Thursday, October 30, 2025

House of Mystery, Jonah Hex All-Star Western, Fully Loaded signed, Brereton’s new Nocturnals, Two-Fisted Tales, Bestsellers and del Toro’s Frankenstein.

Just in time for the witching hour: del Toro’s Making of Frankenstein; a new printing of the Bronze Age House of Mystery; Jonah Hex All-Star Western Omnibus; Zoop exclusive Fully Loaded signed; and Dan’s Brereton’s new Nocturnals Anniversary edition.

Plus Two-Fisted Tales volume 4; Mid-Year Bestsellers #11-20; Highest Recommended items from last week; and Rare Books sets including vintage fanzines, Femme Fatales and Scream Queens Magazines.

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FRANKENSTEIN By Guillermo Del Toro
Includes 12 unique ephemera items inserted by hand into each book. Highly Recommended. By Sheila O'Malley. Foreword by Guillermo del Toro. Introduction by Oscar Isaac. Dive into the mesmerizing world of Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro, with the exclusive Art and Making features. This stunning oversized hardcover offers an extensive behind-the-scenes look at the creative genius of del Toro and his collaborators — including his all-star cast Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz and more — and showcases breathtaking concept art, an array of period-specific props, locations, costumes, and deep insights into the film making process. Discover the visionary interpretations of classic characters, the meticulous craftsmanship that brings them to life, and the rich thematic layers that define this re-imagining of Mary Shelley's timeless tale. Insight, 2025....More.

Item Code: FRANGH
Hard Cover, 9x13, 334pg, Full Color
$75.00

Once again, damages! All but one copy came in bumped... so we’ve got a reorder already on the way. The film is hitting right now at selected theatres, and it premieres on Netflix on November 8. I plan to see it on the big screen next week! Our friend Ken Sanders interviewed del Toro for a charity event in Los Angeles early in October— he got an advance showing at Netflix Theatre and says it is superb! So order now and we’ll have it to you asap! Del Toro gives Berni Wrightson credit in the film for inspiration for scenes Berni created for his own adaptation.

Here's more Frankenstein, including a low-cost edition with Wrightson’s illustrations [FRANS. $19.99].We also have one copy of Berni’s Monsters Color the Creature Book from 1974 (very good condition only) [RB8453. $75].

 


ALSO AVAILABLE
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN Starring Boris Karloff
A new Kickstarter project brings Shelley and Karloff together for the first time in a faithful adaptation of the novel starring the iconic actor in the lead role of the fully re-imagined monster. In partnership with Sara Karloff of Karloff Enterprises, and featuring the artistic talents of Kerry Gammill and El Garing, the team behind the award-winning Bram Stoker's Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi, this new graphic novel is a powerful new treatment of the story in a deluxe hardcover edition. Legendary Comics, 2024....More.

Item Code: MARFBH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 120pg, b&w
$29.99 $26.99
 


JONAH HEX ALL-STAR WESTERN Omnibus
Collects All-Star Western (DC The New 52) #0-34, 2011-2014. Highly Recommened. By James Palmiotti and Justin Gray, Art by Darwyn Cook, Jordi Bernet, Terry Austin, Garcia-Lopez et al. Jonah Hex and Amadeus Arkham team up in an expansive collection of horror-themed Old West stories in an 1880s Gotham City — when Gotham was just a one-horse town. But crime was rampant and things only get worse when bounty hunter Jonah Hex comes to town. Can Amadeus Arkham, a pioneer in criminal psychology, enlist Hex's special brand of justice? Includes ALL the backup stories starring El Diablo, The Barbary Ghost, Nighthawk, Bat Lash, Tomahawk, Madame .44, Stormwatch, and Dr. Terrence Thirteen! Plus bonus sketchbook, process art and new interview with Palmiotti and Gray. DC Comics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More.

Item Code: JONAH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1064pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
 


THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY The Bronze Age Omnibus Volume 1
New printing. Collects #174-200, 1968-72. Highly Recommended. Edited by Joe Orlando. Art by Berni Wrightson, Alex Toth, Wally Wood et al. New 2018 introduction by Michael Uslan. As one of the most celebrated anthology titles of the Bronze Age of comics, The House of Mystery cemented its iconic status in the 1970s under the transformative leadership of editor Joe Orlando, whose impeccable instincts yielded a cornucopia of delights in every intriguing issue. It was a training ground for up-and-coming new creators like Neal Adams, doing fabulous covers and stories, and lots of work by Michael Wm. Kaluta and Berni Wrightson. It was also a place for veteran artists to have some fun doing offbeat stories with no superhero in sight. DC, 2025....More.

