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ILLUSTRATOR'S QUARTERLY #42 Richard Corben Highly Recommended. From underground comix to the Warren horror mags and beyond, Richard Corben, the master of color and cinematic comics. A definitive look into his artwork, not only in comics but as a cover artist as well. Then it's back to those fabulous painted covers of Dell Comics in the 1950s and 60s: a gallery section featuring some of the greatest covers George Wilson did for Gold Key and Dell. Joe Jusko also shares his thoughts on George Wilson. Includes covers for the Classics Illustrated Time Machine, Magnus Robot Fighter, Turok, Tarzan, Doc Solar, Boris Karloff, Space Family Robinson, Twilight Zone, Ripley — all from the original paintings. Book Palace, 2023....More. Item Code: IQ42 Soft Cover, 9x11, 96 pg, Partial Color $27.99 |
| Tales From the Plague also made the list, a few notches down. Click here to see more Corben. |
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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #43 All Western Our Highest Recommendation. A Wild West special begins with the history of the western pulp art, both covers and inside, featuring luminaries Norman Saunders and Allen Anderson. Then we are treated to a major, lengthy examination of EC & Cracked master John Severin, one of the very finest artists ever to draw authentic western adventure in comics. Here too is Fred Harman (Red Ryder) who was a western character himself, with a long, successful career. And more, in an excellent and unusual issue. Book Palace, 2024....More. Item Code: IQ43 Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Partial Color $30.00 |
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SPECTRUM FANTASTIC ART QUARTERLY MAGAZINE #3 Issue print run: 1000. Our Highest Recommendation. A profusely illustrated interview with Brom and Laurie Lee Brom. None of Brom’s work here has appeared in his art books; Laurie shares some of her most recent drop-dead-gorgeous gallery paintings. A lengthy appreciation of Bernie Wrightson covers his entire career, from growing up as a fan in Baltimore to his comics and film work to his collaborations with Stephen King. Frank Frazetta’s glowing opinion of him is featured in a sidebar and David Salcido also shares his memories of adapting Bernie’s "Mementos" painting into a movie — with Wrightson himself starring as the axe-wielding killer! Packed with rare Wrightson artwork. Spectrum/Underwood Books, 2023....More. Item Code: SPEQ03 Soft Cover, 12x12, 88pg, Partial Color $25.00 |
| Quarterly Volume 2 is still available with a special bookplate by Ed Binkley. Click here to see previous volumes. |
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ALTER EGO #186 Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Roy Thomas. EC fans, this is the one you need — that includes me, I can't wait to read this. -Bud. The cover feature spotlights Angelo Torres, the youngest and last surviving EC Comics artist, who went on to a fabulous career as a horror, science-fiction, and humor artist for Atlas/Marvel, Warren, and MAD! Includes 12 newly imagined Panic covers in all genres and more What-If covers of Angelo's for Crypt of Terror, plus tons of his finest Atlas pages! Also My Life with Wally Wood by Ralph Reese and FCA presents Captain Marvel — many time-travel stories. TwoMorrows, 2024....More. Item Code: AE186 Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Partial Color $10.95 |
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FRAZETTA World's Best Comics Cover Artist Slipcased Highly Recommended. Includes 16-page bonus folio and illustrated slipcase. Vanguard’s Definitive Reference series returns with a companion to 2022’s bestselling Frazetta Book Cover Art. While that documented and commented on book cover paintings, now focus is on all his comics and magazine covers: Creepy, Eerie, Mad Magazine, National Lampoon, Marvel's Epic Illustrated, High Times and more. And all his early comic book work: Ghost Rider, Thunda, Tim Holt, Beware, the entire Buck Rogers Famous Funnies run, Buster Crabbe, Straight Arrow, White Indian and his EC cover art. Plus reuses, adaptations and entirely new works, such as Mothman, Satanika, Jaguar God, Space Cowboy and Death Dealer, right up to today. Vanguard, 2023....More. Item Code: FRAZWD Hard Cover, 8x11, 192pg, Full Color $74.95 |
| Also available in a hardcover edition [FRAZWH. $49.95]. Click here for more Frank Frazetta. |
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PULP MASTERS Closeout Price! Expanded Edition. Recommended. Cover by Jim and Ruth Keegan. An anthology of articles by and about writers and characters of the pulp era. Edited and partly written by the long-time publisher of The Rocket's Blast, James Van Hise. 15 features: Will Murray on the top 25 Shadow novels; an Edd Cartier Shadow portfolio; Modern Pulp Fandom; How I Write by Norvell W. Page; The Spider; The Ambassador from Hell; ERB, Pulp Master; REH: Master of the Dark Fantastic and much more. Well illustrated with lots of original pulp art. Jame Van Hise, 2002....More. Item Code: PULPM Soft Cover, 8x11, 190pg, Text/b&w |
