Thursday, August 10, 2023

Wonder Woman, Gorgo 2 & 3, Blackhawk, Shadows of Thule, Immortal Hulk, Tony Sarg, Big Big Overstreet and 2023 Eisner Awards!

New this week!

The Big Big Overstreet is here. Tony Sarg, forgotten children’s book artist. From PS: Bob Powell’s Cave Girl, Blackhawk 7 & 8, Military 3, new Replica comics and Gorgo 2 & 3. World Famous Creatures, Wonder Woman, Shadows of Thule, Immortal Hulk. Coming: The original 1950s Ghost Rider. 2023 Eisner Awards!

Plus an advance look at our August Sale and 20% off ALMOST GONE sale. Enjoy!

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Art Books

 


TONY SARG Genius at Play
Highly Recommended. By Lenore D. Miller and Stephanie Plunkett. Tony Sarg (1880-1942) first achieved professional success as an illustrator in London and New York. His 1920s puppets directly inspired Jim Henson; he was also a pioneer in animated films and children’s books, and, as a longtime designer for Macy’s, he created the gigantic balloons used in the firm’s Thanksgiving Day Parade which began in 1924. He also employed one of his parade balloons in the famous Nantucket Sea Serpent hoax of 1937. Abbeville Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: TONGH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 240pg, Partial Color
$49.95

 


THE WORLD OF GUWEIZ The Art of Gu Zheng Wei
Highly Recommended. 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. Guweiz provided the cover artwork for the popular Asian Illustration also from 3dtotal. It contains a special feature on his work. We find him incredibly polished and imaginative, transcending far beyond the usual Manga motifs to bring his work a fine art style very much in the Realism genre of tradition-inspired work. 3dtotal Publishing, 2023....More.

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

Comics Reference & Strips

 


THE BIG BIG OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 53rd Edition
Highly Recommended. By Robert M. Overstreet. David Michael Beck's powerful rendition of Blackout, a forgotten Golden Age hero, is featured on the cover of this oversized, limited edition. It features just the pricing, credits and top titles sales data from the standard editions of the book. All in larger, easy to read type with a special lay-flat binding; no awkward tricks to prop it open like the regular guide requires. Gemstone, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: BIG53
Squarebound, 12x12, 800pg, Text Only
$59.95 $54.95
Here’s all the other versions of this year’s guide, including the best selling variant so far:
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 53rd Edition Hero Initiative Cover
Limited, 500. Highly Recommended. By Robert M. Overstreet. Acclaimed artist John Tyler Christopher brings Red Sonja to the cover of the exclusive Hero Initiative edition. Celebrate the 60th anniversaries of The Avengers and the Justice League/Justice Society crossovers. It also includes a look at the influential advertising comics of the pioneering R.F. Outcault, creator of The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown, and a spotlight on Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer. Packed with more articles, comics values, artist and writer credits, special issues, key issues and much, much more. Gemstone, 2023....More.

Item Code: CB53HH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 1280pg, Full Color
$44.95
This Hero Initiative Variant is our best seller this year, followed by the Death Dealer edition. Click here for what’s left of last year’s editions—now on sale. And here’s more from Overstreet, such as Lost Universes and the First Edition Facsimile (now half price).
 


COMICS REVUE PRESENTS AUG 2023
Recommended. Cover by V.T. Hamlin. Complete in this issue: Rick O'Shay (1959) by Stan Lynde, The Phantom (1945) by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy, and Buz Sawyer (1971) by Roy Crane. 19 pages of full-color Sunday pages (in color): Drago by Burne Hogarth; Flash Gordon by Dan Barry; Gasoline Alley by Dick Moore; Alley Oop by V. T. Hamlin; Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff; Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts; Plus a wealth of B&W features: Garth, Krazy Kat, Mandrake and much more, including Sir Bagby (1963-64) by R&D Hackney. Manuscript Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: CR0823
Soft Cover, 8x10, 128pg, Partial Color
$19.95
Here’s all available back issues.
 

