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We’re excited to see the latest Infected by Art now here. Never before announced is Elfquest Covers from Flesk, an impressive huge book. Illustrators Quarterly 46 is here; a new history of comics 1964-2024; from 3dtotal, An Artist Guide to Tarot; Crime Suspense Archive; The Magic Order; Daisy Goes to the Moon by Rick Geary; Big Big Bang Comics! Coming: for Prince Valiant fans, the first of six Hal Foster Sketchbook collections; and the next Atlas Library. Enjoy. |
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ELFQUEST COVERS 1978-2022 |
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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #46 Bob Fingerman Recommended. Bob Fingerman is an indie cartoonist who Harvey Kurtzman discovered amongst his students! Fingerman has worked for just about every major and minor comics and magazine publication in the US, and while artists like Dan Clowes and Peter Bagge achieved greater visibility, Fingerman's work is of equal merit. IQ then heads over to London's Cartoon Museum to meet its cartoonist-in-residence, Dark Horse contributor Mark Stafford. His fun avant-garde work is well covered here. His work includes Cherubs with Bryan Talbot, Lovecraft adaptations, Lip Hook and The Bad Bad Place, Hocus Pocus Ads, Great Moments in Dope History, etc. I think any fan of EC and horror comics may very much like his work; horror with a humor vibe. - Bud. Book Palace, 2025....More. Item Code: IQ46 Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Full Color $30.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #45 Slaine Cover Highly Recommended. Glenn Fabry gets the cover spot, featuring Sláine and Frankenstein cover art. He's one of the seminal artists from 2000AD in the UK, and then became one of favorite cover illustrators for the Vertigo line of comics in the USA. Next: remembering Glen Orbik, who brought back all the thrills and chills from the crime pulp covers of the 1940s into the new millennium — outstanding work!! Howard Chandler Christy, creator of the Christy Girl and many of his rare nudes. And a Gallery of Doc Savage artists: pulp illustrator Baumhofer, James Bama, Ken Barr, Bob Larkin, Boris Vallejo, and Alex Ross. Book Palace, 2024....More. Item Code: IQ45 Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Partial Color $30.00 |
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COMICS 1964-2024 Recommended. By Paul Gravett, Benoit Peters, Thierry Groensteen, Joe Sacco et al. Based on a 2024 exhibit in Paris, with worldwide contributors. Built around twelve themes encompassing its many worlds, Comics features artists including André Franquin, Gotlib, Claire Bretécher, Osamu Tezuka, Moebius, Edmond Baudoin, Alison Bechdel, Ulli Lust, Art Spiegelman, Marjane Satrapi, and Chris Ware, as well as introductions on each theme by leading authorities of the form, a brand-new interview with renowned cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco, and a foreword by Paul Gravett. Profusely illustrated from the original artwork. Thames & Hudson, 2024....More. Item Code: COM24H Hard Cover, 10x12, 288pgs, Partial Color $60.00 |
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AN ARTIST'S GUIDE TO TAROT Illustrating the Arcana with Expert Artists. Recommended. This extremely handsome book explores the otherworldly art of tarot cards, interpreted by a selection of talented professional artists. Each item in tarot art has a specific meaning, and this book’s artists showcase their own unique interpretations while guiding the reader through their ideation techniques and design choices. Talented contributors include Anais Flogny, Diana Naneva and Patrycja Wojcik. Núria Tamarit, the Valencia-based illustrator of books such as Season of the Witch and Daughters of Snow and Cinders, and Faith Schaffer, the Los Angeles-based designer known for Disenchantment and The Owl House, who reveal the processes behind finished illustrations that are rich with symbolism. The book features an insightful introduction from bestselling author Sasha Graham, the world-renowned tarot expert behind the acclaimed Dark Wood Tarot deck. Finally, there’s a gallery of tarot-card art created by successful artists in the recent past. 3dtotal Publishing, 2024....More. Item Code: ANARH Hard Cover, 8x10, 288pg, Partial Color $50.00 |
| Here’s more Tarot from our stock, including a Marvel Deck [MARTDG. $25], three copies left, and Taschen’s Library of Esoterica: Tarot [TARLEH. $40], also three copies left. |
Front cover and jacket by Ryan Pancoast. Back by Ed Binkley Item Code: INA12H |