| Other good selling pulp related items include Nightmare Abbey, Black Infinity, Bare Bones and Digest Enthusiast. |
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THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Closeout Price! Recommended. Hailed by REH fans as a book essential to Howard studies, and originally sold out within a mere months. This 2nd edition is now available direct from the publisher as a special bargain closeout. Edited by James Van Hise (The Rocket's Blast), 21 articles by well-known Robert E. Howard scholars such as Rusty Burke and Morgan Holmes that discuss Howard's writing style and his impact on 20th century fantasy. James Van Hise, 2001....More. Item Code: FANREH Soft Cover, 8x11, 190pg, Text/b&w |
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ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY Number 2 Venus Volume 2 Collects Venus #10-19, 1950-52. Our Highest Recommendation. In the late 1940s, Marvel Comics predecessors Timely and Atlas Comics published Venus, a lighthearted romance comic about the goddess of love. Never a company to miss a trend, Atlas introduced science fiction and made her a superhero — then made the title a straight-out horror anthology. Today it's one of the most desirable pre-code titles. Here is the swift-changing second half of the 19-issue run — all the very best issues! Future Marvel stars Bill Everett (seven issues) and Werner Roth (three issues) take Venus to heights of four-color weirdness and pre-Code horror ghastliness. Fantagraphics, 2024....More. Item Code: ATL02H Hard Cover, 9x11, 280pg, Full Color |
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THE ART OF ARTHUR ADAMS Signed The first 75 copies sold will include a 8x11 b&w signed plate. Our Highest Recommendation. The most comprehensive retrospective ever compiled on this celebrated creator. A hand-picked selection of his art spans forty years and highlights a variety of comic-book covers and interior pages from each phase of his career. The pieces showcased here are from major and independent publishers as well as creator-owned projects. Examples cover a chronological display dating from his first samples, while trying to break into the business, to Arthur’s latest cover drawings. Each image is accompanied by personal anecdotes that enhance the visuals. Flesk, 2023....More. Item Code: ARTAA Soft Cover, 9x12, 180pg, b&w $40.00 |
| We have exactly TEN signed bookplates left as we mail this out. Click here for more Arthur Adams. |
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INFECTED BY ART Volume 11 Donato Giancola Cover Our Highest Recommendation. With a dust jacket painting by Donato Giancola, Infected by Art Volume 11 once again contains a wonderfully diverse groups of artists selected by their jury panel. 295 artists are represented, with works ranging from traditionally painted to digitally painted, illustrations in pencil, pen and ink or gold leaf, to sculpted works. Contains 340 artworks. Body of Work award goes to Victor Adame. Grand Prize Winners: Colin and Kristine Poole, Victor Adame, Dan Chudzinski, Mariah Tekulve, and Rong Xu. Infected by Art, 2023. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: INA11H Hard Cover, 9x11, 328pg, Full Color $39.99 |
| Still available with the variant cover by Boris & Julie [INA11HV. $39.99]. |
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ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL #18 THE US WARREN ARTISTS Limited, 1500. Introduction by Guillermo Del Toro. Highly Recommended. By Peter Richardson. The ultimate guide to the U.S. artists who made Warren's Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, 1984 and all the monster mags the best in the business. With the aid of friends, family, fans, historians and the artists themselves, the compelling stories of the talent who worked throughout the golden years of Warren Publishing. Featuring an absolutely stunning roster including Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, Richard Corben, Frank Frazetta, Angelo Torres, Basil Gogos, Russ Heath and many, many more. Book Palace, 2024. Due: Aug....More. Item Code: ILLUSWH Hard Cover, 9x11, 400pg, Full Color $90.00 |
| This is not yet published, and expected the end of August. Pre-orders for this have been very strong. |
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TERRY MOORE AFTER DARK ART BOOK SIGNED Signed. Highly Recommended! A thoughtfully curated collection of sweet and sexy drawings that readers of his titles have been dreaming about for almost thirty years. This book is filled with both fan favorites and brand new black and white images of Terry's beloved characters in their most tender and raucous moments, with even a little full nudity. Lots of pin-up shots and the occasional steamy comics page. Get a behind-the-scenes look at Terry's creative process with personal commentary throughout. Starring Francine and Katchoo from Strangers In Paradise as well as the expanded cast of the Terryverse. Abstract Studios, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: TERADS Soft Cover, 8x11, 120pg, b&w $29.99 |
