Thursday, October 26, 2023

Bill Sienkiewicz, Peter de Séve, David Byrd, Joseph Stella, Losee Shimazaki, Dune, Lone Sloane, Thor, Daredevil, Tarot, The Phantom

It’s Art Books week, with new works by Bill Sienkiewicz, Peter de Séve, rock poster artist David Byrd, Joseph Stella and Josee Shimazaki. We also have new Dune, Lone Sloane, Thor, Daredevil, Tarot, The Phantom and much more. Enjoy.

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LOCAL FAUNA The Art of Peter de Sève Signed
Signed bookplate! Our Highest Recommendation. Peter de Sève's work spans four decades and various media, from magazines, books, and television commercials to Broadway posters and character designs for animated feature films. He is perhaps best recognized for his many covers for The New Yorker magazine and his character designs for the blockbuster Ice Age franchise (Scrat is a veritable international celebrity). De Sève has also contributed to such films as Finding Nemo, Robots, The Little Prince, and The Grinch, to name only a few. He is currently busy at work on various animated projects in both the United States and Europe. Cernunnos, 2023....More

Item Code: LOCFHS
Hard Cover, 8x11, 288pg, Partial Color
$40.00

Here is more by Peter including his many appearances in Spectrum.
 


HORROR FROM THE CRYPT OF FEAR Volume 15
Highly Recommended. The biggest issue yet: 138 pages with 58 pages in gory color! Mr. Monster artist Michael T. Gilbert gives us an illustrated account of his childhood neighbor George Evans; Dennis Cunningham, 1960's publisher of Weirdom and Tales from the Plague shares another pre-code inspired horror story. Lou Russo gives us an EC inspired tale "The Legacy of Man" and an illustration of Fredric Wertham that is accompanied by the "Seduction of The Innocent Bibliographical Note" listing ALL of the comic book publishers called out in his book. Bill Leach Collectibles, 2023....More

Item Code: HFTC15
Squarebound, 5.5x8.5, 138pg, Partial Color
$17.50
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Art Books & More



BILL SIENKIEWICZ MUTANTS & MOON KNIGHTS Artisan Edition
Oversized; beautifully printed. Recommended. Bill Sienkiewicz is renowned for his work on some of Marvel's most iconic comics of the 1980s: Moon Knight, The New Mutants, Elektra: Assassin, and more. This collection is filled with some of his finest covers, pin-ups, and pages. Included in this Artisan Edition is the oversized first issue of Elektra: Assassin, written by Frank Miller, as well as many gorgeous pages from that acclaimed series. All have been meticulously scanned from the original art and reproduced to the exacting Artist's Edition standards. IDW, 2023. ...More

Item Code: BSMUT
Soft Cover, 8x12, 172pg, Full Color
$39.99
 


POSTER CHILD A Psychedelic Art & Technicolor Life of David Edward Byrd
Recommended. By David Edward Byrd and Robert von Goeben. A stunning retrospective on the art and stories behind one of rock 'n' roll's influential artists. Beginning in the late 1960s, graphic artist David Edward Byrd pioneered the iconic visual styles that have come to define rock 'n' roll graphics. Byrd created poster, concert, and album art for Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Lou Reed, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, Traffic, Van Halen, the Grateful Dead, the 1969 Woodstock Festival, and KISS, among others. In fact, the 1968 poster that Byrd created for the Jimi Hendrix Experience was voted #8 in the Top 25 Rock Posters by Billboard. Cameron Books, 2023....More

Item Code: POSCH
Hard Cover, 11x12, 176pg, Partial Color
$45.00
 


GENIUS, ANIMATED The Cartoon of Alex Toth
New Softcover Edition. Eisner Award Winner. Highly Recommended. By Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell. The third book in the award-winning series concludes the in-depth look into the life and art of one of the most significant comics and animation artists of all time. Focus is on Toth's groundbreaking contributions in the field of animation and features many rarely-seen or never-before-published pieces of art, much of it uncovered in the archives of Hanna-Barbera Studios! IDW, 2023....More

Item Code: GENIA
Soft Cover, 9x12, 336pg, Partial Color
$34.99
Here’s other works by Toth including more in this new softcover series and several out of print titles.
 


