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GAMAYUN TALES Vol 2 On our Cover Our Highest Recommendation. Alex- ander Utkin’s delightful series continues. ILLUSTRATOR OF THE Fresh and modern adaptations of familiar Signed Slavic (Russian) folktales, teamed with Signed extra-illustrated full bold and beautiful . Inter-re- color 7x10 bookplate! Now in lated stories refer you back to old tales softcover. Our Highest Rec- in Volume 1, or promise more in what we ommendation. By Roger Hill. hope are additional volumes. Absolutely The special bookplate features a beautifully drawn! All-ages. Nobrow, 2021. painting never before reproduced GAMT02. SC, 6x9, 172pg, FC in full color featuring John Carter, $19.95 $17.95 Dejah Thoris & friends, and Tars Vol 1: GAMT01. $19.95 $17.95 Tarkas going into battle (nudity). From the 1940s to the ‘70s, Reed Crandall brought a unique Moebius and masterful style to American comic art. Using an LAZLO PARKER illustrator’s approach on everything Highly Recommended. This all-new hard- he touched, Crandall gained a rep- cover matches the format as Le Faune de utation as the “artist’s artist” through Mars, 4o Days in the Desert and Le Major. his skillful interpretations of Golden But this is purely an Art of Moebius, collect- Age super- Doll Man, The ing most surreal paintings and drawings. Ray, Firebrand, and Blackhawk (his “Lazlo Parker” is an obscure artist, purely signature character); horror and sci- from Moebius’ imaginings--an expert in fi for the legendary EC Comics line; mechanized and yet organic shapes, a compulsive-obsessive Publishing’s Creepy, , drawer... Minimal text (intro, afterword and minor captioning) and Blazing Combat; all in French. Moebius Productions, 2020. Agents and LAZLH. HC, 6x8, 320pg, PC $50.00 characters; and even Gordon for King Features. TwoMorrows, 2021. REEDCRA. SC, 9x11, 156pg, FC $39.95 Back in print. Collects the 1st six vol- umes of The Incal, 1981-88. Highly Rec- Cover image from National Comics #26 ©1942 ommended. By . Art by (Moebius). Here is Moebi- TIME TRAVELING WITH YOUR OCTOPUS us at his finest!! John Difool, a detective in Hardcover Signed a degenerate dystopian world, finds his life Our Highest Recommen- turned upside down when he discovers an dation. By Brian Kesinger. ancient, mystical artifact called “The Incal.” Our favorite Victorian beauty Difool’s adventures will bring him into and her pet are back!! A conflict with the galaxy’s greatest warrior, the Metabaron, and lavishly illustrated travelogue will pit him against the awesome of the Technopope. through time chronicling the These encounters and many others have Difool fighting for fourth-dimensional journeys of history-hoppers Victoria Pris- not only his very survival but also the survival of the entire mall and her pet land octopus Otto. A plethora of panoramic, universe. And Moebius obviously had a great time with these full-page illustrations (in an oblong, extra-wide hardcover) wild, metaphysical, cosmic drawings. Humanoids, 2020. reveal Victoria and Otto’s heretofore unknown participation INCAH. SC, 8x10, 316pg, FC $29.99 $26.99 in famous and infamous past, present, and future goings-on. Baby Tattoo, 2020. Look for the star symbol. These are TIMTHS. HC, 14x7, 64pg, FC $30.00 items that are deeply discounted from DRESSING YOUR OCTOPUS Hardcover Signed: With the original publisher’s price. Most of ornate metal corner clasps. DREOH. $60.00 these items have been closed out by the publisher and we have limited copies. Buy WALKING YOUR OCTOPUS A Guidebook to the Domesti- cated Cephalopod: Signed bookplate. WALKH. now before they’re gone! $29.95 News & Notes TABLE OF CONTENTS As a big fan of Reed Crandall I was happy to feature Reed’s iconic work on our cover. Artists & ...... 4 The bookplate above was from an unfinished painting that Reed meant for his friend Comics & Graphic Novels...... 6 . Jerry Weist sold it to me in 1970. If you bought the hardcover from us, Archives...... 