INFECTED BY ART Volume 12 Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Tod Spoor and Bill Cox. Cover dust jacket painting by Ryan Pancoast, also one of the grand prize winners and featured in 'Body of Work'. "Volume 12 once again contains one of our most diverse groups of artists selected by our jury panel." 264 Artists are represented. Grand Prize Winners: Dug Stanat, Arantza Sestayo, Vanessa Lemen, Ryan Pancoast, Quintin Gleim. Traditional Painting Winners: Pancoast again, Annie Stegg, Sestayo again. Digital Painting Award Winners: Kaitlund Zupanic, Craig Elliott, Justin Gerard, Gleim again. Honorable Mention: Rob Rey, Gal Or, Ven Locklear, Aurore Folny. Dynamite, 2024....More. |
Front cover and jacket by Larry Elmore. Back by Bryan Mark Taylor Item Code: INA12HV |
Cover and jacket by Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell Item Code: INA11HV |
ALSO AVAILABLE INFECTED BY ART Volume 11 Our Highest Recommendation. 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. |
Cover and jacket by Donato Giancola Item Code: INA11H |
| Still available are volumes 5-11. Vol 10 is a variant signed by Mark Poole (the regular edition is sold out). Act now. |
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EC ARCHIVES CRIME SUSPENSTORIES Volume 3 Collects #13-18, 1952-53. Highly Recommended. Foreword by David del Valle. Crime Suspense often had stories even more twisted and shocking than EC horror titles, set as they were in a real world! But the same love triangles, fallen women, deranged killers and more were here, every bit as fun as the horror titles. All from twisted artistic talents of writers Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines,with art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Sid Check, Al Williamson, Graham Ingels, George Evans, Bill Elder, Joe Orlando, and more. Dark Horse, 2025....More. Item Code: ECC03 Soft Cover, 8x11, 216pg, Full Color $19.99 |
| Click here for Crime 1 & 2 and all available new EC Archives in matching format. |
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THE MAGIC ORDER Library Edition Volume 1 Collects Series 1 & 2. From the best-selling, award-winning creator Mark Millar, featuring the artwork of Olivier Coipel and Stuart Immonen. Millarworld and Dark Horse Comics present the first two arcs of the bestselling dark fantasy thriller graphic novel in an oversized hardcover format. Soon to be a Netflix series! Magic meets the Mob in The Magic Order, as magicians sworn to protect our world for generations battle an enemy who's picking them off one by one. Dark Horse, 2024. ...More. Item Code: MAGOL01H Hard Cover, 8x12, 376pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL THE END Omnibus Collects Hulk: The End #1, Marvel Universe: The End #1-6, Wolverine: The End #1-6, Iron Man: The End #1-6, Fantastic Four: The End #1-6, X-Men: The End pts 1-3, each #1-6 and much, much more, 2002-2020. By Peter David, Jim Starlin, Chris Claremont et al. Art by Dale Keown, Starling, Alan Davis, Erik Larsen, Claudio Castellini, Sean Chen et al. Part of every story is the end! And in these shocking sagas, witness the last days of Marvel's finest — Captain America, Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Hulk, Wolverine, Deadpool, Miles Morales and Venom! The X-Men get a suitably epic, star-spanning climax — but things get really cosmic as the entire Marvel Universe meets its end! Marvel, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: MARENDH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1192pg, Full Color |
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DAISY GOES TO THE MOON Embossed cover. Recommended. Adapted and illustrated by Rick Geary. In 1919, Victorian author Daisy Ashford (1881-1972) published a book she co-wrote with her parents at 9 years old to great success. None other than J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan) was enchanted by the manuscript — "brimming with the solecisms and malapropisms of infantile naivete, while infused with a keen sense of observation from a lavishing resplendent bygone era." He was intrumental in its publication. Inspired by her imaginative adventure, writer Mathew Klickstein and cartoonist Rick Geary have created a delightful graphic novel, in which little Daisy goes to outer space, visits the cosmic automat, watches TV with a time traveler, and more! Fantagraphics, 2025....More. Item Code: DAISGM Hard Cover, 8x10, 96pg, b&w $19.99 |