JOSEPH STELLA VISIONARY NATURE
The first major monograph on the visionary nature paintings of the pioneering American modernist. Though Joseph Stella is primarily recognized for his dynamic Futurist-inspired paintings of New York, particularly of the Brooklyn Bridge, he was also compelled to express the powerful connection he felt to the natural world, a subject he pursued persistently throughout his career. Visionary Nature presents an overdue examination of this prolific and wide-ranging body of nature-based work. If Stella's cityscapes became symbols of a modern era, his pictures of flowers, plants, birds and trees were rooted in another, more ancient, primal and paradisaical world. DelMonico Books/ Brandywine River Museum of Art, 2023....More

Item Code: JOSSVH
Hard Cover, 10x11, 212pg, Full Color
$55.00
 


LONG SEASON The Art of Josee Shimazaki
Recommended. The first collection of art works by the acclaimed illustrator Josee Shimazaki. This book features more than 120 art works by Shimazaki, including commercial works that the artist has created to date alongside original art works that have caused a sensation on social media. Ten of the art works are newly drawn for this book! She skillfully uses different colors to create light and shaded areas that combine to create the artist's signature soft atmosphere, nearly always with a beautiful girl somewhere in the lush picture. She draws relaxed scenes with a fleeting and fantastical atmosphere. PIE International, 2023....More

Item Code: LONGSE
Soft Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color
$30.00
 


MUSEUM BUMS A Cheeky Look at Butts in Art
By Mark Small and Jack Shoulder. Based on the eponymous viral Twitter account, Museum Bums, a celebration of classical art, history, and shapely derrieres, encourages readers to learn something new while still managing to have a chuckle.What do Hieronymus Bosch, the Roman cult of Antinous, and the peach emoji all have in common? But of course, butts, of course! Chronicle Books, 2023....More

Item Code: MUSBH
Hard Cover, 8x9, 160pg, Partial Color
$19.95
 


AN ALCHEMICAL JOURNEY Through the Major Arcana of the Tarot
A Spiritually Transformative Deck and Guidebook. By Nina Bunjevac. It takes just one glance at Nina Bunjevac's stunning art to know that this is a very special Tarot deck. Her dramatic compositions, rendered in bold ink lines with gold detailing, immediately draw you in. Like an invigorated version of the traditional Rider-Waite deck, Bunjevac breathes life into the classic scenes of the Major Arcana of the Tarot. Comprising 22 cards and a companion book, all encased in a gorgeously designed box, this deck is an exquisite art object as well as spiritual guide. Fantagraphics, 2023....More

Item Code: ALCJ
4x7, 178pg, b&w
$24.99 $22.99
 

PS Artbooks Archives &
Facsimile Editions



SPACE DETECTIVE #2 Facsimile Edition
From 1951. Highly Recommended. An early Wally Wood classic published by Avon Comics, just before he began with EC, working with studio mate Joe Orlando. Includes all ads and features and stories "Slave Ship of Saturn" and "Tales from the Shadow Squad." Another iconic 36 page Facsimile Comic Book reprinted to match the quality when first produced in 1951. PS Artbooks, 2023....More

Item Code: SPAD02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$15.99
 


SCREAM MAGAZINE #4 Replica Edition
Reprints Scream #4, 1974. Recommended. By Al Hewetson. Art by Ricardo Villamonte et al. "Blood Hunt for the Cannibal Werewolf," scripted by Ed Fedory and superbly painted by Vilanova, heralds the latest edition of Scream, the black-and-white comic magazine by Skywald. Al Hewetson, who previously worked as an assistant editor to Stan Lee, scripts more horror and suspense with Part 3 of "Lady Satan: Satan Wants A Child," illustrated by Ricardo Villamonte. "The Skull Of The Ghoul," illustrated by Ferran Sostres, "The Lunatic Mummy" with Cesar Lopez, and finally continuing "The Tales of Nosferatu" with "When The Dusk Falls... So Does Death..." by Zesar. And with an adaptation of a short story from Edgar Allen Poe "The Oblong Box," illustrated by Maro Navo. PS Artbooks, 2023....More

