The Comic Strip Art of Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Feininger. Fantagraphics Books, 2007. Lyonel Feininger is well regarded as a fine artist; however in the early days of his career he produced two marvellous comic strips that greatly advanced what was possible in the young medium. Working for the Chicago Sunday Tribune in 1906 he produced both The Kin-Der-Kids and Wee Willie Winkie's World. The Kin-Der-Kids were a bizarrely drawn group of oddly named individuals Strenuous Teddy, Piemouth and Mysterious Pete who featured in equally bizarre dreamlike adventures. Sort of The Dead-End Kids meets Little Nemo.

Wee Willie Winkie is similar to Dreams Of The Rarebit Fiend but has a much darker sometimes nightmarish tone suggesting that something stronger than cheese was consumed before bedtime. It allowed Feininger to let his imagination run wild.

This great new edition from Fantagraphics will hopefully introduce these strips to a larger audience that the might find out why comics historians speak as highly of Lyonel Feininger as they do George Herriman and Winsor McCay. 56 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 10½" x 13" (266mm x 330mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560978206)
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Commanche Moon
Written and illustrated by Jack Jackson, introduction by T. R. Fehrenbach. Reed Press, 2003. Jack Jackson is one of the legendary figures that came out of the Couner Culture Underground Comix scene in the 1960s. Unlike his contemporaries he specialised in the detailed realism depicting stories from US history. Commanche Moon tells the true story of Naduah the "White Commanche".

Born Cynthia Ann Parker as a young child she was kidnapped by Commanches and raised as one of their own. She married a chief and gave birth to a son who became the last warrior chief of these people, Quanah. The backdrop is the constant warring of the native people's and the incoming settlers that raged across the plains of Texas until the 1870s.

Jackson does not flinch from depicting the atrocities committed by both sides. A powerful and moving tale that shows how well comics are suited to historical subjects. 128 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 7" x 10" (178mm x 254mm) (ISBN-13: 9781594290039)
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The Chronicles Of Conan Volume 12 The Beast King Of Abomi and other stories
Roy Thomas, John Buscema and others. Dark Horse Comics, 2007. Volume 12 of The Chronicles Of Conan, supplies another recommended compilation of top-flight stories, based on the character creation of Robert E. Howard. Collected together is Conan The Barbarian #91 and 93 through # 100, from the Marvel Comic book series.

They are handsomely illustrated by John Buscema with inks by Ernie Chan. Includes the powerful “Queen Of The Black Coast” from issue #100. As before, the scripts are by Roy Thomas, who also supplies a personal afterword. The stories are given a completely new look by colourists Peter Dawes, Ian Sokoliwski & others. 182 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 7" x 10" (178mm x 254mm) (ISBN-13: 9781593077785)

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Fun Films (Signed) (Limited Edition)
Dave Rogers and Mike Higgs. D. Rogers, 2004. A great treat for fans of nostalgia, Fun Films collects together biographies of Britain's much loved comedians following their film and TV careers from World War Two on. As well as film posters and publicity shots the book also contains illustrations from the stars comic appearances (The title of the book, Fun Films is a sly wink to Film Fun once a staple of the British Comics scene).

The sixteen chapters include biographies of Arthur Askey, The Crazy Gang, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Will Hay, Max Miller and many other favourites.

An ideal gift book as well as a treat for historians, this is a handsome privately produced volume limited to 300 copies and signed by the authors. 170 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 6½" x 9½" (164mm x 241mm)
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Fantastic Four Omnibus Volume 2
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby et al. Marvel, 2007. Continuing the impressive Omnibus editions reprinting classics stories from the early days of Marvel Comics. This superb reprint of the second thirty issues of Fantastic Four, 31 – 60 plus FF Annuals #2 – 4 and Not Brand Echh # 1. After a period in the doldrums, Marvel Comics created Fantastic Four & the rest, as they say, was history.

Written by the legendary Stan Lee & illustrated by the greatest artist ever to grace Comic books, Jack 'King' Kirby, these early stories are presented full-sized & in full-colour too. As if this was not enough, there are some reflections upon this epic series from Roy Thomas, Mark Evanier and Jon B. Cooke.

