Hardcover. NY, DC Comics, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 416 pages in color. A celebration of Detective Comics' amazing eight-decade run and Batman's 80 years, with reflections on Detective Comics by Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Glen David Gold, Senator Patrick Leahy, Denny O'Neil, Anthony Tollin, police chief Shelley Zimmerman and Paul Levitz. This special collector's edition also features the very first Batman story; the debuts of classic sidekicks and allies like Robin, Batgirl, Batwoman and even Bat-Mite; and the first stories of archvillains Two-Face, the Riddler and Man-Bat. Clean copy but an odor suggesting it was smoker-owned.
Softcover. San Diego, CA, IDW Publishing, 1st Edition, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Softcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR. Created, written, drawn and colored by Palle Schmidt. Color illustrations throughout. Clean and tight copy, inside and out.
Softcover. London, Plexus Publishing, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 256 pages, b&w illustrations. Dick Tracy is America's most famous detective and after Sherlock Holmes, the second most in the world. However, until now, an overview of this landmark comic strip has never been published. Full of history, old comic strips, Chester Gould interviews and sections of the most famous Dick Tracy strips. A bright, clean copy that has a light smoker's odor.
Softcover. New York, Plume/Penguin Group, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 218 pages. Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, his adventures, his enemies, his allies, and his long-suffering sweetheart and eventual mate, Tess Truehart, live again in the one book that traces his entire crime-fighting career; enriched by a wealth of original classic strips in black-and-white, with 24 pages of color. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. Seattle, WA, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. The Secret Origins of King Kong, and the Urge to Destroy New York. Color pictures throughout. This comic strip by cartooning pioneer Winsor McCay, titled simply Dino, opens a surprising new window into McCay's life and work and showcases his exquisitely beautiful and delicate delineations (exactingly reproduced from the original art). Merkl explores the influences McCay brought to the strip-including McCay's own Gertie the Dinosaur animated shorts, the animation in 1933's King Kong, and the growth of New York City from the Holland Tunnel to the Empire State Building-and traces our love of dinosaurs and monster movies down through the decades. Oversized. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. NY, Abrams Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 439 pages. In the 1950s, comics meant POW!BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of MAD magazine, a new generation of creators set out to subvert the medium, and with it, American culture. Their "comix"--spelled that way to distinguish the work from their dime-store contemporaries--presented tales of taboo sex, casual drug use, and a transgressive view of society. Embraced by hippies and legions of future creatives, this subgenre of comic books and strips often ran afoul of the law, but that would not stop them from casting cultural ripples for decades to come, eventually moving the entire comics form beyond the gutter and into fine-art galleries. Brian Doherty weaves together the stories of R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Harvey Pekar, and Howard Cruse, among many others, detailing the complete narrative history of this movement. Through dozens of new interviews and archival research, he chronicles the scenes that sprang up around the country in the 1960s and '70s, beginning with the artists' origin stories and following them through success and strife, and concluding with an examination of these creators' legacies. Dirty Pictures is the essential exploration of a truly American art form that recontextualized the way people thought about war, race, sex, gender, and expression.
Hardcover. NY, Abrams Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 439 pages. In the 1950s, comics meant POW!BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of MAD magazine, a new generation of creators set out to subvert the medium, and with it, American culture. Their "comix"--spelled that way to distinguish the work from their dime-store contemporaries--presented tales of taboo sex, casual drug use, and a transgressive view of society. Embraced by hippies and legions of future creatives, this subgenre of comic books and strips often ran afoul of the law, but that would not stop them from casting cultural ripples for decades to come, eventually moving the entire comics form beyond the gutter and into fine-art galleries. Brian Doherty weaves together the stories of R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Harvey Pekar, and Howard Cruse, among many others, detailing the complete narrative history of this movement. Through dozens of new interviews and archival research, he chronicles the scenes that sprang up around the country in the 1960s and '70s, beginning with the artists' origin stories and following them through success and strife, and concluding with an examination of these creators' legacies. Dirty Pictures is the essential exploration of a truly American art form that recontextualized the way people thought about war, race, sex, gender, and expression.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages. Introduction by Arthur C. Danto. 196 color and b/w illustrations, 56 of which first appeared in The New Yorker.
Hardcover. San Diego, CA, IDW Publishing, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 108 pages. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Color illustrations. Stamped decorative covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Ditko's Shorts is a fun and incredibly fascinating compilation of short comics one, two and three pages in length. Only a brilliant master could tell a dramatic, compelling tale in such compact form. You'll thrill as Ditko walks this exciting high-wire act without a net! The many stories contained in this hardcover are fast-paced and sport terrific, compelling artwork as only Steve Ditko can draw it! The genres show the artist's great range. There's horror, fantasy, science fiction, western, and even humorous stories. Taken from rare comic books from a who's who of publishers, all the comics are meticulously restored and printed in a beautiful, large-format book.
