Thursday, September 28, 2017

Frank Frazetta’s Icon, Flash Gordon, Bloom County, Corto Maltese, Howard the Duck, Don Rosa’s Donald Duck, 2018 calendars, How Comics Work, Bettie Page Comics,Weird Love, Prince Valiant Studio

This week: A free promotional brochure for Frank Frazetta's Icon—and the book, too. Dan Barry's Flash Gordon Sundays Volume 1. Bloom County Brand Spanking New Day now in softcover. Corto Maltese, the final Complete Howard the Duck, Don Rosa's Donald Duck, more 2018 calendars, and How Comics Work! Bettie Page Comics Set 3 and Weird Love 5: Unlucky in Love! News about the Prince Valiant Studio Edition and an update on the Canadian Whites/Heroes of the Home Front Kickstarter campaign.

Don't miss our new catalog, mailing this week, the last week of September. And downloadable RIGHT NOW, right here. Cover below, by Reynold Brown.

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 Underwood Books Publisher File Copies  |  2018 Calendars

 DC Comics Calendars  |  Coming in November
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Comic Book & Comic Strip Archives

 
FLASH GORDON DAN BARRY SUNDAYS Volume 1 The Death Planet
Highly Recommended. By Dan Barry, Mac Raboy and Harry Harrison. Following the death of Mac Raboy in 1968, Dan Barry took over production of the Sunday Flash Gordon strip. This collection, the first ever, features the first three years of a run that would last for nearly five, from The Return of Chameleon, 1/14/68, to Radiation Giants, 12/26/71. Barry took over the dailies in the 1950s and those are often works of art, beginning with strips that collaborated with Frank Frazetta and Harvey Kurtzman in the early 1950s. These Sundays are equally fine. Interview with Bob Fujitani, who was Barry's assistant from 1969-1980, and a fabled Golden Age and Silver Age artist in his own right. Titan, 2017...More.

Item Code: FGS01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 11x10, 224pg, Full Color
$49.99 $39.99

Also see the Dan Barry Flash Gordon Dailies, highly recommended: Vol 1 [FGD01H. $39.99, your price $34.99] and Volume 2 [FGD02H. $49.99, your price $44.99].

And of course the fine Alex Raymond collections, The Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim Volumes 1-4 [DEF01H, etc. $75, your price $59.95 each]. See our website for more Flash. And still available is:

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
ALEX RAYMOND An Artistic Journey Adventure Intrigue & Romance
Almost Gone! Our Highest Recommendation. By Ron Goulart. All new! The long-awaited definitive art monograph covering Raymond's complete artistic output with an authoritative text by noted comics historian Ron Goulart! Alex Raymond was one of the most influential comic strip artists ever, creating action-packed art for Secret Agent X-9, the spectacular imagery for Flash Gordon, and nuanced, brilliantly realistic work for the film-noiresque Rip Kirby. Hermes, 2015. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: ALRAH
Hard Cover, 10x13, 240pg, Partial Color
$75.00

This is out of print, and has been for some time. We have only 11 copies left in stock.
 
BLOOM COUNTY Brand Spanking New Day
Unsigned softcover edition of the Comic-Con edition. Recommended. By Berkeley Breathed. The blowhard-skewering saga continues, with all-new, never-before-printed strips featuring everyone's favorite penguin and all the other quirky denizens of the magical land called Bloom County. This second volume from the strip's 2015 relaunch follows just a year after Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope, but, boy, have things changed. It seems like we need Opus, Bill, and the gang now more than ever. First released at 2017 Comic-Con as a signed hardcover--which we still have a few copies of. IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: BCBS
Soft Cover, 12x10, 143pg, Partial Color
$19.99 $17.99

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
BLOOM COUNTY BRAND SPANKING NEW DAY Signed
Signed! San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive. By Berkeley Breathed. The blowhard-skewering saga continues, with all-new, never-before-printed strips featuring everyone's favorite penguin and all the other quirky denizens of the magical land called Bloom County. This second volume from the strip's 2015 relaunch follows just a year after Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope, but, boy, have things changed. It seems like we need Opus, Bill, and the gang now more than ever. Special signed hardcover edition which we got from the publisher at Comic-Con. Limited number available. IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: BCBSH
Hard Cover, 12x10, 144pg, Full Color
$50.00

This signed hardcover edition was a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive. We have only a limited number left.
 
THOR Epic Collection Volume 3 The Wrath of Odin
Collects Thor #131-153 and Annual #2, 1966-68. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. 23 issues of Lee and Kirby making history, perhaps the most revered of their work from this time after The Fantastic Four. And in this economically-priced Epic Collection, Thor's saga explodes onto the cosmic stage with the debut of Ego, the Living Planet, plus The High Evolutionary, Ulik the Troll and the Destroyer! Loki convinces Odin to strip Thor of his power and banish him to Earth; the return of Lady Sif, the Growing Man, Replicus, the Super-Skrull...and the Wrecker! Plus the much-loved back-up feature, "Tales of Asgard." Marvel, 2017...More.

Item Code: THE03
Soft Cover, 7x10, 512pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99

The other Thor Epic Collections, as well as the Thor Omnibus collections, are all on our website.

 
WEIRD LOVE Volume 5 Unlucky in Love
Lurid! Outrageous! Deranged! Recommended. By Craig Yoe. Art by Bill Ward et al. Seven-page Introduction by Heidi MacDonald (Comicsbeat, Publisher's Weekly GN editor). Guilty pleasures abound in this cult hit! Read these lurid, sleaze comics: "Fast Girl," "They Called Me Tramp!," "My Kisses Brought Death," "It's Like Love Pussycat," "Siren of the Tropics," "My Love Was Auctioned Off!," and many more. Includes the bizarro tale that you're sure to relate to: "Beauty Is A Curse!" Art by Harry Anderson, Tom Gill, Mort Leav, John Forte, John Rosenberger, Fred Guardineer et al. IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: WEIL05H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 160pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

All previous volumes remain available, as well as the latest title, Haunted Love.

 
HOWARD THE DUCK The Complete Collection Volume 4
Recommended. By Bill Mantlo et al. Art by Gene Colan, Marshall Rogers, Alan Kupperberg et al. Howard the Duck's classic adventures conclude in this riotous volume, including gorgeous black and white work by Gene Colan! First, Howie and Bev face the geriatric menace of the Grey Panther, and do that voodoo that they do so well! But will a Christmas miracle show Howard it's a wonderful life -- or quite the opposite?! He'll win a fortune -- and lose a fortune! Animal antics with the Gopher and...Spider-Ham?! She-Hulk and the Cosmic Squish Principle! Plus: Two Spider-Man team-ups! Marvel, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: HOWD04
Soft Cover, 7x10, 384pg, Partial Color
$34.99 $29.99

The first three volumes are still available at the same discounted price.

