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Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 298 pages. Published for the first time in English -- and the first time in color -- the classic Petra Cherie by Italian master Attilio Micheluzzi follows the dramatic adventures of a mysterious heroine during the end of World War I. Originally published in serial format from 1977-1982, Petra Cherie follows the adventures of Petra De Karlowitz, 'Cherie' to creator Micheluzzi, who addresses her throughout the book. Born to a Polish businessman and the most beautiful woman in Paris, raised in Canton, China, and now based in neutral Holland, she is a spy who answers only to herself. Evoking but cleverly eschewing stereotypes of the femme fatale, Petra is equally at home in the cockpit of an airplane and behind the wheel of a motorcar. More than that, she is an endlessly fascinating enigma and one of the most iconic characters in Italian comics. In short, thrilling tales across sky, sea, and land, zipping from Northern Europe to Mitteleuropa, from the Balkans to the Bosphorus to the nascent Soviet Union, Micheluzzi grapples with an era when Europe's borders were in flux and battle lines were often blurred. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Neshannock PA , Hermes Press, Reprint , 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Imagine waking up in 1939 and reading the first Phantom Sunday strip in the newspaper. Now, for the first time, these rare Phantom Sundays are being collected in their full size in an archival reprint of the first six Phantom stories! The stories for these Sundays was created by Lee Falk with artwork by Ray Moore in a half page format, so this reprint is faithful to the originals and reproduces every detail of these Sundays as seen in Sunday sections of newspapers. These Sunday pages have the same look and feel of the originals only now they're collected in a high quality art book format that will last forever.

Hardcover. Neshannock PA, Hermes Press, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 191 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color throughout.

Softcover. Long Beach CA, Tony Raiola, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 46 pages illustrated in b&w by Falk. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Long Beach CA, Tony Raiola, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 40 pages illustrated in b&w by Falk. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Long Beach CA, Tony Raiola, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 36 pages illustrated in b&w by Falk. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Long Beach CA, Tony Raiola, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 56 pages illustrated in b&w by Falk. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Long Beach CA, Tony Raiola, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 56 pages illustrated in b&w by Falk. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Long Beach CA, Tony Raiola, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 32 pages illustrated in b&w by Falk. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. New York , Fireside Book/Simon & Schuster, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. 255 pages

Softcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 144 pages. Explores the various uses of images with and without text in the work of over thirty artists from around the world. B&w illustrations.

Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 144 pages. Comics, graphic novels, and single panel cartoons have long flourished as an alternative medium. In recent years these forms of narrative illustration-artwork that tells its own story rather than supporting a text-have increasingly crossed over into mainstream popular culture. Pictorial storytelling now reaches the public through animated films (Spirited Away) and films with animated sequences (Kill Bill), while graphic novels win literary prizes and comic art hangs in art galleries. This delightful book explores the various uses of images with and without text in the work of over thirty artists from around the world.

Softcover. NY, R.H. Russell, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. A collection of 84 black & white cartoons by Gibson. Oblong, 1/2 cloth and cardboard covers. Rear panel has scuffing tears to paper over boards. Interior very good.

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 287 pages. Pieter Bruegel (ca. 1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described in 1604 by his earliest biographer as a supremely comic artist, few of whose works failed to elicit laughter. Today, however, we approach Bruegel's art as anything but a laughing matter. His paintings and drawings are thought to conceal profound allegories best illuminated with scholarly erudition. In this delightfully engaging book, Walter S. Gibson takes a new look at Bruegel, arguing that the artist was no erudite philosopher, but a man very much in the world, and that a significant part of his art is best appreciated in the context of humor. In his illuminating examination of the witty and amusing elements in Bruegel's paintings, prints, and drawings in relation to the sixteenth century European culture of laughter, Gibson reminds us exactly why Bruegel was one of the most original artists of his time. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Lincoln NE, Blase, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Here is a subtle mix of humor, glamour, erotica, and nostalgia. Pin Up takes us back to World War 2 for a glimpse at GI life in the Far East. Full color graphic novels with a style reminiscent of Milton Caniff. 48 pages. Part 1 of a trilogy. Originally published in Paris in 1994 by Dargaud. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Lincoln NE, Blase, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Here is a subtle mix of humor, glamour, erotica, and nostalgia. Pin Up takes us back to World War 2 for a glimpse at GI life in the Far East. Full color graphic novels with a style reminiscent of Milton Caniff. 48 pages. Part 2 of a trilogy. Originally published in Paris in 1994 by Dargaud. Clean copy.

Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, tight copy. Collects January 1940 to April 1940, Issues 1-4.

Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, tight copy. Collects January 1940 to April 1940, Issues 1-4.

Hardcover. New York, DC Comics, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover 216 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Plastic Man encounters a number of zany villains, including Fargo Freddie, the volcanic man; Froggy Fink, underworld killer; Elmer Body, the body-possessing nobody; and others. Jack Cole was one of the true geniuses of the comic book art form. Here we have some great examples of his masterwork, Plastic Man. Plastic Man and his sidekick Woozy Winks are two of the greatest characters of the Golden Age of comics. Jack Cole's odd outlook on life, and his sometimes dark sense of humor, make these among the best of the superhero comics of the era. Highly recommended to superhero fans, especially those who don't them too seriously.

Hardcover. New York, DC Comics, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 204 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Reprinting POLICE COMICS #50-58 and PLASTIC MAN #4 in a handsome hardcover archive! Featuring an introduction by Bill Schelly and a host of innovative and unusual Golden Age Plastic Man tales.

Softcover. UK, PS Artbooks, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Reprints the first four comic books (published by Vital Publications, 1943-1946) in their entirety. All in color including covers and ads. Featuring art by the great Jack Cole, firmly locating Plastic Man in the humorous super-hero genre.

Softcover. UK, PS Artbooks, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Reprints Plastic Man Nos. 5-8 in their entirety. All in color including covers and ads. Originally published 1946-47. Featuring art by the great Jack Cole, firmly locating Plastic Man in the humorous super-hero genre.

Softcover. Chicago IL, Playboy Press , reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. Extensive color and b&w illustrations throughout. Some edge wear to covers, otherwise clean, tight copy. More than 220 cartoons - 120 in full color.

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Drawings by Will Eisner.