Hardcover. Boom Sudios, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 144 pages. Color aty by Tony Parker. No dj issued. Volume 2 only of 6.
Hardcover. New York, Quill William Morrow, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover with paper wrappers. Black and white drawings by Callahan throughout. Tight copy.
Hardcover. Raleigh NC, TwoMorrows Publishing, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 191 pages. Don Heck remains one of the legendary names in comics, considered an "artist's artist," respected by peers, and beloved by fans as the co-creator of Marvel Comics characters Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Black Widow, and for his long stint on Marvel Comics' team book The Avengers. In Don Heck: A Work of Art, author John Coates has meticulously researched and chronicled information on Don's storied 40-year career, including his time at DC, Dell, Gold Key, and as "ghost" artist on Lee Falk's The Phantom newspaper strip. From personal recollections from Don's surviving family, long-time friends, and industry legends, to rare interviews with Heck himself (where he discusses his career, artistic technique, triumphs, frustrations, and love of drawing), this book is full of insight into - and first-hand anecdotes from - the early days of Marvel Comics. It also features an unbiased analysis of sales on Don's DC Comics titles, an extensive art gallery (including published, unpublished, and pencil artwork), a Foreword by Stan Lee, and an Afterword by Beau Smith. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, American Heritage Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Gary Trudeau's first book of Doonesbury cartoons, which originally appeared in the Yale Record and Yale Daily News. Subtitled: The popular cartoon strip featuring B.D., star Quarterback; Megaphone Mark, campus radical; and Michael J. Doonesbury, would-be lover. Written and illustrated by G.B. (Gary) Trudeau; foreword by Erich Segal. Dust jacket with light edge wear, clean copy.
Softcover. NP, Portable Playhouse/privately printed, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 103 pages, b&w graphic novel. The story of a struggle between benevolent scientist Dr. Atom (intent on establishing a nuclear energy business), and evil mastermind Volcane, who wants a worldwide energy monopoly. Cream colored wrappers with light soil, 5 1/2 by 7 inches, stapled binding is tight. The art is of high quality. INSCRIBED BY ARTIST/AUTHOR on title page. Very scarce, unusual.
Hardcover. NY, The New Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 280 pages. Dedicated readers and fans of Theodor Seuss Geisel, or Dr. Seuss, know of Seuss's fascinating, long-forgotten career as a political cartoonist for the New York daily newspaper PM during World War II. Dr. Seuss, however, was only one of a number of distinguished cartoonists whose work appeared in PM. In Dr. Seuss & Co. Go to War, we discover an astonishing treasure trove of over three hundred incisive political cartoons by Seuss as well as a cohort of other legendary cartoonists of the time, including Saul Steinberg, Al Hirschfeld, Arthur Szyk, Carl Rose, and Mischa Richter. These fascinating cartoons offer a totally different picture of the war, both at home and abroad. Sure to fascinate and surprise readers across the generations, Dr. Seuss & Co. Go to War lets readers ?time travel to a remarkable time when editorial cartoons really mattered". Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Metropolitan Books, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with maroon cloth spine. WINNER OF SPECIAL JURY PRIZE AT 2021 FESTIVAL D'ANGOULEME - NAMED A BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2020 BY THE GUARDIAN From "Britain's most loved comics artist" comes a superhero epic like no other-an ordinary man gains superpowers by donning women's clothing, saving London and maybe even himself. August Crimp can fly, but only when he wears women's clothes. Soaring above a gorgeous, lush vista of London, he is Dragman, catching falling persons, lost souls, and the odd stranded cat. After he's rejected by the superhero establishment, where masked men chase endorsement deals rather than criminals, August quietly packs up his dress and cosmetics and retreats to normalcy - a wife and son who know nothing of his exploits or inclinations.
Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 59 pages of b&w Buz Sawyer strips (August 29, 1945- May 25, 1946). Clean, very good.
Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 57 pages of b&w Buz Sawyer strips ( Buz Sawyer and the Mad Baron 5/27/46-12/21/46). Clean, very good.
Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 59 pages of b&w Buz Sawyer strips ( A $100,000 Reward and The Crystal Mountain 12/22/46-7/15/47). Clean, very good.
Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 62 pages of b&w On Stage strips (1/12/58-5/23/58 and 6/25/61-9/16/61). Clean, very good.
Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 65 pages of b&w Dick Tracy strips: Dick Tracy meets Splitscreen (5/14/82-8/25/82) and The Land of Plenty (12/25/83-4/29/84. Clean, very good.
Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 69 pages of b&w Green Beret strips: (5/26/67- 9/17/67) Clean, very good.
Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 70 pages of b&w Little Orphan Annie strips: (9/3/45- 2/9/46). Clean, very good.
Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 59 pages of Dick Tracy strips. Clean, very good.
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 "Dinomania: The Lost Art of Winsor McCay by: McCay, Winsor / Ulrich Merkl (Editor)")
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