 
WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK Christmas on Bear Mountain
Book 5 in the series. Back in stock! Our Highest Recommendation. By Carl Barks. Here it is! The historic first-ever appearance of Donald Duck's Uncle Scrooge. There's much more fun and adventure, as Donald and his nephews find themselves running from an erupting volcano, adopted by a kangaroo, menaced by a ducknapping ghost in armor...and a giant octopus! 17 complete stories, both long adventures from the Four Color specials and great 10-pagers from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. All from 1947 and 1948: Four Color #147, 159 and 178, WDC&S #80-87, and Donald and Mickey Merry Christmas #1947. Fantagraphics, 2016...More.

Item Code: WD05H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 210pg, Full Color
$28.99 $24.99

This is also available in a Christmas set, containing the above Volume 5 along with Volume 3: [WDCHP. $49.99, your price $39.99].

 
POPEYE CLASSICS Volume 10
Moon Rocket and More. Collects issues #45-49, 1958-59. By Bud Sagendorf. Popeye opens a cafe; narrates the orgins of Swe'Pea; trains to go into space; stops prize-fighting and becomes an artist; and Olive inherits a trillion dollars. Also every issue has a fun back-up feature, Professor O.G. Wotasnozzle, who is a madcap inventor in the same goofy class as Barks' Gyro Gearloose. Popeye the One-Eyed Sailor, his sweetie-patootie Olive Oyl, the conniving but lovable Wimpy, the "adorbs" li'l rascal Swe'pea, the villianous Sea Hag and Bluto—they're all here in these rollicking comics! IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: CLP10H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 170pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

Volumes 7-9 are still available at the same discounted price.

 

Graphic Novels

 
BETTIE PAGE 3 Set
Set of three variant covers--interior is the same. Recommended. By David Avallone. Art by Colton Worley. Between cultists, creeps, spies, mind-control rays, flying saucers and the LAPD, Bettie has had just about enough of everyone's crap. Watch out, Hollywood. Now you've made her mad. The Secret Diary of Bettie Page, Chapter Three. This set contains three of the exact same comic inside, but with different cover images: a black and white photo of Bettie, very crisp and not one we immediately recognize--and variant covers by Joseph Michael Linsner and Scott Chantler. Dynamite, 2017...More.

Item Code: BP03P
Soft Cover, 7x10, 32pg ea, Full Color
$11.99

Set 1 with 4 comics is $15.99 [BP01P], Set 2 with 3 comics is $11.99 [BP02P], and the Black Bag nude Bettie variant of #1 is $12 [BP01V]. See our webite for more on Bettie Page.

 
EGON SCHIELE His Life and Death
By Xavier Coste. The story of the artistic genius who provoked early 20th-century tolerance--an evocative depiction based on the life of the Austro-Hungarian artist whose short career spanned the turn of the 20th century. Schiele (1890-1918) was a painter known for full-frontal portraits of naked women. They were stark and disturbing. He painted his subjects in gaunt, twisted and unnatural poses. Their voyeuristic tone and blatant eroticism outraged society, landing him briefly in prison. Nevertheless, his works would have a strong influence on the development of expressionist art. Firefly, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: EGOSCH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 72pg, Full Color
$19.95 $17.95

 
ROBERT CAPA A Graphic Biography
Recommended. By Florent Silloray. A brilliant portrayal of the career of the great war photographer who, at the time of his death in 1954, had only one wish: to be an unemployed war photographer. By the start of World War II, Capa was in New York freelancing for LIFETime, and other publications. He went abroad with the US Army to record Allied involvement in WWII, including D-Day on Omaha Beach. Disembarking from a landing boat, he took the only images of the invasion. He went on to cover the war in Leipzig, Nuremberg, Berlin, London and Paris. Even now, it is the D-Day images that marked him as the world's greatest war photographer. Firefly, 2017...More.

Item Code: ROBCH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 88pg, Tritone
$19.95 $17.95

 
CORTO MALTESE Volume 6 Fable of Venice
Recommended. By Hugo Pratt. In this affectionate tribute to his home town, Hugo Pratt offers a complex mystery thriller involving Freemasons, occultists, and esotericists set during the rise of Fascism in 1921. Corto Maltese's return to Venice is ostensibly a search for an emerald known as the Clavicle of Solomon, but could it also open the hidden doors of magic and unravel the nature of time and space in this city of secrets? Or is it merely “the stuff that dreams are made of,” as was the black bird of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon? IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: CORU06
Soft Cover, 9x11, 64pg, b&w
$19.99 $17.99

All five previous volumes are also available.

 
BATMAN '66 MEETS STEED AND MRS PEEL
Collects #1-6, 2016. By Ian Edginton. Art by Matthew Dow Smith et al. From writer Ian Edginton (Batman) and artist Matthew Dow Smith (Adventures of Superman), it's the greatest intercontinental crossover of the ‘60s that never happened—until now. The Dynamic Duo finally fight side by side with England's dashing spy partners, John Steed and Emma Peel, from the world of the cult-classic British television show The Avengers. Featuring Catwoman, rampaging robots, Cybernauts, the White Star diamond, and adventure that takes place across the pond and in Gotham, too. DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: BATMS
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color
$16.99 $14.99

Also available in hardcover [BATMSH. $24.99, your price $21.99].

 

How-To & Reference

 
HOW COMICS WORK
Recommended. By Dave Gibbons and Tim Pilcher. Insider hints, tips, and tricks from one of the legendary creators, Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Green Lantern). Learn about script writing, page layouts, cover design, and more, including samples of "Early Influences," original comic pages from the '50s to the '70s. Includes scans of original artwork and rarely seen workings to illustrate his personal creative processes. This is quite serious and technical--it's not a book for kids. Targeted at serious creators who want to know more about ALL aspects of the business. Six major parts, each broken into multiple lessons: Scriptwriting, Visual Groundwork, Sequential Storytelling, Lettering, Coloring and Design. Quarto, 2017...More.

Item Code: HOWCW
Soft Cover, 9x10, 192pg, Partial Color
$24.99 $21.99

 
ART MODELS 10 Photos For Figure Drawing, Painting & Sculpting
By Douglas Johnson. The 100 distinct poses--full-page photos of nude males and females-- were selected by a team of experienced art instructors to ensure they are genuinely useful for both students and professionals. Sections on hands, feet, and faces give close-up views of these notoriously tricky areas. The best way to improve in figure art is to practice, which requires quality reference material that inspires you. That's what the Art Models series is all about. Live Model, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: ARM10
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 128pg, Full Color
$19.99

See our How-To & Reference for more on how to draw and create comics and fantasy art, including all the fine Andrew Loomis volumes.

