Jack Davis' EC Stories Artist's Edition
Jack Davis is one of the founding fathers of EC Comics; he is a master of horror, humor and nearly every other genre EC published. Aside from his work at EC, Davis is one of the most prolific and popular commercial artists of all time. His instantly recognizable style has graced covers of Time Magazine and TV Guide, as well as movie posters and stamps.

This remarkable volume presents a beautiful selection of some of Davis' best and most memorable stories - such as FOUL PLAY - and an extensive cover gallery - and all at the same size as originally drawn!

AN ARTIST'S EDITION PRESENTS COMPLETE STORIES WITH EACH PAGE SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART. While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for instance, corrections, blue pencils, paste-overs, all the little nuances that make original art unique.

Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.

Author: Jack Davis
Artist: Jack Davis
Publisher: IDW, 2013
Number of pages: 144
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 15" x 22" (381mm x 559mm)
ISBN: 9781613776322

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Les Yeux Du Chat (Cat's Eyes)
Here’s Moebius collaborating with Alejandro Jodorowsky on their first comic together, Les Yeux du Chat (The Eyes of the Cat). It was made to be a gift to staff and friends of Les Humanoïdes Associés. Simply beautiful and amazingly stylish. Printed on yellow paper. Contains only a very small amount of French text, this is really a silent story and a very powerful one.

Author: Moebius & Jodorowsky
Artist: Moebius & Jodorowsky
Publisher: Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2011
Number of pages: 56
Format: Hard Cover; Black & White illustrations
Size: 12" x 16" (310mm x 410mm)
ISBN: 9782731619003

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Two pages from the book

Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland Red Label Edition (Signed) (Limited Edition)

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21 of the most iconic Judge Dredd stories ever written. Limited to 350 copies, each book is a hand-numbered masterpiece with a mounted signature page signed by Brian Bolland and Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner.

Packaged in a limited-edition, custom-designed slipcase and bearing an exclusive cover printed in metallic inks, this hardcover portfolio contains 12 limited-edition lithographs of key Judge Dredd moments and a vellum overlay of the title page.

Author: John Wagner, Brian Bolland
Artist: Brian Bolland
Publisher: IDW Publishing, due April 2013
Number of pages: 248
Format: Hard Cover; Black & White illustrations
Size: 10" x 12" (250mm x 300mm)
ISBN: 9781613774885

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The Art of Jaime Hernandez: The Secrets of Life and Death

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In 1981 three Mexican-American brothers self-published their first comic book, Love and Rockets, and “changed American cartooning forever”. Over twenty-five years later it is still being published to critical and commercial success.

Jaime Hernandez’s moving stories chronicle the lives of some of the most memorable and fully formed characters the comics form has ever seen. His female protagonists, masterfully delineated with humor, candor, and breathtaking realism, come to life within California’s Mexican-American culture and punk milieu.

In April 2006 Hernandez began serializing his work with the New York Times Magazine—all of which will be collected here in full color. The notoriously private artist has opened his archives for the first time, revealing never-before-seen sketches, childhood drawings, and unpublished work, alongside his most famous Love and Rockets material.

Author: Todd Hignite
Artist: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, March 2010 First Edition
Number of pages: 224
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9" x 12" (229mm x 311mm)
ISBN: 9780810995703

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Will Eisner's Spirit (Artist's Edition)

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Created by Eisner in 1940, the Spirit is to comics what Citizen Kane was to cinema ... groundbreaking and brilliant. 17 classic stories are collected in this volume, each scanned from Eisner's original art, and all stories from the post-war years of 1946-1950, generally regarded as Eisner's best period on the Spirit. Stories include April Fool, Li'l Adam, War Bride, Taxes and the Spirit, and Eisner's personal favorite, The Story of Gerhard Shnobble, as well as a dozen more. Each book is shipped in a custom cardboard box for maximum protection.

Brought to you by the same team responsible for the Eisner Award-winning Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer: Artist's Edition and Wally Wood's EC Stories: Artist's Edition.

An ARTIST'S EDITION presents complete stories with each page scanned from the actual original art. While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for instance, corrections, blue pencils, paste-overs, all the little nuances that make original art unique. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.

Author: Will Eisner
Artist: Will Eisner
Publisher: IDW Publishing, 2013 First Edition
Number of pages: 144
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 15" x 22" (390mm x 570mm)

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Illustration (USA magazine) issue number forty
The cover feature by Thomas Ziegler profiles Bruce Minney, subject of Ziegler's new book Bruce Minney: The Man Who Painted Everything. Minney's bold and imaginative work graced many 'Men's Adventure' magazines.

Also in this issue Gary Land profiles the career of Edwin Austin Abbey a master from the golden age of illustration who's contemporaries included John Singer Sargent and Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema.

Published quarterly and printed in full colour, each issue features the highest quality printing, photography and colour reproductions of original art available anywhere.

For those with an interest in popular culture, commercial art and design, publishing history, comic books, paperbacks, pulp magazines, or collecting original art.

Author: Dan Zimmer (Editor)
Artist: Various
Publisher: The Illustrated Press, 2013
Number of pages: 80
Format: Soft Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 8" x 11" (203mm x 279mm)

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The Art of Bob Peak

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Highly sought-after gorgeous Coffee-table book with over 600 images.

For the first time ever, a comprehensive oversized coffee-table book on the art of Bob Peak! The book includes 392 pages with over 600 images and illustrations of work spanning a 40 year career with many never before seen illustration along with his iconic illustrations for the Movies, Major Periodicals, National Ad Campaigns, Time Magazine Covers, TV Guide Covers, Fashion Advertising, Sports Advertising and more.

Bob Peak came on the New York Advertising Art Scene in the early 1950s. He went on to become one of the most prolific illustrators of the 20th century. His artistic vision represented a bridge between the era of Norman Rockwell and Coby Whitmore, with its emphasis on technique, to more direct ways of making pictures, greater use of line, and a more startling, bolder palette.

In 1961 he was named “Artist of the Year” by the Artist Guild of New York. In 1977 he was inducted into the prestigious New York Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. In 1992 after over 100 Movie Campaigns including his iconic images for such films as, My Fair Lady, Camelot, Star Trek, and Apocalypse Now, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hollywood Reporters for his contribution to the film industry.