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BLACKHAWK Volume 10 Collects #49-53, 1952. Highly Recommended Art by Reed Crandall, Paul Gustavson and Dick Dillin. Another five thick issues with wild stories: the first Killer Shark story, invasions, a 12-foot-tall mummy, killers of the Amazon, Hell-diver rockets and much more. Primo cold war and horror and adventure stories from one of the most popular and long-running titles of the Golden Age, which carried right into the Silver Age with many revivals into modern times. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: BLAC10 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $32.99 |
| Blackhawk 11 is also a bestseller so far. Click here for previous volumes. |
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THE ART OF RACHEL AND TERRY DODSON Hardcover Signed Exclusive two-sided print, signed by both Terry and Rachel, limited to 200, exclusive from us! Our Highest Recommendation. Highlights from this exceptional team’s 25-year career and how their art is created, including 40 of their favorite comic book covers. The pair also share insights into how eight personal pieces were executed, and they break down the making of a two-page Red One sequential comic story. Stages of their creative process — Terry’s pencils, Rachel’s inks and Terry’s colors for each piece. Supporting commentary offers further insight, and two dozen covers are supplemented by Terry’s initial sketches. Flesk, 2024....More. Item Code: ARTRTDH Hard Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Partial Color $59.95 |
| Also available in softcover with the signed bookplate [ARTRTD. $39.95]. |
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WOMEN OF WONDER Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic Art Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Cathy Fenner. Introduction by Lauren Panepinto. From the co-editor of Spectrum, a spotlight on women creators of fantastic art (traditionally seen as a largely male domain, though women have always been active participants) from Kewpie creator Rose O'Neill and pulp illustrator Margaret Brundage to Spectrum Grand Masters Diane Dillon and Kinuko Y. Craft. Underwood Books, 2015. Out of print....More. Item Code: WOMOW Soft Cover, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color |
| All of the closeout Underwood books are high on the list. Still incredibly priced are Ilene Meyer, Frazetta's Telling Stories, Giancola's Middle Earth, Savage Art and Shamless Art. See all the Underwood books here. |
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RICHARD CORBEN'S TALES FROM THE PLAGUE Limited to 500 copies. Highly Recommended. By Dennis Cunningham. Art by Richard Corben. This is a special edition of Horror from the Crypt of Fear which collects Richard Corben's very first graphic novel done for an obscure fanzine, Weirdom Illustrated, in 1969. Corben was 28 years old and still working at Calvin Productions when he began working on "The Plague" in 1968. Dennis Cunningham was one of the first publishers to use Corben's art in the comic book industry. Bill Leach, 2023....More. Item Code: RCTALE Soft Cover, 5x8, 46pg, b&w $9.95 |
| This is a special issue in the Horror from the Crypt of Fear series. Click here for more issues of this EC homage. |
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THE BIGGER BOOK OF BREASTS Edited by Dian Hanson. The Big Book of Breasts was an immediate best seller when it debuted in 2006. Its 396 pages introduced readers to the top naturally bountiful nude models of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, including Virginia Bell, Roberta Pedon, Mary Waters, Keli Stewart and many more. The one and only complaint was that there was no biographical information on these curvaceous cuties, no lists of their magazines and films to give readers a more intimate connection. "We listened, and The Bigger Book of Breasts answers! Not only are there more pages with all new photos of your favorite big breast models of the '50s through '70s, there are also personal profiles for each and every one." Taschen, 2023. Adult Material. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: BIGBOBH Hard Cover, 12x12, 448pg, Partial Color |
| All of our Little Big Books have been very popular. |
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THE ART OF ICHIKAWA Volume 1 Recommended. An astounding gallery of artwork from Alejandro Ichikawa, focused on what he does best - stunningly beautiful women! Largely self-taught, this graphic artist branched out into creating delightful portraits of fantasy and erotic females, and this first collection of his best is truly a wonder to behold! This illustrator has a long and alluring career ahead of him, and we're delighted to present his work in this deluxe large collector's format. You will NOT be disappointed! SQP, 2023. Adult Material....More. Item Code: ARTIC01 Soft Cover, 9x12, 48pg, Full Color $14.95 |
