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THALAMUS The Art of Dave McKean Slipcase Set |
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| Here’s more by Dave: Dave McKean’s Celluoid, Violent Cases, American Gods, Cover, and appearances in most Spectrum Annuals. |
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GREEN LANTERN The Silver Age Omnibus Volume 1 New printing. Collects Showcase #22-24 and Green Lantern #1-35, 1959-65. Highly Recommended. Wow—now this is one long-awaited omnibus! Like The Flash and Adam Strange, Green Lantern was the thinking-fan's hero. Renowned editor Julius Schwartz guided DC comics into the Silver Age, even before the Marvel Age began, with these heroes. Writers John Broome and Gardner Fox are at their finest here. Artist Gil Kane made a name for himself, doing beautiful work on every issue here. Also included are the intros of the Guardians of the Universe, Star Sapphire, Sinestro and more! There are also cross-overs with The Flash, two appearances of the original Golden Age Green Lantern, and many more firsts here. DC, 2023....More. Item Code: GRL01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 1000pg, Full Color |
| Here’s more of The Green Lantern, from the Golden Age, the Silver Age, and today. |
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NIGHTMARE ABBEY Volume 3 Edited by Tom English. 14 chilling tales of terror featuring haunted houses, tormented souls, and the creeping unknown, featuring the wonderfully macabre artwork of Allen Koszowski, who has just had a book of his work published (we're handling it); articles on haunted house fiction and the movies Night of the Eagle, and Burn, Witch, Burn; two classic ghost stories and much more! Fiction by Darrell Schweitzer, Steve Duffy, James Dorr et al. Dead Letter Press, 2023....More. Item Code: NIGA03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 146pg, Text/b&w $16.00 |
| Books 1 (Ramsey Campbell issue, Kolchak, Virgil Finlay cover) and 2 (Ted Sturgeon’s story that inspired Swamp Thing), Boris Karloff’s Thriller, artist Allen Koszowski feature. [NIGA01, 02. $16 each]. Dead Letter Press also publishes Black Infinity. #5, 7-9 are in stock at $10.95 to $13.95. Dead Letter’s frequent artist contributor, Allen Koszowski has just gotten this book of his own: |
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ALSO AVAILABLE DREAMS FROM THE DARK SIDE Limited, 750. Recommended. Special 25% off Price. A melting pot of ghouls, goblins, grim reapers, freaks, arachnids, dragons, sea monsters, space invaders, and any other harbinger of death and destruction! Allen Koszowski’s first professional sale to Asimov's Science Fiction in 1982. If you’ve ever flipped through a Cemetery Dance, Fantasy Tales, Weird Tales, Chills or other genre publication, then you’ve likely witnessed his understated yet distinctive brand of textured, black and white iconography. It can be eerie, menacing, and even cultish. Whether it’s crestfallen creatures from the great beyond, disturbed underlings from beyond the grave, or embattled forces under grave danger, Koszowski’s artistic range knows no bounds. Centipede Press, 2022....More. Item Code: DREADA Hard Cover, 6x8, 568pg, Partial Color |
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KATUSHA Girl Soldier of the Great Patriotic War Closeout Price! Recommended. By Wayne Vansant. A popular but, due to its size, not inexpensive book—now on sale. On Sunday, June 22, 1941, the morning after Katusha’s graduation, the Germans invade the Soviet Union. As enemy forces occupy Kiev, Ukraine, Katusha and her family learn the Nazis are not there to liberate them but to conquer. During the next four years, Katusha experiences the war on the Eastern Front with all its ferocity and hardship: first as a partisan, then as a Red Army tank driver and commander. Katusha is both a coming-of-age story and a carefully researched account of one of the most turbulent and important periods of the twentieth century, where women served in the hundreds of thousands, and Russians died by the millions. Dead Reckoning, 2019....More. Item Code: KATUG Soft Cover, 7x10, 584pg, Full Color |
| Here is more from the military-themed publisher of Katusha, Dead Reckoning. |
