comic theory/history/bios

THE ORIGINAL ART OF BASIL WOLVERTON

THE ORIGINAL ART OF BASIL WOLVERTON

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Basil Wolverton

$35.00

The hilarious spaghetti-and-meatball style caricature art of Basil Wolverton has been a huge influence on art luminaries such as Robert Crumb, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Robert Williams, Drew... (more)

OVERKILL

OVERKILL

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Tomer Hanuka

$29.95

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Compressed visual narratives are Tomer Hanuka's stock-in-trade. He's an illustrator by occupation, but his book covers, comics and editorial renderings transcend that title. In Overkill , he's selected some... (more)

THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES

THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES

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James Kakalios

$15.00

James Kakalios explores the scientific plausibility of the powers and feats of the most famous superheroes -- and discovers that in many cases the comic writers got their... (more)

PRISM COMICS: YOUR LGBT GUIDE TO COMICS, 2004...

PRISM COMICS: YOUR LGBT GUIDE TO COMICS, 2004...

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Dakota Mahkij, editor

$4.95

Prism Comics is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the work of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) creators in the comics industry, as well as LGBT themes... (more)

R. CRUMB: CONVERSATIONS

R. CRUMB: CONVERSATIONS

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Robert Crumb, D. K. Holm, editor

$22.00

A collection of interviews with Robert Crumb, from the late 1960s to the beginning of the 21st century. His self-created comics persona of an unattractive, nervous, lecherous, obsessive... (more)

R. CRUMB: THE COMPLETE RECORD COVER COLLECTION

R. CRUMB: THE COMPLETE RECORD COVER COLLECTION

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Robert Crumb

$27.95

A landmark work that pays splendid homage to a forgotten era of seminal American music. Robert Crumb first began drawing record covers in 1968 when Janis Joplin, a... (more)

RAND HOLMES: THE ARTIST HIMSELF

RAND HOLMES: THE ARTIST HIMSELF

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Patrick Rosenkranz, Rand Holmes

$39.99

Rand Holmes was Canada's most revolutionary artist in his heyday, the star cartoonist at the Georgia Straight newspaper in British Columbia during the 1970s. His hippie hero,... (more)

RAW, BOILED & COOKED: COMICS ON THE VERGE

RAW, BOILED & COOKED: COMICS ON THE VERGE

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Paul Candler, editor

$24.95

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This book showcases some of the most important comics and comic-themed art being created today. Inspired by Art Spiegelman's groundbreaking comic anthology Raw, with all the artists either... (more)

READING COMICS: 24 VINTAGE POSTCARDS DEPICT AMERICA'S 2ND...

READING COMICS: 24 VINTAGE POSTCARDS DEPICT AMERICA'S 2ND...

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Denis Kitchen, editor

$11.95

24 all-different postcards on heavy cardstock, depicting everyday folks (and some not-so-everyday folks) seduced by a dangerously seductive medium known by the disingenuous misnomer "comics." Cartoonists bore into... (more)

REBEL VISIONS: THE UNDERGROUND COMIX REVOLUTION 1963-1975

REBEL VISIONS: THE UNDERGROUND COMIX REVOLUTION 1963-1975

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Patrick Rosenkranz

$34.99

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Now available in a newly designed and affordable softcover edition! This is a provocative chronicle of the guerilla art movement that changed comics forever. This comprehensive book follows... (more)

REINVENTING COMICS

REINVENTING COMICS

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Scott McCloud

$22.99

In 1993, Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture with the acclaimed international hit Understanding Comics , a massive comic book that explored the inner... (more)

S-STYLE 2 SPRING 2003 (MARK RYDEN FEATURE)

S-STYLE 2 SPRING 2003 (MARK RYDEN FEATURE)

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Various

$25.00

A great Japanese art/comics/comic-art magazine (thick, heavy, and almost-book-sized), just chock-full of nice art. This issue has a rare feature on Mark Ryden. Also has buckets and buckets... (more)

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