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Frazetta’s iconic 1952 Thun’da #1 in a Facsimile Edition! Two new art books, Inspired by Nature and Iridescent Art. The final Tom Corbett and Two-Fisted Detective. Crime SuspenStories Vol 1, Alley Oop and the Fountain of Youth, Mickey & Donald in the Future, Black Panther, Draculina, John Carter, Pixies, and Mark Twain. New on sale: Art of Don Winslow, Beyond Watchmen: The Art of John Higgins and Stalingrad. |
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INSPIRED BY NATURE Designing Botanical Characters Recommended. By Eliza Ivanova, Feefal and 15 others. Character designers take inspiration from nature, plants, trees, and flowers. Each creates a brand-new character based on nature, with step-by-step tutorials allowing readers to follow along. From mushroom fairies to swamp-dwelling beasts, and Mother Nature herself, characters inspired by the delicacy and harshness of the natural world. The projects include notes on the research, design, and creation of the characters, leading to a stunning final image, plus a gallery from each artist showing more of their nature-themed works. A big, thick, handsome hardcover in jacket. 3dtotal Publishing, 2023....More. Item Code: INSPN Soft Cover, 8x12, 296pg, Partial Color $50.00 |
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THE WILD WORLD OF TWO-FISTED DETECTIVE, MYSTERY AND TERROR DIGESTS Inspired by Manhunt Magazine, which defined crime fiction in the 1950s, enter the low-rent crime digests, stuffed full of bursting brassieres and bloody shivs, with only one goal in mind: fill those pages! With garish covers featuring scantily clad heroines and sadistic prison guards and titles such as Terror Detective, Two-Fisted Detective, Web Terror, and Shock Mystery, you just knew you were in the right place. And some of the names on the contents page were familiar: Donald E. Westlake, Robert Silverberg, Lawrence Block, Harlan Ellison. Peter Enfantino has compiled a complete story-by-story guide to four of the most eccentric, perverted, and violent crime digests ever published. Cimarron Street, 2023....More. Item Code: WILWOR Soft Cover, 6x9, 138pg, Text/b&w $17.95 |
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TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET The Robot Rocket Originally published 1956. Recommended. By Carey Rockwell. Art by Louis Ganzman. Introduction by Tom English. Final book in the series. Can this be the end of the Polaris crew? Roger Manning reassigned to Mars? Captain Steve Strong threatening to resign from Space Academy? The Polaris in the hands of a pair of cutthroats? Tom Corbett has been tasked with a top-secret expedition to the distant binary-star Sirius. But both his mission and his crew may be doomed by an unstable planet and a cunning spy within the ranks. Dead Letter Press, 2023. ...More. Item Code: TOMRR Soft Cover, 6x9, 146pg, Text/b&w $11.95 |
| Also from the same publisher, two more regular series: Nightmare Abbey #1-3 [NIGA01, etc. $16 ea] and Black Infinity #7-9 [BLAIN07, etc. #7 $11.95, #8 $12.95, #9 $13.95]. |
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EC ARCHIVES CRIME SUSPENSTORIES Volume 1 Collects #1-6, 1951. Highly Recommended. In the years before the Comics Code, no comic mined the noir vein with more shocking impact and creative skill than EC's one-and-only Crime title. Vivid tales of larceny, adultery, and homicide by comics legends Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman, and Jack Kamen. Beginning with #3, each issue has a Haunt of Fear story narrated by the Old Witch and drawn by Graham Ingels. Dark Horse, 2024....More. Item Code: ECC01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 216pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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ALLEY OOP AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH 1960 V.T. Hamlin Recommended. Alley Oop finds the Fountain of Youth... but can he keep his precious discovery safe? Also featuring Oxy the Moonman's robotic trip home, a cute young scientist goes with Alley back to prehistoric times, Alley and Oola go to Pike's Peak in the old west, another visit with Brunnhilde, and a diplodocus on the loose! Reprinting all the daily strips from 1960. Acoustic Learning, 2023....More. Item Code: ALLE60 Soft Cover, 11x7, 158pg, b&w $27.50 |
| Catch up on more Alley Oop here, previous volumes by Hamlin and Dave Graue. |
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WALT DISNEY MICKEY AND DONALD Fantastic Futures What would Donald and Mickey’s world look like 100 years from now? In an epic collection of all-new comics adventures, we’re finding out! From giant robots to wild Martian rovers, Pegleg Pete and the Phantom Blot! In “Lonesome Ghosts in the Machine,” “Thru the Metaverse,” and six more feature-length adventures set on Earth, outer space, and cyberspace, fan-favorite writer Francesco Artibani (Scrooge’s Last Adventure) fronts an international creative team taking our Disney adventurers where no Mouse has gone before… in a lush variety of author-driven art styles! Fantagraphics, 2024....More. Item Code: WDFANH Hard Cover, 8x10, 256pg, Full Color |