Author: Tom Peak
Artist: Bob Peak
Publisher: Art Works Fine Arts Publishing, 2012; First Edition
Number of pages: 392
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 11" x 12" (279mm x 305mm).

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One of Bob's images!

Ranger The National Boys' Magazine
Ranger may not have lasted as long as Lion but it was home to some memorable stories and features, including one of comics' finest creations, 'The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire' featuring the artwork of Don Lawrence.

The book's creators' index also includes an astonishing array of famous names, including Frank Hampson, Ron Embleton, John Millar Watt, Mike Hubbard, Jesus Blasco, Colin Merrett, Graham Coton, Francis Marshall, Henry Seabright, Will Nickless and Theo Page.

With stories by talents as diverse as Captain W. E. Johns and John Creasey, Ranger was able to offer boys' some of the best reading material on offer, including Richard Armstrong's Carnegie Medal-winning novel Sea Change; its photos, cutaway drawings and heavily illustrated features covered everything from duels in the sky to exploding islands, from James Bond's DB6 to the Mariner Mars expedition.

Compiled by Steve Holland and David Slinn, this comprehensive tome explores the history and background of the magazine, its contents and its lasting legacy. The book also includes an extensive index to the paper's contents, as well as title and creators' indexes.

To give readers a flavour of the contents, the book also includes the full run of the 'Famous Fighting Aces' feature by Colin Merrett as well as two complete comic strips, 'The Adventures of Macbeth' by Ruggero Giovannini and 'Moby Dick' by Franco Caprioli.

Author: Compiled by Steve Holland and David Slinn
Artist: Various
Publisher: Bear Alley Books, 2013
Number of pages: 162
Format: Soft Cover; Part Colour illustrations
Size: 8" x 11" (210mm x 290mm)
ISBN: 9781907081705

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Hurricane and Champion: The Companion Papers to Valiant
This all-new index to these highly collectable British comics - Hurricane and Champion - details the histories of both papers and reveals, some for the first time, the names of many of the creators behind the classic comic strips that filled their pages.

Heavily illustrated throughout, Hurricane and Champion also includes title and creator indexes covering both papers, a gallery of annual covers and has a full-colour cover scanned from original artwork.

In his introduction, Steve Holland describes how Hurricane (1964-65) went through four phases during its lifetime and reveals the many problems faced by Champion (1966) during its brief 15-issue run.

Author: Compiled by Steve Holland
Artist: Various
Publisher: Bear Alley Books, 2012
Number of pages: 48
Format: Soft Cover; Part Colour illustrations
Size: 8" x 11" (210mm x 290mm)
ISBN: 9781907081538

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Alien - The Illustrated Story (Original Art Edition)

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An enormous book printed and bound the same size as the original art. Two of comics’ greatest talents joined forces in 1979 to bring Ridley Scott's epic Alien motion picture to the comic book page. this oversized hardcover edition has been meticulously restored from original artwork in Walt Simonson's studio — presenting for the very first time the definitive edition of the classic SF movie story.

It collects Alien: The Illustrated Story b/w comic strip, scanned from the artist's original art boards, plus an in-depth interview with Simonson, the original script pages, colour tryouts and sketches. Illustrations are black and white comic strip, with colour annotations.

Author: Walter Simonson & Archie Goodwin
Artist: Walter Simonson
Publisher: Titan Books, 2012
Number of pages: 96
Format: Hard Cover; Black & White illustrations
Size: 13" x 17" (329mm x 430mm)
ISBN: 9781781161302

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Illustrated British Classics: King Solomon's Mines + Allan Quatermain + Montezuma's Daughter

Three collected British comic strips that boast the talents of Jesus Blasco, Mike Hubbard, Cecil Doughty, Bill Baker and John Millar Watt !! The strips are reproduced from the original artboards and have never looked better.

Gathered together are three classic adaptations behind a Millar Watt cover: King Solomon's Mines, Allan Quatermain and Montezuma's Daughter, each written by H Rider Haggard, the father of the lost-world genre.

King Solomon's Mines is one of the most famous of all adventure novels: adventurer Allan Quatermain is asked to help find his friend's brother who is presumed lost deep in the unexplored interior of Africa whilst looking for the legendary King Solomon's Mines. The artwork is some of Bill Baker's best and one wonders why the equally talented C. L. Doughty took over part-way through.

Allan Quatermain: in mourning for his only son, Quatermain persuades his friends (jncluding Zulu chief Umslopogas) to accompany him into Maasai territory. Travelling by canoe, they find themselves in the kingdom of Zu-Vendis, a country ruled by an isolated warlike white race … The artwork in line & wash by Mike Hubbard.

Montezuma's Daughter: superbly adapted and penned by Jesus Blasco, Thomas Wingfield sets off to avenge the murder of his mother. After a brush with the Spanish Inquisition, shipwreck and slavery, his search leads him to the shores of Mexico where he is captured by the Aztecs. He is taken to the emperor who will decide hios fate. Then the Spaniards arrive …

click pics to see full page strips by Jesus Blasco and Mike Hubbard from the book ...

Author: H Rider Haggard, introduction by Steve Holland
Artists: Jesus Blasco, Mike Hubbard, C.L. Doughty, Bill Baker, John Millar Watt (cover)
Publisher: Book Palace Books, 2013 First Edition
Number of pages: 126
Format: Soft Cover; Black & White illustrations
Size: 8" x 12" (210mm x 297mm)
ISBN: 9781907081163

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Illustration (UK magazine), issue 34 Winter 2012
This issue is packed full of bright and beautiful things to bring a glow to the last cold, dark days of winter (!) We start by revisiting the glamour of the posters that sold the image of Austin Reed, Simpson's of Piccadilly, Dickins & Jones and Jaeger to war-weary shoppers of the early and mid-20th century. Oozing sophistication and confidence they called out to people to join the ranks of brave men and slim, elegant women shown parading the streets in their advertisements. And it seems that illustration was much better at selling this fantasy than photographs – perhaps because it created a world that was a step further away from reality than even the most glamorous photographs.

Illustration is also the means of coping with the grimmest realities for Michel Kichka when he uses his caricatures and cartoons to take a humorous swipe at the deadliest of world events. Whether he is turning his pen to depict Syria's President Assad or North Korea's military ambitions, or whether he is lampooning Lady Gaga, he demonstrates how a humorous visual image can make serious political points as well as raising a smile.