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JIM HENSON'S LABYRINTH Archive Edition Collects #1-3. Recommended. Art by John Buscema and Romeo Tanghal. The original adaptation from 35 years ago of the timeless classic film Labyrinth returns in a premium hardcover for the first time! A dark dream come true... where nothing is as it seems. The very first comic book adaptation of the cult classic Jim Henson film Labyrinth is a story that shaped the whimsy, imagination, and music taste of multiple generations! When Sarah has had just about enough of her baby brother Toby, she makes a selfish wish that not only opens the door to a strange new world, but invites even stranger company... there to take her brother away. Can she make her way through the labyrinth and find Toby before the clock strikes 13? Archaia, 2025....More. Item Code: JHLABH Hard Cover, 7x10, 80pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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BIG BIG BANG COMICS Oversized. Recommended. By Michael Fitzgerald Troy. Art by Sam J. Royale. Recapture the wild comics and even wilder heroes and heroines of the 1960s and 70s with this spoof on characters like Plastic Man, Batman, Daredevil, Wonder Woman et al. Lots of fun. Created as a love-letter to Big Bang and its founders, Gary Carlson and Chris Ecker, and their 40-plus years of independent publishing, BIG Big Bang Comics is huge with over 100 quality pages filled with all-new stories, art, and pin-ups featuring an incredible array of powerhouse talent, including acclaimed cover artist (and Cartoonist Kayfaber) Jim Rugg, who also supplies the cover. Cosmic Lion, 2025....More. Item Code: BIGBC Soft Cover, 8x13, 116pg, Full Color $25.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE X-AMOUNT OF COMICS 1963 (WHEN ELSE?!) ANNUAL Never completed and left for dead thirty years ago, comics history’s most famous derelict masterpiece — Image Comics’ legendary 1963 by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, and Rick Veitch — is finally given the unceremonious, irreverent, and completely unauthorized 72-page King-Size Annual climax everyone was promised but no one ever asked for! Don Simpson, master of superhero parody (creator of Megaton Man) brings to life Cyclobster, Black Bug, Psychic Psquid, Dr. UG, Helldiver, Limber Lass, Moonrock, and more. Fantagraphics, 2023....More. Item Code: XAMOC Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, b&w $20.00 |
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We have our next three sale groups all discounted and ready for your orders.They will become our Jan, Feb and March sale emails. But right now you can see all these --click on Jansale, Febsale and Marsale. If you want to browse through all next-up savings at once, click on nrp0125. We still have 28 items reduced for our recent Flash Sale. Half of these are priced at just $5.00!! |
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THE ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY Volume 6 Shiver as You Read Collects Amazing Detective Cases #11-14, 1952, and Men’s Adventures #21-26, 1953-54. Highly Recommended. Among the tales in this volume are the mini masterpieces "The Eerie Escape" by B. Krigstein, "The Torture Master!" by Russ Heath, The Drowning Witch" by Reed Crandall and "The 3rd Corpse" by Bill Everett. Stories by Gene Colan, John Romita, Joe Sinnott, Dick Ayers, Jim Mooney, Paul Reinman and George Tuska, all of whom remained through the shift to Marvel Comics, additionally fill out these issues, along with Atlas regulars Fred Kida, Mort Lawrence, Mike Sekowsky and Myron Fass. Fantagraphics, 2025. Due: Apr....More. Item Code: ATL06H Hard Cover, 9x11, 304pg, Full Color |
| Here are the previous Atlas Library books, all of which are highly recommended. This is a fine series, from Dr. Vassallo’s informative introductions, to the amazing complete stories, the best from Marvel’s tremendous 1950s output. |
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SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN The Original Comics Volume 5 Collects #61-72, 1981-82. Recommended. New writers Michael Fleisher and Bruce Jones join Conan legend John Buscema. Conan must brave a moat of blood filled with gruesome monsters; survive a ship capsizing in storm-tossed seas; survive an island filled with beautiful but deadly tiger-riding women warriors! Then, sadistic King Razak lures Conan into a death-filled maze. Writer Roy Thomas returns for a locked-door mystery set at sea, with Conan playing the sleuth. Plus, Alex Toth delivers a stunning Conan art portfolio. This volume also brings back fan-favorite characters like Jenna and Murilo to the supporting cast. Titan, 2025. Due: Apr....More. Item Code: SAVOC05H Hard Cover, 7x11, 768pg, Full Color |