9 we’re happy to send you this bookplate at no charge. Ask for it with your next order. PS Artbooks...... 11 Author Roger Hill also wrote Mac Raboy: Master of the Comics [MACRAH. $39.95]. Collections...... 13 It too has my Highest Recommendation. It’s a wonderful, informative book. Roger Comic Reference & How-To �������� 13 publishes The EC Fan Addict. Pulp Fiction...... 14 The Spectrum Annual has been delayed due to the pandemic and an editor change. Pin-Up & Erotic Art...... 15 Two years of the best in art will be combined into the next edition. Arnie and Nude Photography...... 15 Cathy Fenner have returned to co-edit. And they are planning Spectrum Quarterly, an Adult DVDs...... 15 upscale, 12x12 magazine in the meantime! Collectors Supplies...... 16 Taschen is planning an XXL Frazetta volume in the same oversized format as the pop- Coming Soon ������������������������������� 17 ular History of EC and Masterpieces of Fantasy Art. I’ve been asked to suggest what Rare Books ���������������������������������� 20 Frazetta comic book work to feature. More news as it comes--I expect we’re looking at Don’t Miss These!...... 21 2022 for publication. On Sale...... 24 Meanwhile, The History of EC [HISECH. w/ signed bookplate $200] and Fantasy Art Just Arrived...... 30 [MASFH. $200/$180] remain available. Taschen has less than 50 copies left of EC. We laid in enough copies, I hope, to last for a while. Key for price line codes FPG has just announced The Art of Enric, the fabled illustrator of . He’s HC Hardcover just as good as Sanjulian and Maroto--what is it about that produces such fine HCW Hardcover w/o dustjacket painters? There will be a $50 hardcover and a $275 signed limited edition (195 copies). SC Softcover It should be on our website by the time you read this. PC Partial color FC Full color ERB Inc is very close to releasing the next set of editions, volumes 9-12. With B&W Black & white stunning new covers by and added archival material, these are proving very popular. See page 27 for Volumes 5-8 and our website for the others. F51- Late Spring 2021 Best wishes to you and stay safe out there! ~Bud

2 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 Featured New Items THE Bird of Prey Lewis Carroll Collects material from #86-88, 90-104; Comic Cavalcade #25; ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND DC Special #3; #399, By 418-419; Brave and the Bold #61-62, Hand-Numbered from 126 copies, 1947-72. Our Highest Recommenda- printed on specialty Italian paper. tion. Introduced in 1947 as a supporting Highly Recommended. By Lewis Car- character in Flash Comics, Black Canary roll. Reprints, in slightly larger size, the became an instant hit with readers. She scarce 1929 edition. Artist Willy Pogany earned her own starring feature that estab- had a long and fruitful career, illustrating lished her identity as Dinah Drake, a meek children’s and adventure books, working florist by day who dished out jus- in Hollywood, and teaching art. This tice by night under the guise of the Black Canary. 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6 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 DRAWING LINES An Anthology of Women Recommended. Showcasing 12 stories from a variety of comics’ female creators that range from mainstream adventures to hilarious comic shorts to heart-wrenching autobiographical work. Originally published as Sexy Chix in 2006, new larger size edi- tion. By New York Times bestselling author , Scary Godmother creator Jill Thompson, Eisner Award-win- ning illustrator , Dark Horse editor Diana Shutz, DC Comics creators and Joëlle Jones, and many more! Dark Horse, 2021. DRALIH. HC, 7x10, 104pg, b&w $24.99 $21.99 By Aaron & Asrar Collects #1-12, 2019. Recommended. By Aaron. FULL MAG VETERAN STORIES Art by Mahmud Asrar, Gerardo Zaffino et al. The life ILLUSTRATED #3 and death of Conan the Barbarian! In a story that spans Cover by Martin & . Conan’s entire life, beasts and comrades from the past are Recommended. Ten stories: bigger and here again, while the Barbarian fights his final battle and better. 