| Here’s more in the Disney Masters series and Carl Barks. |
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FRANK JOHNSON SECRET PIONEER OF AMERICAN COMICS Volume 1 This collection is the first ever publication of Johnson’s work and includes: Wally’s Gang, his 50-year magnum opus chronicling the humorous, cliff-hanging adventures of a group of bachelor friends; The Bowser Boys, a seamy, darkly slapstick depiction of bohemian street life that could be considered the first underground comic series; and Juke Boys, absurd, graphic experimentation. When Frank Johnson, an itinerant musician and shipping clerk, died in 1979, he left behind a startling discovery: more than 2,300 notebook pages of comics and 131 unbound drawings, among them a massive, continuous story line beginning in the earliest surviving notebook dated 1928 — before the existence of comic books... Fantagraphics, 2023. ...More. Item Code: FRAJ01 Soft Cover, 7x9, 634pg, Full Color |
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SPEED COMICS Volume 1 Collects #1-3, 1939-40. Art by Bob Powell et al. Get ready to hit the fast lane with Speed Comics from Harvey Comics! Join the dynamic duo of Biff Bannon and Shock Gibson, two larger-than-life characters who live for the thrill of adventure and the rush of speed. With their unwavering courage and lightning-fast reflexes, they zoom through action-packed stories in these three 64-page issues. Additional artists: Dick Briefer, Munson Paddock, Klaus Nordling and George Tuska. PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More. Item Code: SPEE01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $32.99 |
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MIGHTY MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE BLACK PANTHER Volume 2 Look Homeward, Avenger Collects Avengers #77-79, 87, 112, 126, Astonishing Tales #6-7 and more. Recommended. By Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart et al. Art by John Buscema, Gene Colan, Sal Buscema et al. The Mighty Marvel Masterworks invite you to venture back to the first stories that were ever told featuring Marvel’s Black Panther! And what stories they are! They feature: T’Challa’s early days with the Avengers as he helps them fight the Man-Ape and the Lethal Legion; a deeper dive into his origins as the Black Panther; a tale that pits two of Marvel’s most skilled scientific minds against each other as the noble Black Panther battles the evil Doctor Doom; an iconic tale featuring the Panther and the FF standing against the forces of prejudice; team-ups with Daredevil and Spider-Man to save New York City from both street gangs and stegosaurus; and multiple clashes with his nemesis Klaw. Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: MMMB02 Soft Cover, 6x9, 216pg, Full Color $15.99 |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS DAREDEVIL Volume 18 Collects Daredevil #192-203 and material from Marvel Fanfare #7 & #10-13, 1983-84. Recommended. Daredevil enters a new era when top-tier writer Denny O’Neil takes over. The incomparable artist Klaus Janson remains aboard for a stint penciling, inking and coloring. Gritty exploration of DD’s temptations and broken aspirations. Meanwhile, Kingpin consorts with a Yakuza group who seek to bond Bullseye’s shattered spine with adamantium. DD and Wolverine team up and go to Japan for an issue #200 rematch with the man who murdered Elektra. And the fan-favorite Black Widow serial from Marvel Fanfare. Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: MMDA18H Hard Cover, 7x10, 392pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE X-MEN Volume 2 Collects #11-21, 1964-65. Recommended. By popular demand! Back in hardcover, beautifully restored to match the original comics and boasting expanded bonus material! Welcome to Marvel's reMasterworks! X-Men blends super-hero action, teen angst and turbulent issues of the '60s into one potent package. After laying the foundation for what would become comics' biggest franchise, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby passed the series' headmaster roles to Roy Thomas and Werner Roth, who would come into their own while crafting these tales of Marvel's merry mutants. First appearances of the unstoppable Juggernaut, the cosmic Stranger, the mutant Mimic and the mutant-hunting Sentinels! Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: MMX02H Hard Cover, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color |
| Here’s more reMasterworks (now with Avengers, FF #1 & 2, Spidey 1 & 2, and X-Men #1). Here are regular Masterworks, and Mighty Masterworks, the softcover $15.99 series. |