 

Art Books

 
ART OF BEATRIX POTTER Sketches, Paintings and Illustrations
Recommended. By Emily Zach, Steven Heller, Linda Lear and Eleanor Taylor. Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, this magnificent collection celebrates the artist behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit and numerous other beloved children's books. Brimming with rarely seen gems ranging from character sketches and notebook pages to watercolor landscapes and natural history illustrations, this monograph explores Potter's artistic process and reveals the places that inspired her timeless work. Organized geographically and featuring more than 200 images. Chronicle Books, 2016...More.

Item Code: ARTBPH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 255pg, Partial Color
$40.00 $34.95

 

Underwood Books Publisher File Copies

 
Special offer! This week you can get a free Frazetta Promotional Brochure, below, free with ANY order for ANY Frazetta book. That’s not just the titles below, but any one from our website, including the popular sale book Telling Stories: The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta [TELSH. $49.95, your price $24.95]. While supplies last, of course.
FRANK FRAZETTA ICON PROMOTIONAL BROCHURE
Recommended. When Underwood Books produced Icon, the first of three books they devoted to Frank Frazetta, they pulled out all the stops. To promote the book to retailers, they produced this 12-page, 9x12, full color glossy brochure, complete with testimonials from fellow artists, book sample pages, and full page paintings. This was pre-publication, done prior to the book itself. It notes the book will be published in October, 1998, with a first printing of 30,000 copies. ...More.

Item Code: FFIB
$0.00

 
FRANK FRAZETTA ICON
Revised, with 32 additional pages. Highly Recommended. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. After the hardcover edition sold out, the Fenners went back and revised, upgraded, and added more pages to this special softcover. Lavish full-color reproduction on deluxe art paper showcases over 65 major finished oil paintings, 25 drawings, and other pieces. Contains 32 new pages of additional, never-before-published art and photos, not in the hardcover. New material includes paintings of Woody Allen and Peter Sellers; concepts of Clint Eastwood for the movie poster to The Gauntlet; original concepts for the Conan book cover paintings; and character drawings for the Broadway production of Li'l Abner. Underwood Books, 2003. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: FFIC
Soft Cover, 9x12, 208pg, Full Color
$90.00

 
FRANK FRAZETTA ICON Hardcover
Comes with bonus second dust jacket! Highly Recommended. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Frank Frazetta's paintings and illustrations have set the standard for fantasy artists for the past 50 years. His art continues to exert a tremendous influence over collectors of classic comic and sci-fi art, who pay record-setting auction prices for his original works. This lushly produced, large-format retrospective follows Frazetta's career from his apprenticeships at various publishers in the 1940s, to his 1950s breakthrough with the "Buck Rogers" and "Lil' Abner" series, to his powerfully erotic compositions for the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the famous "Conan" illustrations for Robert E. Howard. Underwood Books, 1998. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: FFIH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 164pg, Full Color
$150.00

The actual dust jacket art for this is almost the same as on the brochure, although there are some interesting tweaks. But we have pictured here the art for the deluxe edition dust jacket, included as a bonus with all copies of the hardcover. We have only five copies of the hardcover, and nine of the softcover.

We also have one very slightly dinged hardcover [RB277. $120]. And there is just one copy left of the Deluxe Limited Edition [FFID. $450.00]. The other two have sold.

See all the Underwood Publisher File Copies and Sale Books, including Frazetta's Testament and Legacy, on our website. And also the eight Sale Books listed last week and the week before in this email.

We also have copies of the fantastic Spectrum series, but didn't have them ready in time for this email. Keep checking back for more additions.

 

2018 Calendars

 
GREG HILDEBRANDT AMERICAN BEAUTIES 2018 Calendar
Recommended. World renowned artist Greg Hildebrandt, best known for his Lord of the Rings Calendars done with his brother, has created over 75 original pin-up paintings as part of his American Beauties series. Now an annual event, like the also all-new Boris and Julie calendar, here are entirely new images both fun and sexy. This combines vintage pinup glamour with iconic American themes, gorgeous color, pop culture images, and photo-realistic ladies with lots of skin on display. Calendar observes major holidays. Zebra, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: GH18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

 
THE FANTASY ART OF FRAZETTA 2018 Calendar
Highly Recommended. We're so glad the annual delight of a Frazetta calendar is back. Behind a Death Dealer cover is presented a "best of" by Frank, the Master of Fantasy Art. Here are two Conan Lancer covers, Bran Mak Morn, John Carter and Dejah Thoris, Jongor, even some great early Creepy and Eerie covers. Frank Frazetta is one of the most influential fantasy and science fiction artists of the 20th century. His paintings of full-figured heroines and wicked beasts have shaped generations of artists. Sellers, 2017...More.

Item Code: FRAZ18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

 
THE FANTASY ART OF LUIS ROYO 2018 Calendar
Recommended. Spanish artist Luis Royo is one of the most popular and prolific fantasy illustrators in the world today. With a career spanning four decades, his sensual paintings of women in apocalyptic landscapes and fantasy worlds have captivated fans of science fiction and erotica both. The stunning images featured in this calendar are from from the Malefic Times series of books, of bold beautiful, and mysterious women. Sellers, 2017...More.

Item Code: LR18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

 
SURREALSCAPES The Fantasy Art of Jacek Yerka 2018 Calendar
Highly Recommended. This surreal artist was the subject of art books in 1994 and 2006 (with a major introduction by Harlan Ellison) from Morpheus, the U.S. publisher for H.R. Giger. Polish born artist Jacek Yerka has created a style completely his own, combining a unique European perspective and imagination with traditional Flemish techniques. His mind-bending, dreamlike landscapes seem both realistic and surreal, in the tradition of Escher. They can be disturbing and attractive, fanciful or just downright bizarre. Sellers, 2017...More.

Item Code: SF18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

 

DC Comics Calendars

 
JUSTICE LEAGUE 2018 Calendar
16-Month calendar. Recommended. Behind a slick painted cover with four of our heroes, you will find all seven of the super squad: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg. Slick image style, very highly detailed scenes from each hero's adventures. There's a lot of fine detail to take in every month, including four very nice group shots with several members, while each other month has a solo character. Very contemporary look, but unfortunately no art credits. J. Scott Campbell style. Trends Intn'l, 2017...More.

