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G.I. JOE BATTLE FILES : JOES VOL. 1 OF 3

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: IMAGE COMICS:

Seller ID: IM436406

ISBN: 11-99-20427-7

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

HARVEY KURTZMAN: The Man Who Created Mad and Revo

By: BILL SCHELLY

Price: $30.00

Publisher: FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS:

Seller ID: IM513900

ISBN: 1606997610

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: VERY Good Condition

Harvey Kurtzman created Mad, and Mad revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman was the original editor, artist, and sole writer of Mad, one of the greatest publishing successes of the 20th century. But how did Kurtzman invent Mad, and why did he leave it shortly after it burst, nova-like, onto the American scene? For this heavily researched biography, Bill Schelly conducted new interviews with Kurtzman's colleagues, friends and family, including Hugh Hefner, R. Crumb, Jack Davis, and many others, and examined Kurtzman's personal archives. The result is the true story of one the 20th century's ...
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WILL EISNER: A Spirited Life (Deluxe Edition)

By: BOB ANDELMAN

Price: $18.00

Publisher: DIAMOND COMIC DISTRIBUTORS:

Seller ID: IM496666

ISBN: 160549061X

Binding: HC Large

Condition: GOOD Condition

An expanded, full-color deluxe edition of the out-of-print biography that explores the fascinating life of Will Eisner, detailing a more than 70-year career where he spearheaded comics for adult readers and created the first widely accepted graphic novel, A Contract with God.
Eisner's influence has been felt by such diverse talents as Batman creator Bob Kane and Jack Kirby, as well as underground comics legend R. Crumb and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists Jules Feiffer and Art Spiegelman -- all have hailed Eisner's cinematic approach to comics, and his enduring char...
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NEON VISIONS: The Comics of Howards Chaykin

By: BRANNON COSTELLO

Price: $18.00

Publisher: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS:

Seller ID: IM495096

ISBN: 0807168327

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: NEW DISCOUNT

In the 1980s, Howard Chaykin broke new ground in American comic books with a series of formally innovative, iconoclastic works that turned the traditional action-adventure tales of mainstream comics into a platform for personal expression, political engagement, and aesthetic experimentation. His original creations American Flagg , Time , and the notorious Black Kiss, along with his reshaping of familiar titles like The Shadow and Blackhawk, generated acclaim and often controversy as they challenged expectations of the visual design and subject matter permissible ...
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MARVELOUS LIFE: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee

By: DANNY FINGEROTH

Price: $13.50

Publisher: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS:

Seller ID: IM528025

ISBN: 1250133904

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: VERY Good Condition

The comprehensive biography of STAN LEE, father of SPIDER-MAN and THE AVENGERS, beloved comic book writer and editor, and former president and publisher of Marvel Comics, by Lee's colleague of over four decades.

Stan Lee co-created SPIDER-MAN And IRON MAN And the HULK And the X-MEN And more than 500 other iconic characters His name has appeared on more than a billion comic books, in 75 countries, in 25 languages. His superheroes have starred in multibillion-dollar grossing movies and TV series. This is the story of how Stanley Martin Lieber, a poor kid from Washington Hei...
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GOAT-GETTERS: Jack Johnson, the Fight of the Centu

By: EDDIE CAMPBELL

Price: $25.00

Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING:

Seller ID: IM513903

ISBN: 168405138X

Binding: HC w/JA Large

Condition: VERY Good Condition

A rip-roaring and exhaustively researched new take on the origin of the comic strip by one of the leading cartoon storytellers of our time.

With more than 500 period cartoons, The Goat Getters illustrates how comics were developed by such luminaries as Rube Goldberg, Tad Dorgan, and George Herriman in the sports and lurid crime pages of the daily newspaper. This wild bunch of West Coast-based cartoonists established the dynamic anatomy and bold, tough style that continue to influence comics today, as well as their own goofy slang that enriched the popular lexicon.

The ...
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What Cartooning Really Is: The Major Interviews wi

By: GARY GROTH

Price: $12.50

Publisher: FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS:

Seller ID: IM529975

ISBN: 1683963822

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: VERY Good Condition

What Cartooning Really Is: The Major Interviews with Charles M. Schulz
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MY LIFE AS A CARTOONIST

By: JANET TASHJIAN

Price: $7.00

Publisher: HENRY HOLT:

Seller ID: IM513458

ISBN: 0805096094

Binding: HARDCOVER

Condition: VERY Good Condition

There's a new kid in Derek Fallon's class. His name is Umberto and he uses a wheelchair. Derek's family is still fostering Frank the monkey, and Derek thinks it would be great to train Frank to assist Umberto. But Derek quickly realizes that Umberto is definitely not looking for any help. Derek soon becomes the butt of Umberto's jokes. On top of that, Umberto starts stealing Derek's cartoon ideas and claiming them as his own. How did Derek get himself into this mess, and how can he find a way out before he is the laughingstock of school? The answer may very well be his cartoon strip--SUPER ...
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CARTOON CONFIDENTIAL

