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Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 42 pages of Smilin' Jack strips (9/6/39-3/14/40). Clean, very good.

Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 64 pages b&w art by Starr: The Final Three Stories: 2/4/79-9/9/79. Clean, very good.

Hardcover. Middle Village, NY, Jonathan David Publishers, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 368 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Featuring hundreds of gems that delight the eye as well as the heart, Drawing a Crowd brings together the best of the work of distinguished New York Daily News cartoonist Bill Gallo. Laugh, ponder, even shed a tear as Bill, Basement Bertha, Yuchie, and the rest of the Gallo cast of characters relive the most memorable sports moments of the past forty years and share some little-known things about some very well-known people. Here, you'll experience the magnificence of a Michael Jordan and the reticence of a Sandy Koufax, the fury of a Vince Lombardi and the dignity of an Arthur Ashe, the grace of a Nancy Kerrigan and the majesty of a Sugar Ray Robinson. In Drawing a Crowd, you'll also come to know the personal Gallo: the eleven-year-old who suddenly lost a father; the resilient young man who landed a job as a News copyboy; the Marine who saw comrades fall on the black sands of Iwo Jima; the gentleman's gentleman who has earned the respect and friendship of the greats of our time. Peppered with the artists unique perspective, good-natured wit, and reminiscences on everyone from Ali to Joe D, Sinatra to Stengel, Torre to Trump, Broadway Joe to Johnny U, Drawing a Crowd demonstrates why Bill Gallo, long a New York secret, is truly a national treasure.

Paperback. Montreal, Drawn & Quarterly, 1st wraps, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Large softcover, 160 pages. Work by Miriam Katin, Nicholas Robel, Canadian war posters, a tribute to Herge (creator of Tintin) in comic strip form, 30 vintage Gasoline Alley Sunday strips, all color.

Softcover. Montreal, Drawn & Quarterly, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 192 pages. Contributors include: Philippe Dupuy Charles Berberian, Albert Chartier, Michel Robagliati, Alberto Manguel, R. Sikoryak.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1st Edition, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover board. Pages clean and unmarked. A couple soil spots to edges. Binding tight. Spine straight. In great shape. Approximately 245 b/w line drawings. Syndicated in more than 100 papers nationwide, his editorial cartoons comment on matters of national and international importance.

Softcover. Montreal, Drawn & Quarterly Publications, 1st, 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages illustrated with art by Jacques Tardi, Maurice Vellekoop, Carol Tyler, Marcellus Hall, Avril and Petit Roulet. Cover by Seth. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. US, PM Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages, color illustrations. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. A declaration of love to Peter Kuper's adoptive city in which he has lived since 1977, this diary is a vibrant survey of New York City's history. Through Kuper's illustrations, this book depicts a climb to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, the homeless living in Times Square, roller skaters in Central Park, the impact of September 11, the luxury of Wall Street, street musicians, and other scenes unique to the city. With comics, illustrations, and sketches, this work of art portrays everything from the low life to the high energy that has long made people from around the world flock to the Big Apple.

Hardcover. NY, Liveright, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. Who could have imagined that in 1972, when Aline Kominsky, a Long Island escapee and bodaciously talented artist, broke her foot one rainy fall day, it would result in the most unique collaboration in comics history? Laid up in her house, she was persuaded by R. Crumb, her nerdy, neurotic boyfriend, to pass the time drawing together a "two-man" comic. The result is a jaw-dropping yet tender account, not only of the joys and challenges of a legendary marriage but also of the obstacles faced by struggling female artists. In Drawn Together, our foremost male-female cartooning couple recall their success at shocking America with Weirdo Magazine, the life-altering birth of their precocious daughter Sophie, and their astonishing move to the safe haven of France. With an irresistible introduction and a striking four-color section, Drawn Together becomes a graphic cause-celebre and a must-have for any comics devotee.

Hardcover. London, Knockabout Comics, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 264 pages. Hardcover, no dust jacket issued. Extensive b&w and color illustrations by the two Crumbs. Illustrated paste downs and end papers. Includes appendix of portraits. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2014, Hardcover, 176 pages. 83 color portraits by Friedman. Like new condition. No dust jacket issued.