Comic Book & Magazine Archives

 


THE COMPLETE WORLD FAMOUS CREATURES Hardcover
Collects #1-4, 1958-59. Oversized Hardcover. Coming at you from the earliest days of monster mania, World Famous Creatures magazine was put together quickly and cheaply to cash in on the popularity of Famous Monsters #1. The title lasted just four issues, which are much sought after by monster magazine collectors. This competitor came closest to FM in terms of content and visuals and even tongue-in-cheek attitude. The issues contain b&w stills from all the classic films (not terribly well reproduced), Forry Ackermann-like puns, and even cut-out monster masks. There is also early John Severin art and several comic book stories in the monster mix! Fantaco Enterprises, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: COMWFCH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 288pg, Partial Color
$59.95
 


OBLIVION SONG Compendium
Collects #1-36, 2018-2020. By Robert Kirkman. Art by Lorenzo De Felici and Annalisa Leoni The entire series, collected for the first time. A decade ago, 300,000 citizens of Philadelphia suddenly were whisked away into an apocalyptic hellscape called Oblivion. The government made every attempt to recover them, but failed. But Nathan Cole won't give up. He makes daily trips, risking his life to try and rescue those still living in the strange neverworld. Image Comics, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: OBLSC
Soft Cover, 7x10, 824pg, Full Color
$49.99 $42.50
 


WONDER WOMAN BY BRIAN AZZARELLO & CLIFF CHIANG Omnibus
New Printing. Wonder Woman #0-35, 23.1, and Secret Origins #6, 2011-14. Recommended. The entire run of writer Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets) and artist Cliff Chiang's (Paper Girls) bold new storyline, taking our Amazon back to her origins and immersing us in Greek mythology and the gods. Raised as a daughter by the Queen of the Amazons, formed from clay to give the childless queen the daughter she dreamed of, she is an outsider and outcast. "The most focused, confident, and consistent title of the New 52." -The A.V. Club DC, 2023....More.

Item Code: WWBAH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 928pg, Full Color
$150.00 $125.00
 


BATMAN ONE BAD DAY Box Set
By Tom King, G. Willow Wilson et al. Art by Mitch Gerads, Jamie McKelvie, et al. This complete box set contains all eight Batman One Bad Day hardcovers, each spotlighting a new, defining standalone story for Batman's greatest villains, plus a special edition of Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. The Riddler. Two-Face. The Penguin. Mr. Freeze. Catwoman. Bane. Clayface. Ra's al Ghul. Each villain has their reasons for opposing the Caped Crusader. Massive slipcased set, very impressive. DC Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: BATOB
Soft Cover, 7x11, 800pg, Full Color
$159.99
 


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

Item Code: IMMHH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1592pg, Full Color
$150.00 $125.00
 

Graphic Novels

 


BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS Volume 1 Gotham Nocturne Overture
Collects Detective #1062-1065. Recommended. By Ram V. Art by Rafael Albuquerque. Something is terribly wrong with Batman. No matter what tests Bruce takes, nor the numbers he counts, the greatest detective in the world can’t pin down the source of this creeping dread — of his own inner demons and a looming mortality. Meanwhile, real demons roam the shadows as an ancient melody haunts the Gotham night. Who is human, who is demon, who is to tell? As Batman investigates the songs and the demons of Gotham, he is forced to confront the oldest question...whether there has been a demon within him all along...and if so, what does it want...and why hasn’t it taken over yet? DC Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: BATD01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 152pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99
 


THE SHADOWS OF THULE
Published simultaneously in French and English. Highly Recommended. Scotland, 2nd century AD. The Roman conquest stopped at Antonine's wall; beyond it lay the lands of the Gaels, and even further north, the wild hills of the Picts. When a Roman general, manipulated by a necromancer, decides to awaken an ancient plague and unleash it on the north, Cormak Mac Fianna, the last king of the Picts, unites his tribes to fight. But compared with the unstoppable Shadows from the ancient island of Thulé, their power pales and yesterday's enemies must join forces. Great artwork, wonderful Lovecraft-style monsters. Any Conan fan will enjoy this!! -Bud Humanoids, 2023....More.