Korky Paul, on the other hand, has made his name taking the fantastic world of Valerie Thomas's Winnie the Witch and giving it familiarity. However far his images stray towards the surreal world of cartoons, Winnie is rooted by familiar, every day things such as kettles and computers and this “normal” element of her life has helped people to relate to her across the world. It is this power of illustration to sell goods and dreams, raise laughter or tears and speak to people in different cultures that makes it a delight to collectors – as Simon Cooke tells us when he shows us his remarkable collection.

Author: Edited by Ruth Prickett
Artist: Various
Publisher: Guineapiguana Publications, Winter 2012
Number of pages: 48
Format: Soft Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 8" x 12" (203mm x 305mm)

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Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954

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Alex Toth's influence on the art of comic books is incalculable. As his generation was the first to grow up with the new 10-cent full-color pamphlets, he came to the medium with a fresh eye and enough talent and discipline to graphically strip it down its to its bare essentials. His efforts reached fruition at Standard Comics, creating an entire school of imitators and establishing Toth as the “comic book artist's artist.” Setting the Standard collects the entirety of this highly influential body of work in one substantial volume.

Toth began his professional career at fifteen in 1945 for Heroic Comics, but quickly advanced to superhero work for DC. Responding to the endless criticism of editor Sheldon Mayer and production chief Sol Harrison, the young artist strove toward a technique free of “showoff surface tricks, clutter, and distracting picture elements.” Simply put, he learned “how to tell a story, to the exclusion of all else.”

After falling out with DC in 1952, Toth moved west. He freelanced almost exclusively for Standard over the next two years, contributing classic work for its crime, horror, science fiction, and war titles. But perhaps most revelatory to the reader will be the romance collaborations with writer Kim Ammodt, Toth's personal favorites. “I came to prefer them for the quieter, more credible, natural human equations they dealt with — emotions, subtleties of gesture, expression, attitude.”

To explain his take on comics, Toth would quote such proverbs as “To add to truth distracts from it,” or “The beauty of the simple thing.” He employed these axioms “to make clear how universal this pursuit of truth, clarity, simplicity, economy, in all the arts and many other disciplines really is — and has been for 6,000 years.” These and other observations regarding the comic book form are collected in an essay based on Toth's published and unpublished letters and interviews.

Every page is restored to bring Toth's unsurpassed graphics and page designs into full clarity, making this an essential edition for anyone with an appreciation of the art of graphic storytelling.

Author: Alex Toth, edited by Greg Sadowski
Artist: Alex Toth
Publisher: Fantagraphics, 2011
Number of pages: 432
Format: Soft Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 8" x 10" (195mm x 265mm)
ISBN: 9781606994085

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Action! Mystery! Thrills!

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When we contemplate a memorable old comic book, the first thing that comes to mind is its cover, and that was no accident. Publishers realized fairly quickly that if they spent a little extra to hire a good cover artist, they could fill the insides with mediocrity and still make a sizable profit — that all it took was a striking cover to entice thousands of kids to fork over their dimes.

Even today, covers drive the collectors’ market. Apart from number-one issues and first appearances, the strength of a comic book’s cover is the first consideration in determining its value. Indeed, it is now common practice to entomb the book between slabs of sealed plastic — with only the cover visible — as if the interior pages’ sole purpose was to provide a place to secure the staples.

In order to locate the best possible examples, collectors from around the world have been enlisted to share their rare and valuable comic books. The scores of cover artists represented include Carl Barks, Charles Biro, Dick Briefer, L.B. Cole, Jack Cole, Reed Crandall, Will Eisner, Bill Everett, Lou Fine, Walt Kelly, Jack Kirby, Mac Raboy, and Alex Schomburg. Every comic book genre will be explored, from superhero to detective to Western to funny animal.

Majestic, iconic, chaotic, or downright weird, a classic comic book cover has an undeniable appeal, and Action! Mystery! Thrills! celebrates in spades this unique cultural icon. The covers are printed full-sized on glossy paper to most faithfully replicate the originals, and arranged chronologically to give the reader a sense of the sweeping trends and stylistic developments throughout the medium’s first decade, as inexorable waves of dazzling imagery battled monthly for newsstand attention. This long-overdue collection also includes extensive historical commentary by editor/designer Greg Sadowski (Four Color Fear, Supermen!).

Author: Greg Sadowski Editor; Ty Templeton (foreword)
Artist: Various
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2011
Number of pages: 208
Format: Soft Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 8" x 10" (200mm x 265mm)
ISBN: 9781606994948

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Albert Dorne Master Illustrator
Recommended.
Albert Dorne: Master Illustrator is the latest addition to Auad's Famous Illustrators series and is the first book about Dorne, the renowned artist responsible for the Famous Artists' School. The introduction is by Howard Munce, a truely great illustrator and teacher who knew Dorne Personally.

David Apatoff writes the text, further solidifyig his position as one of the foremost historians of the Golden Age of magazine illustration. The book also contains a preface by Apatoff and "Memories of My Father", an affectionate and very insightful tribute to her father by Barbara Dorne Bullas. As a further testament to Dorne's place in the illustration firmament, Jack Davis contributes a Graphic Foreword.

Author: David Apatoff, Manuel Auad (Editor), Jack Davis (foreword), Howard Munce (introduction)
Artist: Albert Dorne
Publisher: Auad Publishing, 2012
Number of pages: 160
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9" x 12" (240mm x 310mm)
ISBN: 9781620503591

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You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation!

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Fletcher Hanks was the first great comic book auteur. That is, he wrote, penciled, inked, and lettered all of his own stories. He completed an astonishing 48 stories in three years from 1939-1941. As a one-man-cartooning-band, his work packs the wallop of a unique and unified artistic vision and he was a true comics visionary.

In the earliest days of the comic book, before censorship, it was “anything goes!” — and in the tales of Fletcher Hanks, anything went. The superhero Stardust gazes down at evil-doers from space and doles out ice cold slabs of poetic justice with his wizardry. A villain out to kidnap all the heads of state gets turned into a giant head, himself… no body, just a head! The jungle protectress, Fantomah, looks like Jean Harlow in a skin-tight black negligee. But when she sees an evil scientist drugging gorillas to become slaves, her head transforms into a flaming skull and she tosses the villain to the gorillas who proceed to graphically tear the guy limb from ragged limb.