Hardcover. NY, Blast Books, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 110 pages. Melvin Burkhart the Anatomical Wonder; Zip the Pinhead; Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins; Johnny Eck, the King of the Freaks; Koo Koo the Birdgirl; and 45 more fascinating sideshow freaks both famous and obscure are immortalized in Drew Friedman's color portraits.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. From its first issue in April, 1970, the National Lampoon blazed like a comet, defining comedy as we know it today. To create Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, former Lampoon illustrator Rick Meyerowitz selected the funniest material from the magazine and sought out the survivors of its first electrifying decade to gather their most revealing and outrageous stories. The result is a mind-boggling tour through the early days of an institution whose alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture: Animal House, Caddyshack, Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters, SCTV, Spinal Tap, In Living Color, Ren & Stimpy, The Simpsons--even Sesame Street counts a few Lampooners among its ranks. 320 pages, mostly color.

Hardcover. Montreal, Drawn and Quarterly, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 430 pages illustrated in b&w by Beaton. Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times best-selling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons, a tight-knit seaside community. After university, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush, part of the long tradition of East Coast Canadians who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, what the journey will actually cost Katie will be far more than she anticipates. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife, Northern Lights, and Rocky Mountains. Her first full length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Bradbury & Evans, 1st, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 full page engravings of Leech's 19th century political cartoons. 3/4 leather front cover (detached) deletes "Early" from title. Back cover mostly detached, but good internally. Shipping extra for this volume.

Hardcover. West Plains MO, Russ Cochran, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two folio-size volumes in a slipcase. Covers reproduced in color, stories in b&w. Numbers 1-12. Notes and comments Edited by John Benson and Written by John Benson, Bill Mason and Bhob Stewart.

Hardcover. West Plains MO, Russ Cochran, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Some of the most beautiful visions of 1950s science fiction from artists Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Harvey Kurtzman, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen & others. From 1952 writer Ray Bradbury's stories were adapted & several are featured here. Other science fiction writers were also sampled without their knowledge. 4 volume slipcased set. Published originally by William M. Gaines (1950-53). Black and white reproductions of the comics with color reproductions of the covers. Books and slipcase clean, very good.

Hardcover. West Plains MO, Russ Cochran, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four volumes in a slipcase, pictorial cloth covers in color. Black and white reproductions of the comics with color reproductions of the covers. Books and slipcase clean, very good.

Softcover. IDW/Idea & Design Works, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, the smaller (8 1/4 X 12") Artisan Edition. Collects more than 140 EC covers by their best and brightest talents. The luminaries included in this elegant tome include: Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, Al Williamson, Johnny Craig, Frank Frazetta, Jack Davis, Al Feldstein, and more. Each cover in this collection has been scanned from the original art. While appearing to be in black and white, these images were scanned in COLOR, enabling the reader to see all the subtle nuances that make original art unique. Blue pencil notations, zip-a-tone, Duoshade, whiteoutall of these and more are clearly visible. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Idea & Design Works/ IDW, 1st thus, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wrappers. EC Comics, under the guidance of publisher Bill Gaines, was--according to the editor of this collection--the greatest line of comics ever done. This once-in-a-lifetime Artist's Edition collects more than 140 EC covers by their best and brightest talents. The luminaries included in this gigantic (12 x 8 inches!) tome include-Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, Al Williamson, Johnny Craig, Frank Frazetta, Jack Davis, Al Feldstein, and more! Each cover in this collection has been scanned from the original art. While appearing to be in black and white, these images were scanned in COLOR, enabling the reader to see all the subtle nuances that make original art unique. Blue pencil notations, zip-a-tone, Duoshade, whiteout-all of these and more are clearly visible.

Hardcover. US, Dark Horse, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Elephant folio, hardcover, 104 pages in color. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. One of comics' greatest artistic achievements gets its due in this deluxe 15" x 20" hardcover collecting the first two years of Tarzan Sunday strips by Hal Foster! Beautifully restored and printed at giant size, this first volume in Dark Horse's comprehensive collection of Foster's Tarzan Sundays reprints over one-hundred strips on high-quality paper and in eye-popping color, replicating when they first appeared! Includes a historical essay on Tarzan and Foster by comics scholar, Mark Evanier.

Softcover. New York, Dell, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Mass market paperback, Dell #2254, 128 pages. B&w cartoon drawings throughout by the Berenstains. Clean.