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DRACULINA 90 Hours in San Francisco Recommended. One child, two destinies: who is the daughter of Lilith of Drakulon? Is she a streetwise runaway human pre-teen, or is she Vampirella's evil twin? Two souls linked by a reality-jumping demon struggle for control of their own destiny as Draculina, Lilith's first and most beloved daughter, is brought into Vampirella's reality and linked to an alternate version of herself by a cursed candle which warps reality when lit, swapping Draculina with her other possible "self" — a tough homeless preteen struggling to make it on her own while being constantly drawn into Draculina's schemes.Well drawn, with dozens and dozens of alternate covers by a host of creators (and cosplay models). Dynamite, 2024....More. Item Code: DRACSF Soft Cover, 7x10, 152pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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JOHN CARTER OF MARS Collects #1-5. Award-winning author Chuck Brown (Bitter Root, Aquamen) and animation-style illustrator George Kambadais (Firefly). In 1919 an asteroid of pure Ninth hurtles towards Earth. Its teeming power slowly melds the people of Earth to Mars, and Mars to Earth. John Carter is ripped from everything he knows, powerless and confused, suddenly in battle with Martian Apes...in Virginia. 29 variant covers including five by J. Michael Linsner, cosplay models, and Guillem March. Dynamite, 2023....More. Item Code: JOHNCM Soft Cover, 7x10, 136pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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PIXIES OF THE SIXTIES We Can Work it Out By Alice Greslin and Harry Bozino. Art by Loreto Aroca and Maria Riccio. Great Britain in the swinging sixties: The Beatles are taking the music charts by storm, the pop-culture revolution has gripped the nation’s youth, and humans and fairies live uneasily side-by-side. Two tales of supernatural crime! Carrie: Determined to become London’s first prominent female reporter, she's assigned to a complicated murder investigation only to uncover hidden truths about her own past and evidence of a terrifying force within the fairy world. Amar: Sidelined at Scotland Yard, Sergeant Amar Singh, a young policeman of Indian origins, is reassigned to the department’s underfunded fairy division. There, his investigation into the murder of a young fairy soon sets him on the trail of an odious trafficking ring, revealing a dark conspiracy.... Humanoids, 2023....More. Item Code: PIXSIW Soft Cover, 8x10, 120pg, Full Color $22.99 |
| Also available: Volume 1, You Really Got Me Now— is also in stock [PIXSI. $22.99]. |
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MARK TWAIN'S THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG Recommended. By Wander Antunes. Bankrupt and alone in Europe after a series of bad business deals, Mark Twain has lost his faith in humanity. It is under these conditions he puts pen to paper with the question: Is something incorruptible if it has not been tested? Welcome to Hadleyburg, a small American town that calls itself the “Most Honest in America.” One day, a stranger arrives, telling the townsfolk he wants to reward the person who helped him once. But he has ulterior motives! Having once been wronged by the people of Hadleyburg, he has returned to put their “honesty” to the test. Life Drawn, 2023....More. Item Code: MARTWA Soft Cover, 8x10, 88pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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GRIMM 2023 Holiday Special Comic Set By Dave Franchini. Covers by Ignacio Noe and Vitorino. Two issue set. In Universe, the best gifts money can buy...from Krampus. Don't miss this yuletide feast for the eyes as horror and cheer collide into one dangerously festive set of stories tied snugly together like a present under the tree! 72 pages of content. Plus in Grimm: It's Grimm Universe heroines and villainesses, spreading holiday cheer in their sultry winter outfits! Top artists contribute gorgeous pin-ups of the Grimm Universe's most popular female characters in this stunning collection. Also includes a never before published Grimm Fairy Tales short-short story! Zenescope, 2023....More. Item Code: GRIMH23P Comic, 7x10, 110pg, Full Color $14.99 |
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HYDRA #1 Pierluigi Abbondanza Cover By John Brusha and Honor Vincent. Art by Dario Carrasco, Sergio Arino and Oliver Borges. 72 pages of content. Of all the Great Old Ones, few could match the power of Cthulhu. Mother Hydra is one such dark god. She has been imprisoned and dormant for ages. But with Great Cthulhu close to waking, Hydra is ready to rise and reclaim her place with him and Father Dagon in the Unholy Trinity that will destroy mankind and rule the world. A Lovecraft-inspired story of monsters and heroes. Zenescope, 2023....More. Item Code: HYD01 Comic, 7x10, 72pg, Full Color $8.99 |