Although the early comic books were meant for the kiddies, today’s mature readers are stunned by their pop surrealism and outright violent mayhem. The first volume of Fletcher Hanks stories, I Shall Destroy All Civilized Planets! (in multiple printings) was an Eisner Award-winning smash hit and a staple on “Best of the Year” lists.

Comics fans were thrilled to come upon a cartoonist of this caliber whom they had never heard of before. Non-comics fans who read about the book in The Believer and other journals were stunned to discover an Outsider Artist in comic book form. Edited by cartoonist Paul Karasik (who also provides an insightful introduction), this second volume, You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation!, collects all of the rest of Hanks's comic book work. That’s right... ALL! The 31 tales in this book (more than TWICE as many as in the first), when combined with the first volume, comprise The Complete Fletcher Hanks!

Author: Fletcher Hanks; edited and with an introduction by Paul Karasik
Artist: Fletcher Hanks
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2009
Number of pages: 224
Format: Soft Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9" x 11" (220mm x 280mm)
ISBN: 9781606991602

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Amazing Mysteries: The Bill Everett Archives vol. 1

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The 1939 creation of the Sub-Mariner for the first issue of Marvel Comics assures Bill Everett a place in history. Co-creating Daredevil, the Man Without Fear, for Marvel Comics in 1964 gave Everett a link to one of the most popular superheroes of the past 50 years. And producing over 400 additional pages of superhero-related work in the very early days of the Golden Age of Comics (1938-42) makes Bill Everett a legend.

This book collects over 200 pages of this never-before-reprinted work from titles such as Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938), Amazing-Man Comics (1939),Target Comics (1940), Heroic Comics (1940), and Blue Bolt Comics (1940). These titles feature an endless array of great vintage Everett characters such as Amazing-Man, Hydroman, Skyrocket Steele, Sub-Zero, The Chameleon, and many more, all produced by Everett’s shop Funnies, Inc. for such clients as Centaur, Novelty Press, and Eastern Color, and all displaying Everett’s brilliant cartooning and energetic storytelling.

Edited and compiled by best-selling author and comic-book historian Blake Bell, Amazing Mysteries: The Bill Everett Archives is a stunning companion to Bell’s 2010 critically acclaimed Everett biography and art book, Fire and Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner and the Birth of Marvel Comics, boasting never-before-reprinted, beautifully restored, full-color stories from one of comic books’ greatest visionaries and most accomplished artists. Also includes an introduction by Bell that delves even deeper into Everett’s life, fiery personality, and the history of the era. The resultant package enhances Everett’s place in history as one of the first and best comic-book creators of all time.

Author: Bill Everett, Blake Bell (Editor)
Artist: Bill Everett
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2011
Number of pages: 240
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 7" x 10" (180mm x 255mm)
ISBN: 9781606994887

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Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko

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Steve Ditko is best known as the co-creator, with Stan Lee, of Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, and other classic Marvel and DC characters. But, in the context of Steve Ditko's 50-year career in comics, his creative involvement with Spider-Man is merely the tip of the iceberg. Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko is a coffee table art book tracing Ditko's life and career, his unparalleled stylistic innovations, and his strict adherence to his philosophical principles, with lush displays of obscure and popular art from the thousands of pages of comics he’s drawn over the last 55 years.

Author: Blake Bell, Steve Ditko
Artist: Steve Ditko
Publisher: Fantagraphics, 2008
Number of pages: 216
Format: Hard Cover; Part Colour illustrations
Size: 9" x 12" (235mm x 310mm)
ISBN: 9781560979210

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Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer (Artist's Edition)

Don't miss out on the new edition of this very sought after book.

A very special book honoring the work of this esteemed creator. This Artist's Edition is a mammoth hardcover book printed in glorious black and white. Nearly every page in The Rocketeer has been scanned in color from Stevens' original art to ensure the best possible reproduction and highest degree of accuracy.

Printed on uncoated stock and at the same size as the original art, Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer: Artist's Edition is the next best thing to holding the actual art by Dave Stevens.

This is a NEW EDITION. The original sold out in super fast time and is now an expensive collector's item. Many people missed out on an opportunity to own this great book and we are delighted to offer this green cover new edition. Availability is strictly limited, so order early to avoid disappointment.

Author: Dave Stevens
Artist: Dave Stevens
Publisher: IDW Publishing, 2012
Number of pages: 136
Format: Hard Cover; Part Colour illustrations
Size: 12" x 17" (305mm x 432mm)
ISBN: 9781613775721

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Pirates and Buccaneers

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Divided into thirteen chapters, this is a superbly illustrated description of the lives, historical, fictional and mythical pirates, passionate rebels & buccaneers. This edition is full of fact and insights into the worlds of these brigands, both male & female.

Author: Gilles Lapouge
Publisher: Hachette Illustrated UK, 2004
Number of pages: 184
Format: Hard Cover with Dust Wrapper; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 10" x 12" (25cm x 30cm)
ISBN: 1844301192

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Harvey Horrors The Collected Works: Witches Tales Volume 2 (Limited Edition)

Limited Edtion of 1674.
Volume Two collects March - September 1952 (issues 8 - 14) and exclusively features a special introduction from Paul Cornell and a profile of one of the genre's leading artists - Warren Kremer, plus examples of his original artwork.

Dare you read these eerie tales of the supernatural from this classic title?. Witches Tales ran for 28 issues in the 1950s. Now for the first time we have collected together in this exclusive 4 volume set all of these classic tales.

Digitally enhanced and reproduced in their entirety, plus profiles of the leading artists that worked on the publication Jack Sparling, Warren Kremer, John Sink and Tom Hickey with examples of their original artwork.

Author: Various, with introduction by Paul Cornell
Artist: Various, including cover by Jimmy Broxton
Publisher: PS Artbooks, December 2012
Number of pages: 288
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 7" x 10" (180mm x 260mm)
ISBN: 9781848634688

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Frank Bellamy's Heros the Spartan The Complete Adventures (Leatherbound) (Limited Edition)



Leather Limited edition of 120 copies - the book ALL Bellamy art fans have been waiting for…
Yes, we have been working on this massive book for over a year and our research and scanning is nearing completion.