Also includes a cover gallery from earlier FF reprints (Marvel Collector's Item Classics, Marvel's Greatest Comics etc.) plus a reproduction of an original Kirby page from # 58. 834 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 8" x 11" (203mm x 279mm) (ISBN-13: 9780785124030) Highly Recommended.

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Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four 1963
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby et al. Marvel Comics, 2007. Continues the great affordable reprints from “The World's Greatest Comic Magazine” reprinting Fantastic Four # 10-21 and Annual #1 from Marvel's historic year 1963! See the darlings of Hollywood battle Doctor Doom, The Sub-Mariner and (spoiler alert!) Adolf Hitler!! Great fun stories from when there was a genuine excitement about Marvel Comics. 352 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 7" x 10" (178mm x 254mm) (ISBN-13: 9781905239610)

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Seduction Of The Innocent
Fredric Wertham M.D., foreword by Randolph S. Churchill. Rinehart, 1954. First Edition. Out of Print. Near Fine. The notorious book that changed the history of comic books by inducing fear that the youth of the day was being forever corrupted by the scenes of sex and violence. Illustrated with photographs of some of the so called offending panels and covers. Wertham is considered to be the McCarthy of comics and his campaign resulted in the demise of the highly regarded EC comics as well as many other Horror comic publishers, but as a result MAD magazine was created.

The classic study of the baleful infuence of comic books on kids that resulted in the inauguration of the Comics Code and fifty years of debate. Contains the 2 page bibliography present at rear which is lacking in most copies, as it was excised by the publisher. This copy is in solid condition with a torn dust jacket (most extant copies do not have dust jackets or bibliographic notes). Hard Cover Black & White 6" x 9" (152mm x 229mm) Dust Jacket Rare: complete with DUST WRAPPER (torn) and two-page Bibliography.
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The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 2
Stories by Al Feldstein, William Gaines and more, with art by Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Reed Crandall and others.. Gemstone Publishing, 2007. The EC Archives continues with Tales From The Crypt Volume Two, collecting issues #23 to #28 of the legendary comics series originally published in 1951-2. Included are stories by Al Feldstein, William Gaines and more, with art by legendary illustrators Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis and others. Each volume also includes all of the original EC advertisements, editorial pieces and even letters pages, to give readers a true idea what made EC one of the most influential comic book lines ever created.

The EC Archives editions present these stories with all-new colours based on the originals, but utilizing new methods of shading and texture to enhance and improve each story's impact. The reproduction of these volumes is the best ever presented, as each of The EC Archives is shot directly from the original EC art! This volume includes an introduction by film director Joe Dante (The Howling, Gremlins, The Twilight Zone etc.)

Once unjustly maligned as a cause of escalating teen delinquency during the '50s, the EC Comics line — created by publisher William Gaines and a host of some of comics' most legendary artists — is now considered by scholars, fans, and collectors alike as a milestone achievement in graphic storytelling, years ahead of its time.

These comics entertained millions during their all-too-short runs and influenced some of our generation's most talented writers, filmmakers, and artists. They have inspired cartoons, movies, TV series, and countless parodies and tributes, and now these classics of the 20th century are set to return, presented in a stunning new format for the 21st century! 212 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 11½" (229mm x 292mm) (ISBN-13: 9781888472714)
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The Happy Warrior: The Life Story in Picture-Strip of Sir Winston Churchill
Frank Bellamy (illustrator), Clifford Makins. Hulton Press, 1958. First Edition. Out of Print. Very Fine. This is the renowned 48-page compilation of the story written by Clifford Makins which appeared originally in the weekly Eagle comic, and features Frank Bellamy's superlative full page full colour strip art.

It retells the life story of Winston Churchill, who became the hero of the darkest hour during Britain's titanic struggle against Hitler & the Third Reich during World War II. This epic tale is rounded out with additional pages of period photographs, featuring Churchill's life and times.

Produced in 1958, Bellamy's art is positively stunning and the reproduction first class. This book is rarely seen and seldom in such magnificent condition. Most surviving copies have badly split spines. 64 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 10" x 13" (25cm x 33cm) Rare copy: intact spine and only minor wear!
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Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus volume 1
Jack Kirby et al, introduction by Grant Morrison. DC Comics, 2007. What a good idea: reprint Jack Kirby's masterpiece the interconnected Fourth World series that ran through several titles, in the order in which they were originally published - simple, no?

