Underwood art books on Frank Frazetta: Legacy, Testament, and Icon. From the 1960s through the early 1980s, Jeffrey Jones was one of the most respected creators of fantasy and science fiction art. Underwood Books, 2002. Out of print. Condition: Very Good to Fine: Copies have a slightly bumped corner and tears or creases on the jacket....More. Item Code: ARTJJ Hard Cover, 9x12, 160pg, Full Color |
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BALOOK Slipcased Signed Publisher file copy. Signed & numbered, 250! By Piers Anthony. Art by Patrick Woodroffe. IIn the wake of technological breakthroughs, a nine-ton prehistoric Balook is brought to life and befriended by a boy named Thor, but when the growing creature breaks out of his compound, a chaotic romp ensues. He was the largest land mammal of prehistoric times. Now computers and genetic engineering have brought one of these magnificent creatures back to life. A moving and suspenseful tale by the noted science fiction author. 30 excellent illustrations, some full page and in partial color. Underwood-Miller, 1990. Out of print....More. Item Code: BALOD Hard Cover, 6x10, 198pg, Text/Partial Color |
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LOS ANGELES Deluxe Hurt Two books in a slipcase. Highly Recommended. Los Angeles is Sylvain Despretz's art book. 400 pages, 250 color and black & white illustrations and 100 pages of storyboards. This deluxe package comes in a slipcase with a second book, Midnight Show, an 88-page softcover with illustrations, some of a more adult theme, that would not fit into the main book. French artist Sylvain Despretz has lived in LA for 20 years, working behind the scenes and next to the mightiest of the mighty, bringing to life the visions of Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Andrei Konchalovsky, Mike Newell, Tim Burton and Stanley Kubrick with storyboards, concept art, paintings and illustration. Editions Caurette, 2020. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: LOSADR Hardcover & Softcover, 9x11, 488pg, Partial Color |
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THE WHO ADVENTURES The Art and History of Virgin Publishing's Doctor Who Fiction Signed Signed! By David J. Howe. In 1989 Doctor Who on television came to an end but Virgin Publishing stepped into the breach. This is their New Adventures of Doctor Who novel series. Picking up where the television series stopped, and presenting the new and further adventures of the seventh Doctor and his companion Ace, the books crossed space and time, introducing new companions like archaeologist Bernice Summerfield, and reuniting the Doctor with many old adversaries like the Ice Warriors and the Cybermen. Noted researcher and historian David J. Howe chronicles the origins of the books, speaking to all the major players in their development, and charts their critical reception as well as presenting a plethora of artwork, sketches and other imagery associated with the range. Telos, 2021....More. Item Code: WHOAH Hard Cover, 9x11, 336pg, Full Color |
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ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN Hardcover Illustrated Lyrics. Cover by Johnny Ace. Releasing over 100 records all over the world since 1992, Electric Frankenstein is where AC/DC meets The Dead Boys! EF asked 100 artists to create illustrations and short comics, some 2-3 pages long, based on the lyrics of their songs. What was born was sometimes beautiful and poetic, sometimes disturbing and raw! All lie between the covers of this book. Clover Press, 2021....More. Item Code: ELFRAH Hard Cover, 9x11, 350pg, Partial Color |
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THE DYNAMITE ART OF JOHN CASSADAY Hardcover Highly Recommended. John Cassaday's dynamic compositions are well known, but this is the very first time they've been collected — and in an oversized, handsome hardcover. Here you will find all of his work for Dynamite in a single book: covers, sketches, inks, some seen before, others appearing in print for the first time. Here are his amazing interpretations of James Bond, The Spider, Dracula, Buck Rogers, Red Sonja, The Green Hornet, Sherlock Holmes, Zorro, The Lone Ranger and many, many others! Dynamite, 2020....More. Item Code: DYNJCH Hard Cover, 9x10, 352pg, Full Color |
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MIKE MIGNOLA THE QUARANTINE SKETCHBOOK Recommended. During the coronavirus quarantine, legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola posted original pencil sketches online and auctioned off the art to raise money for José Andres' World Central Kitchen. The sketches went viral and were the talk of the comics internet. Now these are in print, with all profits going to the World Central Kitchen. This new, oversized hardcover collection is no mere sketchbook. It is a full blown artbook. Introduction by Christine Mignola, sketches of Hellboy, beloved and unexpected pop culture characters, macabre chess pieces, gothic vegetable creatures, strange vampires, and more. Dark Horse, 2021....More. Item Code: MIKQH Hard Cover, 9x12, 232pg, b&w|na |