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SILVER SURFER Return to the Spaceways Omnibus Collects Silver Surfer #1-33, Annual #1-2 and much, much more. 1961-1990. By John Byrne et al. Cover by Ron Lim. After years trapped on Earth, the Silver Surfer finally breaks free of Galactus's barrier and returns to the stars! His full Power Cosmic restored, he heads for Zenn-La. But the old saying holds true: You can't go home again. While the age-old war between the Kree and the Skrulls heats up once again, the Elders of the Universe target Galactus! But love is the greatest force of all. Will Surfer find it with his old flame, Shalla-Bal? With Galactus's herald Nova? Or with the Celestial Madonna, Mantis? Plus: The origin of Galactus, a blockbuster team-up with the Fantastic Four, Ego the Living Planet, and a stunning collaboration between the legendary Stan Lee and the visionary Moebius, wherein the only one who can stop Galactus from leading mankind to its doom is the Silver Surfer! Marvel, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. Due: Apr. ...More. Item Code: SSRETH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1360pg, Full Color |
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COSMIC X-MEN Omnibus Collects X-Men (1963) #105, 107-108, 137, Astonishing X-Men #19-24, and a whole lot more, 1977-2022. By Chris Claremont. Art by Dave Cockrum. Cover by John Cassaday. The Uncanny X-Men have a proud history of cosmic storytelling — dating back to Jean Grey’s emergence as Phoenix that first caught the attention of Lilandra, Empress of the Kree! Now, vital chapters of the Phoenix saga, including fateful clashes between the X-Men and the forces of the Shi’ar Imperial Guard, are collected alongside more star-spanning epics! Meet the space pirate Corsair, leader of the renegades known as the Starjammers and the father of Cyclops and Havok. See the X-Men battle the terrifying alien Brood. Witness Carol Danvers’ transformation into Binary. Watch the X-Men and S.W.O.R.D. in a desperate fight to protect Earth from destruction at the hands of the Breakworld.! Marvel, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. Due: Apr....More. Item Code: COSXMH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1200pg, Full Color |
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SECRET WAR By Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus Collects Secret War #1-5, Pulse #6-9, Secret War: From the Files of Nick Fury, 2004-05. Art by Gabriele Dell’Otto. When Nick Fury discovers a disturbing connection between many of Marvel’s deadliest villains, he assembles a ragtag team of the most misunderstood heroes for a secret mission to do what the U.S. government could never allow — eventually leading to a super-powered blowout between a who’s who of costumed crimefighters! We’re talking Captain America, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Wolverine and more! But as they come under attack by groups of high-tech villains, what is Nick Fury’s secret — and will the heroes find out in time? In the aftermath, Luke Cage is missing, and Jessica Jones will do whatever she can to find him. But who are the mystery men following her? And will her life ever recover from the drama of Secret War? Marvel, 2025. Due: Apr....More. Item Code: SECWAH Hard Cover, 7x11, 376pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS VISION AND THE SCARLET WITCH Volume 1 Collects #1-12, West Coast Avengers #2, and much more, 1982-92. By Steve Englehart. Art by Richard Howell. A massive volume collecting the adventures of the Avengers icons — Vision and the Scarlet Witch, including not just the massive 1985 maxiseries that went on to inspire WandaVision, but also rare never-before-reprinted stories that chronicle the couples’ search for acceptance. With rich storytelling and vibrant artwork, these stories explore themes of love, duty and identity, showcasing the enduring bond between two iconic characters. Marvel, 2025. Due: Apr....More. Item Code: MMVIS01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 488pg, Full Color |
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GIANT-SIZED MARVEL Omnibus Collects Giant-Size Super-Stars #1, Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2-5 and much, much more, 1974-75. Super heroes plus Marvel’s horror icons star in extra-length adventures that gave comic fans of the 1970s even more bang for their buck! The Thing battles the Hulk, and the Fantastic Four meet the Multiple Man! Spider-Man endures monstrous encounters with Morbius, Man-Wolf, Dracula and Man-Thing! The Avengers mourn a loss and celebrate the wedding of Vision and the Scarlet Witch! The Defenders meet the Guardians of the Galaxy! The all-new, all-different X-Men are recruited to rescue the original team! Plus: giant-size chillers featuring Dracula, Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing and more! Marvel, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. Due: Apr. ...More. Item Code: GIAMH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1272pg, Full Color |