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TITILLATING TALES OF DOLLY Recommended. After being long out of print, SQP Art Books brings a newly revised collection of Blas Gallego's oh-so-naughty-but-super-nice Dolly! To quote another impossibly buxom heroine - she's not bad, she's just drawn that way! Europe's answer to "Little Annie Fanny" doesn't need to speak English — her body language speaks glorious volumes of pure desire! One page vignettes, double-page "Orgies Throughout History" series, even more serious eye-opening nudes for your general amusement. If there's anyone who could emulate Playboy's Annie Fanny, Blas is that artist. SQP Artbooks 2023. Adult Material....More. Item Code: TITTA Soft Cover, 8x11, 48pg, Full Color $14.95 |
| Also available from Blas Gallego is the Flesh & Fire Sketchbook [RB2111. $20]. |
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JOHN HOWE'S ULTIMATE FANTASY ART ACADEMY Closeout Price! Inspiration, Approaches and Techniques for Drawing and Painting the Fantasy Realm. Foreword by Terry Gilliam! Afterword by Alan Lee! Highly Recommended. Discover the creative processes and intriguing inspirations behind the work of leading fantasy artist John Howe — conceptual designer on The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy — in this comprehensive practical art book. Examines in fascinating detail over 150 of the artist's outstanding sketches, drawings and paintings, plus the techniques and stories behind each. Go step-by-step through a range of specially commissioned drawing and painting demonstrations. David & Charles, 2021....More. Item Code: JOHHU Soft Cover, 8x11, 224pgs, Partial Color |
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ONE MAN ARMY The Action Paperback Art of Gil Cohen Hardcover Closeout Price! With 24 bonus pages. By Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle. Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan, "The Executioner," applies skills and training to target organized crime with the intensity, fortitude, and firepower of an entire division of highly trained specialists. Gil Cohen, veteran artist and art teacher, targeted the commercial illustration market with the drive, skill, and stamina of ten painters. He created hundreds of arresting cover images for bestsellers and paperback series of every stripe. New Texture, 2020....More. Item Code: ONEMAH Hard Cover, 9x9, 140pg, Full Color |
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THE COLLECTED TOPPI Volume 7 Sharaz De Closeout Price! Foreword by Walt Simonson. Two stories in full color. Our Highest Recommendation. An extra-thick volume offers tales inspired by the Arabian Nights by comics master Sergio Toppi, exploring a barbaric society where the supernatural is the only remedy to injustice! Sharaz-de, captive to a cruel and despotic king, must each night spin tales to entertain her master and save her head from the executioner. Her stories are filled with evil spirits, treasures, risk, and danger, but ever at their center is the passions of gods and men. Magnetic Press, 2022....More. Item Code: COLT07H Hard Cover, 9x12, 216pg, Partial Color |
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SHADOWS SEEN & UNSEEN Poetry from the Shadows Slipcased Closeout Price! Works of Clark Ashton Smith. Limited collector's edition. Warehouse Find. Recommended. Clark Ashton Smith was author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories, often published in Weird Tales. And he had a close friendship with H. P. Lovecraft and also Robert E. Howard, resulting in fascinating letters to and from each man. And Smith was also a poet, sculptor, and painter. This illustrated collection includes 30 poems, 13 reproduced from the original manuscripts; artwork and sculptures, an autobiography, short stories and more. Like Howard’s, Smith’s poetry is fantasy and horror inspired, in keeping with the Weird Tales subjects for which he was known. Many were first published there and in other pulps in the 1920s and 30. HIH Art Studio, 2007....More. Item Code: SHASESD Hard Cover, 8x10, 94pg, Partial Color |
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THE ART OF FEEFAL Closeout Price! By Linnea Kikuchi. Her spooky-cute style has been a constant throughout her career, amassing legions of dedicated Instagram followers who not only adore her art, but are always keen to know the stories and inspiration behind it. For the first time, Feefal shares the early influences that put her on the path to becoming the professional character designer she is today, including those of her Swedish-Japanese upbringing. In doing so, the ideas behind paintings such as Lamp Shade Lady, Understanding the Hahahaki Disease (a fictional ailment caused by unrequited love) and Momento Mori are explained. Galleries of paintings intertwined with step-by-step tutorials and insights into her creative process. 3dtotal Publishing, 2022. ...More. Item Code: ARTFEH Hard Cover, 9x11, 152pg, Full Color |