Item Code: SCRE04
Soft Cover, 7x10, 68pg, b&w
$22.99
 


BULLETMAN Volume 1
Collects issues #1-3, 1941-42. Highly Recommended. Bulletman and his partner Bulletgirl began their career in Fawcett's Master Comics. Their popularity won them their own title that lasted 16 issues, to 1946, and featured superb covers by the genius Mac Raboy, and fine story artwork by Charles Sultan, an unsung but brilliant artist often mistaken for Raboy. This collects three 64-page issues in their entirety and more artwork by Bob Rogers, Torchy's own Bill Ward and The Binder Shop. Includes stories by Otto Binder and Manly Wade Wellman. PS Artbooks, 2023....More

Item Code: BULL01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 204pg, Full Color
$32.99
 


NIGHTMARE Volume 1
Collects Nightmare #3, 1953; and #10-13, 1953-54. Highly Recommended. A classic title from St. John, packed with the best names in comics at the time: Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Prentice, Alex Toth, Murphy Anderson, Colan, Krigstein, Matt Baker and Bob Powell. How is that for a lineup of talent? Wild pre-code horror. Includes an adaptation of Poe's "The Black Cat," bondage, painted covers, cannibalism, a Matt Baker cover... PS Artbooks, 2023....More

Item Code: PCN01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

We have just 3 copies left of the 2017 hardcover [PCN01H. $59.99 $44.99], with a different cover but same contents. It’s limited to 300 and long out of print.

Here are more of the latest PS Facsimile books, including some fine Fawcett titles.

 

2024 Calendars



PIN-UP GIRLS GIL ELVGREN 2024 Calendar (Orange Circle)
Recommended. Gil Elvgren's delightfully daring women are back each month, offering the best in vintage pin-up (and sometimes humor) from the heyday of the good girl calendars. Here are his superb paintings which have made him the #1 pin-up painter of modern times, even eclipsing Varga. All reproduced oversized and spreading across both calendar pages like a Playboy centerfold. His leading ladies are caught in some rather precarious situations, or else being unashamedly teasing with little to nothing on. Return to a time when soft curls, bold curves and unabashed femininity were in demand and on display. They should have called this "The Best of Elvgren," these really are many of his finest and most seductive ladies. Orange Circle, 2023....More

Item Code: PIG24
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99
Here’s all our 2024 Calendars.
 


WOMEN OF MYTH AND MAGIC Kinuko Craft 2024 Calendar
Highly Recommended. Women have inspired great literature, poetry, and, above all, magnificent works of art. Among contemporary artists depicting ladies of legend, none shines brighter than Kinuko Y. Craft. In this elegant calendar, Craft presents twelve opulent and richly detailed portraits of enchantresses, goddesses, and fairy tale princesses, each weaving a spell of breathtaking feminine beauty. Craft is one of the world's most widely respected and well-known contemporary fantasy artists. She has published eight major illustrated fairy-tale and mythology hardcover picture books, including The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Cinderella. Amber Lotus, 2023....More

Item Code: WOME24
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$15.99
 


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VISIONS OF BEAUTY By Kinuko Craft
Includes our special full color bookplate, signed by Kinuko! Limited, 2000. Oversized, 296 pages. Over 300 images. Our Highest Recommendation. Collectors and lovers of Kinuko Y. Craft's work have been waiting for the release of her first full-blown coffee table book. Here it is, with no effort spared to make it a magnificent presentation packed with full page paintings and drawings that have consumed her storied life. Visions of Beauty is magical. She is best known for her fairy tale books with new interpretations of Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Twelve Dancing Princesses, and so many more. Her passionate love of beauty, fine art and deep knowledge of art history are on display in each painting. Borsini-Burr Inc. & Imaginary Realism, 2022. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge....More

Item Code: VISBEH
Hard Cover, 12x13, 294pg, Full Color
$225.00 $195.00

 