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RAY HARRYHAUSEN TITAN OF CINEMA Closeout Price! Recommended. By Vanessa Harryhausen. Special-effects superstar Ray Harryhausen elevated stop-motion animation to an art from the 1950s to 1980s. With material drawn from his incredible archive, his daughter Vanessa selects 100 creatures and objects, in chronological order, that meant the most to her as she watched her father make world-famous films that changed the course of cinema. He inspired a generation of film-makers such as Peter Jackson, Tim Burton, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, and his influence on blockbuster cinema can be felt to this day. Some of the objects featured in the book, such as Talos from Jason and the Argonauts, are world famous, while others are less well known but hold special personal significance to Vanessa. National Galleries of Scotland, 2020....More. Item Code: RAYHT Soft Cover, 10x10, 208pg, b&w |
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ARTISTS IN KOREA Curated by Pixiv. Cover by Tiv, with interview. Recommended. 78 of the best artists in Korea, also a tutorial and interview with artist Modare. Work by Anmi, zipcy, Gearous, Puhang, Pine, Kongya, Umi, le su yeon, SoyooNG, Vivinos, ttosom, Momoka, Kim Jungsung, Sora Kim, Kim sung Hwan, F.K. Davi, Vibibo, DSmile and others. "Korean illustration has a slightly different feel from Japanese illustration. [It] aims for more realism in its presentation with a high degree of perfection preferred over expressionism." Clover Press, 2023. ...More. Item Code: ARTKOH Hard Cover, 8x11, 200pg, Full Color |
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ARTISTS IN TAIWAN Recommended. 83 of the finest artists in Taiwan, with a cover by Vofan, an illustrator with an impressive mastery of the use of intense light and shadow. He is interviewed with co-artist Say HANa. Other artists featured include Asai, Mi'yuki, Chang Ki Ya, jun sui, Jennie Congee, Canking, pear, Houkou, Silver,Glycn, shih sawana, Roy, NuDa, Ireading, Loiza, B.c.N.y., Canking and others. Girls abound in beautiful portraits, sexy outfits, fantasy and humor pieces. Also storyboards, advertising design, gaming art. Each artist has a small profile. All are very professional, high-level illustrators most work shown in full color. A handsome overview of Asian art. Some suggestive pieces, but no nudity. Clover Press, 2023....More. Item Code: ARTTAH Hard Cover, 8x11, 200pg, Full Color |
| Here are more fine art books from Clover Press, and for more animation style art, check out these 24 titles from 3dtotal Publishing. |
Buck Danny |
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BUCK DANNY CLASSICS Volume 3 Ghost of the Rising Sun Continuing the French GN series about American fighter pilots. Recommended. By Frédéric Zumbiehl, Frédéric Marniquet. Art by Jean-Michel Arroyo. September 1945. Japan has just capitulated, and World War Two is officially over. Buck, Tumb and Sonny find themselves on a flight to Tokyo where they are to receive a well-deserved medal. But while the Emperor himself ordered his country to surrender, there are still die-hards in the Japanese military determined to continue fighting. Among them, members of the terrifying Unit 731, guilty of horrific war crimes. And Germans steal a B-29 with the third atomic bomb on board, and our boys must stop them. Cinebook, 2023....More. Item Code: BUCD03 Soft Cover, 11x13, 48pg, Full Color $12.95 |
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BUCK DANNY CLASSICS Volume 4 Devil's Island Continuing the French series starring American flyers. Recommended. By Frédéric Zumbiehl, Frédéric Marniquet. Art by Jean-Michel Arroyo. Set during significant moments in history - World War Two, Korea, and the Cold War. While searching the Sea of Banda with his friends, hoping to find the third American atomic bomb stolen by the Japanese die-hards, Buck finds himself marooned on a small island. The good news is that he has, in fact, found the secret base he was looking for. The bad news is that Devil's Island is crawling with Japanese soldiers, Dayak headhunters and all the dangers found in an untamed jungle. With all this arrayed against him, how is one man supposed to save America from a nuclear strike? Cinebook, 2023....More. Item Code: BUCD04 Soft Cover, 9x11, 48pg, Full Color $12.95 |
| Books 1 and 2 are in stock, same price. They’ve been quite popular. Here are 35 more classic graphic novels from Cinebook, starting with the latest releases. And here are more war history titles. |