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LUPENTE Flesk Artist Showcase Hardcover Closeout Price! Publisher Hardcover Edition. Cloth quarter-binding, Gold foil title stamp, Limited to 1000 copies. Highly Recommended. Lupente showcases five outstanding contemporary artists in an elegant and absorbing package. This volume — the first in an ongoing Flesk Artist Showcase series — features Stephanie Law, a fine artist who pulls from dreams and reality to illuminate the boundary between those two worlds; Julia Blattman, a premier visual-development artist working in the animation industry; Karla Ortiz, a concept and fine artist who is renowned for her personal works and her designs for film; Virginie Ropars, one of the most-revered dollmakers today and an inspiration to sculptors around the world; and Erica Williams, also known as “HookieDuke,” who has gained acclaim by mastering a unique, highly intricate style of lines and designs that centers on Nature as its inspiration. Flesk, 2022....More. Item Code: LUPENH Hard Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Partial Color |
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FRANK HEBERT'S DUNE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL Book 1 Deluxe Collector's Edition Closeout Price! Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s adaptation retains the integrity of the original novel, and Raúl Allén and Patricia MartÃn’s illustrations, with cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz, bring the book to life. A national bestseller, Dune: The Graphic Novel, is now available in this deluxe collector's edition with an increased trim size of 7-1/2 x 11-1/4, printed on high-quality matte art paper in a faux-cloth slipcase with gold foil stamping and onlaid cover plate. Abrams ComicArts, 2021....More. Item Code: DUNE01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 176pg, Full Color |
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EERIE PUBLICATIONS PORTFOLIO: 13 From Hell Closeout Price! Signed & numbered, 250. By Mike Howlett. Cover by Bill Alexander. This large portfolio contains "the 13 most outrageous, violent, and gore drenched covers" ever published by the notorious Eerie Publications. Decapitation, violence to women, the undead, cannibalism...yuchh! Makes Creepy and Eerie and even EC Comics look downright tasteful! Each full color print measures 11 x 15 and is reproduced on heavy card stock. 13 prints in a portfolio-sized slipcase with full color covers. Fantaco Enterprises, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: EERPT na, 11x15, na, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS UNCANNY X-MEN Volume 14 Closeout Price! Collects Uncanny X-Men #210-219; two annuals & Fantastic Four vs. X-Men #1-4, 1986-87. Extra-length edition. By Chris Claremont. Art by Alan Davis, John Romita, Barry Windsor-Smith, Art Adams, Butch Guice et al. In his very first work for Marvel in the U.S., iconic British artist Alan Davis delivers a double-sized New Mutants Annual that introduces Psylocke. But she’s arrived just as Sabretooth and the Marauders go on the hunt for Morlocks — and don’t mind slaying any X-Men who get in the way! The “Mutant Massacre” event shocked readers and set a high-water mark. Plus Longshot joins the X-Men in an Arthur Adams-drawn Annual! Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: MMUX14H Hard Cover, 7x10, 496pg, Full Color |
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THE PHANTOM The Complete DC Comic Years Volume 2 Closeout Price! Second of three volumes. Collects #3-8, 1989. Collecting the action-packed stories of DC Comics' The Phantom, with scripts by Mark Verheiden and pencils and inks by Luke McDonnell; includes introductory essay on Verheiden, a 14-page interview with McDonnell, packed with examples of his Marvel and DC art. Hermes Press, 2022....More. Item Code: PHDC02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 224pg, Full Color |
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OUT OF THIS WORLD ADVENTURES Volumes 1 & 2 Reversible Book Closeout Price! Collects #1-2, 1950-51. Highly Recommended. The wonderful folk at PS Artbooks bring you two complete issues of a pulp which also featured full color comics — in the flip book format with 264 pages. Comic stories are "Kenton of the Space Patrol," "Lunar Station" and "Man-Eating Lizards" by the legendary Joe Kubert with able assists by John Giunta, and two episodes of an early Conanesque tryout, "Crom the Barbarian" by famed writer Gardner Fox and Giunta. Complemented by prose sci-fi stories from Lester del Rey, Ray Cummings, Basil Wells, A. Bertram Chandler and A.E. Van Vogt, among others. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: OUTA Soft Cover, 7x10, 264pg, Full Color |
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THE ART OF TYLER JACOBSON Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Explore every aspect of this quintessential artist’s career, a fantasy illustrator who embraces classic illustration — think John Howe, Brom, James Gurney and Michael Whelan. He's clearly in the same class, even though he's a name new to us. This treasure trove covers works created during Tyler’s youth, college thesis work, and magnificent pieces done for clients including Wizards of the Coast, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Rolling Stone Magazine, Toyota, Men's Journal, Tor Books, Scientific American, Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker and Sports Illustrated!! Flesk, 2022....More. Item Code: ARTTJH Hard Cover, 12x12, 160pg, Full Color |