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DeMatteis (“Kraven’s Last THE INCREDIBLE NELLIE BLY Journalist, Stand”) debuts as series writer. He will take Conan to the Investigator, Feminist, and Philanthropist magical city in the clouds, Mreead-Zza; return fan-favorites Recommended. By Luciana Cimino. Art Jenna and Murilo to the supporting cast; and team with by Sergio Algozzino. Luciana Cimino’s John Buscema on a set of stories pitting Conan against meticulously researched graphic-nov- Eilaynia, Princess of . Plus: A story illustrated by titans el biography tells Nellie Bly’s story John Buscema and , a pair of Annuals by through Miriam, a fictionalized female Roy Thomas and Thomas and Buscema’s Conan of the student at the Columbia School of Isles graphic novel, reprinted for the first time! Journalism in 1921. While interviewing Marvel, 2020. the famous journalist, Miriam learns CONB05H. 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HC, 7x10, 184pg, FC $46.99 Sci-Fi Classic Comics Vol 1 Highly Recommended. Vol 1 Hardcover: #1-4, 1962, Reptilicus #1, 1961. AKM01H. $46.99 An amazing set of five See our website or inquire for more Silver Age Kona. highly-prized pre-code comics: Out of This World (1950), Rocket Facsimiles - PS Artbooks Presents to the Moon (1951), An TOR Earthman on Collects Tor 3-D #1-2, 1953. Highly Recommended. (1951), Rocket Ship X Tor, the prehistoric warrior, is a loner whose only true (1951), and Man O’Mars friend is his pet monkey, Chee-Chee. Tor, superior to (1953)! All reproduced the others in his clan, was instinctively striving for a bet- completely from cover ter way of life. Thanks to the work and obvious love that to cover, crammed with went into the series, ’s very first “creator tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror owned” series, this went on to a model for man battling created by the pinnacle of 1950s comic book monster within the unusual prehistoric-world settings, talent including , Joe Kubert, i.e. Turok, Kona, etc. PS Artbooks, 2021. John Giunta, , Gene Fawcette, TORM. SC, 7x10, 76pg, FC $13.99 George Tuska, Maurice Whitman, Murphy Anderson, Lee Elias et al. CLASSIC ADVENTURE COMICS Vol 1 Hardcover PS Artbooks, 2021. Collects Son of Sinbad #1, 1950; Secret Missions PSSC01. SC, 7x10, 184pg, FC $24.99 #1, 1950; Mask of #1, 1951; High Adventure #1, 1957; and Great Exploits #1 1957. Silver Age Classics Recommended. Here’s Joe Kubert’s Son of Sinbad Stories Vol 1 rescuing a slave girl and a fortune in jewels. The Son Collects #1-5, 1962-64. of Robin in Great Exploits. Daring exploits of US By John Stanley et al. foreign agents during the Cold War in Secret Missions. Art by Gerald McCann, Bernie Krigstein’s Explorer Joe in High Adventure. Ed Robbins & Frank Wally Wood’s Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu. All reproduced Springer. Painted covers. completely from cover to cover, also with Carmine In- This horror/supernatural fantino, A.C. Hollingsworth, Frank Borth, Art Peddy anthology comic from and others. PS Artbooks, 2021. Dell is a real blast from PCAD01H. HC, 7x10, 184pg, FC $46.99 the past; the covers, the artwork and the dialogue CLASSIC SCI-FI COMICS Vol 1 Hardcover: PSSC01H. $46.99 seethes with that certain something that SHE by H Rider Haggard typifies the early 1960s. Featuring “The Door,” Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated #3, 1950. Rec- one of the top twenty scariest horror stories as ommended. H. 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This has always been a fan favorite for both outstanding art X-Men and a superlative, stand-alone storyline. kills UNCANNY X-MEN Omnibus Vol 3 Spider-Man and takes on his costume to perform evil New printing. X-Men #154-175, 1982-83, and deeds in his name. Marvel, 2021. LOTS more. Highly Recommended. By Dave SPIDMSH. HC, 7x11, 168pg, FC $24.99 $21.99 Cockrum and , et al. creates his most poignant and challenging expression of the metaphor in Superman God Loves, Man Kills. His work with Frank Miller SUPERMAN IN THE FIFTIES on Wolverine skyrocketed that character’s popu- Recommended. Introduction by larity. Classics continue with a look into Professor . The 1950s was one X’s past with ; and Colossus’ of the most offbeat and inventive growing romance; Illyana Rasputin’s transformation into ; chilling decades in the history of the Man encounters with Dracula; and more! Marvel, 2020. of Steel. 