The overall size of the book will be the same as our enormous Wulf the Briton by Ron Embleton.

Click to see some extracts from Heros the Spartan

Complete in leather embossed slipcase plus additional 24 pages of original art.

Author: Tom Tully, Frank Bellamy
Artist: Frank Bellamy
Publisher: Book Palace Books, due Spring 2013
Number of pages: 296
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 11" x 14" (270mm x 360mm)

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Adventures into the Unknown 3 - American Comics Group Collected Works (Limited Edition)

Just 1700 bookshop copies worldwide.
June/July 1950 to January 1951 Issues 11-15.

Weird, Mysterious and Spine-tingling tales featuring Issues 11-15 from June/July 1950 to January 1951 of the ACG classic Adventures Into The Unknown. This third volume has been meticulously compiled from the original source material and painstakingly digitally restored.

Author: Various, with introduction by Paul Difilippo
Artist: Various
Publisher: PS Artbooks, December 2012 First Edition
Number of pages: 288
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 7" x 10" (180mm x 260mm)
ISBN: 9781848634718

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Forbidden Worlds 2 - American Comics Group Collected Works
Tales exploring the supernatural featuring May/June 1952 to November 1952 Issues 6 - 11 of the ACG classic Forbidden Worlds. Featuring an essay by British author Mark Chadbourn, this second volume has been meticulously compiled from the original source material and painstakingly digitally restored.

Author: Various, foreword by Mark Chadbourn
Artist: Various
Publisher: PS Artbooks, January 2013
Number of pages: 288
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 7" x 10" (180mm x 260mm)
ISBN: 9781848634722

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Prince Valiant volume 6 1947 – 1948
Hal Foster's masterpiece enters its second decade in the latest volume of Prince Valiant. Valiant and Aleta journey to The New World, where Aleta gives birth to Arn and acquires her Indian nurse, Tillicum. However, much of the rest of the story is packed with action as Valiant confronts the mad King Tourien of Cornwall. The volume is rounded off with an essay by Brian M. Kane discussing Foster's depiction of 'Indians' as it relates to the context of the time, as well as previously unpublished graphic goodies from Foster.

Author: Hal Foster
Artist: Hal Foster
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2012
Number of pages: 112
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 11" x 14" (270mm x 365mm)
ISBN: 9781606995884

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Lion: King of Picture Story Papers
Recommended.
The second index in Bear Alley's new series charting the history of British comics, Lion King of Picture Story Papers is a massive, 262-page volume covering the story of one of the most popular titles released in the post-Second World War "silver age" of British comics. Launched in 1952, Lion was Amalgamated Press's answer to Eagle, featuring its own space hero, Captain Condor on its cover.

This was one of the company's first adventure story comics and its twenty-two-year history is the story of British adventure strips in the 1950s and 1960s. Over the years Lion starred some of the most popular characters in British comics, including Robot Archie, Paddy Payne, Karl the Viking, Zip Nolan, The Spider, The Spellbinder, Black Max and Adam Eterno. 290 authors and artists are identified in the index which also covers the Lion Annual, Lion Holiday Special and Lion and Valiant Special Extra.

Lavishly illustrated throughout, Lion King of Picture Story Papers includes a lengthy historical introduction, an index to the weekly comic covering comics, text stories and features, contents listings for all 35 Lion Annuals and spin-off annuals, all 17 Lion Holiday Specials and Lion and Valiant Special Extras and includes a title index and creator's index.

Author: Compiled by Steve Holland
Artist: Various
Publisher: Bear Alley Books, 2013
Number of pages: 262
Format: Soft Cover; Black & White illustrations
Size: 8" x 12" (210mm x 297mm)
ISBN: 9781907081675

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Gil Kane's The Amazing Spider-Man (Artist's Edition)
Highly Recommended.
IDW proudly presents GIL KANE’S THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ARTIST'S EDITION, collecting issues 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 and 121. Eight incredible Spider-Man stories, including some of the very best comics the wall crawler has ever appeared in: the infamous non comics code approved LSD drug issues, the "six-arm" Spider-Man storyline that also introduced Morbius for the very first time, and the classic of classics—The Night Gwen Stacy Died!

Nearly every page has been scanned from the original art at the same size Gil Kane drew it, and in color (to ensure the best possible reproduction). This Artist's Edition measures 12 x 17 inches and is an extra-long 216 pages. Each book is shipped in a custom cardboard box for maximum protection. Brought to you by the same team responsible for the Eisner Award-winning Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer: The Artist's Edition, as well as Wally Wood’s EC Stories: Artist’s Edition.

AN ARTIST'S EDITION PRESENTS COMPLETE STORIES WITH EACH PAGE SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART.

While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for instance, corrections, blue pencils, paste-overs, all the little nuances that make original art unique. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.

Author: Gil Kane
Artist: Gil Kane
Publisher: IDW Publishing, 2012
Number of pages: 216
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 12" x 17" (305mm x 432mm)
ISBN: 9781613775257

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MAD (Artist's Edition)
Before MAD Magazine was read in nearly every household, there was MAD Comics. Written and edited by the brilliant Harvey Kurtzman, and drawn by the best and most creative cartoonists of the time, including Wally Wood, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, and Basil Wolverton, MAD was the most innovative satirical publication ever unleashed upon the youth of America.

This very special Artist’s Edition features more than 20 incredible stories and 15 classic covers—including the cover of MAD #!—and every issue of MAD from #1 to #18 is represented by either a cover or story (and often both!) and is scanned from the actual original art and printed same-size as drawn—A massive 15 x 22 inches! If you are a fan of MAD, or just great cartooning, this is the Artist’s Edition for you—192 gigantic pages of MAD goodness! Available in early January 2013.

Brought to you by the same team responsible for the Eisner Award-winning Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer: The Artist's Edition, as well as Wally Wood’s EC Stories: Artist’s Edition.

AN ARTIST'S EDITION PRESENTS COMPLETE STORIES WITH EACH PAGE SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART.

While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for instance, corrections, blue pencils, paste-overs, all the little nuances that make original art unique. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.