Item Code: SHADTH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 144pg, Full Color
$27.99
 


ALVAR MAYOR Book 3 Three Deaths of Alvar Mayor
Book Three of Four. Recommended. By Carlos Trillo. Art by Enrique Breccia. Alvar Mayor gets a glimpse at his future, his last moments. However, he does not know which one of three ends fate has prepared for him. In the 17th century, the Americas were a paradise for adventurers, pirates, and other people of bad reputation who sought to enrich themselves as quickly as possible. But it was also a mysterious and unknown land with areas yet to be explored and great treasures to be found. In that dangerous jungle, only one person could guide the newcomers: Alvar Mayor. Epicenter Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: ALV03H
Hard Cover, 9x12, 184pg, b&w
$23.99
Volume 2 is also available. Volume 1 is out of print.
 


THE AMBASSADORS Volume 1
Collects #1-6. Highly Recommended. By Mark Millar. You've cracked the superhuman mystery and can give superpowers to six different people around the world. Who do you trust with earth-shattering powers? "The world's greatest and most ambitious superhero comic" needs the world's greatest comic book artists. Superb work by Frank Quitely and Travis Charest, plus Olivier Coipel, and an international line-up of superstars step forward to introduce an all-new cast of characters from Mark Millar's latest Netflix sensation. Image Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: AMB01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$19.99
 

New from PS ArtBooks

 


Item Code: CAVEG01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$52.99

CAVE GIRL Volume 1 Hardcover
Collects every issue of Cave Girl (#11-14), and her backup stories in Thunda #2-6, 1953-55. Highly Recommended. Entirely by Bob Powell! Jungle girls were wildly popular in the Golden age: Sheena, Rulah, Lorna, Jann of the Jungle. This is one of the best drawn of them all, though she came along too late and didn't last long— but what a great run she had! Bob Powell drew every cover and every story; and publisher ME was one of the best of the late Golden Age. These are wonderful fun stories of lost cities, other jungle queens, all the good stuff! Includes her origin and a cross-over story with Thunda, "The Ape God of Kor." PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More.

Coming in October

Item Code:
CAVEG01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

 


BLACKHAWK Volume 7
Collects #36-39, 1951. Highly Recommended. Four more wonderful 52-page issues from a prime period of Blackhawk. Beautiful femme fatales are everywhere, thanks to Torchy artist Bill Ward, as well as Reed Crandall's lead stories in every issue. "Queen of the Arctic," "Lilith and Her Scheme of Death," "Vulcanar, High Priest of Fire," "The Spores of Terror," and "The Prison of Despair." Great world-wide adventures of the daring team of flyers and fighters.PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: BLAC07
Soft Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color
$32.99
 


BLACKHAWK Volume 8
Collects #40-43, 1951. Highly Recommended. Four wonderful 52-page issues from Blackhawk's prime era. Robots, beautiful girls in nearly every story (usually bad girls!), Flying Tanks, lost civilizations...wild stuff, with spillover from the horror comics genre at the same time. Every issue boasts one or two stories by the great Reed Crandall plus fun, well-drawn Chop Chop back-up stories by Paul Gustavson. Primo Work. Just these four covers alone are classics! PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: BLAC08
Soft Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color
$32.99
Volumes 2-6 are all still available, although we’re down to 4 copies of Volume 4 until more arrive. We are still awaiting an overdue reorder of Volume 1.
 