Item Code: JL18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.95

 
BATMAN 2018 Calendar
16-Month calendar. Recommended. Batman, his women, and his enemies each get a month. Starkly painted in near monochromatic shades but with the occasional pop of color, these are unique and very striking. Batgirl, Catwoman, Harley, The Joker, Two-Face, the Penguin and others are all here, one featured each month in large size, spread across both calendar pages in centerfold style, along with a large grid ideal for notes. Each image looks more like a sculpture than a painting! Trends Intn'l, 2017...More.

Item Code: BAT18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

 
WONDER WOMAN (MOVIE) 2018 Calendar
16-Month calendar. Recommended. Before she was Wonder Woman, Diana (Gal Gadot) was princess of the Amazons. When a pilot (Chris Pine) crash-lands on her island, she decides to fight alongside him in the war to end all wars in the Wonder Woman movie. See Wonder Woman discover her true destiny here, as each month takes you from her coming of age when Steve first appeaers on the island, through coming into the conflict of World War I and embracing her newly discovered power. Great portraits of Gadot in her various guises. We like it. Trends, 2017...More.

Item Code: WW18
12x12, 26pg, Full Color
$14.99

 
DC COMICS 2018 Day-At-A-Time Calendar
Find all of your favorite DC Comics characters like Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Hawkman and Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman and the Flash exactly as they appeared on the comic book covers, splash pages and panels of contemporary comics from the modern age. More than 300 bold, modern images. Day-at-a-Time calendars feature full-color, page-a-day designs (Saturday/Sunday combined) with a sturdy, self-standing easel. 365 days. Trends Intn'l, 2017...More.

Item Code: DCC18
365pg, Full Color
$14.99

My favorites this year from DC remain the Vintage calendars, which are oversized and feature classic comic covers from the Golden Age and very early Silver Age: Vintage Wonder Woman, Vintage Batman, Vintage Superman, and Vintage DC Comics. See them on our website, along with all the other 2018 calendars.

 

Coming in November

 
INFECTED BY ART Volume 5
Recommended. Edited by Todd Spoor and Bill Cox. Over 300 pieces of art from the world's finest fantasy, science fiction, and horror artists in a range of media. Infected by Art hosts an annual art competition where a jury of artists and art directors choose the works that make it into each volume. Grand Prize winners in IBA 5 include Vanessa Lemen, David Palumbo, Matt Smith, Vince Natale and Travis Lewis. This volume's Body of Work award winner was artist Allen Williams. From fantastic scenes of science fiction to the worlds of fantasy and horror, this book has it all and will appeal to anyone who appreciates works of imaginative realism. Hermes, 2017. Due Nov. ...More.

Item Code: INA05H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 304pg, Full Color
$49.99 $42.50

See our website for back volumes available now.

 
WALT DISNEY UNCLE SCROOGE and DONALD DUCK Volume 7 & 8 Set Signed
Signed bookplate! The Don Rosa Library Set. Recommended. By Don Rosa. In this box set, Volume 7 includes eight complete adventures: Scrooge McDuck searches for a lost city, the Money Bin blasts off into space, super villains team up... also "The Once and Future Duck," "The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff," "Attack of the Hideous Space-Varmits," "The Last Lord of El Dorado," "A Matter of Some Gravity." Volume 8 offers a search for rare Amazonian nutmegs and Scrooge and Donald approach deadly Forbidden Valley... a lost world of live dinosaurs! Now the long-suffering locals get revenge by throwing Donald in with the dinos. Fantagraphics, 2017. Due Nov. ...More.

Item Code: WDU04HP
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 432pg, Full Color
$49.99

 
WALT DISNEY UNCLE SCROOGE AND DONALD DUCK Volume 8 Escape From Forbidden Valley
The Don Rosa Library 8. Recommended. By Don Rosa. In search of rare Amazonian nutmegs, Scrooge and Donald approach deadly Forbidden Valley... a lost world of live dinosaurs whom Donald once stampeded! Now the long-suffering locals get revenge—and only Scrooge can save Donald from becoming a Jurassic blue-plate special, in "Escape from Forbidden Valley." In "The Quest for Kalevala," Scrooge, Gyro, and Magica De Spell hunt for a legendary gold-making machine... and in "The Black Knight," master thief Arpin Lusene arrives to rob Scrooge's money bin — or destroy it! Fantagraphics, 2017. Due Nov. ...More.

Item Code: WDU08H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 208pg, Full Color
$29.99 $24.99

All the Don Rosa volumes are available singly and in two-book sets on our website.

 

Bargain Books up to 75% Off

These books are low in stock, and may have already been marked down once. I've marked them down even further just for this listing, to clear them out to make way for new items. First come, first served.

3 DEVILS [3DEV. $19.99 $11.99].
ARCHIE ARCHIVES Proms Pranks and Other Stories [AA01. $19.99 $11.99].

LE PATER ALPHONSE MUCHA'S SYMBOLIST MASTERPIECE With Prints [ALPMP. $65 $39].
THE ART OF RB WHITE Signed [ARRBHS. $25 $14.95].

PULP COVER GALLERY Volume 2 Science Fiction [PCG02H. $150 $110].
PULP COVER GALLERY Volume 5 The Spider, G8, Operator #5 [PCG05H. $150 $110].

WOMEN OF DYNAMITE Vampirella Statue [WODV. $189.99 $129].
WONDER WOMAN The Art Of War Statue By Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez [WOWARJG. $80 $55].

You can see all of our discounted items on the website, under Closeouts at the end of each category (such as Artists and Illustration, Comics Related, etc).

 

Rare & Out of Print

This week we added one more title to the H.R. Giger collection, and another copy of Spectrum Volume 1 Deluxe. We also have various versions of Dreamquests: The Art Don Maitz, which are Underwood Books Publisher File Copies, but listed here due to low quantities.

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Mature Readers

It's all calendars this week, and surprisingly, none with full nudity. So it's all about tease and cheesecake, without the chance of offending anyone. We have two lingerie collections, Lingerie 2018 and Lingerie by Johnny Crossline.

Farmer's Daughter is about as un-farm as you can get, putting busty amazing models in barns. No slopping the hogs for these gals.

And there's the Hot List by a new name in female photographers, a former model. And last is Hot Buns, just what is sounds like, up close and, well, you get the drift. See more adult calendars on our website.

We also have a couple DVDs from our bargain books section.

42ND STREET FOREVER Peep Show Collection 1 DVD [PSC01. $24.95 $14.95].
SEX WORLD DVD [SEWO. $24.98 $14.98].