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BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA Highly Recommended. Bram Stoker's original novel about the world-renowned vampire, Dracula, is adapted into a beautifully drawn and lengthy, 200 page graphic novel by the renowned French artist Georges Bess. This volume includes an epilogue adapting Stoker's short story "Dracula's Guest" (believed to be the original novel's first draft chapter before it was later revived for publication two years after the author's death). First published in France as Bram Stoker Dracula Edition Prestige Définitive in 2022 by Editions Glénat in 2021. Deluxe oversized format, red metallic foil covers. Magnetic Press, 2023....More. Item Code: BRAMSH Hard Cover, 9x12, 224pg, b&w |
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MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN Highly Recommended. Mary Shelley's classic tale about a scientist's hubris and the pitiable creature who did not ask to be brought to life is adapted into a breathtaking graphic novel illustrated by the renowned artist Georges Bess. Wonderfully dramatic artwork and design, this is a classic, packed with the original prose. Deluxe oversized edition with over 200 pages. First published in France as Mary Shelley Frankenstein - Edition Prestige by Editions Glénat in 2021. Deluxe oversized format, silver metallic foil covers.. Magnetic Press, 2023....More. Item Code: MARYFH Hard Cover, 9x12, 204pg, b&w |
| Here’s more Bess work in The Jodorowsky Library Volumes 2 and 5. And here are more adaptations of Dracula and Frankenstein. |
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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. |
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We are beginning to run out of this year’s titles. Now with under ten copies in stock are Tolkien, Worlds of Fiction, Dragon Witches by Nene Thomas, Cinema Noir, Interplanetary Vacations, Dungeons and Dragons, Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry, and Dinosaurs. And these adult titles: Erotic Lingerie and PO: The Backside of Beauty. Our next catalog will relist all of these, so act now before it comes out to get the best selection. See all our titles here. |
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THE COMPLETE DICK TRACY DAILIES & SUNDAYS Volume 5 1938-1939 Dailies & Sundays, 1938-39. Edited by Dean Mullaney. Dick Tracy Volume 5 kicks off with a human trafficking story that could be torn from today’s headlines, as the dauntless detective encounters a captive woman who bears a striking resemblance to real life sex symbol Dorothy Lamour! That woman, Noana, is just one of the lively characters Chester Gould introduces as Clover Press and The Library of American Comics continue to re-release the original six Dick Tracy volumes in the larger size that will allow the entire series to exist in one uniform format. In these exciting tales, Tracy goes undercover to bring down the elusive mobster Ramm; joins forces with Junior and bumbling newcomer Brighton Spotts to foil the plans of wanted man Jojo Nidle; and pays a heavy price as he teams with G-Man Jim Trailer to thwart the schemes of an international criminal named Karpse and his icy sweetheart, Marro—but what does it take to stop the criminal rampage of that deformed gunsel, Scardol? IDW, 2024. Due: Feb....More. Item Code: CC05HH Hard Cover, 11x8, 256pg, b&w |
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THE COMPLETE DICK TRACY DAILIES & SUNDAYS Volume 6 1939-1941 The 1930s give way to the ‘40s and Chester Gould makes things personal. First comes a story of broken hearts and wilted flowers, as Tess Trueheart jilts her detective boyfriend for an ex-ballplayer who schemes to inherit millions, and he’ll kill anyone who gets in his way - including Tess! An encounter with small-time dognapper puts Tracy on the trail of a gang of fur thieves, and then hardened criminal Stooge Viller softens up, thanks to his young daughter, but not before he drops Dick Tracy into a death trap. IDW, 2024. Due: Feb....More. Item Code: CC06H Hard Cover, 11x8, 264pg, b&w |
| Dick Tracy Volumes 1 and 2 are available now in this new format. Volumes 3 and 4 are scheduled for the end of December. Volume 28: 1974-76 is also still available [CC28H. $44.99]. Here are other out-of-print Tracy collections from Rare Books. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE DICK TRACY Colorful Cases of the 1930S Back in stock. Oversized 11x15. Recommended. Winner Will Eisner Award, 2017: Best Archival Collection. This selection of Dick Tracy Sunday pages from 1931 to 1939 features Gould’s most infamous villains (Boris Arson, Cut Famon, Johnny Mintworth and The Purple Cross Gang) of the decade, with four complete stories, plus forty more fabulous Sundays highlighting the villains and heroes not seen in the featured cases. Each of these sections features detailed commentary by a Tracy historian. High-quality, hardbound volume produced in collaboration with the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum. Sunday Press, 2016....More. Item Code: DTCOLH Hard Cover, 11x15, 168pg, Full Color |
