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| December Deal #2! This week more savings are available to you. First off, Save 10% on any Gift Certificate purchase; they come in $10 increments, so each $10 will only cost you $9. This offer expires in one week, at midnite December 16. Next up, we are EXTENDING our FREE SHIPPING offer for TWO MORE DAYS. It will now expire at midnite on Wednesday December 11th. So act now; all regular domestic orders will be sent free of shipping charges (this does not include RUSH however). And finally, we've picked out some of our favorite books that we feel would make great Christmas gifts for friends, for kids (see the All-Ages section) or just for yourself! We went for well-priced books on beloved subjects which you don't need to be a comics collector to still love... New one-week-only December Deals will be announced on December 16 and 23...watch your in-box! And Happy Holidays!! Happy Shopping, and thank you for your continued support! - Bud |
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| BUD'S ART BOOKS GIFT CERTIFICATE Shopping for presents? Unsure of your choice? Bud's Art Books Gift Certificates are always the perfect gift! We'll ship Certificates anywhere in the world at no charge, and are happy to add your own personal message. Available in $10.00 increments—just select how many increments of $10 you want in the quantity box and specify in the comments field when you check out how you want this applied (for example: a quantity of four $10 increments for two $20 certificates). Note: Shipping charges on Gift Certificates will be refunded after order is filled....More. Item Code: GIFTC |
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MASTERPIECES OF FANTASY ART 40th Anniversary Edition $200 edition now smaller size but at a bargain price. Highly Recommended. By Dian Hanson. Fantasy art, that colorful blend of myth, muscle and sexy maidens that took off in 1923 with the launch of Weird Tales magazine, was reinvigorated in the 1960s with The Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian paperbacks with Frank Frazetta covers, and the late ‘60s emergence of fantasy psychedelia. It went big in the ‘70s with the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, the brilliant French magazine Métal Hurlant, and the first Star Wars film. The number of active artists peaked in that decade, but a new generation of fans discovered the genre through fantasy trading card games in the ‘90s, leading to a massive interest in the art form today. Taschen, 2023....More. Item Code: MASFAH Hard Cover, 6x9, 512pg, Full Color $30.00 |
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M.C. ESCHER KALEIDOCYCLES Almost Gone! Recommended. By Wallace G. Walker and Doris Schattschneider. This set puts M.C. Escher‘s tessellated wonders right at your fingertips with 17 easy-to-assemble paper sculptures included with the hardcover book. All in a substantially heavy and large-sized decorative box. Folding along the score lines, you can transform the artist’s richly geometric designs into three-dimensional polyhedra with forming and reforming patterns, including genius arrangements of flowers, butterflies, lizards, and seashells. The book includes a review of the geometric principles and artistic invention underlying Escher’s optical marvels. Taschen, 2022....More. Item Code: MCEKH Hard Cover, 10x13, 64pg, Partial Color |
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ART OF PIN-UP 40th Anniversary Edition Highly Recommended. Edited by Dian Hanson. With Vargas, Elvgren, Petty, Mozert, Moran etc. Based on the formidably sized $200 Art of Pin-up, this new compact edition gathers everything in the larger edition: 100 artists plus in-depth showcases of the top 10. The reproduction quality of the paintings, pastels, and preparatory sketches that follow — largely sourced from the original art — invites the viewer to trace the brushstrokes, while the exquisite period calendars, vintage prints, and original model photos document the artists’ creative process. Taschen, 2024....More. Item Code: ARTOPAH Hard Cover, 6x8, 512pg, Full Color $30.00 |
| We also have the larger 10x14 hardcover of The Art of Pin-Up. Click here for more Pin-Up girls! |
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ART RECORD COVERS 40th Anniversary Edition Closeout Price! In Francesco Spampinato's unique anthology of artists' record covers, we discover the rhythm of this particular cultural history. The book presents 450 covers and records by visual artists from the 1950s through to today, exploring how modernism, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, postmodernism, and various forms of contemporary art practice have supported the mass distribution of music with defining imagery that swiftly and suggestively evokes our attention. Lengthy anecdotes about the musicians, artists and graphic designers. Taschen, 2021....More. Item Code: ARTRECH Hard Cover, 6x9, 512pg, Full Color |