So here are the first few issues of Kirby's stint on Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, which premiered the concept before it flowered in the first three issues each of Forever People, Mister Miracle and New Gods. What's more, even though this is lovely hard cover tome is worthy of any bookshelf, it's printed on newsprint with the colouring done in a suitably restrained manner that is super-faithful to the look of the original comics.

As if any were necessary, there's an introduction by Grant Morrison and an afterword by writer and former Kirby apprentice Mark Evanier. Buy this book or we'll send Granny Goodness ‘round for a visit! 396 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 7" x 10½" (178mm x 266mm) (ISBN-13: 9781401213442)
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The Fantastic World Of Claus Brusen
Claus Brusen. Edition Brusen, 2006. Claus Brusen started painting in the mid 1970s and was influenced by Salvadore Dali and by artists found on rock album covers. He has also particularly mentioned Patrick Woodruff, who provides a foreword to this volume, and Victorian era painters such as Richard Dadd. In later years however he decided that he wanted to concentrate on what he has called the "everyday life" of fairies and other small creatures.

Most of the art reproduced in this very handsome slipcase hard cover was created in oils painted on wood. Vaguely surreal and very charming. Comes complete with a quality heavy art-stock print signed and numbered from an edition of just 275. 120 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 10" x 10" (254mm x 254mm) ISBN: 8799063611 Complete in SLIPCASE plus SIGNED NUMBERED ART-STOCK PRINT (limited edition of just 275).
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Essence: The Face
Artists: Paul Fedor, Peter Levius, Hong Suck Suh, Matt Hartle, Mark Snoswell, Steven Stahlberg. Ballistic Publishing, 2007. This is the first book in the new 'Creative ESSENCE Series'. Designed for artists with a mid-to-advanced understanding of 3D character creation, the book starts with the photo shoot of model Monika and draws on the methods of six professionals to create a digital model from beginning to end.

Working as a team each artist develops a piece of the 3D character puzzle to show you how lifelike characters are created in a production environment. The Face encompasses reference photography, modeling, UV mapping, texturing and rendering, to create a digital double that would be at home in a next-gen game or HD movie. 160 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) ISBN: 1921002360
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100 Graphic Novels for Public Libraries
Steven Weiner. Kitchen Sink, 1996. Graphic novels are finally getting the general public attention they deserve and more and more libraries are stocking them. This iconic guide recommends 100 of the best and most critically acclaimed graphic novels to assist librarians in their choices. 48 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 7" x 10" (171mm x 260mm) ISBN: 0878164154 and ISBN-13: 9780878164158
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Will Michael escape her? Will Fluffy come to terms with the reality that he is not a human being? All is at least partly resolved in Simone Lia's utterly irresistible graphic novel. 192 pages. Hard Cover Black & White 7" x 6½" (178mm x 165mm) (ISBN-13: 9780224080484)

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Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins On Stage Volume Two
Leonard Starr. Classic Comics Press, 2006. Finally available in collected form! Six more stories from the classic Reuben award winning comic strip, Mary Perkins On Stage. Originally published January 1958 to April 1959. Leonard Starr's beautifully realistic and detailed artwork is shown off to best advantage with the crisp reproduction by the Classics Comics Press. A massively undervalued strip in this country, hopefully these new collections will earn Mary a legion of new admirers. Introduction by Kurt Busiek. As a bonus the book comes with a lovely colour print featuring the same image as the cover printed on quality art stock paper. 160 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 11" x 8½" (279mm x 215mm) (ISBN-13: 9781424310234)
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Scourge of the Seas: Buccaneers, Pirates and Privateers
Angus Knostam, illustrated by Angus McBride, Howard Pyle, Frank Schoonover. Osprey, 2007. A brand new edition of a previous best seller. This extensive history of pirates was previously published as 4 separate slim volumes: Buccaneers 1620-1700, Pirates 1660-1700, Privateers and Pirates 1730 – 1830 and The Pirate Ship 1660-1730. Copiously illustrated in full colour by Angus McBride, with additional illustrations by Howard Pyle and Frank Schoonover, plus contemporary illustrations and maps. 240 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 8" x 10" (203mm x 254mm) (ISBN-13: 9781846032110)
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Corto Maltese Tarot Cards
Artwork by Hugo Pratt. Lo Scarabeo, 2007. 78 Tarot cards each with a different Hugo Pratt full colour image from his romantic adventurer Corto Maltese. Stunning watercolour visuals. With full Tarot instructions and complete in an illustrated box. 78 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 2" x 3" (58mm x 88mm)