29 stories feature his UX03H. 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Recom- Paul Smith and Barry Windsor-Smith! Marvel, 2021. mended. By Dennis O’Neil. UX04H. HC, 8x11, 848pg, FC $125.00 $105.00 Art by , with Murphy X-MEN BY CHRIS CLAREMONT & Anderson & . JIM LEE OMNIBUS Vol 1 Everyone knows Superman’s X-Factor #63-70, Uncanny X-Men #273-280, major weakness: Kryptonite. But X-Men #1-9, 1980s-1991, & more. Recommend- what happens when that’s taken ed. Here is Chris Claremont’s most ambitious off the board, as a scientific story arc ever, featuring Jim Lee’s dynamic debut experiment turns all the Kryp- issues and major changes to the X-Men’s status tonite on Earth to iron? When all quo. Jubilee debuts just as the X-Men disband, Kryptonite has been destroyed, granted new lives by the Perilous. The the Man of Steel is anything but invulnerable as his enact gruesome revenge on Wolverine powers slowly begin to fade and a doppelganger and decimate Muir Island, while is trans- Superman arrives on the scene with strange powers formed into a ninja. 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Then both teams unite to face Annual #3, Kingdom Come #4, the menace of the Shadow King. This storyline will Superman #216, and Power of Shazam #46. lead to an all-new X-Men evolution. Marvel, 2021. DC Comics, 2021. XMCC02H. HC, 7x11, 832pg, FC $125.00 $105.00 SUPSHA. SC, 6x10, 256pg, FC $24.99 $21.99

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16 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 Coming Soon H.R. GIGER POLTERGEIST II Robert Crumb DRAWINGS 1983-1985 The legendary designer’s sketch- COMICS OF CRUMB Underground in the book for the Poltergeist sequel, Art Museum Hardcover filled with psychedelic shape-shifting A groundbreaking collection on the and grotesque monsters. This work R. Crumb, collecting essays facsimile edition of Giger’s sketch- ranging from art history and literary book contains 155 drawings, from studies, to environmental studies and worm-like ghosts to soul-sucking religious history. Examine Crumb’s monsters, as well as correspondence work, sophisticated and complex in its between Giger and director Brian representations of gender, sexuality, Gibson. Patrick Frey. Due: Jun. race, politics, and history, while also HRGPOLH. HC, 9x7, 300pg, FC $95.00 charting Crumb’s role in and the ways in which his work ARCHIVES No Time to Die has circulated in the art museum. Revised Edition University of Mississippi Press, 2021. Edited by Paul Duncan. The Due: May. ultimate companion to all things COMCRH. HC, 262pg, b&w $99.00 007, covering the making of every single movie in the James Softcover Due: May. COMCR. SC $30.00 Bond franchise, from Dr. No to R. CRUMB SKETCHBOOK Vol 6 No Time To Die. With more than Highly Recommended. Edited by 1,007 images and an oral his- Dian Hanson. Silly Fool Comics fills tory featuring 150 members of the final page in this final volume, cast and crew, this comprehensively updated XXL edition will with a devilish creature telling the delight fans of the most successful and longest-running film anguished Crumb, “YOU Will Soon series. Another massive Taschen book that tackles a subject Be DEAD!” He was a mere 67, and becomes THE book on the subject. Huge, heavy, boxed. but in his self-absorbed way was Taschen, 2021. Due: Oct. already obsessing about death, JAMBNH. 