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HAL FOSTER'S PRINCE VALIANT SKETCHBOOKS An Illustrated Memoir Volume 1 Signed Signed bookplate! Our Highest Recommendation! This is the first of six volumes, all completed to be released six months apart, the same size as the Prince Valiant reprint volumes. Long time series editor Brian M. Kane has created a magnum opus for Valiant fans...a look behind the scenes at Foster's creation process. The entire series contains 366 penciled layout pages by Hal Foster (all at original size) — 8 of which are on two pages; 577 panel-by-panel description and caption pages, 40 character sketches, over 10 dozen pieces of additional art by Foster, over 100 photographs, and 123 letters and notes (mostly from Foster to John Cullen Murphy). There are also quotes by Foster and many by his fans (like Frazetta, Dave Stevens, Burne Hogarth, etc.). Fantagraphics, 2025. Due: May....More. Item Code: PVIM01HS Hard Cover, 11x14, 144pg, Partial Color $49.99 |
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AVAILABLE NOW ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #19 Prince Valiant Hardcover Our Highest Recommendation. Limited, 1000. Now is your chance to own a part of history, delving into the greatest comics strip created by Hal Foster, exploring its origin, the coloring process and showcasing samples from original artwork and the color proofs, many scanned at their actual size. Plus all the artists that followed Foster: John Cullen Murphy, Gary Gianni and the current artist Thomas Yeates, with samples of their work scanned from their original art boards. Interviews with Cullen Murphy (John's son) who wrote the script for many years after Foster retired, Meg Nash who colored the strip from 1991 until her father John Cullen Murphy retired in 2004, Thomas Yeates, Gary Gianni, Mark Schultz the current writer and Scott Roberts the colorist since 2004. Plus lots more! Book Palace, 2024....More. Item Code: IQS19H Hard Cover, 9x11, 200pg, Partial Color $53.99 |
This Illustrator’s Special is going very fast and is limited to 1000. It was one of our 2024 Bestsellers. We’ll keep it in stock as long as possible but I expect it to sell out before long. Prince Valiant Volume 29: 1993-94 just came in [PV29H. |
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From Goliath is our first AI Nudes book: The Art of AI Born Beauties. Photo-realistic ladies, each in several sequential pictures, with unique costumes and settings including in space, jungle, mountain top, public street…new and different! |
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This week: New Arrivals include Bettie Page: Queen of Hearts, Art of Mitch O'Connell, Modern Masters: Frank Cho, Comicology The Kingdom Come Companion, Mars Attacks!, Dick Tracy, Weird But True Toon Factoids, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and eighteen new Mature Readers titles. Last week we mailed a current list of Rare Books, along with a large list of Adult tiles. Click here to see the email. Rare Books Sale! We still have just over 70 titles from our newest group of 20% off items, bringing the number of Sale Rare Books to over 800! We've separated them by categories below: |
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Art Adams Preliminary Studies – Pre-Pub offer to end Jan 31 The $5 savings, pre-pub offer ends Friday, January 31 at noon, Pacific Time. We announced this last week, by special arrangement with Flesk Publishing...since it's not pre-pub anymore! It's available right now to you. [ARTAP.
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Calendar Sale Most of our calendars go on sale this week. We’ll have a calendar sale email ready next week, but quantities are very low on many titles, so this is your chance to get in first before titles are gone. Many have already sold out at full price. We also have a few left at full price since they are down to one or two copies left. We have some hurt copies of three titles, so we knocked them WAY down to just $5 each. These include our annual bestselling Boris & Julie, along with the Batman and Wonder Woman calendars.
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San Francisco Rare Books Feb 1-2 We hope to see you there, Feb 1 and 2. For more details plus more upcoming shows, see our EVENTS page. ~Bud
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