Item Code: HOMB01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 792pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
We have Volume 3 as a special order item [HOMB03H. $150]. Volume 2 is currently out of print.
 


FULLY LOADED Signed
Signed! Recommended. It’s 2065, Carson Blake is 100 years old, fully loaded, and tired of asking nicely. A 100-page deluxe softcover, offered only on Zoop, written and illustrated by Jimmy Broxton with a handsome signed bookplate. A former special forces operative turned gun for hire is lured out of retirement to save the family of a man who once saved his life. Excellent artwork reminds us of Geof Darrow, Moebius, and Bladerunner. Nudity.   Verity Comics & Scratch Comics, 2025. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: FULLOS
Soft Cover, 7x10, 100pg, Full Color
$50.00 $30.00
On Zoop they were asking $50 for this signed bookplate edition. But they generously gave us a special deal so we can offer this signed for the price of the unsigned edition.
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
DC FINEST HORROR The Devil's Doorway
Collects stories from House of Secrets #81-85, House of Mystery #180-185. Witching Hour #3-7, Unexpected #113-117 and more, 1969-70. Our Highest Recommendation. By Gerry Conway, Marv Wolfman et al. Art by Berni Wrightson, Neal Adams, Alex Toth, Nick Cardy, Al Williamson, Murphy Anderson, Joe Orlando et al. In 1969 DC began a run of horror, suspense and supernatural stories in their four anthology titles that captivated fans. Their top artists were happy to throw off the shackles of superhero work and create new work that was exciting to read and beautifully drawn. This was not a return to EC but much of it was every bit as good. Young turks like Wrightson and Neal Adams drew superlative covers and stories, while veterans like Alex Toth, Nick Cardy and others reveled in these offbeat, one-off stories. 560 pages of bone-chilling tales. Discover the eerie origins of Abel and his infamous House, witness Johnny Peril’s harrowing encounters, and explore cursed artifacts, haunted mansions, and demonic forces that defy explanation. DC Comics, 2025....More.

Item Code: DCFHDD
Soft Cover, 7x10, 560pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #23 Facsimile Edition Nick Cardy Cover
From 1973. Highly Recommended. By Robert Kanigher et al. This is very, very cool! an exact replica of an oversized Limited Collector's Edition DC first published in 1973! Ten of DC's best horror stories from Bernie Wrightson, Neal Adams, Sergio Aragones, Alex Toth, et al. Enter The House of Mystery! There are nearly as many weary souls who’ve taken rooms at the House of Mystery as there are reasons for them to seek its sullen sanctuary, and its humble caretaker is always happy to accommodate. Join Cain as he welcomes a certain haunted sculptor on the run from his own creations, a dangerous sorcerer whose treasured pet cat is far more than it seems — and even comics legend Gil Kane as the artist truly throws himself into his work! DC Comics, 2025....More.

Item Code: HOM23
Soft Cover, 10x13, 80pg, Full Color
$14.99
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
THE SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR Ominous Omnibus Volume 3
Almost Gone! Highly Recommended. Cover by Matt Groening. Introduction by Marge Simpson. Fiendish Fables of Devilish Delicacies! The third volume of three! Collecting the complete series — packaged in a deluxe, die-cut slipcase that glows in the dark. Contributors include Zander, Gene Colan, Dan DeCarlo, Garth Ennis, Gilbert Hernandez, Carol Lay, Stan Sakai, Len Wein, Bernie Wrightson, Rob Zombie, Marv Wolfman and more!! Abrams, 2024....More.

Item Code: SIMPT03H
Hard Cover, 8x12, 416pg, Full Color
$44.99
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
LONG LIVE THE PUMPKIN QUEEN
Almost Gone! The Graphic Novel based on Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. By Liz Marsham Art by Alessio Petillo and Ismael Canales. Cover by Jill Thompson. Featuring the timeless characters from Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas, this all-new graphic novel is adapted by acclaimed author Liz Marsham (Disney Princess: Ariel and the Sea Wolf, Disney Tangled: The Series) and illustrated by Alessio Petillo and Ismael Canales, and features hauntingly beautiful cover art by comics legend Jill Thompson! Dynamite, 2025. Out of print....More.