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Serpieri: Foemina
CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL. Paolo Serpieri. Lo Scarabeo, 2006. All new material by Serpieri. A collection of previously unpublished illustrations of sexy, full-bodied women. Lots of sexy Drunna illustration and many more voluptuous and erotic images. Over 50 mainly full page illustration in full colour. Hard Cover Full Colour 10" x 13" (254mm x 330mm) (ISBN-13: 9788883956393)
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Modesty Blaise: The Inca Trail
Peter O'Donnell and Enric Badia Romero. Titan Books, 2007. This ninth volume in Titan's popular reprint series contains four stories. In the title story Modesty has to stop a revolution, she gets involved in a gang war in 'The Reluctant Chaperone', and along with companion Willie finds herself in the gladiatorial arena in 'Those About To Die'. This collection also features the story 'The Greenwood Maid'. These are all great reads and are being published at a time when Modesty Blaise's profile has rarely been higher. 128 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9781845764173)

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Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 37th Edition (Supergirl cover)
Gemstone/House of Collectibles, 2007. Robert M. Overstreet. The big event in Comic books is with us again. It is, of course, the new Comic Book Price Guide, from Robert M. Overstreet. This indispensable tool, now with over a thousand pages. Regular features include expanded Market Report, Key Comics Sales 2003, Grading, storage, collecting tips, Top Golden Age, Top 20 Silver Age, Top 10 Bronze Age, Top 20 Big Little Books, Top Crime, Horror, Romance, Color Comic Gallery & much more.

The price guide listing is broken into various sections including Platinum Age, Victorian Age, Giveaways, Main Section & Big Little Books. 1090 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 7" x 9" (178mm x 229mm) (ISBN-13: 9780375721083)

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From The Tomb #21 February 2007
Peter Normanton (Editor). Peter Normanton, 21 February 2007. Another fine instalment of this class English fanzine covering horror comics and more. This issues features include the Medusa myth in comics, The NEL Dracula series, Harvey Horror and the work of surreal artist Terrance Lindall. Also includes a fun featurette on collectible model kits by Frank 'Sticky Fingers' Motler. 72 pages. Soft Cover Part Colour 8½" x 11½" (215mm x 291mm) (ISBN-13: 9771740855007)

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The Contract with God Trilogy
Will Eisner. Norton, 2006. The legendary novel and sequels that launched a new art form. The book features the 3 complete graphic novels: A Contract with God; A Life Force; and Dropsie Avenue. First published in 1978, A Contract with God inspired a whole generation of comic book artists. Presented here with its two sequels in one huge volume along with new preface and the authors last illustrations before his death. 498 pages. Hard Cover Black & White 7" x 10" (178mm x 254mm) ISBN: 0393061051
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Ma Dalton: A Lucky Luke Adventure # 6
Morris & Goscinny. Cinebook, 2007. Continuing Cinebook's English translation of these delightful stories featuring the man who can shoot faster than his own shadow. In this adventure Lucky Luke makes the acquaintance of Ma Dalton at Cactus Junction, and he quickly realizes that the saying, “like mother, like son” has never been so true! Ma is regarded as an eccentric and amusing old lady; for example, she holds up the shopkeepers as she does her shopping.

