The Art of Matt Wagner's Grendel
Edited by Matt Wagner & Diana Schutz. Dark Horse Books, 2007. Over twenty-five years, what began as the story of Hunter Rose, the talented young author who became the city's most feared assassin and criminal overlord, evolved into a prolonged examination of authority, society, and that dark mechanism of nature - violence. Now, take a step inside one of the most daring projects ever created, as Matt Wagner guides you through the artwork that changed contemporary comics forever.

Many artists have lent their vision to the seductive mystery that is Grendel, and this handsome hardcover volume contains rare and never-before-seen work-including production sketches and designs-by Tim Sale, Teddy Kristiansen, John K. Snyder III, Edvin Biukovic, and more! Also features a gallery of guest artists, with pinups by Frank Miller, Paul Pope, Dave Johnson, Tony Harris, and more! Celebrating twenty-five years of Hell! 208 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9781593077891)

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Art Out Of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969
Dan Nadel. Abrams/ Harry N. Abrams, 2006. Before the Underground Comix movement of the late 1960s there was no room for eccentric talent it seemed. Dan Nadel unearths these forgotten talents in five sections: Exercises In Exploration, Slapstick, Acts Of Drawing, Words In Pictures, and Form In Style.

Among the twenty-nine artists featured are such creatives as Bob Powell, Ogden Whitney, Milt Gross, Charles M. Payne, Jefferson Machamer, Rory Hayes, Boody Rogers, Charles Forbell, Gustave Verbeek, Gene Deitch & George Carlson. Many of these will be unfamiliar. No matter, their art is as joyous, inquisitive, exploratory & inventive as the day it was created.

The book comes with a brief introduction and artist biographies at the rear. For those with an interest in the obscure, arcane & eccentric in illustrated art, Dan Nadel's book will provide endless amusement and inspiration. 320 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 8" x 11" (20cm x 28cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 0810958384 Highly Recommended.

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Artist Archives Exotic Ladies
CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL. Collectors Press, 1999. The risqué calendars of the 1920s and 1930s. Forerunners to the poster and cover girls of later years these ladies proudly marked the march of time. One of a stunning series of beautiful art books celebrating the Golden Age of illustration. Each volume showcases fourteen faithfully reproduced artworks, each selected for historic significance and artistic merit. These images reflect the eras in which they were created. Each book contains 14 reproductions in full colour of nostalgic art with a lively introduction. Embossed soft cover and gatefold flaps. 32 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 10" x 12" (25cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1888054360 and ISBN-13: 9781888054361

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Artist Archives Indian Maidens
Collectors Press, 2001. One in a stunning series of beautiful art books, celebrating the Golden Age of illustration. Each volume showcases fourteen faithfully reproduced full colour artworks from archives, each selected with attention to historical significance and artistic merit. Through the 1920s Indian Maidens glamourised the passing of the old West. They adorned the walls of saloons and tobacco shops and were important precursors to the pin up girl. Each book has embossed covers with gatefold flaps. 32 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 10" x 12" (25cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1888054468
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Artist Archives Pirate & Gypsy Girls
Collectors Press, 2001. One in a stunning series of beautiful art books, celebrating the Golden Age of illustration. Each volume showcases fourteen faithfully reproduced full colour artworks from archives, each selected with attention to historical significance and artistic merit. Ahoy matey! With skirts hiked up as high as the seas, these icons of independent womanhood are colourful reminders of adventurous tales and mystical times of long ago. Each book has embossed covers with gatefold flaps. 32 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 10" x 12" (25cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1888054492 and ISBN-13: 9781888054491
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Artist Archives Seaside Sweethearts
Collectors Press, 2001. One in a stunning series of beautiful art books, celebrating the Golden Age of illustration. Each volume showcases fourteen faithfully reproduced full colour artworks from archives, each selected with attention to historical significance and artistic merit. Surf's up - way up! With the tropical persuasions of the seaside sweethearts. From Hawaiian hula girls to bathing beauties, this is a sensual collection from WW2 era. Each book has embossed covers with gatefold flaps. 32 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 10" x 12" (25cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1888054484 and ISBN-13: 9781888054484
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Artist Archives Swimsuit Sweeties
CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL. Collectors Press, 1999. A dive into pin ups of the past. Surrounded by sea, sand and surf. One of a stunning series of beautiful art books celebrating the Golden Age of illustration. Each volume showcases fourteen faithfully reproduced artworks, each selected for historic significance and artistic merit. These images reflect the eras in which they were created. Each book contains 14 reproductions in full colour of nostalgic art with a lively introduction. Embossed soft cover and gatefold flaps. 32 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 10" x 12" (25cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1888054352 and ISBN-13: 9781888054354
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The Best of British Comic Art
Alan Clark. Boxtree, 1989. Out of Print. This is a celebration of the work of six of Britain's finest comic artists. Their names may not be familiar, but everyone will recognise the subjects they drew: Laurel and Hardy (G.W. Wakefield), Tiger Tim and Teddy Tail (H. S. Foxwell), Keyhole Kate and Hungry Horace (Allan Morley), Desperate Dan and Lord Snooty (Dudley Watkins), Fudge the Elf and Jonah (Ken Reid) and Charlie Chaplin (Bertie Brown) are but a few of the comic characters they created. Their work appeared in titles such as Film Fun, The Rainbow, Dandy, Beano, Funny Wonder, Comic Cuts Tiger Tim's Weekly and a host of others. Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour. Perfect condition. 144 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 8" x 11" (20cm x 28cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 1852832649