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN COLOSSAL EDITION John Buscema Cover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONAN THE BARBARIAN COLOSSAL EDITION John Buscema Cover Signed by Roy Thomas Item Code: CONCHJBS |
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN COLOSSAL EDITION Jim Lee Cover Recommended. Due: Mar....More. Item Code: CONCHJL Hard Cover, 12x17, 90pg, Partial Color $150.00 |
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EXTRAORDINARY RECORDS Multilingual edition. A new and edgy definition for "album art." Produced in collaboration with Colors magazine, it brings together more than 500 remarkable records from the collection of Alessandro Benedetti and Peter Bastine. This book forms a junction between photography, music, and design, celebrating vinyl. With featured artists including Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Prince, Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, and beyond, it offers compelling insight into the most intricate details of a performer’s visual identity, from a vivid color to a futuristic mirror effect. The discs are arranged thematically to span monochrome vinyl; unusual vinyl (including silver, gold, or mirror vinyl as well as extremely rare glow-in-the-dark vinyl); multicolored vinyl; etched vinyl (where music is pressed onto only one side); shaped vinyl (cut into forms that are different from the classic round disc); and picture discs (where a photograph or design is stamped onto the surface of the record). Taschen, 2024. Due: Mar....More. Item Code: EXTRH Hard Cover, 11x11, 472pg, Full Color $70.00 |
| Here’s more on vinyl and album cover art. |
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New this week, another classic 1970s film, Strange Diary. Two women describe and act out their secret desires… Here’s all of our adult DVDs. |
Nude Photography | Erotic Art | Erotic Films: DVDs | Adult Graphic Novels | All Pin-Up & Adult Click here to add yourself to our Adult's Only mailing list. |
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EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER Signed Deluxe Hurt Signed & limited, 700! The Artist's Journey through Popular Culture 1942-62. Our Highest Recommendation. By Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Signed by Everett and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. on a hand-numbered bound-in print. The book comes in a red cloth-bound numbered slipcase with gold-stamped title. Kinstler's work hangs in museums, boardrooms, banks, private collections, The White House, and in the homes of his clients and friends. Before portraiture became his life's work, he spent the 1940s and 1950s honing his craft in comic books: Hawkman for DC's The Flash, Black Hood and Black Terror for Standard, and dozens upon dozens of covers, inside cover contents pages, and stories for those delightfully lurid Avon titles like Eerie, Cowpuncher, Dalton Brothers, Jesse James, Strange Worlds, etc. And illustrating for pulp magazines like The Shadow, Doc Savage and Detective Tales! JVJ, 2005. Condition: The slipcase and/or jacket spine has been sunned and is faded. ...More. Item Code: EVEDR Hard Cover, 8x11, 244pg, Partial Color |
| Unblemished copies are still available at the deep discount of $35 [EVED. $95, $35]. And we have unsigned hardcovers [EVEH. $44.95, $19.95] in as-new condition. When my late partner Jim moved to Paris, he left his entire remaining stock of these with us, along with all the back issues of his Images Magazine and Black & White Images Annual. |
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CREATURES FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS Signed Hurt Signed! Highly Recommended. Underground comix pioneer Denis Kitchen offers us a coffee table art book collecting his unique surrealistic drawings. The wide variety of imaginary sea life, giant insects, skeletal remains, puzzling monsters, and deformed humans defy any simple categorization. Introduction by Peter Poplaski, foreword by Kitchen. This deluxe edition reproduces more than 160 oddly compelling images by a creative genius. Tinto Press, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: CREAFHSR Hard Cover, 10x10, 170pg, b&w |