Item Code: LONGL
Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color
$15.99
We have just one copy left of the hardcover Pumpkin Queen [LONGLH. $22.99]. Treehouse of Horror Volumes 1 and 2 are available too. We have just two copies left of the excellent Hocus Pocus by Gris Grimley [HOCPHS. $24.99] with a signed bookplate.
 

New from Dan Brereton

 

Dan’s latest Kickstarter collection, only available from us.



DAN BRERETON NOCTURNALS Volume 31 Halloween Noir Signed W/ Original Drawing
Signed along with an original drawing in at least two colors! Kickstarter Exclusive only available from us. Highly Recommended. Celebrate 31 years of Nocturnals and follow the artistic journey of creator Dan Brereton in a lavishly-illustrated volume including new work and never before seen archival concept art, revealing process galleries with commentary, monsters, haunting beauties and much more! Every copy comes signed by Dan. New cover and interior splash page art for the upcoming Expanded Edition of Nocturnals: The Sinister Path mini-series, coming from Dark Horse Comics Fall 2025. Dan Brereton, 2025....More.

Item Code: DANNOHD
Soft Cover, 9x12, 152pg, Partial Color
$100.00
 


DAN BRERETON NOCTURNALS Volume 31 Halloween Noir Signed
Signed! Kickstarter Exclusive only available from us. Highly Recommended. Celebrate 31 years of Nocturnals and follow the artistic journey of creator Dan Brereton in a lavishly-illustrated volume including new work and never before seen archival concept art, revealing process galleries with commentary, monsters, haunting beauties and much more! Every copy comes signed by Dan. New cover and interior splash page art for the upcoming Expanded Edition of Nocturnals: The Sinister Path mini-series, coming from Dark Horse Comics Fall 2025. Dan Brereton, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: DANNOHS
Soft Cover, 9x12, 152pg, Partial Color
$45.00
Our catalog listing for this describes Hard Cover copies, but they are actually Soft Covers.
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
PHANTOM FATALE Pulp and Pulchritude By Dan Brereton Signed
Signed! Highly Recommended. In the two years since the release of By the Blade, Dan's been hard at work on new covers and commissions. Phantom Fatale gathers a colorful spectrum of beautiful monster gals, dangerous femmes, monsters, superheroines, Hellboy (!) and more! We like the variety of work in this new collection — all full page, fully-painted new pieces. Includes a killer image of the three DC comics witch hosts, and a great Nightmare at Christmas scene! Big Wow!, 2024. ...More.

Item Code: PULFHS
Hard Cover, 8x11, 132pg, Full Color
$35.00

This is Dan’s previous Kickstarter release, also exclusive from us. There is also an original-drawing edition [PULFHD. $100].

We have three of Dan’s signed portfolios on sale while they last; Nocturnals mini-portfolio (4 copies left, $40, $30), and with original drawing (just one left at $125, $85). One copy left of Nocturnals Epoch Portfolio, limited to just 100, now $150, $99. These will NOT be restocked.

Click here for all of Dan’s work now in stock. There’s a couple more on sale, too! All are signed!

 

EC Comics

 


EC ARCHIVES TWO-FISTED TALES Volume 4
Collects #36-41, the final issues, 1954-55. Our Highest Recommendation. By Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, et al. Art by Jack Davis, John Severin, Evans, Wood, Krigstein and Crandall. As these final issues were produced, editor Harvey Kurtzman turned over the editorial reins to artist John Severin. Stories moved away from WWII and the Korean war and turned to adventure, including western frontier tales starring Indians and gunslingers. Severin took over doing cover art and drew many of the stories, frequently along with superb work by Jack Davis. But also here is a wonderful biography of big game hunter Carl Akeley by Wally Wood. Yet another facet of EC's fine innovation. Dark Horse, 2025....More.

Item Code: ECTW04
Soft Cover, 8x11, 216pg, Full Color
$19.99
The previous three volumes are all in stock as I write this, same $19.99 ea [ECTW01, 02, etc].
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
OUR ARTISTS AT WAR The Best of The Best American War Comics Signed
Almost Gone! Signed by both authors on a custom illustrated bookplate! Highly Recommended. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Foreword by Will Franz. Cover by Joe Kubert. The first book ever published in the U.S. that solely examines War Comics published in America. It covers the talented writers and artists who supplied the finest, most compelling stories in the genre, long been neglected in the annals of comics history. Critical analysis of authors (and dedicated fans) Richard J. Arndt (Alter Ego) and Steven Fears. TwoMorrows, 2021. Out of print....More.