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HC, 8x11, 444pg, PC $40.00 stellar Earth Protectorate, now finds himself See our website or inquire for more Robert Crumb. imprisoned both in a jail and in an extremely weak body. Dynamite, 2021. Due: May. ALTCHS. HC, 120pg, FC $39.99 COVENANT The Art of BARRY WINDSOR SMITH’S MONSTERS Allen Williams Hardcover Signed Recommended. By Barry Wind- Almost Gone! Highly Recom- sor-Smith. Monsters is the legendary mended. Signed & limited! Allen project Barry Windsor-Smith has Williams and Flesk Publications been working on for over 35 years. A have teamed up to bring you his first 360-page tour de force of visual sto- book, Covenant: The Art of Allen rytelling, Monsters’ narrative canvas Williams. We previously handled is vast and deep. The year is 1964. Allen’s sketchbooks and were very Close-mouthed, damaged, innocent, impressed. 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BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 17 Coming Soon THE NEIL GAIMAN LIBRARY Vol 3 DC THROUGH THE 80s The Experiments Collects graphic novels Snow Glass Recommended. For the first time, DC Apples, The Problem of Susan, Only offers a retrospective of the 1980s, a the End of the World Again, and period of great achievement and transition Creatures of the Night. Highly Recom- for DC Comics, one that introduced some mended. By Neil Gaiman and P. Craig of DC’s all-time bestselling titles including Russell. Art by by Colleen Doran, P. , Camelot 3000, Infinity Inc Craig Russell et al. A not-so- is #1, Angel Love #1 and The Dark Knight terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter. Returns. DC Comics, 2021. Due: Jun. Incarnations of the months of the year DCTHH. HC, 7x10, 504pg, FC sit around a campfire sharing stories. An $49.99 $39.99 adjustor discovers that the world may be THE Omnibus Vol 1 ending. And more. Due: Jun. Collects Defenders #1-19 11 more NGLIB03H. 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BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 19 Rare Books FRAZETTA ILLUSTRATIONS ARCANUM Warehouse Finds By Eleanor Frazetta. Art by Frank SYZYGY Vol 2 Frazetta. This book collects a set of very Warehouse find, 1975. Limited & detailed pencil drawings by the fantasy numbered, 510. This rare Jim Ster- art master Frank Frazetta. Most of them anko cover was originally meant for depict violent scenes of humans in con- Marvel Comics: # flict with monsters of several types, from 1. But Marvel chose not to run it and it large reptiles, to four-legged mammalian ended up on the cover of this rare little predators to humanoids. Contains 30 fanzine. This is primarily a prose zine, full size drawings. Verotik Publishing, featuring fiction stories that run from 1994. Out of Print. Condition: Very one to seven pages, plus a four-page Fine/ As New. portfolio section with full page art by RB1226. SC, 9x12, 42pg, b&w $100.00 Will Meugniot and Val Mayerik. Simon , 1975. Condi- H.R. GIGER N.Y. CITY tion: Fine. By H. R. Giger. Foreword by Timothy SYZYGY02. SC, 8x10, 32pg, b&w $75.00 $50.00 Leary. This beautiful 11x15 book in- KULL II Portfolio cludes a list of illustrations, chronology, Warehouse find, 1977. Signed by bibliography, theater & film work, pub- John, numbered & limited, 1500. lications in various periodicals, original Highly Recommended. By Marie and graphic works published as portfolios, . Seven b&w original prints plus a list of books by and about H.R. done specifically for this, the first signed Giger. Ugly Publishing Zurich, 1981. & numbered. All of the prints are in an Out of Print. Condition: Fine. There is illustrated folder inside an illustrated a small crease and a tiny bit of chip- envelope. Includes certificate of authen- ping at the top of the back cover. ticity, numbered and dated. Beautiful RB1539. SC, 11x15, 46pg, b&w $130.00 work. Middle Earth, 1977. Condition: JOHN WILLIAM GODWARD Envelope has the number in pencil, The Eclipse of Classicism. By Vern corners lightly bumped, slight discoloration on the very Grosvenor Swanson. Godward’s art edges. The portfolio itself is as new. sought to portray peace, feminine beau- KULL02. 