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News and Notes

 
Prince Valiant Studio Edition – Coming in, finally

It shipped to us on Sept 26, so we expect to be shipping them out by the end of the first week in October. The price was actually lowered—how about that—from $200 to $175, and it looks, oh so good. We have lots of backorders for this long-in-the-works project, but we are bringing in lots of extras, so don’t be shy if you haven’t ordered it yet.
Canadian Whites - Heroes of the Home Front


Last chance, the Kickstarter campaign for this fine book on Bell Features Publishing will end Wednesday October 4th at 9am EST. On our Facebook page, it was mentioned the price of the book could be prohibitive for some. I want to point out that you can support the project with as little as $2, and for $16, you can get a PDF of the entire book, ready in February!

Now, I’d love to have you buy a copy from us (regular is $75, deluxe/limited is $100, and unlike Kickstarter, you don’t have to pay us until the book ships). But--the important thing is to make this project fly. Even I have gotten into the habit of reading the latest Alter Ego issue, and dealer catalogs, as a PDF file. I have to say it’s not a bad way to go. Here’s a link to author Ivan Kocmarek’s latest post on Comic Book Daily, which I found heartfelt and passionate. He speaks to the heart of what we care most about in the world of comic books: not just the comics themselves, but for creators who give so much to create comics for us.

~Bud

 

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Four new Underwood Sale Books, an new Syd Mead art book, a new Uncle Scrooge Timeless Tales, Frank Cho creates a Wonder Woman statue, and Paperbacks from Hell. Kirby 100 vintage comics set from new reprints from Marvel and a Canadian Whites Kickstarter program that deserves your support.

It's a big week--35 new items in all. Four new Underwood Sale Books, an entirely new Syd Mead art book, a new Uncle Scrooge Timeless Tales, Frank Cho creates a Wonder Woman statue, and Paperbacks from Hell looks at a neglected period of vintage art. We've also put together our own Kirby 100 vintage comics set from new reprints from Marvel. And see my special message in News and Notes about a Canadian Whites Kickstarter program that deserves your support.

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Art Books

 
THE MOVIE ART OF SYD MEAD VISUAL FUTURIST
Highly Recommended. This represents the most extensive collection of Mead's visionary work ever printed, compiling hundreds of images, sketches and concept art from a career spanning almost 40 years, many of which have never been seen in print before. Each entry provides a unique insight into the processes involved in Mead's practice as well as illuminating the behind-the-scenes work involved in creating a fully realized, cinematic depiction of the future. Titan, 2017...More.

Item Code: MOVSMH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x9, 256pg, Full Color
$49.95 $39.95

 
HARLEY QUINN A Celebration of 25 Years
Art by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Amanda Conner, and Terry Dodson. From her animated adventures to her bloody stint in the Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn: A Celebration of 25 Years captures the greatest comic book moments of the Joker's main moll, brought to life by industry legends Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Jim Lee, Jeph Loeb, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Karl Kesel, Terry Dodson and more! DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: HQCELH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 400pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99

 
MYTHICAL BEASTS An Artist's Field Guide To Designing Fantasy Creatures
In Mythical Beasts: An Artist's Field Guide to Designing Fantasy Creatures, thirty talented artists show you how to sketch, draw, and render thirty mythical creatures. Learn how to create some of the best-known fantasy creatures including the werewolf, unicorn, and of course the fantasy staple—the dragon. Also included are lesser-known mythical beasts such as the Slavic Leshy, Japanese Jorogumo, and the Congolese Dingonek. Each creature has its own chapter which covers its history, how to render main elements and variations, and one large final illustration. If you are a fan of mythology and fantasy, then Mythical Beasts is the book for you! 3DTotal, 2017...More.

Item Code: MYTBE
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 320pg, Partial Color
$49.99 $44.99

 
PAPERBACKS FROM HELL The Twisted History of 70s and 80s Horror Fiction
By Grady Hendrix. Tour the horror paperback novels of the 1970s and 80s . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary s Baby. It's an affectionate, nostalgic, and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of two iconic decades, complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles. Quirk, 2017...More.

Item Code: PAFR
Soft Cover, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99

For more Vintage Paperback art, see:

Dope Menace: The Sensational World of Drug Paperbacks 1900-1975 [DPE. $24.95]

Sin-A-Rama: Sleeze Paperbacks of the Sixties/Expanded [SINA. $25.95, your price $23.50]

Bad Girls Need Love Too [BDGH. $12.99 and almost gone, just six left]

Popular Skullture: The Skull Motif in Pulps, Paperbacks and Comics [POPSK. $19.99, your price $16.99]

 

 

Underwood Books: New on Sale

 
WOMEN OF WONDER Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic Art
Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Cathy Fenner. Introduction by Lauren Panepinto. From the co-editor of Spectrum, a spotlight on women creators of fantastic art (traditionally seen as a largely male domain, though women have always been active participants) from Kewpie creator Rose O'Neill and pulp illustrator Margaret Brundage to Spectrum Grand Masters Diane Dillon and Kinuko Y. Craft. Underwood, 2015...More.

Item Code: WOMOW
Soft Cover, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color
$24.95 $12.50

 
SHAMELESS ART 20th Century Genre and the Artists that Defined It
Closeout Price! Recommended. Edited by Tim Underwood. Unrepentant, unapologetic, unbridled and under-appreciated, genre art from the first half of the 20th century reflected the subconscious urges of an economically deprived and sexually depressed generation. This collects work by masters like Gil Elvgren, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong, George Petty, Enoch Bolles and many others as they let their untamed imaginations and tortured libidos run wild. Underwood, 2010...More.

Item Code: SHAAH
Hard Cover, 10x12, 112pg, Full Color
$15.00 $9.95

 
MIDDLE EARTH Visions of a Modern Myth
Closeout Price! Donato Giancola. From the brush of Donato Giancola, one of the world's most recognized and lauded fantasy artists, comes a book filled with new illustrations that apply his legendary Renaissance craftsmanship to J. R. R. Tolkien's fantastic Middle-Earth. Dramatic lighting and deft draftsmanship reminiscent of master painters like Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Vermeer explain Donato's popularity with millions of fans, as well as the numerous Hugo and Chesley Awards he has received. This long-awaited, moving, and beautiful voyage through Middle-Earth — a must-have for eager genre readers everywhere — offers a refreshingly new exploration of literature's most beloved fantasy realm. Underwood Books, 2010...More.