Item Code: OURAR
Soft Cover, 8x11, 160pg, Full Color
$27.95
We’ve just four copies of this yet; it comes with a signed bookplate. Click here for more Two-Fisted Tales collections and more of its sister publication, Frontline Combat. We have cover portfolio sets in Rare Books and also stories in the Fantagraphics EC Artists Series, such as Corpse on the Imjin!
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
EC COVERS Artisan Edition
New smaller, attractively priced edition. Our Highest Recommendation. EC Comics, under the guidance of publisher Bill Gaines, was — according to the editor of this collection — the greatest line of comics ever done. This once-in-a-lifetime Artist's Edition collects more than 140 EC covers by their best and brightest talents. This edition includes: Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingles, Johnny Craig, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Jack Davis, Al Feldstein, and more. Each cover has been shot from the original art, scanned in color, enabling the reader to see all the subtle little nuances that make original art unique. Blue pencil notations, zip-a-tone, whiteout, all of these and more are clearly visible. IDW, 2024....More.

Item Code: ECCART
Soft Cover, 8x12, 160pg, b&w
$39.99
Don’t miss the fast-selling Moon Girl collection, complete with a limited edition signed bookplate [ECACMH. $59.99, $54.99]. The bookplate, which is full color and signed by editor Grant Geissman, is limited to 125 copies.
 

Rare Books This Week!

Set of Eight issues!

Set of Five issues!

Six Issue Set!  

New Arrivals This Week: Richard Kyle’s fine fanzine/prozine Wonderworld and Graphic Story World was a high point of covering the international world of comics in the early 1970s. Also from 1974 we also have #1-4 of Inside Comics. We have three sets this week of Pulp zines Purple Prose and The Pulp Era. Plus: Cartoonist Showcase set, Star Reach (the first independent comic packed with pro work #1-18; Moebius Comics set of 5; Classics Illustrated fanzine set of 12; Strip Scene set of 16. Panels #1 and 2 and set; Mindwarp, a hybrid undergound comix anthology; Burroughs Bulletin set of 6; Cartooning for Profit set of 3; Heritage, a hi-spot of 1970s fanzines, and Luis Royo.

Mature Readers Rare Books

New Arrivals include more great sets this week. Cartoon Humor set of 6; Glamour Girls Then and Now set of 11; Bunny Yaeger’s Foto File set; two sets of Scream Queens Magazine, and 7 sets of 12 issues each of Femme Fatales — last time we listed FF issues they sold out within a day.  

 

Mid-Year Bestsellers

We’ve been blessed with quite a few outstanding books lately…so we ran the top ten bestselling books in our October 16 email. You can get a look at the full listings here. I’ve added additional new commentary to those first ten and also to the listings below, for the same period, July 1 to October 15th.

 


11. HOGAN'S ALLEY MAGAZINE #24
Highly Recommended. A fascinating history of Tijuana bibles includes the original LIVE models posing! Why the iconic Barbie failed to hit in comics. The comics career of Laurel and Hardy and Bob Hope’s side gig in comic books. Emancipated female star Flyin' Jenny by Russell Keaton and Marc Swayze. A look at little-known aspects of “Peanuts” and Charles Schulz, an exploration of Thunderboy, the very first black superhero decades before The Black Panther. Who was the first superhero? It was Hugo Hercules by western painter W.H.D. Koerner! Gary Hallgren teams up with Rosanne Barr for a lost comics collaboration. Bull Moose, 2025. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: HA24
Magazine, 8x11, 144pg, Partial Color
$7.50
Still a bargain $7.50, this only comes out once a year. And this year, no Diamond to get it into the comic shops, so score one before the printing is gone.
 


12. 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, et al.). Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: PVIM01HS
Hard Cover, 11x14, 144pg, Partial Color
$49.99
A never-before-look at Hal Foster's prelim pencils while he was still laying out the Sunday pages for his successor.
 


13. VAUGHN BODE'S COMPLETE DEADBONE EROTICA OMNIBUS
Highly Recommended. Collecting for the first time in chronological order, underground comix legend Vaughn Bodé’s charmingly risqué strips and “Bodé Broads” from Cavalier magazine (“the kind men like.”). Originally written and drawn in the 1970s, this volume represents a time capsule in erotic humor as only a master of the form could create it. This beautiful hardbound book also collects Bodé’s hard-to-find three-page strips and other rarities: Deadbone, Purple Pictography, etc. With a foreword and additional new art from Vaughn’s son, Mark Bodé. Brilliant, sexy, superbly drawn and entirely outrageous work — a treasure for any Bode fan (of which I of course am one) – Bud Image Comics, 2025. Adult Material....More.