Author: Harvey Kurtzmann, Wally Wood, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Basil Wolverton et al
Artist: Harvey Kurtzmann, Wally Wood, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Basil Wolverton et al
Publisher: IDW Publishing, 2012
Number of pages: 192
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 15" x 22" (381mm x 559mm)
ISBN: 9781613775448

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Joe Kubert's Tarzan of the Apes (Artist's Edition)

This is the latest title in the widely acclaimed IDW Artist Edition series. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Edgar Rice Burroughs' most enduring creation, Tarzan of the Apes!

Joe Kubert was one of the most acclaimed comic artists ever. His career in comics lasted nearly 70 years. Throughout all those years his hallmarks have been a mastery of sequential storytelling and exceptionally fine drawing. Highlights of his career include work on Hawkman, Enemy Ace, Tor, Sgt. Rock, and the Viking Prince. But of all these exceptional artistic achievements one stands out: his remarkable adaption of ERB's Tarzan.

This Artist Edition collects six complete stories by Kubert, including the four-part classic, Tarzan of the Apes—the defining story of young Lord Greystoke being orphaned in the African jungle and adopted by the she-ape Kala, and grows to manhood to become Tarzan, lord of the jungle.

Contains all of Joe Kubert's Tarzan art from the pages of DC Comics Tarzan #207-210, 212,213 originally published in 1972.

Author: Joe Kubert
Artist: Joe Kubert
Publisher: IDW, 2012 First Edition
Number of pages: 152
Format: Hard Cover; Black & White illustrations
Size: 12" x 17" (305mm x 432mm)
ISBN: 9781613774496.

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Sergio Aragonés' Groo the Wanderer (Artist's Edition)

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In 1982 Sergio, with his frequent collaborator Mark Evanier, launched Groo the Wanderer. Groo has since become one of the most memorable and loveable characters of the last 30 years.

This Artist's Edition measures 12 x 17 inches and features four oversized issues, including extras. Added bonus: the very first Groo story by Sergio (in redrawn form) will also be in this book. This Artist’s Edition is shipped in a custom cardboard box for maximum protection. The book also includes the complete originals for Groo issues 96, 97, 98 and 99 plus Groo covers title spreads and original pencil layouts.

AN ARTIST'S EDITION PRESENTS COMPLETE STORIES WITH EACH PAGE SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART. Whilst appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for instance, corrections, blue pencils, paste-overs, all the little nuances that make original art unique.

Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.

Author: Sergio Aragonés (Story & Art), Mark Evanier (Script)
Artist: Sergio Aragonés
Publisher: IDW, 2012
Number of pages: 144
Format: Hard Cover; Black & White illustrations
Size: 12" x 17" (305mm x 432mm)
ISBN: 9781613772706

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illustrators #2
the new art quarterly celebrating the finest European illustration of the 20th Century.

Features in issue 2 include:

A Brush with Fitzrovia
The Elegant Art of David Wright

My Affair with Carol Day
Lipstick in My Collar - Roger Clark Confesses All

Blades and Brocades
The Historical illustrations of Cecil Doughty

Under the Great Arch of Heaven
The Pure and Sparkling Art of Raymond Sheppard

Taking the Rough with the Smooth
The Revolutionary Paperback & Film Poster Art of Renato Fratini

The Studio
John Watkiss Gets Under the Skin of the Walking Dead

The Gallery
Jordi Penalva's Fleetway Super Library covers

illustrators is the first publication devoted to the story of European illustration. It will guide you through the stories behind the artists with features written by some of the most eminent enthusiasts of this oft neglected art form.

Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue, much of the art taken from scans of the original work.

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Authors: David Ashford, Roger Clark, David Roach, Norman Boyd, John Watkiss; edited by Peter Richardson
Artists: Various
Publisher: Book Palace Books, Winter 2012.
Number of pages: 96
Format: Soft Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9" x 11" (216mm x 280mm)
ISBN: 9781907081170.

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illustrators - ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION (issues 1 - 4)

the new art quarterly celebrating the finest European illustration of the 20th Century

Features in issue 1 include:

Dames, Guns and Danger
The Hardboiled Art of Denis McLoughlin by David Ashford

Flights of Inspiration
An Interview with UK Comics Legend Ian Kennedy

60s Chic
The Alluring Art of Angel Badia Camps by David Roach

The Gallery
The Sensuous Fin de Siècle Art of Cheri Herouard

The Studio: Daleks, Dancers and Decorations
Mick Brownfield tells the story behind his iconic 2009 Radio Times Christmas Cover

illustrators is the first publication devoted to the story of European illustration. It will guide you through the stories behind the artists with features written by some of the most eminent enthusiasts of this oft neglected art form.

Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue, much of the art taken from scans of the original work.

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Author: David Ashford, Ian Kennedy, David Roach, Mick Brownfield; edited by Peter Richardson
Artist: Various
Publisher: Book Palace Books, Autumn 2012.
Number of pages: 96
Format: Soft Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9" x 11" (216mm x 280mm)
ISBN: 9781907081170.

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Sexton Blake Annual 1941
Created by Harry Blyth, Sexton Blake's first adventure appeared in the pages of The Halfpenny Marvel in 1893. A year later, Blake became the regular star of the weekly storypaper Union Jack and, in 1915, star of the long-running Sexton Blake Library. With appearances across the company's wide-range of titles, Blake eventually solved over 3,800 cases, with 150 million words dedicated to his thrilling adventures.

In 1938, the Amalgamated Press launched a softcover annual featuring one of the most popular characters they published. The Sexton Blake Annual brought together some of the most popular authors of the Blake saga. This volume contains stories by Gwyn Evans, George H. Teed, John Hunter, Anthony Parsons, John W. Wheway and others.

The Sexton Blake Annual 1941 contains 10 stories and is the perfect starting place for readers who want to thrill to the action and adventure lurking in the 160 pages behind Eric R. Parker's superb cover.

Sexton Blake Annual 1941 is published in perfect bound format, 164 pages b/w with a stunning colour cover by Eric R. Parker.

