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Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan
by Tom Field  Publisher Comments From Daredevil to Dracula, from Batman to Brother Voodoo, from Howard the Duck to Stewart the Rat, Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan is the ultimate retrospective on one of comics' all-time unique artists. Featuring rare childhood...
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Out of Picture Volume 1
by The Artists Of Oop Publisher Comments OUT OF PICTURE is a collection of short illustrated stories by a group of artists from professional backgrounds ranging from editorial illustration and children's books to storyboards and animation, who all worked together at Blue Sky Studios. This book...
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The Best American Comics 2007
by Chris Ware 
Powells.com Staff Pick Chris Ware's choices in this collection are eclectic and inclusive of different generations of art-comics. From the Kramers Ergot selections that push the edge of cartooning to Crumb, Gilbert Hernandez, the ever-popular Ivan Brunetti, Lynda Barry, and...
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Eyes of Light: Fantasy Drawings of Frank Brunner
by Frank Brunner Publisher Comments - Features dozens of never-before-seen drawings and illustrations<BR>- Includes an introduction by noted fantasy author Michael Moorcock (Elric of Melnibone)...
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The 9/11 Report
by Sid Jacobson Publisher Comments A visual adaptation of the report of the 9/11 Commission uses a graphic novel format to provide an accessible version of the Commission's findings regarding the terrorist attacks on the United States and its recommendations concerning what the United...
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Complete Mike Grell's Jon Sable, Freelance #06
by Mike Grell Publisher Comments Continuing the re-presentation of the entire saga of Mike Grell's classic character, Jon Sable, Freelance. The seventh collection delves deeper in creator Mike Grell's classic Frist Comic run....
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Arf Museum: The Unholy Marriage of Art & Comics
by Craig Yoe Publisher Comments An anthology collecting the comic works of such artists as Picasso, Spiegelman, and Addams features large-format, color spreads of images created during the past two hundred years, in a volume that includes Reamer Keller's previously unseen banned...
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Eisner/Miller
by Will Eisner and Frank Miller
Publisher Comments A fascinating discourse between two of this medium's greatest contributors — comics legend Will Eisner and Sin City creator and co-director Frank Miller. It would be hard to imagine any creators who have affected their chosen medium more than...
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Japanese Comickers 2
by Magazine (ed) Comickers Publisher Comments Following the success of "Japanese Comickers," this edition profiles 12 Japanese and Korean artists working in anime and manga--all of whom eagerly discuss their work and share their thoughts on this increasingly popular genre. This showcase of the...
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The Hellboy Companion (Hellboy)
by Jason Hall and Stephen Weiner and Mike Mignola Publisher Comments Written by Steve Weiner (The Will Eisner Companion) and Jason Hall (Beware the Creeper, Trigger, Detective Comics) and densely illustrated with classic images from the comics as well as a handful of new drawings from creator Mike Mignola, this volume...
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The Neil Gaiman Reader
by Darrell Schweitzer Publisher Comments Neil Gaiman's talent is so vast that any exploration of his work can only be described as a beginning. Here is one such beginning, an examination of the creative genius [behind] The Sandman, American Gods, Coraline and so much more. Gaiman has...
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Comics Creators on Fantastic Four
by Tom Defalco Publisher Comments Stuffed with exclusive sketches and script pages, the book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the creation and development of the Thing, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and Mr Fantastic: the Fantastic Four!...
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The Art of Joseph Michael Linsner
by Joseph Michael Linsner Publisher Comments This much-anticipated volume boasts 176 pages of Linsner's very best work, including covers and over a dozen previously unseen and unpublished paintings. Scores of rare production sketches and color roughs will be highlighted, as well as a special "how...
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Conan: The Ultimate Guide to the World's Most Savage Barbarian
by Roy Thomas Publisher Comments Featuring character profiles, maps, art from original paperbacks, and more, this is the first and only fully illustrated guide to Robert E. Howard's epic fantasy world of Hyboria and to Conan, its greatest champion. Full color....
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Sexy Chix: Anthology of Women Cartoonists
by Dark Horse Books Publisher Comments Don't let the title fool you - this isn't your average collection of comics featuring impossibly proportioned vixens in spandex. This time around the sexy chix in question are the writers and artists behind the comics, representing some of the best and...
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Will Eisner's Shop Talk
by Will Eisner Publisher Comments New York native Will Eisner is universally acknowledged as one of the great masters of comic-book art. Born in 1917, he studied under anatomist George Bridgman and painter Robert Brachman before finding his true vocation as a cartoonist during the late...
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Comix: The Underground Revolution
by Dez Skinn Publisher Comments Underground comic books (which took the name "comix," using the "x" to signify their adult nature) erupted in the 1960s as a reaction to ultraconservative and patriotic comics produced by the large corporations. "Comix" is an homage to both the...
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John Romita, and All That Jazz
by Roy Thomas Publisher Comments In this new book, "Jazzy" John Romita - the artist who made The Amazing Spider-Man Marvel's #1-selling comic book in the 1960s - talks about his life, his art and his contemporaries! Authored by former Marvel Comics editor in chief and top writer Roy...
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Growing Up with Comics
by Various Synopsis R.G.Taylor, best known for his work on Sandman Mystery Theatre, Wordsmith, and Negative Burn, illustrates true stories by a television producer, an animator, a comic book store owner, and many others about the comics they loved in their youth and about...
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Alter Ego: The Best of the Legendary Comics Fanzine
by Roy Thomas Publisher Comments In 1961, Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas launched Alter Ego, the first fanzine devoted to comic books and their colorful history. This volume, first published in low distribution in 1997, collects the original 11 issues (published from 1961-78) of Alter Ego...
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