But everything changes when her sons escape from prison and Joe Dalton passes himself off as his mother and starts holding up banks in the area. Lucky Luke, always on the watch, follows the trail of the Dalton family. Another light-hearted morality tale suitable for children and adults alike. 48 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 11" (229mm x 279mm) (ISBN-13: 9781905460182)

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Mome Spring 2007
Gary Groth & Eric Reynolds Editors. Fantagraphics Books, 2007. This accessible, reasonably priced, quarterly anthology spotlights a cast of a dozen of today's most exciting cartoonists. Mome is quickly earning a reputation as one of the premiere literary anthologies on the market, and the only one comprised entirely of comics.

Highlights of the seventh volume include: the concluding chapter of Lewis Trondheim's 'At Loose Ends', an autobiographical diary comic that portrays the acclaimed French cartoonist at a crossroads in his life and work; the Mome debut of Portland cartoonist T. Edward Bak; contributions from Mome regulars such as 2006 Eisner Award Most Promising Newcomer nominees Jonathan Bennett and R. Kikuo Johnson, as well as Tim Hensley, David Heatley, Paul Hornschemeier, Anders Nilsen, Sophie Crumb, Kurt Wolfgang, Martin Cendreda and Gabrielle Bell. 120 pages. Soft Cover Part Colour 7" x 9" (178mm x 229mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560978343)
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Doctor Who: The Flood
Scott Gray, Gareth Roberts, Martin Geraghty, David Roach et al. Panini Books, 2007. This volume is the fourth in a series reprinting all the comic adventures of the eighth Doctor. The eight featured stories are: 'Where Nobody Knows Your Name', 'Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game', 'The Power of Thoueris!', 'The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack', 'The Land of Happy Endings', 'Bad Blood', 'Sins of the Fathers' and 'The Flood'.

Now travelling alone, the Doctor finds himself facing an outlandish line-up of aliens, monsters and ne'er-do-wells – from a lovelorn robot to murderous football managers, from a psychotic hippo to an urban legend of old London town! But that's nothing to the trouble in store when an old enemy crosses his path – and they both find themselves battling the deadly Cybermen for the future of the human race.

Writers Scott Gray and Gareth Roberts reveal the background and origins to each story, alongside never-before-seen sketches from artists Martin Geraghty, Roger Langridge, John Ross, Mike Collins, Anthony Williams and Adrian Salmon!

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Plus, in full, the alternative, unused script for part eight of “The Flood”! 226 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 8½" x 11½" (215mm x 291mm) (ISBN-13: 9781905239658)

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The Completely MAD Don Martin
Don Martin. Running Press, September 2007. The book that no sane person can live without. The first round in a projected series of MAD's Greatest Artists features the greatest of them all. This deluxe two-volume slipcase edition features every single piece of artwork that the late great Don Martin drew for MAD Magazine throughout his career spanning more than thirty years. Includes appreciations of Martin from fellow cartoonists Gary Larson, Matt Groening and others.

A great stylist, Don Martin was loved by his millions of readers for his weird characters and even weirder sound effects, the ‘hinged feet' is my personal favourite motif of his. Complete with full color slipcase. 1200 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 10" x 13" (254mm x 330mm) (ISBN-13: 9780762430505) Highly Recommended.

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The Marvel Vault
Roy Thomas & Peter Sanderson. Running Press, October 2007. Join Marvel in celebrating their 60th Birthday with this fun interactive history book. As well as a very readable informal “warts and all” history the scrapbook includes over 30 removable facsimiles from the famous value stamps, to a Merry Marvel Marching Society membership card and even a Marvel Restaurant menu. Roy Thomas was an obvious choice for this sort of project having been Stan Lee's #2 as well as a successful publisher of the Alter Ego fanzine. Peter Sanderson became Marvel's first historian and wrote the excellent company history Marvel Universe. An excellent gift for the ‘Marvel Zombie' in your life. 192 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 13" x 11" (330mm x 279mm) (ISBN-13: 9780762428441)

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Warriors Of Art: A Guide to Contemporary Japanese Artists
Yumi Yamaguch. Kodansha, 2007. This book showcases forty of the latest and most relevant contemporary artists from Japan. Painters, sculptors, photographers and performance artists, offering a fascinating insight into Japanese society and its flourishing contemporary art scene. 176 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 8" x 10" (203mm x 254mm) (ISBN-13: 9784770030313)
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Illustration, issue 11 Spring 2007
Edited by Ruth Prickett & Chiara Nicolina. Guineapiguana Publications, Spring 2007. Mervyn Peake is the featured cover star, his life and work is remembered by his son Sebastian. There is also an overview and checklist of the romantic work of Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale. There are also features on Bob Boze Bell, Eileen Soper and the library of the Royal Academy of Art. ISSN: 17455588) 52 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 8" x 12" (20cm x 30cm) Recommended.