11x15, 7 prints, b&w $125.00 ty and ideal perfection in an age ca- reening headlong into atrocity. He did so AMRA SWORDPLAY & SORCERY by marvelously painted and composed Magazine Set #58-70 pictures of beautiful women in halycon 13 issues,1973-81. Highly Recom- classical environments. He was a niche mended. Edited by George Scithers. painter whose subject, while arresting, Amra was devoted to short stories, was narrow. However, only Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was poetry, essays, all centered around better at painting this genre of “patrician women on marble packed with art, much benches’”. Antique Collectors’ Club, 1998. Out of Print. of it by . Owlswick Press, Condition: Very Fine/ As New. Still in original shrink wrap. 1973-1981. Out of Print. Condition: RB1490. HC, 9x11, 352pg, PC $100.00 Near fine to very fine. RB1421. SC, 7x10, 40pg, b&w $250.00 ARTIST IN MOTION Signed Deluxe Signed & Limited 68/1000. By Steve THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS Vol 1-17 Set Rude and John Fleskes. Introduction by By Robert Crumb. A complete set of this . For over two decades, Ste- cult graphic magazine from the Ameri- ve Rude has galvanized the art world as can satirical cartoonist Robert Crumb. A a comic magazine artist and illustrator. superb and very rare set. A series of col- This deluxe hardbound edition, limited lections from Fantagraphic Books which to 1000 copies with slipcase, details was intended to reproduce the entire Rude’s distinguished career. Exclusive body of Crumb’s comic works in chrono- to this edition is a bound in plate repro- logical order, beginning with his fanzine ducing a new painting done especially work from 1958. Crumb was a prolific for this book. Each copy is numbered cartoonist in the late 1960s and early and signed. Flesk, 2010. Out of Print. 1970s; at his peak he produced 320 Condition: Very Fine. A few small scuffs on the slipcase. pages over two years. He produced much of his best-known RB1460. HC, 9x12, 208pg, PC $125.00 work then, including the Keep on Truckin’ strip, and strips featuring characters such as Fritz the Cat, spiritual Mr. SUPERMAN FROM THE 30’S TO THE 70’S Natural. Fantagraphics, 1987-2005. Out of Print. Condition: Introduction by E. Nelson Bridwell. A Fine/Very Fine. Free shipping within the US. nostalgic tour through the world of the RB1137. SC, 8x11, 2000pg, b&w $1,350.00 $1,050.00 superhuman hero covers the entire range of his career fighting crime and THE DINOSAURS DELUXE corruption. Black and White with color Signed & Limited 797/1000. By William signature interior; full color dustjacket. Stout Drawings and commentary de- Bonanza Books, 1971. Out of Print. scribe the world of the dinosaur and how Condition: Very Fine in a Fine jacket. dinosaurs moved, ate, lived, and died. Minor wear to the spine. Jacket has Bantam Books, 1981. Out of Print. a small tear at the jacket and minor Condition: Very Fine book with Very rolling near the top. Good slipcase. Small scuffs on front RB1165. HC, 7x10, 386pg, PC $80.00 cover and tight binding. Slipcase has significant bump on corner and damp SONGS OF THE POGO stain. Sampler Vinyl 78rpm Record RB1249. HC, 9x11, 176 pg, PC $150.00 $120.00 By with Norman Monath. This is a rare 3 song sample record DISNEYLAND PARIS DE advertising the book Songs of the Pogo, L’ESQUISSE A LA CREATION and the complete 18 song vinyl record. By Alain Littaye and Didier Ghez. Nou- Included is a folded paper advertise- veau Millenaire Editions, 2002. Out of ment for the book and the record. The Print. Condition: Fine. Corners have songs are Go Go Pogo, Don’t Sugar Me small bumps, bottom of spine being and Lines Upon a Tranquil Brow. Simon the biggest. Interior pages and lithos and Schuster, 1956. Out of Print. Condition: Near Fine. are perfect. Free shipping within the Record jacket is slightly rolled in the corners. Record has US. fingerprint smudges and minor scratches. RB1179. HC, 9x12, 318pg, FC RB1444. 7x8, FC $135.00 $115.00 $800.00 $550.00