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THUN'DA KING OF CONGO #1 Facsimile From 1952. Our Highest Recommendation. Thun'da was a Tarzan-esque character scripted by Gardner Fox and created by artist Frank Frazetta that first appeared in comics in 1952 and later on film in the Columbia Pictures serial King of the Congo starring Buster Crabbe. The legend is Frank did this as a tryout to do the Tarzan newspaper strip. So he just did #1, and artist Bob Powell drew issues #2-6. This lone issue remains a true icon of comics, Frank's one and only full length, cover to cover comic book creation. Reproduction is very sharp. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: THUK01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 64pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE TELLING STORIES The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta Hardcover Slipcased Closeout Price, now 50% off. Our Highest Recommendation. This offers the complete Thunda and his best romance works, such as "Untamed Love" and "The Wrong Road." Plus combat tales, funny animals, White Indian stories and covers, Ghost Rider covers and much, much more. Some of these stories offer some of his finest pen & ink works, with shapely women, nude statues, and lots of implied lust. Fantasy art's most popular painter was also one of the finest comic book illustrators in the pre-code 1950s. This deluxe collection exhibits the skill of a master craftsman but also provides tantalizing glimpses of where the young artist’s career would ultimately take him, into his iconic paintings of Conan, covers for the Warren mags and famous movie posters for Clint Eastwood, among others. Hardcover in slipcase! This was the ONLY trade edition of this book, never produced in softcover. Underwood Books, 2008. ...More. Item Code: TELSH Hard Cover With Slip Case, 9x12, 192pg, Full Color |
| This new facsimile is the first time Thun'da has been published like this. Russ Cochran did one in black and whilte many years ago and in fact we have an as new copy in stock right now, from 1973 [RB4728. $75]. You can also get the complete Thun’da along with a lot more of Frank’s comic artwork in Telling Stories above. |
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DYNAMIC COMICS #8 Facsimile Edition 1944. Recommended. Cover by Gus Ricca. Art by Creig Flessel, Charles Sultan (2), Raphael Astarita, Fred Schwab and perhaps George Tuska. Chesler was another offbeat publisher with strange heroes, strange frequency, and some of the wildest covers of the 40s, such as this one. Looks like L.B. Cole, but it's Gus Ricca at his best. Inside there's sci-fi and adventure stories and other genres, by a surprisingly excellent group of creators. Sultan and Astarita (Planet Comics) were top-tier. Flessel of course was an early DC Comics stalwart, here doing some rare moonlighting. Stars The Echo, Dan Hastings, Master Key, Lucky Coyne, Yankee Boy, and superhero Dynamic Man. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: DYN08 Comic, 7x10, 60pg, Full Color $15.99 |
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DYNAMIC COMICS #18 Facsimile Edition 1946. Recommended. Cover by Gus Ricca. Art by Paul Gattuso, Ricca, Rafael Astarita, George Tuska et al. "Classic Airplane-Head Cover" per Overstreet. One of the weirder amongst many strange covers on this title. This oddball Chesler title has stories starring Mr. E, sci fi hero Dan Hastings, Yankee Boy, superhero Dynamic Man and The Echo. Facsimile with all ads and features to match the quality when first produced in 1946. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: DYN18 Comic, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color $15.99 |
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LARS OF MARS #10 Comic Facsimile Edition Highly Recommended. First issue. Includes "Terror from the Sky," "Do People Live on Mars?," "Lars of Mars," "Villain or Hero?," "The Boomerang," and "Pirates of the Airways." Three stories all by Murphy Anderson. Character created by Jerry Siegel. Painted cover by famed pulp cover artist Allen Anderson. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: LARM10 Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color $15.99 |
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LARS OF MARS #11 Comic Facsimile Edition Highly Recommended. Second issue. Includes "The Terror Weapon," "The Crucial Game," "A Certain Type of Magic," "Week-end on the Moon," "The Boy Who Wasn't There," "The Weird World," and "The Earthshaker!" Three stories all by Murphy Anderson. Character created by Jerry Siegel. Painted cover by famed pulp cover artist Allen Anderson. Gene Colan also draws one story. PS Artbooks 2023....More. Item Code: LARM11 Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color $15.99 |
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SUSPENSE COMICS #11 Facsimile Edition June, 1946. Recommended. Art by Rudy Palais, Maurice Whitman et al. Cover by L. B. Cole. Another iconic 52 page facsimile comic book reprinted to match the quality when first produced in 1943. Reprints Continental's Suspense Comics #11 with a devil cover by L.B. Cole. Includes "After I Murdered Sandra," "A Matter of Nicotine," "The Murder and the Miner," "A Bullet for the Ballerina," "Sherry's Super Service Station," "Satan Furnishes a Bride for Harlequin," "Boomerang of Horror," and "State of Ownership." PS Artbooks 2023....More. Item Code: SUSC11 Comic, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color $15.99 |
| Click here for all the latest Facsimile Editions from PS Artbooks. Many just arrived this month. |