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ILLUSTRATION ART GALLERY PRESENTS Charles Dickens Drawings and Paintings by Ron Embleton Limited, 600. Recommended. By Peter Richardson. Art by Ron Embleton. The complete collection of Ron Embleton's Dickensian themed artworks. Created during the 1970s, these images covered a variety of themes including characters from the novels of Dickens, children's street games, street vendors, horse-borne transport and Edwardian entertainment. The book includes an introduction to Ron Embleton's art and career, including photographs of the artist in his studio and the techniques he employs. Scanned directly from the originals. Embleton is widely known in the comics world for his steamy Penthouse strip, Oh, Wicked Wanda. Book Palace, 2021....More. Item Code: ILLCDH Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Full Color |
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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 |
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MARVEL COMICS THE VARIANT COVERS Highly Recommended. By John Rhett Thomas. Explore the amazing visual history of Marvel Comics variant covers in this first-ever collection. Comprising some of the most sought-after and valuable comics, variant covers have become a tradition in comics publishing. The variant cover phenomenon began in 1986 and was immediately embraced by a devoted legion of fans. This showcases the finest and most famous variants alongside exclusive interviews from artists and industry experts. Featuring abundant fan-favorite characters: Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, the X-Men, and many others. Marvel, 2020....More. Item Code: MARVCOH Hard Cover, 9x12, 216pg, Full Color |
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STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION THE ART OF JUAN ORTIZ Hurt Highly Recommended. By Juan Ortiz. Following on from Juan Ortiz’s fabulous Original Series movie-poster collection, this latest treat for art-loving Trek fans features 178 posters that capture the essence of The Next Generation. Inspired by indie-film and black-light posters, comics and rock/punk culture and showcasing Ortiz’s unique creative vision, this new installment of original Trek art is sure to delight fans, offering poster art for one very special episode after another. Oversized, pretty impressive! Titan, 2017. Condition: Slight bumps and scuffs. Out of print. ...More. Item Code: STARTH Hard Cover, 11x15, 208pg, Full Color |
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DEMONS AND ANGELS The Mythology of S Clay Wilson Volume 2 Second of a three-volume series reprinting his best comics and chronicling his life in a series of prose chapters. Features his two solo comics, 2 and 22, strips from Cocaine Comix, Knockabout, Weird Smut, and all his stories from Zap Comix #6-11. Strips in MANY obscure mags, as well as many never published privately commissioned watercolors and paintings. Fantagraphics, 2015. Out of print....More. Item Code: PIH02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 232pg, b&w |
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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 |
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A BRUSH WITH DEPTH The Art of Rick Sealock By Rick Sealock and Christina Vester. Rick Sealock has been creating wild and wacky illustrations for clients as varied as Rolling Stone, Texas Monthly, The Washington Post, Natural Health Magazine, and GQ Magazine. His work has been used to skewer politicians, fitness fanatics, and death. This book, while a retrospective of his life in illustration, is also a how-to guide. How to keep your work fresh. How to deal with pesky and not so pesky clients. How to keep yourself in front of those clients. Packed with personal commentary on most of the pieces, which are MANY. Frontenac House, 2020....More. Item Code: ABRU Hard Cover, 10x8, 256pg, Full Color |
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C.F.A. VOYSEY Architect, Designer, Individualist Recommended. By Anne Stewart O'Donnell. A leading figure in the British Arts and Crafts movement, C.F.A. Voysey (1857-1941) could easily have made a career out of pattern design alone, for his ingenious textiles and wall coverings in fresh, clear colors won him international acclaim. His wallpapers and textiles, in particular, reveal his complex personality and his lifelong love of England's flora and fauna. By the mid-1890s, however, he also was hailed as one of Britain's most innovative architects. Pomegranate, 2011....More. Item Code: CFAVH Hard Cover, 8x10, 108pg, Partial Color |