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THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF FRANK FRAZETTA 40th Anniversary Highly Recommended. Introduction by Dan Nadel. The bestselling $200 XL edition is now available in a smaller and much more affordable edition, This monograph is the most complete ever produced on the artist, done in collaboration with the Frazetta family and with top collectors. This has a LOT of material rarely or never before seen. Many nudes that Frank just did for himself are here; early work from his youth and early days in comics, Li’l Abner and Thunda pages, early comic book covers — all from his original art. There are also later advertising works never before collected, early paperback covers now shown from the paintings. Taschen, 2024....More. Item Code: FANWFRH Hard Cover, 6x9, 480pg, Partial Color $30.00 |
| The huge 12x16 Fantastic Worlds is still on sale for $175, and is out of print. Click here for more Frazetta. |
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JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS Bargain-Priced. Recommended. By Andreas Marks. The Japanese woodblock print showcased breathtaking landscapes, blush-inducing erotica, ghosts and demons that torment the living, and made sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors into rock stars. This book reveals the most exceptional prints from 1710-1925, drawing from the finest impressions of museums and private collections worldwide. Taschen, 2024. Adult Material....More. Item Code: JAPWPH Hard Cover, 8x10, 96pg, Full Color $20.00 |
| Here's more on Japanese art in general, and on woodblock work in particular. |
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THE LIBRARY OF ESOTERICA SACRED SITES Recommended. By Jessica Hundley. A visual pilgrimage of art and photography through holy mountains, great pyramids, primeval burial grounds and soaring cathedrals of light. Sacred Sites reveals the ways people transform the world through imagination and architecture, portraying myth, religion and folk tales. Featuring essays, interviews, and more than 400 images, ranging from ancient temples to contemporary works of modern art. Taschen, 2024....More. Item Code: LIBESSH Hard Cover, 7x10, 520pg, Full Color $40.00 |
| Also available in the Esoterica series is Plant Magick, Astrology, and Tarot. |
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ALL AMERICAN ADS OF THE 70S Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Steven Heller. From Frank Frazetta paintings to psychedelic imagery, Playboy style nudes to beautiful couples in the latest cars and fashions, here is a wide-ranging snapshot of top-tier advertisements for the decade. As television and other media began to compete for advertising dollars, new ideas were incorporated into a post-hippie world where disco clashed with punk, and social consciousness, health and environmental awareness went head-to-head with the Me Generation. Some nudity. Taschen, 2022. Mature readers....More. Item Code: ALL70H Hard Cover, 8x10, 640pg, Full Color |
| Also available: Ads of the 60's and the 20th Century Alcohol & Tabacco Ad's. |
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THE CALVIN AND HOBBES PORTABLE COMPENDIUM SET Volume 1 Our Highest Recommendation. The first set of books collecting Bill Watterson's timeless Calvin and Hobbes comics in a compact, portable format designed to introduce the timeless adventures of a boy and his stuffed tiger to a new generation of readers. Featuring nearly 500 comics from the strip's debut in November 1985 through March 1987, this is the first set in a series of seven. Andrews McMeel, 2023....More. Item Code: CALV01 Soft Cover, 6x9, 144pg ea, Partial Color $21.99 |
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THE CALVIN AND HOBBES PORTABLE COMPENDIUM SET Volume 2 Second of a 7-part series, strips 1987-1988. Our Highest Recommendation. 500 more great strips in a new portable format designed to introduce the timeless adventures of a boy and his stuffed tiger to a new generation of readers or allow readers to complete their collection of all ten years of Calvin. Calvin and Hobbes is one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger first appeared in 1985 and was being read in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. Andrews McMeel, 2024....More. Item Code: CALV02 Soft Cover, 6x9, 288pg, Partial Color $21.99 |