MILITARY COMICS Volume 3
Collects #9-12, 1942. Highly Recommended. The first Reed Crandall Blackhawk story! Wonderful wartime comics featuring the army and the navy, by Jack Cole, Chuck Cuidera (co-creator of Blackhawk), Bob Powell, Dave Berg and Fred Guardineer. The Blue Tracer, X of the Underground, The Phantom Clipper, The Sniper, Death Patrol and more, great features backing up the primo earliest Blackhawk stories. PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: MILC03
Soft Cover, 7x10, 272pg, Full Color
$32.99
We still have six copies of Volume 2, awaiting a reorder. Plenty of Volume 1 in stock. Same prices.
 


Item Code: SAG02H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$52.99

GORGO Volume 2 Hardcover
Collects #6-10, 1962. Recommended. By Joe Gill. Art by Joe Sinnott & Vince Colletta et al. The adventures of Gorgo, the North Atlantic's reigning misunderstood monster, continues, taking the infant Gorgo into a succession of dangerous situations, from battling other giant primitive monsters, to being mind-controlled by mad scientists, and inadvertently preventing World War III! Each issue has cover art and long 19 to 21 page adventures by Joe Sinnott & Vince Colletta, plus work by Rocco Mastroserio and Bill Molno. PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: SAG02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

 


Item Code: SAG03H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$52.99

SILVER AGE CLASSICS GORGO Volume 3 Hardcover
Collects #11-15 1963. Recommended. By Joe Gill. Art by Steve Ditko et al. Steve Ditko draws the cover of #11, 13, and 15 and feature-length stories in #13-15. After a seaquake, a huge lizard-like creature walked out of the ocean; things became more complicated when it was discovered the monster, dubbed Gorgo, was really just a youngster and its 200 foot tall mother was coming for him. After a pitched battle with the British army, Gorgo's mother, Ogra, was able to free her child and they both went lumbering back to the sea. That, however, was not the last the world heard of Gorgo. Having found a taste for the land, the young monster began to make regular visits there! PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More.

Coming in September

Item Code: SAG03
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

Volume 1 is available in both hardcover and softcover now, same prices. Click here for Gorgo Attacks, on sale, plus the replica edition of Gorgo and Konga in Fantastic Giants [FANTG. $12.95]. It’s Highly Recommended.
 

PS Facsimile Editions

 


STARTLING #49 Facsimile Edition
1949. Highly Recommended. One of the most classic covers of the Golden Age and one of Schomberg's coolest. Another iconic 52 page facsimile comic book. Inside we have Tygra, another jungle girl in a skimpy leopard skin, who takes on a race of plant men; Lance Lewis, Space Detective in "The Crab Men from Space"; Jefferson Jones, a teen-humor strip; and The Fighting Yank, who was the cover feature for much of this run, now the final feature in "The Carnival of Crime." Additional artists are unknown. PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: STAW49
Comic, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color
$15.99
 


WEIRD MYSTERIES #4 Facsimile Edition
1952. Recommended. Art by Basil Wolverton et al. Behind a wonderfully classic cover by Bernard Bailey, we are treated to "Devil's Disciple" by Ross Andru, "The Twin Coffins" by Hy Fleishman, "Choker," "The Witches Tale," by Ed Smalle. And best of all, we have "The Man Who Never Smiled" by the one and only Basil Wolverton. Delicious dark and macabre pre-code horror from another of the most iconic titles. A really offbeat title from tiny company Gillmor. Includes all ads and text features. PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: WEIM04
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$15.99
 


THE MASK #2 Facsimile Edition
1945. Recommended. One of L.B Cole's most coveted covers, a key Golden Age issue. Inside the devilish cover are 52 pages of stories. "Black Raider" by Maurice Del Bourgo, "Chin Chop" by Tony DiPreta, "Shroud," attributed to Maurice Whitman, "Merlin the Boy Magician" by Leo Morey, and "Avalanche" plus a text story, "Treachery, Inc." Reprinted to be as close as possible to the original comic in 1945, complete with ads. PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: MASK02
Comic, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color
$15.99

Three more outstanding choices of what best to reprint.