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ALIEN TO ZOMBIE An ABC Book of Monsters and Spooks Signed Signed by Chiarello & Somers! Highly Recommended. Edited by John Fleskes. After a successful caper chasing a gang of disembodied teen ghouls from an abandoned junior high school, paranormal investigator and legendary artist Mark Chiarello found himself stranded in a ghost town just on the outskirts of nowhere along with his wordsmith and fellow ghost-chaser, Kevin Somers. There they took up residence for the night in the creepiest old manor anyone had ever set eyes on. They’d have to take drastic measures if they were to make it to dawn”¦ In a stroke of genius (or perhaps madness), the two swiftly went to work making the ultimate tool to fight fear — Alien to Zombie: An ABC Book of Monsters and Spooks! Flesk, 2021....More. Item Code: ALIZH Hard Cover, 8x10, 32pg, Full Color |
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ARTISTS AGAINST THE WAR Highly Recommended. Art by Ralph Steadman, Peter de Seve, Milton Glaser, et al. Edited with an introduction by Steve Brodner. Based on the 2008 Society of Illustrators' exhibit, "Artists Against the War", this draws from the history of graphic protest and demonstrates the many ways that illustrators — in comics, editorial cartoons, illustrations for magazine articles, and so on — have reflected on the representations and misrepresentations of war, specifically in Iraq and Afghanistan. 56 nationally-known contributors, an all-star list including Grossman, Arisman, Kuper, Sorel, Holland, Billout, Silverman, Tim O'Brien, Banyai et al. Underwood Books, 2011....More. Item Code: ARTAGH Hard Cover, 8x10, 110pg, Partial Color |
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INVISIBLE MEN The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books Our Highest Recommendation. By Ken Quattro. Art by Matt Baker, Adolphe Barreaux, A.C. Hollingsworth, Cal Massey, E.C. Stoner, Owen Middleton, et al. Read the riveting stories of Black artists who drew—mostly covertly behind the scenes—superhero, horror, and romance comics in the early years of the industry. An in-depth, highly original look at each of these important illustrators, offering intimate details of their life and work like never done before. This is a gem of a book, put together by the incredibly painstaking researcher who's offering all comic fans new ground to be enjoyed. Yoe Books, 2020....More. Item Code: INVMEH Hard Cover, 9x11, 240pg, Partial Color |
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FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATED The Comics Art Techniques of Paul Davidson Variant Cover Variant b&w cover art, unsigned, limited. Foreword by Dan Abnett. Renowned Marvel & 2000AD artist Paul Davidson takes you on a behind-the-scenes look at his process and the art techniques used to illustrate a comic book. Here is a unique insight into the mind of a comic book creator as he develops an idea from sketching, inking, and finally coloring the final page. 100 pages of character design, concept art, and the how-to construction of a comic book page. This variant cover is printed in three colors with the central artwork in black & white, where it's in full color on the regular and limited/hardcover edition. It was a special premium only available with every six regular copies ordered, so our supply is very limited. Berserker, 2022. Out of print. ...More. Item Code: FANPDV Soft Cover, 8x12, 100pg, Partial Color |
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THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 51st Edition Linsner Dawn Dawn cover by Joseph Michael Linsner, limited to 500. Highly Recommended. By Richard M. Overstreet. The Bible of serious comic book collectors, dealers and historians. In addition to the latest prices, and boy, has there been a lot of upward movement last year...an extensive array of market reports that break down the marketplace's incredible boom during COVID-19. Plus: Hall of Fame inductees Tarpe Mills (Miss Fury) and William Moulton Marston (Wonder Woman); how disabilities have been portrayed in comics, beginning with Daredevil, Dr. Mid-Nite, Professor X and Captain Marvel, Jr.; the War Report offers up news plus neglected books to look for; Dick Tracy's 90th anniversary, and much more. Gemstone Publishing, 2021. Out of print....More. Item Code: CB51LH Hard Cover, 7x10, 1200pg, Partial Color |
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GRIMM FAIRY TALES ODYSSEY Collects Grimm Fairy Tales #26-37 and 2020 Annual. By Dave Franchini. Art by Milton Estevam, Eman Casallos, et al. Skye Mathers' Odyssey begins here. The Realms of Power are in chaos after the fallout from the Age of Camelot. Now, truly alone for the first time in her life, Skye Mathers must figure out a way to save her mentor, Shang, and still fulfill her role as Guardian, protecting the Earth and the four other dimensions linked to it. There's even a Wizard of Oz storyline here! Teaming with new allies, she will face her biggest test yet as she goes on an odyssey to restore the balance to the Grimm Universe! "This is Zenescope at their finest...a perfect entry point for new readers while still being enjoyable for longtime fans." Zenescope, 2022....More. Item Code: GRIMTO Soft Cover, 7x10, 328pg, Full Color |