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CALVIN AND HOBBES PORTABLE COMPENDIUM SET Volume 3 Our Highest Recommendation. The third set of books collecting Bill Watterson's timeless Calvin and Hobbes comics in a new portable format. Timeless adventures of a boy and his (imaginary) stuffed tiger, perhaps one of the all-time best comic strips EVER. Featuring nearly 500 comics presented chronologically from June 1988 to November 1989. This compact, portable collection of Calvin and Hobbes comics will fit easily into backpacks, bookshelves, and make for a perfect stocking stuffer. Andrew McMeel, 2024....More. Item Code: CALV03 Soft Cover, 6x9, 288pg, Partial Color $21.99 |
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MACANUDO: THE WAY OF THE PENGUIN 2020-2021. Our Highest Recommendation. Brilliant! A wonderful all-new new 3rd volume! In full color, Liniers (Ricardo Siri's) hilarious tales of whimsy, fantasy and child characters. Calvin and Hobbes meets The Far Side! Cartoons of the awkwardness of zoom calls, witches frustrated at the Netflix lag on their crystal balls, children reading to cats, penguins imagining the impossibility of alien life, imaginary friends romping in the forest, horror-movie characters looking for friends... Liniers mixes his repertory cast with one-offs. Fantagraphics, 2024....More. Item Code: MACWH Hard Cover, 9x7, 176pg, Full Color |
| If you're a fan of Calvin, Farside, any offbeat zany strips, you're sure to love Macanudo. We do. The first two volumes are also available. Optimism is for the Brave, and Welcome to Elsewhere. |
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THE BIG BOOK OF PEANUTS Highly Recommended. The final ten years of daily strips from Jan. 1, 1990 through January 2000 from Charles Schulz's half century of Peanuts are presented here complete. Introductory essay and notes about the evolution of the strip in its final decade. 526 pages at six strips per page...hours and hours of wonderful reading for all ages. Snoopy, Linus, Pigpen, Peppermint Patti, Lucy...they're all here in their final episodes. Andrews McMeel, 2024. ...More. Item Code: BIGPEH Hard Cover, 9x12, 544pg, b&w |
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PEANUTS BOXED SET Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. A box-set facsimile collection of three classic Peanuts books that collected strips from 1950-57: Peanuts, More Peanuts and Good Ol’ Charlie Brown. These three digest-sized books were the very first Peanuts collections, and of course feature all the gang in their earliest strips. Join them as they navigate their way through school, first crushes, the complexities of baseball, and the world of the forever unseen grown-ups and their crazy rules. Plus a rare opportunity to see what Pig-pen looks like clean! Titan, 2022....More. Item Code: PEANB Hard Cover, 5x8, 128pg ea, Full Color $24.99 |
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PEANUTS The Second Classic Peanuts Collection Boxed Set Highly Recommended. A box-set facsimile collection of three classic Peanuts books that collected strips from 1952-61: Good Grief, More Peanuts; Peanuts Revisited; and Peanuts Every Sunday. These three digest size books caught readers up with strips they might never have seen before. Now these cool little books can be nostalgia for older readers, or low-priced gems for younger fans. Handsome little package, an ideal gift. Titan, 2024....More. Item Code: PEAB02 Hard Cover, 5x8, 384pg, Full Color $24.99 |
| These compact size Peanuts sets are perfect for gift giving. Click here to see more Peanuts collections. |
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PEARL OF THE SEA Closeout Price! Recommended. All-ages. By Anthony Silverston. Art by Willem Samuel. Young diver Pearl has always felt more comfortable in the sea, as she balances school and providing for her unemployed dad, turning up fish and the rare lost treasure from under the sea. The people in her sleepy South African town, including her dad, let her down, but when a new friend from below the surface—a sea monster named Otto—is taken by poachers, Pearl will fight for his survival and will need some help after all. Attractive and polished animation style, a fun read with lots to enjoy here. Catalyst Press, 2023....More. Item Code: PEARSE Soft Cover, 5x8, 168pg, Full Color |
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A TWISTED TALES CLASSICS Boxed Set By Liz Braswell and Jen Calonita. For those who wonder: What if . . .? Here are three all-ages prose stories that beguile readers who dare to ask how the story might end differently, if only one thing changed. Now, for the first time, three fan-favorite tales are packaged together. Straight On Till Morning (What if Wendy first traveled to Never Land with Captain Hook?); Unbirthday (What if Wonderland was in peril and Alice was very, very late?); Go the Distance (What if Meg had to become a Greek god?). Plus an exclusive Twisted Tale poster. Very handsome set, not illustrated except with cover art. Disney Hyperion, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: TWITAT Soft Cover, 6x9, 1344pg, Full Color $32.99 |