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MACANUDO Optimism is for the Brave
Our Highest Recommendation. You have to check this out -- some of the funniest strips since Calvin and Hobbes and Cul de Sac. Brilliant, wildly imaginative, funny! - Bud. The second volume in Fantagraphics' English-language collection of the internationally beloved newspaper strip. Elves, witches, forest monsters, unicorns, children, talking cats and penguins--plus zombies with fitbits, Stephen King's Christine working as an Uber, and office politics? The bounds of a daily comic strip don't restrict Macanudo's imagination or subjects.With the range of The Far Side, the whimsy of Mutts, and the heart of Calvin & Hobbes, artist Liniers brings his distinctive illustrative line and sensitive watercolors to whatever crosses his mind on a given day. Fantagraphics, 2023....More

Item Code: MACOH
Hard Cover, 7x9, 176pg, Full Color
$24.99 $22.99
 


PHANTOM The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 30 1982-1984
Recommended. Referred to by comic strip historian Maurice Horn as the "granddaddy of all costumed superheroes," The Phantom was created in 1936 by Lee Falk and set the standard for action, adventure, intrigue, and romance in adventure comic strips and comic books. Five complete continuities trace adventures of The Phantom, Diana, and now their two children: "Queen Karola of Kula-Ku," "Ughland," "Visit to Baron Khan," "Luck and Wealth," and "The Kimberly Diamond." Also included is a comprehensive essay and documentary materials. Hermes, 2023....More

Item Code: PH30H
Hard Cover, 12x9, 272pg, b&w
$60.00
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ALLEY OOP AND THE CAPTIVE PRINCE 1985 Dave Graue
Recommended. We begin when Alley finds a spaceship crashed in Moo with aliens who are not friendly. Then a cursed princess begs Alley Oop to rescue her son -- and break the wicked spell! Can Alley defeat the evil sorceress with only a stone axe and a handful of magical tricks? Alley gets lost in time with a young prehistoric lad --they become knight and squire questing for the Holy Grail of Castle Blackrose. And finally, a close encounter with a two-headed pterodactyl! Acoustic Learning, 2023....More

Item Code: ALLE85
Soft Cover, 9x8, 106pg, b&w
$19.99
See more on Alley in News and Notes.
 


COMICS REVUE PRESENTS OCT 2023
Fine new Phantom cover by Reno. Complete in this issue: Buz Sawyer (1971) by Roy Crane, Rick O'Shay (1959) by Stan Lynde, and The Phantom (1979-80) by Lee Falk and Sy Barry. 19 pages of full-color Sunday pages featuring Drago by Burne Hogarth; Flash Gordon by Mac Raboy and Harry Harrison; 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: CR1023
Soft Cover, 8x10, 128pg, Partial Color
$19.95
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Graphic Novels



THE NICE HOUSE ON THE LAKE The Deluxe Edition
Collects #1-12. Recommended. With Something Is Killing the Children and The Department of Truth, James Tynion IV has changed the face of horror in modern comics -- now get ready for his most ambitious story yet, alongside his Detective Comics partner Álvaro Martínez Bueno! Eisner Award Winner 2022 - Best New Series. Eisner Award Nominee 2023 - Best Continuing Series. Eisner Award Nominee 2023 - Best Writer, James Tynion IV. Eisner Award Nominee 2023 - Best Penciller/Inker, Álvaro Martínez Bueno. Eisner Award Nominee 2023 - Best Coloring, Jordie Bellaire. Everyone who was invited to the house knows Walter -- well, they know him a little, anyway. Some met him in childhood; some met him months ago. And Walter's always been a little...off. DC Comics, 2023....More

Item Code: NICEDH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 160pg, Full Color
$49.99 $42.50
 


DUNE HOUSE HARKONNEN Volume 1
Collects #1-4. The second New York Times Bestselling prequel, adapted for the first time by award-winning novelists Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson and artist Michael Shelfer (Domino), unveiling a closer look at the rising conflict between beloved characters and bitter villains. Delve into the past of Gurney Halleck, Leto Atreides, Lady Jessica, and Liet Kynes, and discover how the complex and brutal machinations of House Harkonnen shaped their future! What difficult choices will tear Leto apart as Baron Harkonnen plots against not just House Atreides, but the Bene Gesserit and the Emperor himself? And who watches Duke Atreides from afar? This dangerous figure holds untold significance for his future and lineage. Boom!, 2023....More

Item Code: DUNHH01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color
$24.99
More Dune here.
 