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VAN HELSING ANNUAL Hour of The Witch Igor Vitorino Cover By Pat Shand, Joe Brusha et al. Art by Sergio Arino and Julius Abrera. Liesel Van Helsing has gone against almost every type of monster and creature that the universe can throw at her, and she's out-smarted, out-scienced, or overpowered just about each one of them. But what's coming for her next goes beyond anything she could prepare for, with a power beyond anything she could fathom. Also featuring heroine Gretel and Calabar in this expanded story. Don't cast your gaze anywhere but here, when Van Helsing takes on one of the most powerful beings she has ever faced! Solidly drawn good-girl horror fantasy. Zenescope, 2022....More. Item Code: VANHO Comic, 7x10, 64pg, Full Color |
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA By Cavan Scott By Andrew Lloyd Webber. Adapted by Cavan Scott. Art by Jose Maria Beroy. Based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s world-famous, multi-award-winning musical that has been playing continuously around the world for over 33 years comes this fully authorized graphic novel adaptation. In 1881 the cast and crew of a new production, Hannibal, are terrorized by the Phantom of the Opera, a mysterious, hideously disfigured man who lives beneath the Paris Opera House. Hopelessly in love and obsessed with one of the chorus singers, the Phantom will stop at nothing to make her the star of the show, even if that means murder. Titan, 2021....More. Item Code: PHANOPH Hard Cover, 8x12, 112pg, Full Color |
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WOLVERINE BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD Treasury Edition Collects #1-4, 2020. Oversized deluxe softcover with stiff covers. Logan. Patch. Weapon X. Wolverine. The mysterious mutant has gone by many names and lived many different lives. Now, experience all-new, untold tales of the best there is through the lens of an all-star cast of creators, in the unadulterated black-and-white format (with a healthy splash of blood red all over)! Return to the Weapon X program with Gerry Duggan and Adam Kubert! Join Matthew Rosenberg and Joshua Cassara on an explosive deep-cover spy mission from Wolverine's association with Nick Fury! Head into the wilds with writer/artist Declan Shalvey as Logan finds himself in the crossfire of a deadly trap! Marvel, 2021....More. Item Code: WOLVBWB Soft Cover, 10x13, 136pg, b&w |
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WEIRD HORRORS #7 Facsimile Edition From 1953. Recommended. Another of one of the strangest covers of the 1950s from William Ekgren. Inside enjoy the work of Lou Cameron, Bob Forgione, Don Perlin and the great Joe Kubert. From St. John, another far-better-than-average pre-code issue. Includes an oversized, 8 x 12-1/2 inch (image size) cover reproduction on card stock, matted and ready to display, with an embossed seal identifying the limited status. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: WEI07 Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color |
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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 |
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SUNLIGHT Recommended. Buy Christophe Bec, art by Bernard Khattou. Sunlight tells an agonizing survival story penned by French screenwriter Christophe Bec and illustrated by Bernard Khattou. Three young friends, Kevin, Caro, and Eva, who are passionate about caving, decide to explore the ruins of an abandoned mine. They discover, bathed in the light of dawn, a surreal setting to explore but immediately they take a dizzying fall through a poorly sealed well. Now trapped at the bottom of an abyss, they have only one thing to do: survive while they wait for help. Fear and madness set in, making it impossible to discern reality from illusion. Nudity. Clover Press, 2022. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: SUNLIH Hard Cover, 7x10, 160pg, b&w |
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LADY DEATH RULES Volume 3 Collects Nightmare Symphony (Chapter 8), Scorched Earth (Chapter 9), and Blasphemy Anthem (Chapter 10). By Brian Pulido and Mike MacLean. Art by Diego Bernard and Anthony Spay. Before Lady Death's "cursed sleep" began, witness the dark secrets of her doomed romance with Ravenheart and the birth and abduction of her children by demons. Then, she comes to present-day earth with the extinction-level villainy of The Trinity threatening humanity. The Sworn, a group of supernatural antiheroes, has assembled. What is Lady Death's role in all of this? Is she an ally, or an enemy of The Sworn? Coffin Comics, 2021. Mature readers. ...More. Item Code: LADR03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color |