See the other PS replica editions here, including the excellent last batch: Punch Comics #9, 12, 13, Spook #1, The Dead Who Walk, Phantom Lady, Weird Tales of the Future #5, 6 and 8, Blue Bolt #108 and 112.

And three of my favorites: 1940s Fawcett titles Marvel Family #4, Captain Marvel Adventures #18 and Capt. Marvel Jr. #4.

Some older, less exciting titles are now on sale!

 

August Sale, all new listings!

Never before, this month we are offering 20% off on all ALMOST GONE / 3…2…1 GONE items. This applies even if they are already on sale. Click here to see this week's list of goners.

Use coupon code: GONE20 when you check out and you’ll get the additional 20% on each of these.

We are also doing an entirely new August Sale —these are newly discounted items. The extra 20% does NOT apply to these August Sale items.

 

Coming in September

 


VSI WATABOKU ART BOOK
This book is a collection of artworks by wataboku, the digital artist who continues attracting attention both in Japan and worldwide, with the artist’s illustrations of beautiful, yet somewhat shadowy, shojo girls, rendered with a watercolor touch. This book comprehensively covers wataboku’s work, from works presented at solo exhibitions around the world to more recent works. This book offers a complete archive that condenses five years of evolution since wataboku’s first art book was released. PIE International, 2023. Due: Sept....More.

Item Code: VSIWAT
Soft Cover, 8x10, 176pg, Full Color
$45.00
 


THE ART OF CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIES An Illustrated History
From the dawn of silent cinema to today, mad scientists, terrifying monsters (giant and otherwise), UFOs, and invading aliens all bursting out from some of the most brilliantly designed posters ever printed, featuring art that was sometimes lurid, always eye-catching, and often simply beautiful. With plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar, this presents a stellar selection of imagery, charting the story of the genre. A Trip to the Moon and Metropolis, through Cold War classics like Invasion of the Body-Snatchers and Godzilla, and on to visionary films such as 2001 and Solaris — as well as less celebrated but nonetheless infamous cultural artifacts like Barbarella and Zardoz, and genuine oddities such as Murder by Television and Twonky. The most extensive book of its type ever published, it includes selections from American movies as well from Japan, Italy, Spain, France, Russia, and Eastern Europe. Applause, 2023. Due: Sept.  ...More.

Item Code: ARTSCIH
Hard Cover, 10x11, 320pg, Full Color
$45.00 $39.95
 

Coming in October

 


Item Code: GHOR01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$52.99

GHOST RIDER Volume 1 Hardcover
Collects #1-5, 1950-51. Highly Recommended. Covers (#2-5) by Frank Frazetta. Art by Dick Ayers. Created by Dick Ayers and Ray Krank. Created by Dick Ayers and Ray Krank, Rex Fury was originally known as the Calico Kid, who together with his white horse Spectre became the Ghost Rider! Wearing a white outfit covered with phosphorus, he could cover parts of his body to give the illusion that he was merely a floating head or pair of hands! To further the illusion, he wielded a black lariat and black bullwhip! A wildly popular title in the 1950s, which Marvel scooped up and turned into their own motorcyle-riding hero. PS Artbooks, 2023. Due: Oct....More.

Item Code: GHOR01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

 


JOHN WATERS Pope of Trash
This accompanies a landmark exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the first dedicated solely to Waters’ films. Known for pushing the boundaries of good taste, John Waters has created a canon of high-shock-value, high-entertainment movies. Featuring misfit muses, tributes to his hometown of Baltimore and themes of fetish, obsession and celebrity culture, his renegade films — including Pink Flamingos (1972), Female Trouble (1974), Desperate Living (1977), Hairspray (1988), Serial Mom (1994) and A Dirty Shame (2004) — are irreverent, laugh-out-loud comedies that lovingly draw inspiration from William Castle, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Russ Meyer, and others. DelMonico Books/Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 2023. Due: Oct....More.