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Bettie Page Queen Of Hearts
Jim Silke, edited by Lyn Silke and Lynn Adair. Dark Horse, 1995. What a dish! What a doll! What a delinquent! Bettie Page sent the world for a cold shower when her first photo appeared in Flirt magazine in 1951. Bettie ignited a flame that burned through the art community, affecting forever the way women were portrayed by artists and photographers. In this 96-page coffee-table book, historian and artist Jim Silke explores Bettie's influence on popular culture, from dime-store novels to paperbacks, and from painting to advertising. Featured in this volume are fifty new images of Bettie, including never-before-published photographs by Bunny Yeager, as well as artists representations of Bettie. 96 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1569711240

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The Book Of Ballads
Traditional adaptations, illustrated by Charles Vess, foreword by Terri Windling. A Tor Book, 2004. From one of the leading artists in modern fantasy, Charles Vess presents a visual accompaniment to many of the greatest songs & folktales of the British Isles & Ireland's history. These are in the form of cartoon strips or framing illustrations. The texts and poems are supplied & interpreted by such classic writers as Neil Gaiman, Charles De Lint, Sharyn Crumb, Emma Bull, Jane Yolen, Jeff Smith & Elaine Lee. There is also full Discography Notes section from Ken Roseman, who supplies information about original sources for the traditional ballads. 192 pages. Hard Cover Black & White 7" x 10" (18cm x 25cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 076531214X

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A Breed Apart
William Seccord. Antique Collector's Club, 2002. This lavishly illustrated reference guide chronicles the dog paintings of both The American Kennel Club & The American Kennel Club Museum Of The Dog collections. Hard Cover Part Colour 9" x 11" (23cm x 28cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 1851494006

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The Civil War Trilogy (3 volumes)
William C. Davis, technical advisor Russ A. Pritchard. Salamander Books, 2001. The history of the American Civil War (1861 - 5) is told in three volumes, entitled The Fighting Men, The Battlefields, and The Commanders. Each volume is lavishly illustrated with original illustrations, period photographs and maps to bring to life this epic and bloody conflict. 'The most readable, authoritative and beautifully designed illustrated history of the American Civil War.' This is a fully indexed, three-volume softcover edition with illustrated slipcase. 256 pages per volume. 256x3 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 8" x 12" (20cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1840651059
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Coca-Cola Girls An Illustrated Art History (Limited Edition)
Chris H Beyer. Collectors Press, 2000. The first ever art book the company has licensed for publication, the author traces significant Company mileposts while underscoring them with lavish illustrations. Coca Cola Girls covers the way celebrities, such as Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, lent their faces and cachet to the product. Gil Elvgren painted luscious pin up girls and even Santa Claus got in on the act. 288 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 188805445X
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Collecting The West The C.R. Smith Collection of Western Art
Richard H. Saunders. University of Texas Press, 1988. The C.R. Smith Collection of the University of Texas Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery enjoys enormous popularity. It contains works by such well-known artists as Henry Farney, Charles Russell, William Ranney, Albert Bierstadt, Frank Tenney Johnson, Maynard Dixon, and many others. With 74 color and 76 black-and-white illustrations, this volume presents all the works in the C.R. Smith Collection. The paintings and sculptures are accompanied by brief descriptions, relating facts of the artist's career and placing the work in context. Taken as a whole, this catalogue of the collection will inform and enrich everyone's understanding of western art. 212 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 10" x 12" (25cm x 30cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 0292711123

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Arf Museum (Arf #2)
Craig Yoe. Fantagraphics, 2005. Continuing this fascinating new series with further explorations of the sometimes bizarre and twisted links that exist between the world of fine art and comics. The subtitle gives away the focus of the series “The unholy marriage of art + comics”. The series intends to explore lesser know masterpieces of comics art from mainstream figures of the art world such as Cruikshank, Dali and Picasso.

Highlights include The Yellow Kid and a look at tattooed women. Not to be outdone there is a tattooed man in a '50's Marvel reprint featuring art by the underrated and somewhat bizarrely styled Fred Kida. There's even a Mort Walker strip on what happened when “art thief” Roy Lichtenstein met the cartoonists he borrowed from. Oh and Giant Apes. You can't go far wrong with Giant Apes, as they knew very well over at Lexington Avenue in the DC Comics offices. 120 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) ISBN: 1560977329 and ISBN-13: 9781560977322 Highly Recommended.

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Arf Forum (Arf #3)
Craig Yoe (Editor). Fantagraphics, 2007. The third volume of the popular "Arf" series, Arf Forum runs the gamut from Krazy Kat's kartoonist George Herriman to heartbreak rocker Elvis, Spider-Man's Stan Lee to New Yorker cartoonist Otto Soglow, Little Nemo's Winsor McCay to silent film star Charlie Chaplin, Nancy's Ernie Bushmiller to Surrealist Max Ernst. The sexy pin-up cover on Arf Forum highlights a feature on historical images of people reading comics: from a young Elvis reading Betty and Veronica on his first tour to a boxer-clad Rock Hudson reading the Sunday funnies.

Also ratcheting up the titillation factor is a spread on the sexy cartoons of Italian artist, Kremos. The Arf books have a special fondness for cartoonists doing wacky and surrealistic comics. This Arf features a generous sample of Bill Holman's Smokey Stover, including unpublished rarities. Also in this volume, macabre cartoonist Henry Heath goes devilish in the ongoing "Cartoonists Go To Hell" series. A bona fide super-hero swoops into the pages of Arf when "Captain Marvel Fights The Surrealist Imp" in a classic tale from the Golden Age of Comics.

Meanwhile, real-life superhero Stan Lee introduces a section devoted to, in Lee's own words, Yoe's own "wacky, weird, wild comics that become Art with a capital 'A'!" And finally, "Yabba Dabba Been Done" examines the caveman and dinosaur cartoons of masters T.S. Sullivant, Winsor McCay and Frederick Opper — all pre-Fred and Wilma Flintstone! 120 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560978329)

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