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The Cartoon History Of The Universe I (from the Big Bang to Alexander the Great)
Larry Gonick. Broadway, 2001. How to look knowledgeable down the pub! Reprinting the first seven issues of Gonick's famously irreverent history of the world. This fat volume starts with- well the start- The Big Bang and takes the story up to the time of Alexander the Great. History lessons should have been like this! 360 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 8½" x 11" (215mm x 279mm) ISBN: 0385265204
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It Rhymes With Lust
Arnold Drake, Leslie Waller and Matt Baker. Dark Horse Books, 2007. One of the earliest and might one say best drawn graphic novels ever produced. The reprinting in a facsimile edition of this “Picture Novel” is truly a landmark event. If the prospect of more than 120 pages of sumptuous Matt Baker 'good girl' art isn't enough to get you excited I'd suggest sticking to the spandex crowd. Also included is Arnold Drake's (Doom Patrol et al for DC Comics) essay on the development of the Graphic Novel as a distinct literary form. 136 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 5" x 7½" (127mm x 190mm) (ISBN-13: 9781593077280)
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99 Ways To Tell A Story - Exercises In Style
Matt Madden. Jonathan Cape, 2006. Matt Madden's Exercises in Style is a series of one-page comics that tell the same story in a variety of ways. Inspired by Raymond Queneau's 1947 work of the same title, which told a simple story in ninety-nine different styles and genres – haiku, sonnet, book-jacket blurb – Madden does the same but in different styles of comics – Marvel superhero, R. Crumb, Hergé, even as a map or the Bayeux Tapestry. Or he uses varying points of view, visual and verbal parodies, even radical reshuffling of the elements of the story. The result is funny, inspiring, and genuinely clever. 206 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 7½" x 9" (190mm x 229mm) ISBN: 0224079255
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The Curiously Sinister Art Of Jim Flora
Irwin Chusid & Barbara Economon. Fantagraphics Books (Revised 2nd Edition), 2007. James (Jim) Flora is best-known for his wild jazz and classical album covers for Columbia Records (late 1940s) and RCA Victor (1950s). He authored and illustrated 17 popular children's books and flourished for decades as a magazine illustrator. Few realize, however, that Flora was also a prolific fine artist with a devilish sense of humor and a flair for juxtaposing playfulness, absurdity and violence.

Flora's album covers pulsed with angular hepcats bearing funnel-tapered noses and shark-fin chins who fingered cockeyed pianos and honked lollipop-hued horns. Yet this childlike exuberance was subverted by a tinge of the diabolic. Flora wreaked havoc with the laws of physics, conjuring flying musicians, levitating instruments, and wobbly dimensional perspectives. Taking liberties with human anatomy, he drew bonded bodies and misshapen heads, while inking ghoulish skin tints and grafting mutant appendages.

He was not averse to pigmenting jazz legends Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa like bedspread patterns. On some Flora figures, three legs and five arms were standard equipment, with spare eyeballs optional. His rarely seen fine artworks reflect the same comic yet disturbing qualities. 180 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 11" x 10" (279mm x 254mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560978053)
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Worlds of Amano
Yoshitaka Amano. Dark Horse Press, 2007. Dark Horse have done a good job in picking this book which was originally published in France. To call this lavishly illustrated would be a gross understatement. The book is a comprehensive thirty year overview of the artists work. Amano's became well known thanks to his design work for films and video games such as the famous Final Fantasy series.

His gothic cum fin-de-siecle work has also been used in stage design and even a stained glass window. His dream-like figures are unique in commercial illustration. Arguably Amano is the most significant Japanese artist working today and this book is a fine tribute to him. 156 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 11" x 11" (279mm x 279mm) (ISBN-13: 9781595820648)
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My Brush With History
Everett Raymond Kinstler. International Artist, 2005. E.R. Kinstler first came to notice back in the Golden Age of pulp fiction. His work graced many covers in that period including Doc Savage and The Shadow. He also worked in comics creating a much more classical illustrated style than was common at the time.