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BEST OF DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Frank V. Martinek. Edited by Craig Yoe of Yoe Books. New lower price, making this a real bargain. We like this book at lot. A collection of the best stories from the classic Fawcett Comics run of Don Winslow of the Navy, beginning with the first issue in 1943. A long, well illustrated introduction details his appearances first as a newspaper comic strip (1934-55), then in films beginning in 1942, books, pulps, and other media. Here you'll find Winslow fighting the Axis powers as well as villains like The Snake and the smoldering hot, but deadly lady pirate, Singapore Sal. Winslow was a spy-chasing lieutenant commander in Naval Intelligence. Dead Reckoning, 2018....More. Item Code: BEDWH Hard Cover, 9x11, 272 pg, Full Color |
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BEYOND WATCHMEN & JUDGE DREDD The Art of John Higgins Closeout Price! Recommended. By John Higgins. Foreword by Dave Gibbons. Never before offered. Watchmen, Judge Dredd, Hellblazer, Batman: The Killing Joke, Razorjack: John Higgins has been the artist or colorist on some of the most iconic comic books of recent years. Here, collected together for the first time, is the best of Higgins' often powerful work. Alongside never before seen preliminary drawings of now iconic characters, the book includes insights into his career. Liverpool University Press, 2017. ...More. Item Code: BEYWJ Soft Cover, 10x10, 272pg, Partial Color |
| Here’s what else we have with Watchmen, and more work by John Higgins, such as Hellblazer, Wonder Man, Battle Action, and the Before Watchman Omnibus. |
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STALINGRAD Letter from the Volga Closeout Price! Handsomely rendered in painterly style. Recommended. By Antonio Gil and Daniel Ortega. Military and civilians alike paid with their lives for the personal fight between Stalin and Hitler, in long months of primitive conflict among the smoking ruins of Stalingrad. From August 1942 to February 1943 this model industrial city on the Volga was the site of the bloodiest battle of World War II. Here is a fast-paced depiction of this titanic struggle: explicit, crude, and without concessions. The battle rendered devastating results. Almost two million human beings were marked forever in its crosshairs, a frightening figure comprised of the dead, injured, sick, captured, and missing. All through the eyes of Russian and German soldiers. Dead Reckoning, 2019....More. Item Code: STALLE Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color |
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Spectrum Quarterly #3 with bookplate We have exactly 19 copies left of our Brom signed bookplate. After that, copies won’t include the bookplate. Arnie and Cathy Fenner are working on the next issue, news on that soon. We thought Spectrum Quarterly #2 was nearly gone, we have just 13 left. However, we just this week got word that Arnie Fenner will be sending us his last 40 copies. We still have enough bookplates, signed by featured artist Ed Binkley, to go with at least some of these. We intially printed 250 numbered plates, but after we sold out, Ed generously signed a second edition. So all our copies (thus far) could be accompanied by this nicely illustrated bookplate. . |
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Flash Sale Our final December Deal included new Sale items and a one-off Flash Sale. But in order to keep this available for our non-internet customers, we’re keeping the highly discounted Flash Sale items (Underwood and Auad books) at the lower prices for a little longer since they are just getting our print Newsletter next week. The free copies of two adult Taschen books and Bill Schelly’s Golden Age of Comics Fandom also remain available. |
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I stayed up quite late last night and finished this, I couldn’t put it down. It’s a fine new entry in the Tarzan/Mars series and I think every Burroughs reader will really enjoy it. It begins with an invasion of Earth by a small spaceship of “white” Martians. They have begun a colony in Tarzan’s literal backyard, near Lake Victoria in Africa. World War II has just ended, and Capt. John Greystoke, Tarzan, has been mustered out of the RAF. He is flying his very own fighter plane home after two years away from Jane and the estate there. He is attacked in the air by these very same Martian invaders. That’s how it all begins. |
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Soon Tarzan is back on Mars and working with John Carter to stop this invasion of Earth, making for another outstanding story by Will Murray. This sequel carries on 12 years after Tarzan’s first journey to Mars, which takes place in Tarzan Conqueror of Mars by Will Murray. I can’t praise both books enough. A bonus story has Tarzan hiring Sherlock Holmes to track down the man who led the mutiny that left his parents, Lord and Lady Greystoke, marooned on the coast of Africa just before Tarzan was born. I read the first few pages and it looks like a winner also! – Bud |