Item Code: MIDEH
Hard Cover, 9x13, 78pg, Full Color
$25.00 $12.50

 
ARTISTS AGAINST THE WAR
Closeout Price! Art by Ralph Steadman, Wendy Popp, Burt Silverman et al. Edited by Steve Brodner. Based on the 2008 Society of Illustrators' exhibit, "Artists Against the War", Artists Against the War draws from the history of graphic protest and demonstrates the many ways that illustrators — in comics, editorial cartoons, illustrations for magazine articles, and so on — have reflected on the representations and misrepresentations of war, specifically the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Underwood Books, 2011...More.

Item Code: ARTAGH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 110pg, Partial Color
$19.95 $9.95

See the previous two emails, Sept 8 and Sept 15, for more Underwood Sale Books. Last week's Savage Art is a same-format companion to Shameless Art. And Telling Stories: The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta is still the hands-down bestseller so far. See all the titles on our website, and see all the Underwood File Copies there also. We'll have more of those for you next week, including Hannes Bok.

 

Comic Book Archives

 
PRE-CODE CLASSICS Strange Terrors Volume 1
Collects #1-5, 1952. Recommended. By Joe Kubert, Rafael Astarita, Paul Gattuso et al. Another exceptional title from the innovative publisher St. John. Artists include Don Perlin, Rafael Astarita, Paul Gattuso, Ralph Mayo, George Meyerriecks, Bob Forgione, Joe Kubert, George Tuska and William Ekgren, whose bizarre surreal covers are now key collectible books from the pre-code days. They're all here—witches, vampires, walking corpses, ghosts, ghouls and goblins galore. With above average artwork. PS Artbooks, 2017...More.

Item Code: PCST01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 180pg, Full Color
$59.99

 
PRE-CODE CLASSICS Strange Terrors Volume 2
Collects 100-page issues Strange Terrors #6-7, 1953. Recommended. By Joe Kubert, Lou Cameron, Pete Morisi, Don Perlin et al. The last two issues of this exceptional St. John title boasted an all-star lineup of horror and fantasy, besides the above creators (Kubert did the cover of #7 plus a story, and #6 has a bondage cover), you'll find Albert Tyler, A.C. Hollingsworth, Bill Molno, Bob Forgione, Gus Ricca and Bernard Baily. They're all here--witches, vampires, walking corpses, ghosts, ghouls and goblins galore. PS Artbooks, 2017...More.

Item Code: PCST02H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 180pg, Full Color
$44.99

 
THE COMPLETE VOODOO Volume 3
Chilling Archives of Horror Comics #22. By Ruth Roche et al. Art by the Iger Shop. One of the weirdest, coolest, cheesiest, most bizarre, goriest pre-code comic books printed in its entirety. Voodoo features beyond good taste, sexy Good Girl art, and old school horror art by the master Matt Baker and his associates from the infamous group, the Iger Shop! The final volume of a series collecting all 19 issues. IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: COMV03H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 184pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

 
BEST OF VAMPIRELLA MASTER SERIES OMNIBUS
By Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Warren Ellis et al. Art by Amanda Conner, Mike Mayhew, Gary Frank et al. The finest comic book creators of the modern era delve into the mystery and the macabre in The Best of Vampirella Masters Series! Revisit the greatest tales of horror comics' most iconic heroine with the collected stories, each crafted by a legendary team of writers and artists! Dynamite, 2017...More.

Item Code: BVMAS
Soft Cover, 7x10, 568pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99

All the other Vampirella collections are on our website.

 
UNCLE SCROOGE TIMELESS TALES Volume 3
Collects #13-18. By Francesco Artibani, Alessandro Perina, William Van Horn, et al. He's tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties... he's Scrooge McDuck! But has he got what it takes to survive IDW's Uncle Scrooge #13-18—and a combined onslaught from Flintheart Glomgold, John D. Rockerduck, Magica De Spell and the Beagle Boys in “Scrooge's Last Adventure”? This awesome collectors' hardback also features Glittering Goldie in Romano Scarpa's “The Miner's Granddaughter,” new tales of Uncle Rumpus by William Van Horn, and a virtual reality trek through Scrooge's Life and Times in “Scrooge Vs. Scrooge!” With extras for true Disney Comics aficionados, this super Scrooge omnibus is perfect for the penny-pincher in your life. Maybe that's you! IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: USTT03H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

Volumes 1 and 2 both remain available at the same discounted price of $26.99 [USTT01H, USTT02H].

 
MARVEL MASTERWORKS Luke Cage Hero For Hire Volume 2
Collects #17-21, 1974-76. By Tony Isabella, Len Wein, Don McGregor et al. Art by George Tuska, Ron Wilson, George Perez et al. Marvel's bulletproof man is back! Marvel Masterworks proudly present the evolution of Luke Cage, Hero for Hire into his new identity: Power Man! It's a series of iconic Cage classics featuring the debut of Cottonmouth, Cage's evolving relationship with Claire Temple, and action galore. Cage goes toe to toe with Iron Man, battles the villainous Power Man for the right to the name, and hits the road to uncover the secrets of Security City. Also featuring the debut of Bill Foster as Giant-Man...and the one and only Piranha Jones! With stories and art by comic book greats Wein, Isabella, McGregor, Tuska, Wilson, Pérez and more, these are the stories that defined the Marvel and Netflix icon for an entire generation of fans! Marvel, 2017...More.

Item Code: MMLC02H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 312pg, Full Color
$75.00 $64.95

 
STAR TREK CLASSIC UK COMICS Volume 3 1972-1979
By Jack Sutter. Art by John Stokes, Frank Bellamy, John Canning, and Jim Baikie. Never-before-reprinted comics that originally appeared in weekly British magazines beginning in 1969. These are the U.K. voyages of the starship Enterprise—and, now, at last, fans everywhere can experience them. This third volume reprints all comics from 1972 to 1979 and concludes the series that presents the complete Star Trek UK comics. Bonus material includes various one-shots and annuals, as well as strips created for various merchandise and toys. IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: STC03H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 240pg, Partial Color
$49.99 $39.99

The first two collections are still available at the same discounted price of $39.99 each. [STC01H, STC02H.]

 
JACK KIRBY'S MISTER MIRACLE
Jack Kirby reinvented the superhero genre with his sprawling saga of the Fourth World —a bold storytelling vision that was decades ahead of its time. In honor of this extraordinary talent's centennial, DC Comics is proud to re-present the groundbreaking work of the King of Comics in a brand-new series of trade paperback editions collecting his classic DC titles in all their four-color glory: Mister Miracle By Jack Kirby (New Edition)! DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: JKMM
Soft Cover, 7x10, 440pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

 
TRUE BELIEVERS JACK KIRBY 100TH ANNIVERSARY Set
Set contains 12 comics reprinting both original issues, and combining one or more issues together.  The set consists of Captain America, Black Panther, Tales to Astonish with the first appearance of Groot, Eternals #1, Avengers #4, Devil Dinosaur #1, Strange Tales with Nick Fury, Thor vs. the Hulk, The Mighty Thor, Inhumans, Tales of Suspense with Iron Man, and Tales to Astonish with Ant Man and the Wasp. Marvel, 2017...More.