| Here's more Disney graphic novels, Duck collections, and histories of the studio art and animation. |
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ALIEN TO ZOMBIE An ABC Book of Monsters and Spooks Signed Closeout Price! Signed by Chiarello & Somers! Highly Recommended. Edited by John Fleskes. After a successful caper chasing a gang of disembodied teen ghouls from an abandoned junior high school, paranormal investigator and legendary artist Mark Chiarello found himself stranded in a ghost town just on the outskirts of nowhere along with his wordsmith and fellow ghost-chaser, Kevin Somers. There they took up residence for the night in the creepiest old manor anyone had ever set eyes on. They’d have to take drastic measures if they were to make it to dawn... In a stroke of genius (or perhaps madness), the two swiftly went to work making the ultimate tool to fight fear — Alien to Zombie: An ABC Book of Monsters and Spooks! Flesk, 2021....More. Item Code: ALIZH Hard Cover, 8x10, 32pg, Full Color |
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MIGHTY MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Volume 1 Collects Amazing Spider-Man #1-10 & Amazing Fantasy #15, 1962-63. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. FFinally: own the first 11 issues of Spider-Man for scarcely $1.50 each! The stories that built the Marvel Universe, now available in an accessible new format the whole family can enjoy! When young Peter Parker gains remarkable abilities from a radioactive spider, he must step up and try to become a hero — while also dealing with the fantastic pressures of an everyday teenager!Marvel, 2021....More. Item Code: MMMA01 Soft Cover, 6x9, 256pg, Full Color $15.99 |
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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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MIGHTY MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE FANTASTIC FOUR Volume 1 Almost Gone! Collects Fantastic Four #1-10, 1961; second in a new series of bargain-priced archives of Marvel's finest early stories. Our Highest Recommendation. While testing an experimental spacecraft, scientist Reed Richards, pilot Ben Grimm and siblings Sue and Johnny Storm were bombarded by mysterious cosmic rays. The rest is history, as they proceed to encounter the likes of (and the first-ever appearances) of Doctor Doom, The Mole Man, the Skrulls, the Puppet Master, and the return of Golden Age hero the Sub-Mariner, who appears in THREE issues, and is competing for the affections of Sue Storm with Reed himself!! Marvel, 2021....More. Item Code: MMMF01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color $15.99 |
| We have 32 total Mighty Marvels! A great deal at $15.99. |
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POGO Volume 8 Hijinks from the Horn of Plenty 1963-64. Highly Recommended. Walt Kelly's newspaper comic strip Pogo was a platform for Kelly to express political satire and commentary via a wildly entertaining, motley group of swamp critters. He tackled many of the sociopolitical issues of his day: the Red Scare, civil rights, the environment, consumerism. But the strip is also a joyous, poignant, beautifully drawn, and occasionally profound work of 20th-century popular culture. Fantagraphics, 2022....More. Item Code: POG08H Hard Cover, 11x9, 344pg, Partial Color |
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ART OF NOTHING 25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell Hurt Closeout Price! Back in stock. Highly Recommended. By Patrick McDonnell. Foreword by Eckhart Tolle. Mooch, the curious cat, and Earl, the ever-trusting dog, are just two of the characters who inhabit the world of Mutts. The award-winning author and illustrator’s beloved comic strip is celebrated as well as his bestselling children’s classics, including Me . . . Jane, The Gift of Nothing, South, Just Like Heaven, Hug Time, and Wag!, all shot from the original art. Also included are rare and never-before-seen artwork, proposals, outtakes, and developmental work, along with autobiographical commentary, and a brand-new career-spanning interview conducted by artist Lynda Barry. Abrams, 2019. Condition: Slightly torn dust jackets....More. Item Code: ARTNHS Hard Cover, 12x9, 240pg, Partial Color |
| Other wonderful strips that would make great gifts are Popeye, Alley Oop, Krazy Kat, Dick Tracy and Walt Disney. |