LONE SLOANE Babel
Recommended. Introduction by Moebius. A brand new adventure for the stoic hero Lone Sloane, in his endless struggle against dark gods, robotic entities and alien forces! A trailblazing return for Phillipe Druillet's hero who travels the galaxy for an answer to the mysteries of the universe...and his soul. Fully endorsed by Druillet, writer Xavier Cazaux-Zago and artist Dimitri Avramoglou continue the space warrior's epic odyssey. Nudity. Titan, 2023. Mature Readers....More

Item Code: LONBH
Hard Cover, 10x13, 80pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
Here’s more by Druillet in the Lone Sloane series.
 


JIM HENSON'S The Dark Crystal Creation Myths The Complete Collection
Discover the definitive origins of the beloved characters in Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal in this complete collection. Brian Froud, legendary conceptual designer of the beloved fantasy film, returns to the world he helped create in this complete, premium hardcover edition of an official prequel to the generation-defining film. Creation Myths reveals the definitive origins of the Skeksis, Mystics, Gelfling, and the Dark Crystal itself while introducing all new characters in an epic spanning thousands of years. Archaia, 2023....More

Item Code: JIMCMH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 124pg, Full Color
$75.00 $67.50
We have one World of the Dark Crystal in stock from 2019 [RB4594. $75].
 


THE SUPER HERO'S JOURNEY
Includes art by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. The second book in Abrams' Marvel Arts line, featuring the art of the multi-award-winning, bestselling beloved Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell and the greatest super heroes of the Marvel Universe. It's a mash-up of McDonnell's work with classic Kirby and Ditko panels and pages, "weaving the work of Jack Kirby and other Marvel artists together... to create a remarkable view into the wonder he felt as a young reader first experiencing these classic comics." - Alex Ross Marvel Arts, 2023....More

Item Code: SUPJH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 112pg, Full Color
$29.99
Here’s McDonnell’s Art of Mutts, now on sale [ARTNHS. $40 $21.95].
 

Comic Book Archives



THOR By Jason Aaron Omnibus Volume 2
Collects Mighty Thor #13-23, 700-706; Unworthy Thor #1-5; Thor #1-16; War of the Realms #1-6, King Thor #1-4 and more, 2015-2019. Jason Aaron's Asgardian epic concludes with the final fate of the Mighty Thor, the return of the Odinson, and the cataclysmic War of the Realms! But before Jane Foster lays down Mjolnir, she will join the League of Realms, lead Asgard against the Shi'ar and face the vengeful War Thor, wielder of the ultimate hammer! Plus: At the end of time, witness King Thor's final confrontation with Loki! Marvel, 2023....More

Item Code: THORJ02H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1368pg, Full Color
$150.00 $125.00
Volume 1 is also available.
 


DAREDEVIL EPIC COLLECTION Volume 2 Mike Murdock Must Die!
New Printing. Collects Daredevil #22-40, Annual #1 and more, 1966-68. Highly Recommended. Stan Lee and Gene Colan, who many consider DD's finest illustrator, unleash an identity crisis as Matt Murdock juggles his triple identity as Daredevil -- and his own "twin brother," Mike Murdock! And as if that weren't complex enough, Daredevil experiences a body swap with Doctor Doom! Other highlights include guest appearances by Spider-Man, Thor and Ka-Zar; the introduction of fan-favorite villain Leap-Frog; and the debut of the Emissaries of Evil! Marvel, 2023....More