This book touches on his early commercial art but it focuses on his portrait painting of the great and the good in American public life. Includes official portraits of several US Presidents; Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr, Bill Clinton, movie stars such as John Wayne, Jimmy Cagney and Katharine Hepburn.

This is a wonderful testament to an artist whose work has been acquired by The National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. and The Metropolitan Museum Of Art amongst other leading institutions. The artist tells his own story behind the works in autobiographical sketches. 156 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 10" x 12½" (254mm x 317mm) (ISBN: 1929834608)
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The Magic Mirror Of M.C. Escher
Bruno Ernst, featuring the art of Maurits Cornelis Escher. Taschen, 2007. Another title in Taschen’s celebratory 25th anniversary series, "The Magic Mirror" celebrates the confounding yet irresistible work of Dutch conceptual artist Maurits Cornelis Escher. The book goes into fascinating detail to explain how Escher achieved his representations of impossible objects. Although not a trained mathematician he incorporated concepts such as the Penrose triangle and the Necker cube into paintings, murals, woodcuts and even bank notes. There are detailed explanations of his use of perspective and light source and direction that change concave into convex shapes etc.

Ernst, a mathematician, spent a year reviewing all of Escher’s work with the artist to arrive at a complete understanding of these fascinating alternate realities. This is far from being a dry academic tome however, it is a fascinating read in it’s own right. Packed with illustrations including all his famous works (Moebius Strip I and II, Relativity, Sky and Water etc.) together with examples from art history depicting similar work, inspirations and fellow travellers Rene Magritte and Jan van Eyck. 116 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9783822837030)
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The Trigan Empire - The Complete Don Lawrence Collection Volume 2: Revolution in Zabriz (Limited Edition)
Don Lawrence, Mike Butterworth. Don Lawrence Collection (DLC), 2007. First Edition. For the first time ever, the complete Trigan Empire saga in ENGLISH. All the legendary adventures of Trigo, Janno, Perik and Bragg presented in a unique DELUXE full colour hard cover set of 12 volumes containing all the stories of the Trigan Empire illustrated by the late Don Lawrence. The albums are printed in large format, bound in leatherette with a full-colour cover, over 40 stories and more than 950 pages of artwork.

The Don Lawrence Collection has access to over 750 original pages with high resolution scanning to maintain superb print quality. For the missing originals, the Dutch publisher's original films are being used. Fully digitized, the colours of the artwork are presented to their best effect. All the stories are re-edited and every album has its own unique dossier.

An extremely LIMITED edition of just 500 copies per volume in English, the books are being published in conjunction with foreign language editions. Volumes 8, 11, 10, 9, 4, 7, 3 and 2 are all now published, with the remaining four volumes to follow at approximately six monthly intervals.

This is volume 2 in the series - the eighth to be published - and features the five stories originally published in 1966 in Look and Learn: The Revolt of the Lokans, War with Hericon, Revolution in Zabriz, The Lokan Invasion and The Revenge of Darak.

A deluxe bounded hardcover. Cover is partial leather bound with a full colour print. The book is printed in full-colour on 150 grams deluxe paper. 122 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 13" (23cm x 33cm) (ISBN-13: 9789073508910)
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Storm The Collection Part 7: The Slayer of Eriban and The Hounds of Marduk (Limited Edition)
Don Lawrence, Martin Lodewijk. Don Lawrence Collection (DLC), 2007. This volume continues the best selling series of limited editions. Each volume is LIMITED to just 500 English language copies. Beautifully bound, the artwork has been shot from the original art in all its glorious colour.

This volume includes The Slayer of Eriban from 1984 and The Hounds of Marduk from 1984/85. The album contains also a well illustrated Storm-dossier entitled The Search for Storm part 7.