Item Code: TRBP
Comic, 32pg ea, Full Color
$17.95

Score these original comics and original stories in the format they first appeared in. This collection is a little different, because on more than half of these, two issues have been collected into one: for instance, you get both first appearances of Goot, in Tales to Astonish #13 and Journey Into Mystery #62; for Thor, you get his origin in Journey Into Mystery #83, and his 3rd appearance in #85, instead of the non-Thor backup features in #83. And so on. Full details are in our complete website description. We've only put together a limited number of sets, and we won't be able to replenish these once they sell out.

There are many more collections and reference books about Jack are on our website.

 

Pulp Reprints

 
MAVERICKS LONGRIDERS OF THE WEST The Complete Series
1934-35. Limited, 50. By Kent Thorn. Art by A. Leslie Ross, Don Hewitt. Introduction by Will Murray. Meet the five Mavericks—Lance Clayton, Doc Grimson, Charlie Parr, Lockjaw Johnson, and Flint Maddox. They were wanted men, those five hard-riding travelers of the still night trails. Mavericks all, they had entered outlawry for five different reasons, drawn irresistibly down the Owlhoot Trail from five different walks of rangeland life. They became one living inseparable unit of grim, uncompromising justice, united as one man by their friendship, their burning championship of the underdog—and the high, white flame of their courage. Altus, 2017...More.

Item Code: MAVH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 252pg, Text/b&w
$75.00

 

2018 Calendars

 
FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES BY JENNIE HARBOUR 2018 Calendar
Highly Recommended. A handsome, oversized calendar with twelve delicate line drawings by Jennie Harbour, an underappreciated artist from the Golden Age of illustration. This was published as a labor of love by a dedicated fan who produces occasional special projects like this. Probably not more than 200 copies will be produced in all, and not readily available from other sources. Harbour was a very skilled artist in her time, doing several fine children's books, but today she is known only to the most dedicated fans of the period. Calligraphics, 2017...More.

Item Code: FFT18
Wirebound, 18x12, 12pg, Two Color
$19.95

This special calendar--which is oversized and quite limited--came into our hands by odd circumstance. At the last Sacramento Book show, I was talking to one of the dealers and a gentleman came by and gave her a copy. We all talked about how obscure the artist was, I greatly admired what he had put together, and one thing led to another. Turns out this is a special project this long-time collector likes to put together, not for financial reward but just to have something cool for friends and the local bookstore or two. So unless you frequent Moe's books in Berkeley, this might be your one and only opportunity to snag this, as much a fine display of Harbour's artwork as it is a calendar. I like it.

 
CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION 2018 Calendar
Recommended. 1890 to 1925 was the Golden Age of Illustration. The finest artists were producing the best in children's and illustrated books, in England and in the U.S. Artists such as Kay Nielsen, Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac designed the most fantastical, beautiful drawings to enhance stories that still enchant to this day. Here is a sampling of that fine work, a wide variety month by month. Catch, 2017...More.

Item Code: CB18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.95

 
SCI-FI 2018 Calendar
Vintage science fiction movie posters, pulp, magazine and book covers. Includes images from Fantastic Voyage, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Weird Tales, The Man from Planet X, Astonishing, Fantastic, Not of this Earth, Space Adventures, Strange Worlds, Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds, and Space Adventures. Campy and fun! Catch, 2017...More.

Item Code: SC18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.95

 
PULP ATTACK 2018 Calendar
Classic collection of twelve historical film posters and book covers from the infamous age of cheaply printed fiction. It's all about the sexy ladies here, strutting their stuff and enticing men into their clutches. What's not to like? Includes all major international holidays. Tushita, 2017...More.

Item Code: PULP18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.95

 

Pin-Up

 
PIN-UPS NIGHT AND DAY
Closeout Price! Recommended. Art by Gil Elvgren, Earl Moran, Al Buell, Edward d'Ancona et al. This gift book--available in three striking cover options shipped to customers at random--offers flirtatious and fun 1940s and 50s illustrations. Irresistible pinup ladies bring teasing frivolity to a range of everyday situations, organized thematically from morning to evening. From sun-kissed beauties at the beach to ski bunnies hitting the slopes, bedside nurses ready to take your temperature to scantily clad runaways, rakish shipmates to not-so-conscientious secretaries, these smiling cuties are ready for fun. Flammarion, 2015...More.

Item Code: PINNH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 4x7, 160pg, Full Color
$19.95 $9.98

 
ART OF THE PIN-UP 2018 Calendar
She's risque but never explicit. She's flirtatious but fiercely independent. She's erotic but could just be the girl next door, on a VERY good day! She's the Pin-Up girl, an all-natural sweetheart created to win the adoration of men across the country. Gil Elvgren cover. Catch, 2017. Mature Viewers...More.

Item Code: APU18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.95

 
PIN-UP HISTORY 2018 Calendar
This offers a fun journey through the history of Pin Ups from the golden 1920's to the wild 1950's. Includes iconic sexy images by Gil Elvgren and others. Includes holidays. Tushita, 2017...More.

Item Code: PI18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.95

 
PIN-UPS 2018 Calendar
Highly Recommended. Instead of paintings by Elvgren and Petty, here are REAL ladies from the same time, the 1940s to the 1950s.  Just like they were posing for Vargas and others, they are smiling, voluptuous, sultry, and in period settings, with classic hair styles and, occasionally, nylons or lingerie. Mostly they are just fine looking sexy ladies from a lost era of more innocent cheesecake, proud of their appeal. We like this. Catch, 2017...More.

Item Code: PINU18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.95

 

Wonder Woman Statue by Frank Cho

 
DC DESIGNER SERIES WONDER WOMAN Statue By Frank Cho
Limited, 5,000. Designed by Frank Cho. Sculpted by Jonathan Matthews. Wonder Woman takes sword and shield in hand in this powerful new Designer Series statue from renowned artist Frank Cho! Frank's work is always first rate and his portrayals of strong women are in a class by themselves. So it's perfect to have him creating this fine image of the Golden Amazon, in the special Cho style. DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: DCDWWF
12" tall, Full Color
$150.00

More Cho statues and books on our website.