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND By EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER Signed Deluxe David Delamare Deluxe Signed Signed & limited, 700! The Artist’s Journey through Signed by Wendy Ice. Limited, 2000. Popular Culture 1942-62. Our With bookplate (for a previous Highest Recommendation. By Jim book) drawn & signed by David. Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Everett Ray- Highly Recommended. Very similar mond Kinstler. Signed by Everett and to Victorian storybooks--cloth cover, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. on a hand-num- embossed foil titles, sewn binding, and bered bound-in print. The book comes a color overlay on the front. It comes in in a red cloth-bound numbered slipcase a slipcase with a sewn-in ribbon book- with gold-stamped title. Kinstler’s work mark. “In 2008, after painting an image hangs in museums, boardrooms, banks, for an invitational Alice in Wonderland private collections, The White House, exhibition, I found myself haunted by the characters from the and homes of clients and friends. Before portraiture became book.” - David Delamare. Beautifully illustrated in color and his life’s work, he spent the 1940s-50s honing his craft in b&w on nearly every page. Wendy Ice, 2016. comic books, pulp magazines and more! JVJ, 2005. ALICWHS. HCW, 9x11, 134pg, Text/FC $90.00 EVED. HC, 8x11, 244pg, PC $95.00 $30.00 ALICE CURIOSER AND CURIOSER Regular Edition: EVEH. HC $44.95 $15.00 Art by Kristjana S. Williams, et al. Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland was first DESCANTS & CADENCES The published in 1865, has never been out Art of Stephanie Law Signed of print and has been translated into Recommended. A new artist to us but 170 languages. This explores the global one with superlative fantasy work and impact of Alice across art, design and fine, fine technical skills. From fairies performance from the 19th century to and beautiful fantasy women, to--really-- today--Alice re-imagined and reinter- the most amazing illustrations of insects preted from the original illustrations by such as bees and dragonflies we have John Tenniel to artwork by Peter Blake seen. We can only compare this side and Salvador Dali, and from the 1951 of her work to the great E.J. Detmold, who could actually ro- Disney movie to ’s film. V & A, 2020. manticize insects with his high level of skill at water color and ALICCH. HC, 9x11, 224pg, PC $50.00 capturing the exact moment of dynamics.Excellent design and creativity. Shadowscapes, 2016. See more Lewis Carroll on page 3. DESCS. SC, 10 x11, 132pg, FC $35.00 GIRLS FLIRTY MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATIONS From the Weimar Republic 1923 GRAINS OF SAND 25 YEARS OF THE SANDMAN Recommended. By , Limited, 650. Recommended. Edited Barron Storey, J. H. Williams III, Dave by Thomas Negovan. Flirty, cheeky, and McKean et al. The Art Museum whimsical Art Deco illustrations. Over sixty presents a stunning 144-page full-color rare illustrations from the Century Guild catalog showcasing over 100 pieces of museum archive are collected in their fifth original artwork from CAM’s historic exhi- book in the ‘Rare Artworks’ series. Berlin bition Grains of Sand. Highlights include Girls documents the era of illustration 20 pages from the groundbreaking first immediately following the First World War, issue; eight pages from “The Sound of when popular German magazines and Her Wings,” featuring the first appear- newspapers presented a light and fun--and ance of Death; full-color paintings by quite sexualized and erotic--glimpse of the Yoshitaka Amano, Barron Storey, J.H. Williams III, and se- glamorous high life and cabaret culture in ries cover artist Dave McKean; beautiful, un-retouched pencil the Weimar Republic. Century Guild, 2019. Mature Readers. artwork by famed illustrator ; and highlights BERGH. HC, 7x9, 70pg, PC $30.00 from Neil Gaiman’s personal collection of Sandman artwork. BRAIN OF VENUS The Life and Comics of , 2014. Mature Readers. Vol 2 GRASA. SC, 9x12, 145pg, PC $40.00 1942-52. Our Highest Recommenda- HARRYHAUSEN