By: JIM KORKIS

Price: $12.00

Publisher: MALIBU GRAPHICS INC.:

Seller ID: IM494335

ISBN: 1563980053

Binding: PB Large

Condition: FAIR Water-Damaged

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DON HECK: A WORK OF ART

By: JOHN COATES

Price: $20.00

Publisher: TWO MORROWS PUBLISHING:

Seller ID: IM510691

ISBN: 160549058X

Binding: HARDCOVER

Condition: VERY Good Condition

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 fami...
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BIG LITTLE BOOKS

By: LARRY JACOBS

Price: $9.50

Publisher: COLLECTOR BOOKS:

Seller ID: IM506115

ISBN: 0891456880

Binding: PB Large

Condition: GOOD Condition

Larry Jacobs has one of the largest collections of Big Little Books in the world. His easy-to-use book has over 800 items listed and photographed in full color. Also included is a detailed history, where to purchase, value, storage, and care tips.
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AL JAFFEE'S MAD LIFE

By: MARY-LOU WEISMAN

Price: $14.00

Publisher: HARPER COLLINS TRADE DIVISION:

Seller ID: IM23579

ISBN: 006186448X

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: VERY Good Condition

"One of the great cartoonists of our time." -New Yorker cartoonist Arnold Roth

The remarkable story of one of America's most prolific and beloved cartoonists, Al Jaffee, with dozens of original color illustrations. Jaffe's career in cartooning stretches back to 1941--with early humor pieces for Timely Comics, a precursor to Marvel Comics--but the iconic artist remains best known for the brilliant Fold-In cartoons he invented at Bill Gaines's Mad magazine in 1964. The cerebral and sardonic illustrations have inspired generations of Mad readers--including S...
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MORT WALKER'S PRIVATE SCRAPBOOK

By: MORT WALKER

Price: $12.00

Seller ID: IM227349

ISBN: 0740711261

Binding: HARDCOVER

Condition: GOOD Condition

Many cartoonists have successfully caused brief splashes of excitement throughout history but simply don't have what it takes to command the world's attention for half a century. That is, unless you're comic genius Mort Walker, beloved creator of the cartoon strips Hi and Lois and Beetle Bailey. Mort Walker's Private Scrapbook provides a comprehensive look at the life and work of this suave cartoonist for his legions of fans and aficionados of the comic world alike. In this extensive work painstakingly compiled by Walker over the course of two years, he collects his earliest artwork, reveals w...
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I ONLY READ IT FOR THE CARTOONS

By: RICHARD GEHR

Price: $12.50

Publisher: MARINER BOOKS (HM):

Seller ID: IM179882

ISBN: 0544114450

Binding: HC w/DJ

Condition: VERY Good Condition

Available for the first time to The New Yorker's one million-plus readers: a volume dedicated to the individual careers of the magazine's cartoon superstars.
Widely considered to be the pantheon of single-panel cartooning, The New Yorker cartoonists' styles are richly varied, and their personal stories are surprising. For example, did you know that Arnie Levin is a seventy-three-year-old former Beatnik painter with a handlebar mustache and a back decorated by Japan's foremost tattoo artists?
Gehr's book features fascinating biographical profiles of such ar...
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COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICAN COMIC BOOKS

By: SHIRREL RHOADES

Price: $20.00

Publisher: PETER LANG:

Seller ID: IM347164

ISBN: 1433101076

Binding: PB Trade

Condition: GOOD Condition

This book is an updated history of the American comic book by an industry insider. You'll follow the development of comics from the first appearance of the comic book format in the Platinum Age of the 1930s to the creation of the superhero genre in the Golden Age, to the current period, where comics flourish as graphic novels and blockbuster movies. Along the way you will meet the hustlers, hucksters, hacks, and visionaries who made the American comic book what it is today. It's an exciting journey, filled with mutants, changelings, atomized scientists, gamma-ray accidents, and supernaturally ...
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GENERALISSIMO EL BUSHO : ESSAYS & CARTOO

By: TED RALL

Price: $7.00

Publisher: INGRAM BOOK COMPANY/TRADE:

Seller ID: IM362412

ISBN: 1561633852

Binding: PAPERBACK

Condition: GOOD Condition

Ted Rall is best known for saying today what will become conventional wisdom tomorrow. His GENERALISSIMO EL BUSHO is the ultimate chronicle of the most polarizing presidency in modern American history, a brilliantly tragicomic week-by-week dissection of the Bush Administration's follies and crimes as seen by America's most courageous editorial cartoonist and political writer.
Ted Rall, who has traveled and reported from the world's hottest trouble spots, recognizes a dictator when he sees one. And he doesn't scare easily. Having seized power extraconstitutionally, Bush and his cabal of corru...
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Category: Comics HISTORY REFERENCE