Item Code: DAE02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 520pg, Full Color
$49.99 $44.99
Volume 1 is also available.
 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE TOMB OF DRACULA Volume 3
Collects The Tomb of Dracula #23-30 and eight more issues; By Marv Wolfman et al. Art by Gene Colan. Cover by John Romita Sr. Dracula's daughter Lilith is revealed and while she doesn't get along with dear old undead dad, she still carries on in the bloodsucking family tradition. That means extra trouble for our vampire hunters Rachel Van Helsing, Quincy Harker, Frank Drake, Taj Nital and Blade. Speaking of Blade, he goes one-on-one with the Lord of Vampires, who has perhaps found a corner in his dark heart for a human woman. Hannibal King, a private detective with biting secret, enters the stage. Plus: New corners of Dracula's world are explored in two additional Giant-Size issues and Lilith's complete solo saga. Marvel, 2023. ...More

Item Code: MMTD03H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 368pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
Volume 1 is gone but Volume 2 is still in stock. Here’s more with Blade: The Early Years, and Masterworks volumes of Brother Voodoo and Werewolf by Night.
 

3...2...1...Gone

Here's another batch of 30 items that are going away soon, down to just one, two or three copies left. You can now see the latest 3…2…1 items in a new section on our website, called ALMOST GONE, at the top of the home page, right next to CLOSEOUTS. We are continuously adding to our Imperfect Editions sections as well.

 

Mature Readers

Taschen

It's all about BIG this week from Taschen. The Big Butt Book and the Big Book of Legs are both now in stock, in handsome, oversized hardcover editions. A Bigger Breasts book has just been announced and we'll list it soon. Here is much more from Taschen, both adult and regular titles.

Also, here is a new printing of the second book in the Sex and Horror series, which is The Art of Alessandro Biffignandi. There are now five books in this series. 

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Alley Oop by V.T. Hamlin

Alley Oop and Dinny 1932-33 has gone out of print. We had ten copies put aside with a bumped corner; these are available while supply lasts [ALLE01. $19.95].

This series has proved very popular and it’s not surprising to find this finally sold out. We don’t know of any plans for a reprint—these are NOT print-on-demand so a new printing could be a major commitment. Books 2-6 are all currently still available, same $19.95 price. 1954-1958, one year per book [ALLE54, ALLE55, etc. $27.50 ea].

The Complete Sundays Vol 3 is in stock [ALLE3H. $75] and the later years by Dave Graue, beginning in 1974, are all still available. The 4th Sunday collection has been announced for shipment in November: Alley Oop in World War II: 1942-44 [ALLEY04H. $75].

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EC Fan Addict #5

This has gone out of print--Roger just told me that Fantagraphics's printing may have been just 950. We’ve blown through all 300 of ours which included signed bookplates. We featured it in our latest catalog, so I hope anyone eager for it got their order in early or ordered it when we first announced it in this weekly email. Again, we hope it will be reprinted and I've sent that desire to bossman Gary Groth. At $15 it was an amazing bargain, so it’s not a surprise Fantagraphics blew through them just like we have. Roger Hill is almost finished work on issue #6, so stay tuned and we’ll announce it when it’s ready. #2 is also now out of print, but Roger is sending us his last 23 copies as I write this. All other issues are gone.

Spectrum Quarterly 3

The book is in house but we are awaiting receipt of the signed bookplate from Brom before we ship. We should have it available with the bookplate by next week. Both previous issues are out of print, but we still have copies of #2 with bookplate signed by cover feature artist Ed Binkley, which we produced for the last copies. While supply lasts only [SPEQ02. $25].

#2 includes features on Frank Frazetta, Donato Giancola, Greg Manchess, and memorials for James Bama, Neal Adams, Ken Kelley, Goerge Perez, and Tim Sale. One corner is slightly bumped--we have no perfect copies left.

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Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta

The new printing of this has finally been announced by Tashchen. “Second printing, no edition number on the title page.” We stocked up on the first edition and still offer it at cover price. It is individually numbered and noted as the first printing [FANWFH. $200].

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Tim Underwood

The guiding light behind Underwood Books, as well as Under/Miller Publishers, passed away earlier this month. A fine overview of his life is now up on our home page, written by Arnie Fenner, his partner, author and friend. I've also added a short piece myself, since Tim and I were far more than just publisher and retailer; our families grew up together.

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