 

Warehouse Finds

 
MICHAEL KALUTA SKETCHBOOK
With Bookplate Signed by Kaluta. Recommended. By Michael Wm. Kaluta. From 1993. Michael Wm. Kaluta has been creating beautiful imagery for more than 40 years. Highlights of his wonderfully varied career include The Shadow, Starstruck, illustrations and covers for projects from Conan to Fables, Sandman to Wonder Woman. You name it, he may have worked on it. And for a long while now, he's created a myriad of stunningly executed covers for DC Comics. He was also a charter member of the legendary art collective known simply as the Studio, which included Berni Wrightson, Jeffrey Jones and Barry Winsor-Smith. Kitchen Sink Press, 1993. Note: These copies have scuffed or slightly torn covers....More.

Item Code: MWKSS
Soft Cover, 7x10, 90pg, Partial Color
$35.00

See our website for much more by Michael, including the more recent Sketchbook series and the compilation hardcover, which also comes with a special signed bookplate.

 
LAW & CHAOS
By Wendy Pini. While she was attending college, Wendy Pini asked for and received permission to try to adapt the Elric series by Michael Moorcock into an animated film. Although the project was not fully realised, she did create Law and Chaos: The Stormbringer Animated Film Projects, the story of her trials and triumphs as she grew and gained experience. Warp Graphics, 1987. Has a 2 inch razor cut to the cover....More.

Item Code: LAWR
Soft Cover, 11x8, 144pg, Text/Full Color
$45.00

This is an early and offbeat book from Wendy. See our website for all her latest books, several of which are on sale, and the others all qualify you for the Flesk Buy-One, Get-One-Free special where we are giving away two fine James Bama books.

 

Bargain Books up to 75% Off

These books are low in stock, and may have already been marked down once. I've marked them down even further just for this listing, to clear them out to make way for new items. First come, first served.

CLASSICS BOMBER COMICS Volume 3 [CBC3. $15 $10].
CLASSICS BOMBER COMICS Volume 4 [CBC4. $15 $10].

THE COLLECTOR By Toppi [COLSH. $34.99 $14.99].
DEADMAN KELLEY JONES Gallery Edition [DEAKJH. $125 $99].

ADVENTURES OF SUPERGIRL Volume 1 [ADSG01. $16.99 $9.99].
DOC SAVAGE Statue [DOCST. $210 $125].

ELSEWORLDS BATMAN Volume 1 [ELWB01. $34.99 $19.99].
THE OSAMU TEZUKA STORY A Life in Manga and Anime [OSAM. $29.95 $18.95].

ALVARADO'S ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS [ALVAGH. $34.99 $19.99].

You can see all of our discounted items on the website, under Closeouts at the end of each category (such as Artists and Illustration, Comics Related, etc).

 

Rare & Out of Print

The highlight this week is the beautiful Norman Lindsay Watercolours. We also added a few more H. R. Giger titles, including one book signed by Giger. From Brom, we have the titles Offerings and Darkwerks, which includes a signed bookplate. We also added the rare Conan of Cimmeria The Black Stranger Original Manucript Facsimile, and lastly, another batch of Glamour International Magazine.

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Mature Readers

Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds is pretty darned cool, with full pages devoted to each and every girl from Marilyn Monroe to the latest. I grew up in the sixties, snagging these from my dad's bottom drawer, and it's certainly fun to see who I recognize.

Adult Movie Posters of the 60's and 70's takes a look at the emergence of x-rated movies from underground sleaze to films that couples went to together and television show hosts talked about, like Behind the Green Door, O, Emannuelle, and of course, the one that started all the talk, Deep Throat.

Artist Barbara Jenson's Bare It All signed edition sold out from us some time ago. But we just got six more copies, then it's gone for good. I think this is her first signed edition. It's also available in a regular edition [BARIT. $14.95].

We have three new calendars this week: Lingerie Provocative, Derrieres, and Naked, for 2018. Three images from each is on our website.

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News and Notes

 

Holiday Bud Plant Catalog

Our latest catalog is the one we consider our Christmas edition. I know it seems very early,  but ordering from this will allow plenty of time to get those Christmas presents dialed in, particularly if you are overseas. Our last catalog of the year comes out in December, which is too late for foreign customers, and risky for anyone in the U.S., considering shipping takes longer and we just might be out of something special.

The catalog should be in your hands--if you are a regular customer--by October 10th or 15th. See the cover below--we've adapted it from Reynold Brown's new book, using his movie poster for Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. Special features include my recommended Christmas gift ideas, Underwood Books Publisher File Copies, and all of the 2018 Calendars.

Heroes of the Home Front: Bell Features Artists of World War II

This Kickstarter program needs your support! We are fully supporting this upcoming book--I have already committed to 20 copies of the deluxe limited edition, of which there will be just 150, and the regular hardcover. But we'll only have these if the Kickstarter program is successful.
                     
So I'm changing hats from being a retailer, who would like to sell you a copy of this--to altruistic collector, who wants to make sure this gets produced. I have supported every single project so far devoted to collecting and publicizing the WECA (War Economy Conservation Act) comics, also known as the Canadian Whites. These all-original comics were published between 1941 and 1947, the years in which the Canadian government cut off import of any and all U.S. Comics.

Unique characters like Nelvana, Queen of the Northern Lights, were created...and she pre-dates Wonder Woman! Brok Windsor is one of the best drawn titles of the time. Plus Captain Canuck, the Polka Dot Pirate, and Wow Comics #1. All these are on our website.

The author of this new book, Ivan Kocmarek, wrote an extensive and excellent overview of the period that was published in the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 44 (2014-2015). If you have this, go check it out. Also, in the Overstreet Market Report for the last several years, dealers are noting the quickly escalating prices of these rare comics. About 800 issues were published--they are very comparable to the first few years of our own Golden Age, with heroes and heroines of all flavors, albeit in black and white instead of full color. Only in 1946 did a limited number of full color comics come along.

Read more about it, watch Ivan's video, and consider investing directly in the project, since there are several cool premiums. I signed up for one myself, the original issue of Grand Slam Comics. This just might need your support to come to fruition.

The Kickstarter program is here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/283395337/heroes-of-the-home-front-book?ref=discovery

In case you'd like to order this direct from us rather than from Kickstarter, we've put in bare-bones descriptions of both editions onto our website and here is the link. The regular edition will be $75, the deluxe signed edition, limited to 150 copies, will be $100. For the deluxe edition, this is our pre-pub price--it may go up upon publication if we still have copies.

We will list these with more complete details later on. As always, your credit card will not be billed until we make our shipment to you. Publication date is February 2018.

~Bud

 

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