Item Code: JOHWPH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 256pg, Partial Color
$59.95
 


Item Code: IQ41HS
Hard Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Partial Color
$75.00

ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #41 Hardcover Signed
Signed by Greg Staples! Limited hardcover edition. From the pages of 2000AD, to illustrating Robert E. Howard and the Universal monsters, Book Palace brings you Greg Staples. His work in comic books, conceptual designs for movies, his art for trading card games, and much more! Next is the digital artwork of Hawaiian-born New Yorker R. Kikuo Johnson. And classic illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, who became a mentor to Everett Raymond Kinstler, is examined. His recruiting poster from the First World War is among the most iconic posters ever created. The issue is rounded off with a visit to Italy and that country's most original comic strip artist, the amazing Sergio Toppi. Book Palace, 2023. Due: Oct....More.

Item Code: IQ41
Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Partial Color
$27.99

 

Coming in November

 


ALLEY OOP THE COMPLETE SUNDAYS Volume 4 1942-1944
Highly Recommended. Alley Oop's full color, Sunday Page time-traveling adventures continue! 139 never-before-reprinted pages are presented in this oversize hardcover. Come with Alley as he crashes into the War in the Pacific, becomes a screen star in Hollywood's Golden Age, and much more! Volume 2 was very popular for us, as have been all the V.T. Hamlin strip reprints. It's fun stuff, as Alley and Oola cavort around the centuries dropping into one big adventure after another. Very well reproduced. Acoustic Learning, 2023. Due: Nov....More.

Item Code: ALLEY04H
Hard Cover, 12x16, 144pg, Full Color
$75.00

Volume 3 is available at the same price [ALLEY03H. $75]. We also still have dented, slightly bumped copies of Vol 3 at $35 off [ALLEY03HR. $40]. Try one and find out how much you enjoy the adventures...

Volumes 1 and 2 were published by Dark Horse in 2014 and are both currently out of print. With the success of these new ones, I hope we’ll see new editions of both...

Here are the other two series by Hamlin and by Dave Graue.

 

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Free Images Magazine

Our offer of free copies of Jim Vadeboncoeur’s Images #10 and #12 is still ongoing. Add one or both to any regular order. All other in-print issues are half price, along with Jim’s book Everett Raymond Kinstler.

My look at his collecting and publishing career is available here.

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2023 Eisner Awards

The books that we’ve handled that were honored include these—all of these are still available. Click on each one for full details.

Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran, Chivalry – Best Adaptation [NGCHH. $19.99, $17.99]

Blacksad: They All Fall Down – Best U.S. Edition of International Material [BLATFH. $19.99]

Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki – Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia [HMSJH. $27.99]

Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta – Best Archival Collection/Project [FANWFH. $200] [FANWFD. $650]

James Tynion IV – Best Writer

Jordie Bellaire – Best Coloring Including his work on The Nice House on the Lake

Sam Glanzman -- Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comics Writing

Hall of Fame Choices:

I (Bud) was nominated for induction into the Eisner Hall of Fame, in the Voter’s Choice category. So was Phil Seuling. Neither of us made the cut, but I’m deeply honored to be among those named.

The four inductees this year were Brian Bolland, Ann Nocenti, Tim Sale, and editor Diana Schutz.

Long-time Dark Horse editor Diana Shutz first got into comics working at Comics & Comix, in the 1980s — she edited our in-house publication, The Telegraph Wire and worked the counter. She had applied for a job with me and I recommended her for C&C. She moved to Berkeley from Canada and got her green card. She now teaches comics courses in Portland.

Judge's Choices were Jerry Bails, Tony DeZuniga, Justin Green, Bill Griffith, Jay Jackson, Jeffrey Jones, Jack Katz, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Win Mortimer, Diane Noomin et al.

Too late for this week’s listing:

The Best of Simon & Kirby’s Mainline Comics from Twomorrows – Our Highest Recommendation

2024 Oliva/Bettie Page Calendar

And a massive new book of the iconic artist Gustave Dore will be available to order soon!

~Bud

 

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