Author: Various
Artist: Eric R. Parker (cover)
Publisher: Bear Alley Books, 2012
Number of pages: 164
Format: Hard Cover; Black & White illustrations
Size: 8" x 12" (210mm x 300mm)
ISBN: 9781907081644

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The Heap Volume 1 (Limited Edition)

Limited Edition of 1674 copies.
On October 12, 1918, Baron Von Emmelmann, a German pilot, was shot down over Wausau Swamp in Poland. Dying from his wounds, his body slowly merged with the morass. Willing to live forever more by remembering his wealth, social position, loving wife, and newborn baby he hadn't seen yet, he swore he would return to human form someway somehow. After 20 years, he rose and encountered Skywolf. At first he seemed to be a bad guy, but he has fought the Nazis and the Japanese during WWII. He ate farm animals whole so he could breathe due to the oxygen in the animals' blood.

Now for the first time Roy Thomas presents the original muck monster collected together. Though he looks like a rip-off, the Heap was created in 1942 and featuring fantastic comic artwork by Infantino, Starr, Bolle, Peddy, Leav, Barry et al.

Author: Introduction by Roy Thomas
Artist: Michael Ploog (cover)
Publisher: PS Artbooks, November 2012
Number of pages: 288
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 7" x 10" (180mm x 260mm)
ISBN: 9781848634633

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Complete Conan of Cimmeria Volume 3 (1935) (Signed Limited Edition)

SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION LIMITED to 1000 copies worldwide in an Embossed Slipcase.

Robert E Howard, illustrated by Gregory Manchess. Wandering Star/Book Palace Books, February 2010. The superb DELUXE SIGNED LIMITED edition, equal to the very best in illustrated classics. The finest craftsman, artists and designers have produced a masterpiece that promises to be at the heart of all good book collections.

This is the third book in a three volume set that covers all the Conan stories, textually restored and meticulously researched by Howard scholar Patrice Louinet. Conan was the blueprint for the entire sword and sorcery genre.

Profusely illustrated with 13 colour paintings and 52 tonal paintings specially commissioned from award-winning artist Gregory Manchess. Gilt edged book complete in Slipcase with embossed color plate and dust jacket. Signed and numbered by Gregory Manchess.

Contains the following stories: The Servants of Bit-Yakin, Beyond the Black River, The Black Stranger, The Man-Eaters of Zamboula and Red Nails. Plus over 200 pages of never-before-seen material straight from the Robert E Howard archives: synopses, plot outlines, characters, initial drafts, original ideas -- everything Conan's creator ever wrote about the greatest barbarian adventurer of all time! 416 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 7" x 9" (172mm x 224mm) Dust Jacket (ISBN-13: 9780955159664)

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Dust wrapper for the book.

The Art of Denis McLoughlin (Limited Edition)

Limited edition of just 950 copies worldwide.

Written by David Ashford, one of McLoughlin's close friends, the book celebrates every aspect of the artist's career, from examples of his earliest work whilst still in uniform to his lengthy association with T.V. Boardman, for whom he produced hundreds of dust jackets for their Bloodhound crime series and their yearly best-selling Buffalo Bill Annual.

The Boardman covers are almost unique in British publishing history as no major publisher relied on a single artist to produce so many of their jackets. But tracking down useable examples has proved to be a long and gruelling process. As Peter says: "We needed high quality scans of all the covers we sought and the logistics of having to carry a scanner and computer to spend a day getting under the feet of a McLoughlin devotee, which would have secured us a reasonable number of scans but by no means all the ones I craved gave us pause for thought. Photographing the books would have been quicker, but the results are light years away from a scan. It simply wasn't an option.".

Hooking up with San Francisco-based collector Mark Terry gave fresh impetus to the book as Mark already had a network of contacts with collectors through his facsimile dustjacket business; the finished book will now contain dozens of examples, carefully restored.

The book contains many examples of McLoughlin's comic strips and a biography by David Ashford, as well as behind-the-scenes photos and examples of his original artwork.

The definitive book and biography of Denis McLouglin, packed with full colour images of his art and a complete bibliography.

The book features reproductions from the surviving original artwork, "pulls" in high quality print, never-before-seen photos chronicling the artist's life and page after page of some of the most stunning artwork ever to see print in the 20th century.

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Author: David Ashford, edited by Peter Richardson
Artist: Denis McLoughlin
Publisher: Book Palace Books, August 2012
Number of pages: 272
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm)
ISBN: 9781907081088.

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Frank Bellamy's Complete Swift Stories Deluxe Leather Edition (Signed Limited Edition)

Deluxe Leatherbound Edition of 200 copies, signed by Steve Holland, complete in embossed red leather slipcase. With bonus Limited edition Robin Hood print. Includes the complete Robin Hood, King Arthur and Swiss Family Robinson adventures!!

Michael Butterworth, Frank Bellamy, edited by Steve Holland, introduction by Dave Gibbons. Book Palace Books, February 2010.

This book brings together every strip and illustration produced by Frank Bellamy for the classic British children's comic Swift, Frank Bellamy's Swift contains the complete adventures “Robin Hood”, “King Arthur and His Knights” and “Swiss Family Robinson”, plus his contributions to other strips (“The Fleet Family”, “Paul English”) and the Swift Annual.

As a bonus, the book is issued with a Limited edition Robin Hood print. 380 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) (ISBN-13: 9781907081026)

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Krazy & Ignatz: The Complete Sunday Strips 1935-1944 (2nd Ed.)
George Herriman. Fantagraphics Books, 2008. The second limited-edition deluxe Krazy Kat hardcover (it's Volume 3, but the second to be published; Volume 1 is still forthcoming) collects the second batch of five Krazy & Ignatz soft cover books Fantagraphics have published, comprehensively compiling the years 1935 through 1944 under hard covers. It's not a slipcase; it's a single hardcover book. The covers to the original five soft cover books are NOT included, but literally everything else is. And yes, the publisher is similarly collecting the years 1916-1924 as those soft cover volumes are completed.

A beautiful, must-have brick of a book for the Ignatz in you (though lobbing it at any unrequited love interests WILL cause serious physical harm — be warned). 600 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (235mm x 315mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560978411)

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Ron Embleton's Wulf the Briton: The Complete Adventures (Limited Edition)
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Ron Embleton. Book Palace Books, 31 March 2011. First Edition. At last … all of Ron Embleton's Wulf the Briton stories - from Express Weekly and the Annuals - in large format, gloriously reproduced in colour to the highest standard.

Wulf the Briton was without doubt Ron Embleton's comic masterpiece after he took over the strip - which was a single page cover feature on Express Weekly - in 1957.