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MIDDLE EARTH Visions of a Modern Myth Signed Closeout Price! Just added, an all-new signed bookplate by Giancola! Highly Recommended. From the brush of Donato Giancola, one of the world's most recognized and lauded fantasy artists, comes a book filled with new illustrations that apply his legendary Renaissance craftsmanship to J. R. R. Tolkien's fantastic Middle-Earth. Dramatic lighting and deft draftsmanship in a photo-realistic style, reminiscent of master painters, explains Donato's popularity. Winner of numerous Hugo and Chesley Awards. This long-awaited, moving, and beautiful voyage through Middle-Earth — a must-have for eager genre readers everywhere — offers a refreshingly new exploration of literature's most beloved fantasy realm with portraits as well as action scenes involving all the characters. Underwood Books, 2010....More. Item Code: MIDEH Hard Cover, 9x13, 78pg, Full Color |
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TOLKIEN 2025 Calendar Highly Recommended. Gorgeous illustrations by John Howe, notes about every painting and an insightful introduction by Brian Sibley. The official Tolkien calendar is eagerly anticipated by Tolkien fans all over the world. Previous editions have become highly desired collector’s items. An essential for Middle-Earth fans. Harper-Collins, 2024....More. Item Code: TOLK25 12x12, 24pg, Full Color $16.99 |
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TOLKIEN Lighting Up the Darkness Highly Recommended. By Willy Duraffourg. Art by Giancarlo Caracuzo. A fascinating graphic novel exploring the brilliant man behind The Lord of the Rings. His precocious youth; losing both his mother and father; his future wife whom he meets as a teen-ager; his rich academic years at Oxford; his first fantasy & faerie poetry; and in 1915, at age 23, his horrific experiences (and those of his close friends) in World War I. Ablaze, 2024....More. Item Code: TOLKLH Hard Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color $16.99 |
| Click here for more Middle Earth themed art books. |
2025 Calendars |
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MARVEL CLASSIC BLACK LIGHT POSTERS 2025 Calendar 11x14 poster-size. Recommended. Deluxe boxed calendar featuring 12 black-light images from legendary and highly collectible 1971 posters. Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor, Dr. Strange, the Hulk and others are here by Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr., Gene Colan, and others. Printed in fluorescent inks on high-quality paper with a perforated grid to transform the images into 12 easily frameable 11 x 14-inch art prints. Harry Abrams, 2024....More. Item Code: MARV25 Calendar, 11x17, 24pg, Full Color $26.99 |
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VINTAGE PULP HORROR 2025 Calendar Oversized with perforated design to become 11x14 prints. Highly Recommended. With blooming interest in pulp art, the perfect year-long presentation of rare, strange and weird covers. A very well curated selection including two by Margaret Brundage for Weird Tales, steamy Spicy Mystery (2), Strange Stories (2), Dr. Death, Eerie (2) and Mystery Tales. Covers announce the works by H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Aston Smith, Edmond Hamilton and others. A great selection of little-seen covers! Asgard, 2024....More. Item Code: VINPH25 Wirebound, 11x15, 24pg, Full Color $24.95 |
| Click here for all of this years vintage calendars. |
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CINEMA NOIR 2025 Calendar Recommended. Classic collection of twelve amazing and mostly little-seen movie posters, both domestic and international, from the golden age of Hollywood crime dramas. The Big Sleep with Bogart and Bacall, Psycho, Woman in Red, Maltese Falcon, Female on the Beach with Joan Crawford, Orson Wells in The Third Man, Jane Russell in The Outlaw, and more. 16-month calendar with international holidays and the holidays of the most important world religions. Tushita, 2024....More. Item Code: CN25 Calendar, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color $16.95 |
| See all of our 2025 calendars here. |
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HORROR FROM THE CRYPT OF FEAR Volume 15 Highly Recommended. The biggest issue yet: 138 pages with 58 pages in gory color! Mr. Monster artist Michael T. Gilbert gives us an illustrated account of his childhood neighbor George Evans; Dennis Cunningham, 1960's publisher of Weirdom and Tales from the Plague shares another pre-code inspired horror story. Lou Russo gives us an EC inspired tale "The Legacy of Man" and an illustration of Fredric Wertham that is accompanied by the "Seduction of The Innocent Bibliographical Note" listing ALL of the comic book publishers called out in his book. Bill Leach Collectibles, 2023. ...More. Item Code: HFTC15 Squarebound, 5.5x8.5, 138pg, Partial Color |
| This just went on sale! Volumes 14 & 17 are also available. |