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DEAR CHARLIE Closeout Price! Limited, 300. Art by S. Clay Wilson. Charles Plymell, the legendary publisher of the very first issue of Zap Comix was an early and good friend of legendary madman artist, S. Clay Wilson. Wilson loved to write (and illustrate) long postcards, letters and even envelope exteriors ("give the postman something to smile at") and here is that amazing correspondence, from decades of staying in touch with Charles. Reproduced in full color, it's a hoot for any Wilson fan. Water Row Books, 2021. Mature readers....More. Item Code: DEACHA Soft Cover, 9x11, 70pg, Full Color |
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STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION Mirror Universe Collection Closeout Price! Recommended. By Scott and David Tipton. Art by J.K. Woodward, Angel Hernandez, and Carlos Nieto. Go into the alternate "Mirror" universe to meet the cold-blooded crew of the I.S.S. Enterprise and their captain, the ruthless Jean-Luc Picard, and even more ruthless #1, Ryker, in this collection of three complete graphic novels: Mirror Broken, Through the Mirror, and Terra Incognita, which are actually six separate stories! Its continuing mission: to conquer strange new worlds, to enslave new life and new civilizations...! In the other-dimensional Mirror Universe there is no United Federation of Planets, only a cruel Terran Empire, where advancement comes through assassination, brutality is commonplace, and kindness is a weakness. But evil twins are going to encounter their alternates as they break into our own universe.... IDW, 2021....More. Item Code: STNEXM Soft Cover, 7x10, 408pg, Full Color |
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PENGUIN CLASSICS MARVEL COLLECTION The Amazing Spider-Man Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Edited by Ben Saunders. This anthology goes back to the original Amazing Spider-Man, with key stories from the first two years from 1962 to 1964. These allegories of adolescence permanently transformed the conventions of the super hero genre by insisting that great power is never just a means to an end, but also a burdensome responsibility. The introduction offers fresh insights into character development and the personalities of his creators. Also included are rarely reprinted non-super hero stories, early letter pages, and supplemental materials shedding light on Stan Lee's and Steve Ditko‘s artistic process. Penguin Classics, 2022....More. Item Code: PCMA Soft Cover, 7x10, 384pg, Full Color |
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WEIRD HORRORS #7 Facsimile Edition Closeout Price! From 1953. Recommended. Another of one of the strangest covers of the 1950s from William Ekgren. Inside enjoy the work of Lou Cameron, Bob Forgione, Don Perlin and the great Joe Kubert. From St. John, another far-better-than-average pre-code issue. Includes an oversized, 8 x 12-1/2 inch (image size) cover reproduction on card stock, matted and ready to display, with an embossed seal identifying the limited status. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: WEI07 Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color |
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BENEATH THE TREES Volume 3 A Fine Summer Closeout Price! Recommended. By Dav. It's summer, and the laughter of children echoes under the trees. But for some of the older animals, the frivolous abandon of childhood is far behind them. Old Mr. Owl and Mr. Toad get the crazy idea to relive some of their youth so look out! Part three of a four part series whose stories are based in seasons of the year and star a delightful menagerie of forest critters. Magnetic Press, 2022....More. Item Code: BEN03H Hard Cover, 10x7, 32pg, Full Color |
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HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE #314 Kim Jung Gi Cover Closeout Price! "Death Defied" is a new series by Joe Harris, art by Federico Pietrobon. Interview with Greg Hildebrandt. Dan Fogler and artist Nadir Balan do a nice job on "Moon Lake", part 3. The saga of Adrienne James continues, Heavy Metal's "female Indiana Jones in space!," by Matthew Medney and Bruce Edwards with Santa Fung. The conclusions of the small-town horror of "Savage Circus" by Brendan Columbus and Al Barrionuevo and the space saga of "Darkwing" by Medney and Ponce. A new installment of Ron Marz' and Armitano's "Swamp God." Heavy Metal, 2022. Mature readers....More. Item Code: HM314 Magazine, 8x11, 144pg, Full Color |
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WALT KELLY'S FABLES AND FUNNIES Dell Comics Stories, 1942-49. Highly Recommended. Compiled by David W. Tosh. Introduction by John E. Petty. Expanding on the earlier volume, Walt Kelly's Fairy Tales, this goes beyond Dell's Fairy Tale Parade to include a wide swath of Walt Kelly's wonderful pre-Pogo kid's comic stories. Here are carefully selected and rarely seen works that originally appeared in issues of Dell's Animal Comics, four color specials like Christmas With and Easter With Mother Goose, Our Gang with Tom and Jerry, Raggedy Ann and Andy, March of Comics and Santa Claus Funnies. Dark Horse, 2016. Out Of Print. Condition: Fine. Soft spine bumps....More. Item Code: RB5714 Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 280, Full Color $40.00 |