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DIEGO RIVERA Recommended. By Francisco de la Mora. Art by José Luis Pescador. This impressive and long graphic novel explores the passions and contradictions that turned the prolific and brilliant painter Diego Rivera into an increasingly universal cultural figure. Rivera was a revolutionary painter; by his twenties he was counted among the most influential figures of the Parisian art scene of the early 20th century, including Picasso, Modigliani, Braque, and Gris. Rivera’s murals, both in his native Mexico and the United States, reflect the contradictory turbulence of his character and times. Self Made Hero, 2021....More. Item Code: DIEGRI Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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HILDEBRAND VALKYRIE Volume 1 Collects issues #1-4. By Rob MacKinnon. Art by Luca Casalanguida et al. In 9th century England, a twist of fate enables a poor Viking girl called Hildebrand to overcome adversity and rise to knighthood. She leads an army to repel a Viking invasion of her homeland but her victory celebration is short-lived when her estranged father reveals their secret lineage. Now the two embark on a perilous journey to Rome. Caliber Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: HILV01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color |
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QUACO My Life in Slavery A true story, first published in the Netherlands. Drawn in the style of Tintin. Highly Recommended. By Ineke Mok. Art by Eric Heuvel. A story from the Dutch history of slavery. Quaco, a boy when kidnapped by human traffickers around 1770, is sold to the captain of a slave ship; he survived the harrowing ocean crossing to land in Paramaribo on the estate of a wealthy plantation owner. Quaco became the owner's footboy and was later "lent" to an army captain, whose task was to hunt down Marrons (runaway slaves). Quaco is exposed to the hard life of the plantations and this military mission put Quaco in a moral quandary. And he risks losing his true love, Afua. Uitgeverij L , 2022. ...More. Item Code: QUAMY Soft Cover, 9x11, 80pg, Full Color |
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THE GREAT GATSBY Recommended. By F. Scott Fitzgerald. Introduction by Blake Hazard. First published in 1925, The Great Gatsby has been acclaimed by generations of readers and is now reimagined as a unique graphic novel. The story is captured by artist Aya Morton, who works in soft pastels and water-color. Here is the mysteriously wealthy Gatsby and his tragic love for the beautiful Daisy. Iconic text has been artfully distilled by Fred Fordham, who keeps much of the original dialogue — so much, it took me three sittings to read this. It's dense! Scribner, 2020....More. Item Code: GRGAT Soft Cover, 6x9, 208pg, Full Color |
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LON CHANEY SPEAKS Recommended. By Pat Dorian. A stunning graphic debut: the life of the legendary silent-film actor Lon Chaney (the original Phantom of the Opera and Hunchback of Notre Dame), as imagined by an artist whose work recalls the style and skill of early-era New Yorker cartoonists. Pantheon, 2020....More. Item Code: LONCHH Hard Cover, 6x9, 160pg, Full Color |
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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 |
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SHADOW DOCTOR Collects #1-5. Recommended. The true story of Dr. Nathaniel Calloway, a Black physician caught between medicine and the mob in 1930s Chicago. Writer Peter Calloway tells this story about his own grandfather, who graduated from medical school in the early 1930s. Unable to get work at any Chicago hospital (because he was Black) and unable to secure a loan from a bank to start his own practice (because he was Black), Nathaniel turned to the only other source of money in Prohibition-era Chicago: the Mafia, run by none other than Al Capone. Aftershock, 2021....More. Item Code: SHADOC Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color |