The workload that Embleton undertook with Wulf was formidable. In comparison to Frank Hampson, who had a studio and assistants to help meet the weekly Dan Dare deadlines, Embleton just had himself to draw, letter and paint the feature. However Embleton was unfazed by such considerations and within a few months he was also writing the strip and steering it in a much more historically credible direction, as well as adding an extra page to the strip!

Deluxe hard cover NUMBERED edition limited to 400 copies worldwide. 352 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 11" x 14" (270mm x 360mm) (ISBN-13: 9781907081132)

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Karl the Viking The Collection (deluxe 4 volume set) (Signed) (Limited Edition)

Deluxe 4 Volume Set LIMITED to 400 English language sets worldwide. Complete with NUMBERED art print SIGNED by Jorg de Vos.

Highly Recommended.

Don Lawrence, Jorg de Vos (cover art), introduced by Steve Holland. Don Lawrence Collection (DLC), October 2008. The Complete Don Lawrence Karl the Viking in four deluxe bound hard cover volumes enclosed in a beautiful collectors box and strictly numbered from 1 - 400. Each set comes with a full colour art print by Don Lawrence and Jorg de Vos signed by Jorg de Vos. A collectors dream come true!

Karl the Viking The Collection reprints for the first time ever all 18 Karl the Viking stories published between 1961 and 1968 in Lion. All books are printed in black & white and colour on 150 gram deluxe paper stock, with partial leatherette full colour covers and 130 pages each. As a bonus, each volume has a chapter about The Saga of Karl the Viking written by Steve Holland.

Stories are: The Sword of Eingar, The Long Voyage to Oxaca, Selgor the Wolf, The False God, The Powers of Helvud, El Sarid the Merciless, Gefion One-Eye, The Island of the Monsters, The Magician of the Swamp, The Fallen Meteorite, The Fortress of Death, The Voyage of the Sea Raiders, The Quest of the Long Ships, The Curse of the Claw, The Monster of the Swamp, The Ghost of the Tideless Sea, The Swamp of Fear, The Hammer of Thor. The ISBNs of each of the four volumes are 9789088860324, 9789088860348, 9789088860362 and 9789088860386. 520 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 13" (240mm x 340mm)

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Karl The Viking illustration

Norman Saunders

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Norman Saunders (1907–1989) was the legendary illustrator of Mars Attacks, Wacky Packages, Batman, Pre-Code Comics, Men's Adventure, Paperbacks, Pulp Magazines, and Sci-Fi. His unique artistic vision influenced the visual language of American pop culture throughout a century of changing fashions, and continues to inspire today's important visionaries.

Savvy collectors have long dreamt of a book on the entire lifework of Norman Saunders, and here is the world's first book to present his finest paintings in radiant reproductions, to savour the extraordinary artistry behind so many iconic images, familiar from timeworn vintage collectibles.

The artist's son has written an insightful biography, seasoned with quotes from the artist and his associates, chronicling the frontier childhood and training of an illustrator who rose to the top of his profession, and then spent WWII in China painting travel sketches. When Saunders defied the corporate forces of conformity during McCarthyism he was relegated to underground world of subculture publishing, where he continued his remarkable career by painting countless icons for Pre-Code Comics, Men's Adventure magazines and Bubble Gum Trading Cards, until his happy rediscovery by fandom in his twilight years.

This is the consummate reference book on the entire lifework of Norman Saunders, with over 880 illustrations, of which more than 300 are from original art, including 30 working drawings, and 30 reference photos as well as 30 historic family photos, and checklists of all published works.

Author: David Saunders
Artist: Norman Saunders
Publisher: The Illustrated Press, 2008
Number of pages: 368
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9" x 12" (240mm x 310mm)
ISBN: 9780982004104.

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Some of Norman's cover work!

Aarrgghh!! It's War: The Best War Comic Cover Art

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Recently discovered in the IPC publishers warehouse was the original cover art to hundreds of War, Battle, Air Ace and War at Sea Picture Library issues. The art was beautifully painted by the best comic art illustrators of the day. Many of these originals have now been scanned to bring you this incredible book. This is a super record of the pinnacle of comic cover illustration in the UK.

Over 500 original covers are reproduced in this full colour book, with artist credits and essay by David Roach. Artists include Solano Lopez, Ian Kennedy, Graham Coton, Ferdinando Tacconi, Kurt Caesar. Degaspari, Caroseli, Biffignandi, Dell'orco, Panalva, d'Antonio and many more.

Author: David Roach, with a foreword by James May
Artist: Various
Publisher: Prion, October 2007
Number of pages: 400
Format: Soft Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 8" x 10" (203mm x 254mm)
ISBN: 9781853756337

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Robert Crumb. The Sketchbooks 1982-2011 (6 volumes) (Signed) (Limited Edition)

Limited edition of just 1,000 copies worldwide with signed colour art print.

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This six-book boxed set is the first collection of Robert Crumb sketches to be printed from the original art since the hard-bound, slipcased, seven volume series issued by the German publisher Zweitausendeins between 1981 and 1997.

Unlike the Zweitausendeins edition, which included every doodle ever made by the preeminent underground artist, this best-of edition has been personally edited by the notoriously picky artist to include only what he considers his finest work, including hundreds of late period drawings not published in previous sketchbook collections. Robert Crumb requested that the books representing the second half of his career be published first due to fan demand for new Crumb material (Volume 1 covers the period 1982-2011, and Volume 2 covers the period 1964-1981).

In the last 20 years Crumb's artistic output has slowed considerably, making new works more rare and highly prized.

This collection of over 600 unseen drawings created between 1996 and 2011 makes this a must-have collectible for every Crumb fan.

The slipcased set is made with loving attention to detail in a size and format selected by the artist. Each book in the boxed set contains 224 pages, for a total of 1,344 pages of prime Crumb.

The set includes a hand-written introduction, and marbleized page edges from a design created by the artist. Each set of this 1,000-copy limited edition also includes a signed color art print of a Crumb original.

Author: Robert Crumb, edited by Dian Hanson
Artist: Robert Crumb
Publisher: Taschen, 2012 First Edition
Number of pages: 1344
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 8" x 11" (203mm x 279mm)
ISBN: 9783836524797

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Signed Limited edition print