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DISNEY ANIMATION The Illusion of Life By Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston. The most complete book on the subject ever written, this is the fascinating inside story by two long-term Disney animators of the gradual perfecting of a relatively young and particularly American art, which no other movie studio has ever been able to equal. The book answers everybody's question about how the amazingly lifelike effects of Disney character animation were achieved, including charming stories of the ways that many favorite animated figures got their unique personalities. From the perspective of the authors, Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston, who worked with Walt Disney himself as well as other leading figures in a half-century of Disney films. They personally animated leading characters in most of the famous films and have decades of close association with others who helped perfect this extremely difficult and time-consuming art form. Not to be mistaken for just a "how-to-do-it," this voluminously illustrated volume (like the classic Disney films themselves) is intended for everyone to enjoy. Disney Editions, 1990. Out Of Print. Condition: Very Fine....More. Item Code: RB5764 Hard Cover with Dustjacket, 11x10, 576pgs, Text/Partial Color $120.00 |
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THE SILVER AGE OF COMIC BOOK ART Signed Signed. By Arlen Schumer. Carmine Infantino, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Joe Kubert, Gene Colan, Jim Steranko and Neal Adams, are some of the greatest comic book artists of their generation, creating much of their work during The Silver Age of Comics (circa 1956-1970). They not only drew definitive versions of the medium’s greatest characters, but set trends in the art of comic book storytelling. Now this popular and influential body of work, along with each artist’s thoughts, ideas and commentary, is presented in The Silver Age of Comic Book Art. Archway, 2014. Out Of Print. Condition: Fine. Spine corners are bumped....More. Item Code: RB5789 Hard Cover with Dustjacket, 10x13, 192pg, Full Color $60.00 |
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ZORN MCMLXXXIX Zornsamlingarna Mora Text in Swedish. By Hans Henrik Brummer. After their settlement in Mora in 1896, Anders and Emma Zorn built the Zorn Museum (Zornmuseet). This book was in honor of its 50th Anniversary. Chapters include: Childhood & Youth, The Watercolor List, St. Ives, In The Open Air, In The Bath & Studio, Portraits In The city, Urban Depiction, Water Surfaces, Work life Description, Home Village, The Last Honors, Etchings, Zorn, Catalog in chronology order and a bibliography. Fischer and Rye, 1989. Out Of Print. Condition: Fine. Softly bumped corners....More. Item Code: RB5793 Hard Cover with Dustjacket, 9x12, 378pg, Text/Full Color $60.00 |
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DARK HORSE SYROCO CLASSIC COMIC CHARACTERS #20 BLONDIE STATUE HURT Limited #17/600. By Chic Young, Yoe! Studio. In 1933 the gorgeous flapper Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead, the playboy son of a billionaire railway tycoon, and history was made. Seventy years after Chic Young created the strip Blondie, these two love birds are still going strong. Together they appear in their domestic bliss in over 2,000 newspapers worldwide. This statue is offered as a numbered limited-edition of 600. Dark Horse, 2001. Out of Print. Condition: Good. Chip out of chin....More. Item Code: RB879 na, 5" tall, na, na $50.00 |
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GRINDHOUSE The Forbidden World Of The Adult Only Cinema First Edition. By Eddie Muller. Vice Rackets! Narcotics! Nazis! Nudists! Cults! Wrestling Women! No sooner than the first movie camera was invented, it was put to sordid use. Grindhouse is a sexy and sardonic romp through the history of "adults only" cinema, from the roadshows and "hygiene" movies of the '30s, to the burlesque and vice movies of the '40s, to the Scandinavian Invasion of the '70s. Includes photos of rare posters and lobby cards as well as portraits of the auteurs of the films, such as Russ Meyer and David F. Friedman. St. Francis Studio, 1996. Out of Print. Condition: Fine. Slight edge wear and corner curling....More. Item Code: RB3986 Soft Cover, 8x11, 157pg, Partial Color $60.00 |
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DANGER IS MY BUSINESS An Illustrated History of the Fabulous Pulp Magazines 1896-1953 First Edition. By Lee Server. Here's the rise and fall of the colorful pulps and the legendary publishers, editors, and writers who made them an unforgettable sensation. Capturing the mood of America in the Roaring Twenties and the years of the Great Depression, the text features exclusive, firsthand recollections by pulp veterans, who offer comical and poignant anecdotes and give this history a lively, behind-the-scenes perspective. Chronicle Books, 1993. Out of Print. Condition: Fine. Light top bend on pages from 1-75....More. Item Code: RB5803 Soft Cover, 9x11, 144pg, Text/Partial Color $30.00 |