Item Code: VBCOMDH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 264pg, Partial Color
$39.99
A long, long overdue collection of Bode's finest work for the men's magazines, his sexy and irreverent one-page strips, entirely in color. Don't miss this.
 


14. WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold (Book 1)
Collects Four Color #9, 29, WDC&S #31-33 & 35-36, Large Feature Book #7 and much more. Our Highest Recommendation. Volume 1 in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library is, naturally, filled with firsts: Barks’s first comic book story (starring Pluto), the first Donald Duck story created for an American comic book (and also the first to see Donald and his nephews go on a treasure hunt), Barks’s first Donald 10-pager, Barks’s first truly solo Donald Duck story, and Barks’s first solo longer-form Donald Duck adventure (“The Mummy’s Ring”). With more than 200 pages of story and art, each meticulously restored and newly colored, and the insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts, this long-awaited collection of stories makes clear what generations of Disney fans have always known: Carl Barks's work as The Good Duck Artist is some of the greatest American cartooning in the history of comic books. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: WD01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 240pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99
Finally collected, the very first Carl Barks work on Donald Duck. These issues were on every fan's want list for decades, scarce and high priced.
 


15. ALLEY OOP AND KING SOLOMON'S MINES 1944 V.T. Hamlin
Daily strips, 1944. Highly Recommended. Alley Oop has lost his memory! Why is he surrounded by cats? How will he find King Solomon’s Mines? And can he be brought back home by the Caveman Rescue Squad? And if that weren’t enough, when Alley’s giant pet dinosaur gets sick it’s even more mayhem! Wonderful wartme work by Hamlin, at the height of his art skills and his storytelling prowess. Acoustic Learning, 2025....More.

Item Code: ALLE44
Soft Cover, 11x7, 160pg, b&w
$27.50
What's not to like? More classic V.T. Hamlin from the war years and the time travel stories.
 


16. SCIENCE FICTION ODYSSEY Magazine #1
From 1971. Highly Recommended. By Gardner Fox, Harry Harrison, Larry Niven and Terry Carr. Cover & art by Jeff Jones, along with art by Michael Kaluta, Berni Wrightson, Bruce Jones, Rich Buckler, Jack Katz, Vince Colletta, and Chic Stone. For the first time ever, Skywald's famous, never printed magazine!! This would have been the first adult Sci-Fi comic since EC's Incredible Science Fiction, but the belief of the publishers, Sol Brodsky ("Sky", who was a long time Marvel production person) and Israel Waldman ("Wald"), that SF just didn't sell plus budgetary constraints, meant the magazine was withdrawn, although only after film had been made and just before delivery to the printers! PS Artbooks, 2025....More.

Item Code: SFOM01
Comic, 7x10, 68pg, b&w
$22.99
This is a lost gem, filled with fine work by the upcoming new artists of the 1970s. In a handsome facsimile edition.
 


17. ARTHUR ADAMS 2025 SKETCHBOOK
Highly Recommended. Featuring beautiful black and white as well as color drawings of monsters and Ninja Turtles, Dejah Thoris and Star Wars characters, X-Men, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four. He's included many specialty drawings he did for "virgin" comic covers. also many full-detailed drawings. Zatana, Cat Woman, Universal monsters, Jonah Hex, Sandman's Death, Harley Quinn, Batman. Nice thick book, beautifully printed. Arthur Adams, 2025....More.

Item Code: AA25
Soft Cover, 7x9, 112pg, Partial Color
$30.00
An all-new collection of never-before-seen ideas, studies and finished pieces across the spectrum of Art's comic contributions.
 


18. LIGHT AND DARK The Art of Lee Elias
Our Highest Recommendation. By Nick Neocleous with Michael J. Gilbert. Lee Elias was born in 1920 and drew comics for several decades from the 1940s to the 1980s. His lush brushstrokes were equally matched by his fine pen line. Now at last, his body of work can be fully appreciated in this book devoted entirely to him. Includes many of his gory horror comics covers in full color and pages reproduced from the original art and a lengthy interview from 1970. Moonage Books, 2025....More.