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A SCANNER DARKLY Recommended. A haunting and very complex graphic novel, one of Philip K. Dick’s most popular and best-selling novels. Bob Arctor is a dealer of the lethally addictive drug Substance D, which he also takes in massive quantities. Fred is the police agent assigned to tail and eventually bust him. What Fred doesn’t know is that Substance D gradually splits the user’s brain into two distinct, combative entities, and that he is, in fact, in frantic pursuit of himself. "...caustically funny and razor sharp in its depiction of drug-induced paranoia and madness." Pantheon, 2006....More. Item Code: SCANDH Hard Cover, 9x6, 200pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED NICHOLAS NICKLEBY Hardcover By Charles Dickens. Art by Gustav Schrotter. Cover by Colin Mayne. After the death of his father, Nicholas Nickleby becomes a schoolteacher in a boys’ school in Yorkshire to support his family. There he sees injustices and cruelty and stands up to the schoolmasters to right these wrongs. CCS Books, 2017....More. Item Code: CLANNH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF MAUTHAUSEN Recommended. By Salva Rubio. Art by Pedro J. Colombo. This is the grim and incredible life of Francisco Boix, a Spanish press photographer with communist leanings, who fled the Spanish revolution to France at the beginning of World War II. There, he is handed over to the Nazis, who send him to the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp, where he will spend the war among thousands of Spaniards and other prisoners, simply trying to beat the system and stay alive. More than half would lose their lives. Boix finds himself the confidant of an SS officer who is documenting prisoner deaths at the camp... Dead Reckoning, 2020....More. Item Code: PHOTM Soft Cover, 8x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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HAMMER OF THE GODS Volume 1 Mortal Enemy Recommended. By Mike Oeming and Mark Wheatley. Art by Michael Avon Oeming, Kelsey Shannon et al. Vikings just want to have fun! Of course, their idea of fun involves sharp bladed weapons, sexy warrior-women, and lots of blood. Sadly, Modi's suffering under a curse and if he ever touches a weapon he will lose his soul. Worse still, he's obligated to a fight-to-the-finish with the God Thorr! Who can blame the gods for not expecting Modie would have the courage and the power to stand against them. "..the quest of one hero, one simple good man with one simple good question. Why? -from Peter David's introduction. IDW, 2009....More. Item Code: HAMG01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE #310 Francesco Ciampi Cover Behind a very cool robot cover you’ll find Juan Juan Giménez & Richard Malka's "Segments" concluded; An interview with Jim Shooter about the time when Marvel Comics tried to beat Heavy Metal at its own game... and failed; New installments of Steve Orlando's "Starward", Camille Willaford's "Outer Demons," Ron Marz' "Swamp God", and more. Heavy Metal, 2021....More. Item Code: HM310 Magazine, 8x11, 128pg, Full Color |
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GUNSLINGER SPAWN Volume 1 Collects #1-6. Recommended. By Todd McFarlane. Art by Brett Booth. Gunslinger Spawn is a man out of time, lost in the future and in search of a way back to his past — can the contemporary SPAWN help? He has many scores to settle with those who've done him wrong, but after he's been thrown headfirst into a far greater conflict — one concerning the fate of humanity — he finds his revenge might just have to wait for a bit. Stunning artwork — detailed, colorful, dramatic, fast-paced, innovative, wild. Image Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: GUNS01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 168pg, Full Color |
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GIRLS 2023 Calendar Recommended. Glamorous images of girls in sexy outfits or topless, but no full frontal nudity. In swimsuits at the pool and beach; in lingerie in bed or on the floor; two girls getting bold together, and three walking away showing virtually bare bottoms. Lots of eye contact with the viewer, and closeups of booty and torsos. Avonside, 2022. Out of print. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: GIRLS23 na, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color |
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MANARA TAROT CARDS MINI This set duplicates the Manara Erotic Tarot but smaller sized with planetary, zodiac and four element symbols. 32-page booklet with instructions in six languages, including English. Recognized as a master of erotic illustration, Milo Manara transports us to a dreamlike yet carnal dimension that praises life and lust. Attractive illustrated box. Import from Italy. Lo Scarabeo, 2002. Adult material....More. Item Code: MANTCM na, 2x4, na, Full Color |
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EXOTIC ADVENTURES OF ROBERT SILVERBERG Hardcover With 24 bonus pages. Travel to faraway lands of mystery, danger, and erotic intrigue in stories from a time when the world still held secrets to be uncovered. From safari to bordello, from smugglers' cove to opium den. Award-winning science fiction writer Robert Silverberg moonlighted writing these lost pulp tales. Never before collected since their original 1950s publication, in bold new oversized facsimile re-creations complete with the original artwork. Available in softcover and deluxe expanded hardcover editions that look fresh off the newsstand, circa 1958. Go Exotic...or go home. Nudity, adult situations. New Texture, 2021. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: EXOTAH Hard Cover, 8x11, 144pg, Text/Partial Color|na |