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TIME IN OVERDRIVE The Cadillacs & Dinosaurs Saga, Volume 3 By Mark Schultz and Steve Stiles. Collects issues 9 through 12 of Xenozoic Tales, including the stories that won Mark Schultz three Harvey Awards as Best Cartoonist. Also in this volume are the additional Xenozoic stories written by Mark Schultz and drawn by Steve Stiles, an introduction by acclaimed dinosaur artist William Stout, and a 10-page sketchbook section of never-before-printed, Mark Schultz Xenozoic artwork. Kitchen Sink, 1993. Out Of Print. Condition: Very Fine....More. Item Code: RB5806 Soft Cover, 8x11, 128pg, Black & White $50.00 |
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MASS The Art Of John Harris By Ron Timer and John Harris. John Harris‘s grand vision and style have won international acclaim and a NASA commission, never before given to a British artist. Yet, this is the first collection of his paintings in print. The work is truly colossal, featuring the innovative, ultramodern structures that brought him fame, conveying the sheer size of edifices in which future-fantastic technology might someday attain. Paper Tiger, 2000. Out of Print. Condition: Fine Plus. 2 soft bumped corners....More. Item Code: RB5810 Hard Cover with Dust Jacket, 9x12, 112pg, Full Color $100.00 |
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BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH 75 Years of an American Legend First Edition. By Billy De Beck, Brian Walker, and Fred Lasswell. This is the first comprehensive collection ever published of Billy DeBeck's and Fred Lasswell's classic comic strip. Included are more than 250 daily strips and Sunday pages, as well as over 100 rare photographs and drawings, documenting the debut appearances of Barney Google in 1919, his racehorse Spark Plug in 1922 and Snuffy Smith in 1934, and recapping many of their most famous adventures. Kitchen Sink, 1994. Out Of Print. Condition: Fine. Light edge wear and back cover 1" crease....More. Item Code: RB5821 Soft Cover, 8x11, 176pg, Black & White $60.00 |
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GIL ELVGREN All His Glamorous American Pin-ups By Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel. Considered the most important pin-up and glamour artist of the 20th century, Gil Elvgren (1914-1980) had a career in advertising and magazine illustration that lasted more than 40 years. Though most of his paintings were created for commercial use, collectors and enthusiasts now consider these works fine art. This presents nearly every pin-up he ever did for calendars, promotion and commissions. Taschen, 2013. Out of Print. Condition: Very Fine/As New....More. Item Code: RB8295 Hard Cover with Dustjacket, 10 x 13, 272 pg, Full Color $60.00 |
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THE COMPLETE TORPEDO Five Volume Set By Enrique Sanchez Abuli . Translation by Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Jordi Bernet and Alex Toth. Cover by Jordi Bernet. This is a five volume set of The Complete Torpedo. Volume One to Volume Five. Abuli and Bernet's masterpiece is a darkly humorous exploration of the criminal underbelly in 1930s New York City. IDW, 2012-2014. Condition: Very Fine/As New....More. Item Code: RB8294 Hard Cover Deluxe, 8 x 11, 144pg, Black & White $200.00 |
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WEIRD HORRORS & DARING ADVENTURES The Joe Kubert Archives Volume 1 First Edition. By Joe Kubert. Joe Kubert sealed his reputation as one of the greatest American comic-book cartoonists of all time with the four-color adventures of Sgt. Rock of Easy Company, Enemy Ace, and Tarzan, all done for DC Comics during the 1960s and 1970s but, he had been working in comics since the 1940s. In fact, young Kubert produced an exciting, significant body of work as a freelance artist for a variety of comic book publishers in the postwar era, in a glorious variety of non-super hero genres: horror, crime, science fiction, western, romance, humor, and more. Fantagraphics, 2013. Out of Print. Condition: Very Fine Minus. Single dent on top of back cover near spine....More. Item Code: RB8330 Hard Cover, 9x12, 230pg, Partial Color $45.00 |
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CORPSE ON THE IMJIN AND OTHER STORIES Story and Art by Harvey Kurtzman. MAD would have been enough to cement Harvey Kurtzman's reputation as one of the titans of American comics, but he also created two other landmarks: the scrupulously-researched and superbly-crafted war comics Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat. Like every book in the new Fantagraphics EC line, "Corpse on the Imjin!" will feature extensive essays and notes by EC experts. It will also feature Kurtzman's stories, as vital, powerful, and affecting and as when they were created 60 years ago. Fantagraphics, 2012. Condition: Very Fine Minus. Slightly tipped corners....More. Item Code: RB8334 Hard Cover Deluxe, 7 x 10, 240pg, Partial Color $40.00 |
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