Gold stamped artwork on leatherette cover with bound-in ribbon bookmark. The entire Storm series from 1982 to 2003 are collected as 12 deluxe hardbacks, printed on 150gm coated paper, with new film separations and re-edited with new lettering. 112 pages 6; Hard Cover Full Colour 10" x 14" (25cm x 36cm) Dust Jacket (ISBN-13: 9789073508972)
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Grateful Dead The Illustrated Trip (Limited Edition)
Blair Jackson, Dennis McNally, Stephen Peters and Chuck Wills. Dorling Kindersley, 2003. Out of Print. Fantastic deluxe slipcase limited edition from just 1000 copies of this essential illustrated history of this most famous Group includes a Skeleton and Roses print on heavy art stock by the band’s long-time collaborator Kelly Mouse.

To call this book lavishly illustrated would be a gross understatement. It charts the history of the good old Grateful Dead from 1961 and their pre-history as The Warlocks up do the final concert before Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995 and beyond to the reformed Dead pictured Summer 2003. Features articles on songs, albums and venues and the multitude of people who have worked with the band in some way or other.

There’s a timeline included that links the band’s history to that which was going on in what we laughingly refer to as the Reel World. Illustrations come from gig photos, album covers ticket stubs badges and more memorabilia than you can shake a tie-dye at. The music never stopped indeed! The Foreword is provided by Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. 480 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 10½" x 12" (266mm x 305mm) ISBN: 0756602432
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Spectrum The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art (Signed) (Limited Edition)
Cathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner Editors. Underwood Books, 1994. First Edition. Out of Print. This book was recently reprinted and here’s what we said about it: "The first annual that started it all. Over 10 years ago Arnie Feller put together a book of contemporary fantasy art. Now more than 10 years on the series has gone from strength to strength. Each year the books have been sold out very quickly and have become essential reference works for art today. Early editions of this series are now much sought after and can command hefty prices on the secondary market."

Featured artists include Simon Bisley, John Bolton, Bob Eggleton, Michael Kaluta, Stephen Youll and many other favourites.

We offer here not only a true first edition of the book but a signed and numbered slipcase edition. Numbered 247 of 500 it is signed by the entire selection jury and show chairman, signatories include Dave Stevens. 200 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 12½" (229mm x 317mm) ISBN: 0887331890 NUMBERED 247 of 500, with SLIPCASE. SIGNED by Dave Stevens and entire selection jury.
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Pulp Art Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines
Robert Lesser. Castle Books, 2003. Black Mask, Mystery Tales, The Shadow, Weird Tales, True Detective, Amazing Stories are just a few of the pulps that crowded the magazine racks from the 1920s to the 1960s. Stories by Howard, Lovecraft, Sax Rohmer and Raymond Chandler were but a few that were luridly illustrated.

Long overdue, this book provides the background and history of this amazing art with 18 essays and over 100 colour illustrations of rare original paintings. 192 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour Dust Jacket (ISBN: 0785817077) Highly Recommended.
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Picture Posts
The iconic photo magazine of the 1940s and 1950s. We recently acquired a unique collection of hundreds of issues from 1938 to 1957, covering many key moments in UK and world history, from the frivolous to the momentous, including the Second World War. Far too many to list, with the vast majority in really fine condition.

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Shown are four random issues from 7 September 1940, 29 March 1941, 8 November 1941 and 20 December 1941, featuring Winston Churchill, Gene Tierney, Robert Donat and President Roosevelt on the covers, with features on the first year of the war, the grave U-Boat threat to shipping, the war in the Pacific, and the life story of a General.
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Robots Spaceships & Other Tin Toys
Teruhisa Kitahara & Yukio Shimizu. Taschen, 2006. This book lovingly photographs the robots and tin toys produced largely by Japan, from the 1940s to date. The range and styling of these now expensive tin toys is a sheer joy. An important addition to Taschen's '25' series of books, it comes with a brief introduction from the photographer and the owner of the Japanese TV celebrity collector Teruhisa Kitahara. 352 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 6½" x 9" (164mm x 229mm) ISBN: 3822850624

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Film Posters of the 70s The Essential Movies of the Decade
Edited by Tony Nourmand and Graham Marsh. Evergreen, 2005. Another in the excellent series of film poster books edited by Nourmand and Marsh. A clear well des