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EC ARCHIVES Tales From The Crypt Volume 2 Collects #23-#28, 1951-52. Highly Recommended. EC's premier horror title is now more affordable than ever before. Six classic issues, 24 great stories by all-star creators Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Johnny Craig, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingels, and Jack Davis! This is the inspiration for the hit movie and HBO series and has become the most popular of all the EC titles. Dark Horse, 2022....More. Item Code: ECTFC02 Soft Cover, 8x11, 216pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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CREEPY ARCHIVES Volume 1 Collects #1-5, 1964-65. Our Highest Recommendation. Reanimated in all its gruesome glory in a value-priced paperback format, and in its original magazine size, this terrifying tome presents some of the finest work by comics legends Archie Goodwin, Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Reed Crandall, Alex Toth, Joe Orlando, Gray Morrow, and more. Dark Horse, 2023....More. Item Code: CRE01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 248pg, b&w |
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EERIE ARCHIVES Volume 1 Collects #1-5, 1965-66. Our Highest Recommendation. Eerie, like its killer kin Creepy, features work from many of the grandmasters of comics storytelling, including Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Gray Morrow, Alex Toth, Steve Ditko, Jack Davis, George Evans, Reed Crandall, Gene Colan, and Joe Orlando, among many others, and stories by the legendary writer and editor Archie Goodwin. Publisher James Warren here recaptured much of the magic of EC Comics using many of the original EC creators as well as artists every bit as good, doing their best work to date. Dark Horse, 2023....More. Item Code: EER01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 256pg, Full Color |
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EC ARCHIVES WEIRD FANTASY Volume 2 Highly Recommended. Collects #7-12, 1951-52. Foreword by Gene Simmons of Kiss. Value-priced paperback edition featuring the work of comics legends Al Feldstein, William Gaines, with art by Feldstein, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, George Roussos, Joe Orlando and more. This volume was remastered with digital color based on Marie Severin’s original tones. Classic sci-fi tales of aliens, invasions, atomic bombs, love trysts, revenge, other planets...EC covered it all! Dark Horse, 2023....More. Item Code: ECAWF02 Soft Cover, 8x11, 216pg, Full Color $19.99 |
| Click for more Weird Fantasy. Click here for more EC Archives on our site, including Russ Cochran slipcased sets, cover portfolios, and Gemstone comic sets. |
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MARVEL TAROT DECK & GUIDEBOOK Recommended. By Syndee Barwick. Art by Lily McDonnell. Look into the future with this lavishly illustrated tarot deck and guidebook, featuring newly commissioned artwork of the Marvel Comics canon. We're very impressed with the new artwork here, all packed in a handsome colorful gold box. Traditional 78-card tarot deck. With original illustrations based on classic tarot iconography, this deck reimagines heroes and villains as tarot archetypes, from Loki and Galactus to Captain Marvel and Moon Knight, and many more. Featuring both the Major and Minor Arcana, this deck comes with a handsome 128-page instruction book with explanations of each card’s meaning and unique tarot spreads. Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: MARTDG Soft Cover, 3x5, 208pg 24 cards, Full Color $25.00 |
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LEGENDS OF THE BLUES Card Set By William Stout Highly Recommended. In this boxed set of trading cards, acclaimed artist and writer William Stout captures the soul and unique personalities of 50 amazing musicians and vocalists — some famous, some obscure — but all true legends. Stout's eclectic selections, all personal favorites, are exquisitely rendered in ink and watercolor. A concise biography is featured on the back of each. Same attractive format as R. Crumb's card sets, Heroes of the Blues and Early Jazz Greats...also published by Kitchen Sink. Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2021....More. Item Code: LEGB 3x4, Full Color $12.95 |
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MORE LEGENDS OF THE BLUES Card Set by William Stout Highly Recommended. Celebrated artist/writer William Stout captures the riveting personas of 50 brilliant musicians and vocalists in this collectible boxed card set — companion to his Legends of the Blues and in the same format as R. Crumb's card sets. From famous to forgotten, all performers featured are genuine legends. Stout's eclectic selections are exquisitely drawn in vibrant watercolor and ink, with concise biographies on the flip side of each card. Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2021....More. Item Code: MLEGB 3x4, Full Color $12.95 |