Item Code: LIGDA
Soft Cover, 8x11, 124pg, Partial Color
$34.99
You know his work but perhaps not his name. He was THE cover artist on the pre-code Harvey Horror books that today bring the big bucks. And stories too. Great artist, influenced by Milton Caniff.
 


19. COMIC BOOK CREATOR #39 Thomas Yeates
Our Highest Recommendation. Thomas Yeates grants a career-spanning interview about attending the Kubert School’s first graduating class, his start at DC on Swamp Thing, Eclipse Comics work (including the Michael Jackson/Captain EO comic!), and becoming the greatest adventure comic strip cartoonist of the last 30 years, on Zorro, Tarzan, and to this day, the Prince Valiant Sunday Page! Greg Potter discusses his ‘70s Warren horror comics and ‘80s reboot of Wonder Woman with George Pérez. Artist Warren Kremer is celebrated by Mark Arnold in a biographical essay. TwoMorrows, 2025....More.

Item Code: CBCR39
Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Partial Color
$10.95
Thomas has been doing fine work for decades, often on independent titles but also for the big boys. Now he's drawing the Prince Valiant Sunday Page. Find out all about his work and his career here.
 


20. SECRETS OF FRAZETTA TECHNIQUE AND METHODS OF MIKE HOFFMAN Signed
Signed by Mike Hoffman! Recommended. Cover by Mike Hoffman. This new art book fully explains how Frank Frazetta used classical painting techniques in his paintings, with numerous examples shown. Also includes a gallery of works by the author describing how the same methods were used in his own work. An invaluable resource for artists and also the viewing audience, it's a pleasure to just look through this and learn how Frazetta used certain techniques to guide the viewer through his best paintings, as well as other illustration tips and lessons. Mike Hoffman, 2025....More.

Item Code: SECFHS
Soft Cover, 9x11, 76pg, Full Color
$35.00
Painter and illustrator Mike Hoffman breaks down Frazetta's design, layout and color work to show the vision behind his paintings.
 

Some of my favorites from the rest of the list are Spawn of Venus, Corben's Dimwood, Heavy Metal Magazine #1 (Frank Frazetta Cover), Cryptology #4 and The Art of George Wilson.

Click here to see the top 50 Bestsellers since July 1.

 

3...2...1...Gone!

TARZAN BACK TO MARS Hardcover Signed

 SHI #1 30TH ANNIVERSARY Original Art Edition

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Here is our bi-weekly listing of items that are out of print or discontinued with only a few copies left. Once they are gone... they're gone indefinitely.

We are frequently adding blemished copies into our Imperfect Editions section, but often times the small quantity prohibits us from including them in the weekly emails. Check back often to find bargain treasures!

 

News & Notes

 

Flash Gordon Classic Collection Vol 5

Something went seriously wrong with this collection. While the cover states it is SUNDAYS from 1951-53, it's actually DAILIES from those years. And the title page calls it Dailies Volume 1. And the running footer was stuck on repeat and only has one date instead of the proper dates for each page. We’re looking into how/when the publisher plans to correct this. Our description of the contents is correct, in any case, just the cover information is wrong!

 

Volumes 1-4 have no issues like this, they are all the work of Alex Raymond and Austin Briggs, in full color. Doug Murray has signed bookplates to go with his introductions in these. [FLAG01H, 02H, etc. $49.99, $44.99 each]. Here’s more Flash including sets and Rare Books.

We also still have several blemished Vol 3’s at $30 off -- [FLAG03HR. $49.99, $19.99]. I just now reduced the sale price from $24.99 to $19.99.

 

Highly Recommended

Last week I was still on the road back from the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair. So I couldn’t see hands-on the new books. I have now written new descriptions for three --I’m really impressed with all of them! Both now have Our Highest Recommendation:

 

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The Art of Olivia: Doodles Sketches Studies #1 $17.99

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Modern Americanness: New Graphic Design 1890-1940 $75

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Edmund Dulac His American Weekly Collection 1924-51 $39.99

And here are a links to more by Olivia and by Dulac. Dulac is also featured in several issues of Jim Vadeboncoeur’s Images Magazine, still just $5 each.

 

Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey and R. Crumb

We mentioned last week that the trade edition was not yet here. It is in stock now. See our home page for a feature banner on this and the deluxe slipcase edition.

 

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Bud Plant and Huchison Books

Anne is just tonite sending out a new email from our sister company, Bud Plant and Hutchison Books. If you are into some cool comics-related Rare Books, take a look!

~Bud

 

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