2023 Bestsellers We are right now working on a special email which will detail our own bestsellers, as we like to do each year. Meanwhile, Flesk Publishing just sent their bestseller list, so I thought you might enjoy checking it out. Top 10 Flesk Books Sold in 2023! John Flesk says "2023 was one of the best years ever for us. As you will see when looking at this top ten list there are a variety of titles that span multiple genres. The common denominator is that these are all exceptional people who make lovely works of art." All books are available from us except: We are down to only three copies of the hardcover Arthur Adams. Al Williamson and The Art of Brom are both out of print. Both Brad Kunkle editions are currently on sale from us. The commentary below is by John Fleskes. The success of this book proved how eager people were for a proper overview of Arthur’s career. Arthur and I were surprised by the massive support during our Kickstarter campaign for this book. We’re still humbled by its popularity. I’ve been a fan of Arthur’s work ever since Longshot #1 came out. This has been a dream project, and Arthur is a joy to work with. 2. Carbon 5 by Mark Schultz Considering this is the tenth collection we have published on Mark, it’s exciting to see the enthusiasm for his latest book. The prior collections were Various Drawings Volumes 1-5, followed by Carbon 1-4. We have published more books on Schultz than on any other artist. Mark uses these collections to showcase his latest drawings. Much of the art he produces these days is done for himself. He feels lucky to be able to draw what he likes, while having a forum to share these pieces with others. 3. Gilt by J.A.W. Cooper Gilt and Carbon 5 are very close in sales. Carbon 5 had the benefit of coming out six months prior to Gilt. This is the latest collection that pulls together the most recent works by J.A.W. Cooper. We worked closely together to make an art object with this book. I feel this is one of the most unique and beautiful books we have published to date. It’s a thrill to work with Cooper and I marvel at their creativity and spirit. They are one of the most unique voices I have ever seen. 4. Barren Lands by Brynn Metheney I’ve been wanting to work with Brynn for years. I’m thrilled that we had this opportunity to publish Barren Lands. Brynn wrote and illustrated this collection of stories that borders between reality and the bizarre. The whole process of working with Brynn was fun and enjoyable. The chance to work with an artist early in her career is very satisfying. 5. Franklin Booth: Silent Symphony Released in 2022, this large collection that highlights Booth’s life and art is still going strong. This is the artist who originally inspired me to start publishing. What a thrill to be able to pull out the initial 2002 book, Franklin Booth: Painter with a Pen, and then completely remake it from scratch with the help of Alice Carter. 6. Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm The first edition of this collection on Bruce Timm came out in 2012. It was a best seller then and continues to be on our top 10 list over a decade later. People can’t seem to get enough of B.T. and I don’t blame them! Bruce is an absolute legend and wonderful to work with. 7. Al Williamson: Strange World Adventures Thanks to the Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel highlight, this book got a big boost. The initial sales when the book first came out were strong, then when this book review dropped it was seen by a new audience. This makes me happy, especially since this is one of the books that I am most proud of. Al remains one of my all-time favorite artists and I hope this collection does his career justice. 8. The Art of Brom We released this book back in 2013 and it is still going strong! I feel like I am repeating myself, but when it gets down to it, all the artists who I work with are great people who are extraordinary. Brom’s accomplishments are remarkable. We are officially sold out of all editions at this point. 9. Xenozoic by Mark Schultz This book, collecting all of the Xenozoic stories written and illustrated by Mark Schultz, has had a variety of editions in print since 2010. This may be our most consistent and steady seller over our entire publishing history. Mark is also the only artist who has two books on our top ten list for this year. I recently re-read this collection and enjoyed it just as much as the first time I read the comics in the early nineties. The most common question we receive is when new Xenozoic stories will be coming? Whenever this happens, I’ll be the most excited fanboy out there. 10. Alkeme: The Art of Brad Kunkle I’m pleased to see Brad’s book on the top 10 list again this year. This was published in 2023 and we love how it turned out. I first met Brad back in 2006 and can’t express how exciting it has been to see his career blossom and to cheer along as his success has grown. -John Fleskes |
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