| We also have Pin-Up playing cards, Crumb's Heros of the Blues, and an Eerie Bloody card set. |
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GHIBLIVERSE STUDIO Ghibli Beyond the Films Highly Recommended. By Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham. Step beyond the magical movies and explore the wider world of Studio Ghibli. Hailed as perhaps the greatest animation studio in the world, Studio Ghibli's influence extends far further than the cinema screen. Ghibliverse plots a course through the universe outside the films, the wonderful web of inspiration and influences that are ripe and waiting for Ghibli fans to enjoy. Welbeck, 2024....More. Item Code: GHIBSH Hard Cover, 8x10, 192pg, Text/Full Color $24.99 |
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STUDIO GHIBLI Architecture in Animation Highly Recommended. Explore the dazzling animated worlds of Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and more in this handsome, beautifully printed hardcover volume. Distinctive interiors, imaginative exteriors, breathtaking landscapes, and the interplay between the three are all examined in detail through collected remarks from acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki, exclusive commentary from renowned architect Terunobu Fujimori, and quotes from the artists and art directors of Studio Ghibli’s beloved films. VIZ Media, 2024....More. Item Code: STUDGH Hard Cover, 9x11, 192pg, Full Color |
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HAYAO MIYAZAKI SHUNA’S JOURNEY One of NY Times “Best Children’s Books” of 2022. Our Highest Recommendation. From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes Shuna’s Journey, a beautifully told graphic novel that he created in 1983, just before producing his first film at Studio Gibli. A prince goes on a quest for a golden grain that would save his land and finds danger, adventure, and companions in a world of myth. Never before published in English! Many of Miyazaki’s tropes used in later films appear here for the first time, but the story is like nothing you’ve read before. I really, really enjoyed this–it’s pure Miyazaki. – Bud. Macmillan Publishing, 2022....More. Item Code: HMSJH Hard Cover, 6x9, 160pg, Full Color $27.99 |
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A HISTORY OF MODERN MANGA How did the manga market reach one billion copies annually in less than half a century? Who are the major players in this incredible expansion? Here are 71 creators examined in detail, year by year, along with the major events and best-known series. New, updated and expanded edition. New details about essential entries in the manga canon, including Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Death Note, Naruto, Berserk, and more. Original, full-color illustrations as well as artwork from the featured manga titles. Handsome oversized, full color hardcover. Insight Editions, 2023....More. Item Code: HISMMH Hard Cover, 9x11, 204pg, Partial Color |
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THE ART OF THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA Closeout Price! Recommended. The making of the film eight years in production, this captures the art of the film from conception to production, and features commentary, interviews, and an in-depth look at the production process. Created by Studio Ghibli’s co-founder Isao Takahata, the untold, magical story of Princess Kaguya. VIZ Media LLC, 2022....More. Item Code: ARTPKH Hard Cover, 9x12, 240pg, Partial Color |
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Each week in December we will be offering one-week-only special offers. A new and different one will appear on December 17, and 24th. Each will be unique 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.
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Our New Catalog with Dan DeCarlo Cover! We publish a color catalog every two months—if you’ve placed an order in the last 12 months, you will receive it hot off the press. If this is your first order, or if you’d like an extra copy, you can add one to your order: click here. Or call or send us your address and we’ll mail one to you. You can also download it here. Place your order before noon PST, Monday through Friday for SAME DAY shipping (for in-stock items). Note: FREE SHIPPING OVER $300. If your order total is $300 or more and you are in the U.S., we pay the standard shipping cost. Contact us: csr@budsartbooks.com or 530-273-2166 Mon-Fri 9-4 |
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