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THE SPIDER: CRIME UNLIMITED Collects Fleetway Super Picture Library #2 & 4, 1967. By Jerry Siegel and Donne Avenell. Art by Aldo Marculeta and Giorgio Trevisan. The Spider (not to be confused with the 1930s pulp hero) was an anti-hero created in British comics but written, in part, by Superman-co-creator Jerry Siegel. He is the uncrowned king of the New York underworld, so elusive to the police that he even manages to taunt the Police Commissioner at his retirement party. But Professor Aldo Cummings, a famous but ill-tempered scientist, determined to stop the schemes of the Spider once and for all, invents a ray-machine which will eliminate the evil from a person's personality. Unfortunately, a tragic miscalculation will turn Professor Cummings into the Professor of Power, and he will seek a more direct confrontation with the Spider. Rebellion/2000 AD, 2022....More. Item Code: SPICUH Hard Cover, 7x10, 256pg, b&w |
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WILD ADVENTURES OF THE SPIDER FURY IN STEEL Highly Recommended. By Will Murray. Cover art by Gary Carbon. When a New York subway station is torn apart by forces so powerful they seem inconceivable, Richard Wentworth, The Spider, springs into action. Prowling the night to intercept the next attack, Wentworth encounters a band of destroyers far different than any who ever challenged him before, a fearless, merciless foe that does not quail before The Spider and sheds his avenging bullets without injury. As a reign of sabotage sweeps across the nation, the Master of Men realizes that an old enemy has returned from the grave. Altus Press, 2021....More. Item Code: WILSF Soft Cover, 6x9, 340pg, Text/b&w |
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DOC SAVAGE #10 Dust of Death & The Stone Man. Recommended. By Lester Dent and Harold Davis. Doc, Monk and Ham intervene in an Amazon jungle border war in "Dust of Death" while in "The Stone Man" they discover a lost race in Arizona. The Man of Bronze comes out swinging in these two pulp classics. incorporating never-before-published text from the original manuscripts. Sanctum, 2007. Out of print....More. Item Code: DC10 Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Text/b&w |
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JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER DAWN BUST Numbered & limited, 705. By Joseph Michael Linsner. Dawn, the goddess of rebirth, celebrates 30 years with an all-new two-statue set featuring one of Dynamite's most exciting crossovers with Vampirella. Each of the 7.5 inch high resin busts are hand painted and placed on an elegant "book" base. Both statues together, create a complete, thematic set based on the idea of "balance between heart and mind". These strictly limited resin collectibles are hand numbered and only 705 will ever be made. Dynamite, 2022....More. Item Code: JMLDAW 7.5" tall, Full Color |
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STANLEY KUBRICK'S 2001 A Space Odyssey Book, fold-out poster and remastered DVD. Recommended. Edited by Alison Castle. From the dawn of man to outer space to contact with mysterious alien forces, 2001 takes the viewer on an epic, unforgettable, mind-expanding journey. This collection is part of the Making of a Masterpiece series, offering an impressive oversized softcover and a completely remastered DVD of the film. Here is a glimpse of film stills, behind-the-scenes photographs, screenplay drafts, and other exclusive material from Stanley Kubrick's archives. Background about the making of the film, interviews with Kubrick, and an illustrated biography and filmography. Taschen, 2019. Out of print....More. Item Code: SKASH Soft Cover, 12x12, 96 pg, Partial Color |
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STANLEY KUBRICK'S A Clockwork Orange With DVD. This collection is part of the Making of a Masterpiece series, offering a behind-the-scene glimpse into cinematic milestones.Includes: film stills, behind-the-scenes photographs, screenplay drafts, and other exclusive material from Stanley Kubrick’s archives; background about the making of the film, interviews with Kubrick, and an illustrated biography and filmography; a fold-out film poster; and a complete DVD of the remastered film. Based on the futuristic novel by Anthony Burgess—a masterwork of cinematic satire. Taschen, 2019. Out of print....More. Item Code: SKCOH Soft Cover, 12x12, 96 pg, Text/Partial Color |
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