| Unblemished copies, also signed by Denis [CREAFHS. $39.99]. Here’s much more from Denis and Kitchen Sink, including many of his long out-of-print editions and signed/limited editions. |
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THE LIBRARY OF ESOTERICA Plant Magick Hurt Recommended. Edited by Jessica Hundley. A new release in this comprehensive series from Taschen. From root to vibrant blossom, Plant Magick uses artwork past and present to explore the fertile, interconnected history between plants and people, the multitude of ways in which we embrace plants in spiritual ceremony, as healing medicine, as creative muse and as gateways into deeper explorations of consciousness including marijuana and hallucinogenic posters and art. From ancient Greek sculptures to Renaissance paintings and Pre-Raphaelite artists, to visionary art inspired by psychoactive plants, cacti, and mushrooms... Taschen, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: LIBEPHR Hard Cover, 7x10, 520pg, Full Color |
| An unblemished copy is [LIBEPH. $40]. Also in the Esoterica series is Tarot, Astrology, and Witchcraft. All $40 each. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE THE LIBRARY OF ESOTERICA Witchcraft New from Taschen. Recommended. This visual chronicle is the first of its kind, a deep dive into the complex symbologies behind witchcraft traditions, explored through the history of art. The witch has played muse to great artists throughout time, from the dark seductions of de Goya and Albrecht Dürer to the elegant paean to the magical feminine as re-imagined by the Surrealist circle of Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington, and Leonor Fini. This surveys her many incarnations as she shape-shifts through the centuries: mother, nymph, crone — seductress and destroyer. Profusely illustrated with a wide range of artwork from Victorian era to today. Nudity. Taschen, 2021. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: LIBESH Hard Cover, 7x10, 520pg, Full Color $40.00 |
| There are 80 Imperfect Editions available at 40%, 50% and even more off the retail price. Act now, quantities are always very limited. These are new, unread copies that got bumped or scuffed in shipping to us. |
| December Weekly Specials |
Beginning Monday, December 4th, we will be offering one-week-only special offers. A new and different one will appear on December 11, 18, and 24th. Each will be unique and cannot be combined with another, and each will expire after seven days. Make sure you are signed up for special emails, or watch this place every Thursday where we’ll repeat each offer. We gave it a lot of thought and refined it down to four specials over four weeks, to make sure everyone has plenty of chances to participate. |
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Local Fauna: The Art of Peter de Séve Peter is a New Yorker cover artist, animator and storyboarder, frequent Spectrum contributor, and a good friend of ours. And a brilliant artist! His new book will be featured on the cover of our upcoming catalog. It includes a signed bookplate. However…it has proved so popular, the publisher has SOLD OUT the first printing. A new printing will be in our hands by the end of January. Sadly we ran quickly through our initial shipment. |
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Illustration Magazine Final Issues As mentioned earlier, issues #81-84 were the final four issues. Editor Dan Zimmer will continue to do art books, but decided to hang up his periodical after these many years and many issues. He published #81-84 all at the same time. We are hoping he has plenty of copies so that we can continue to handle these and other back issues, but you may want to get yours now. He may have reduced his print runs…. His books are published under the imprint The Illustrated Press. |
Cyber Sale Don’t miss our annual Black Monday Cyber Sale. We still have lots of lots of great books left at 1/3 off, 40% off, and half price…108 titles as I write this. See them all here. |
ICV2 Steve Geppi Interview Diamond Comics’ own Steve Geppi has a 3 part interview just up in ICV2. It kicks off with a picture of Steve and yours truly from 1988, the year I sold my distribution portion of the business to Diamond. ICV2 interviewed me there just a couple months ago, so here’s a link if you missed that. And here’s a piece by a friend, Larry Strawther, who was with us on our first road trips to Oklahoma City Multi-Con and the New York Comic Art Convention in 1970 and 1971. ~Bud |
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