The Lost Movies By Greg Sadowski. This is packed tion. Highly Recommended. By John with scores of letters between Wolverton Walsh. was at and his editors and publishers and the forefront of Hollywood special excerpts from his personal diaries, pro- effects for much of the 20th century. viding documentary insight into Wolver- His films include One Million Years ton’s day-to-day life and career, and the B.C. Clash of the Titans and Jason early comic book industry. Chock full of and the Argonauts, among others. Wolverton’s comics stories from this pe- But for every film that reaches the riod, including 17 science-fiction and big screen, half a dozen projects are never realized. This fully restored and never before collected in a horror tales explores Harryhausen’s unrealized films, including unused single volume. In color! Plus FAR more. Fantagraphics, 2019. ideas, projects he turned down and scenes that ended up . HC, 8x11, 432pg, FC $44.99 BRAIH $39.99 on the cutting room floor. Never-been-seen-before artwork, BUD PLANT VINTAGE 1998 PIN-UP Calendar sketches, photos and test footage from the Harryhausen By Earl Moran. We published this Foundation archives. Titan, 2019. ourselves for 1998 and sold it at HARLOH. HC, 12x9, 192 pg, PC $39.95 $34.95 a nominal price as a fun premium. The HISTORY AND ROMANCE year date on this is 1953, which was the “mirror year” for 1998. Brown & Bigelow WORKS BY Highly Recommended. From 1998, the is perhaps the most famous name in companion catalogue to the exhibition pin-up calendars, and they were still at the Brandywine River Museum, home taking orders for advertising work at this to work by the Wyeth family and the point, so we picked a fun Earl Moran Brandywine artists. This catalogue has image and added our name and infor- two essays, one on Pyle himself, the mation and logo...just like businesses other on collecting, All from the original did it back in the day. Metal top & artwork, here is work from his first stories bottom clamps, art deco border. Brown & Bigelow, 1996. Out of King Arthur, to his iconic pirate tales, of Print. Condition: Some prints have small tears and or from pencil and ink drawings to superla- creases. Best copies will be shipped first. tive oil paintings. Brandywine River Museum, 1998. CALPG. 18x27, FC $40.00 $25.00 HISROM. SC, 9x11, 136 pg, PC $30.00

BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 21 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #69 JACK KIRBY MARVEL HEROES & Our Highest Recommendation. Art by MONSTERS Artist’s Edition Robert O. Reid, J.F. Kernan, and Neysa Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee. McMein. Three successful illustrators, An outstanding three-part collection. two new to us but no less interesting, First we are treated to FIVE COMPLETE and Robert O. Reid, Colliers artist STORIES, all from the original art: extraordinaire, and master of “cartoon Man’s origin from #35; realism.” J.F. Kernan, best known for Captain America #81, “The Red Skull his spectacular magazine spots and ;” The in “Return nostalgia covers for The Saturday Eve- of the Wizard,” Strange Tales #105; Sgt. ning Post of the 1930s and 40s. Neysa Fury #6, “Fangs of the Desert Fox,” and McMein is featured, a fantastic female magazine illustrator X-Men #7, “The Return of the .” from the 1930s and 40s whose pictures of beautiful women All drawn in the old Twice-Up format (meaning this is a BIG dominated McCall’s covers. Illustrated Press, 2020. book!). Plus: SEVEN COMPLETE pre-hero Monster stories IL69. Magazine, 9x11, 80pg, PC $15.00 AND finally, 27 covers, splash and pin-up pages from more very early issues. IDW, 2018. Frazetta JKMHMAEH. HCW, 15x22, 160pg, b&w $150.00 KIRBY IS...MIGHTY! King Sized FRAZETTA SKETCHBOOK Vol 2 Deluxe Highly Recommended. The greatest

Slipcased with 16 extra pages. Rec- Thor tales drawn by Jack “The King” By Frank Frazetta and ommended. Kirby. They’re stories so utterly epic that David Spurlock. Variant previously even Marvel’s King-Size format struggles unpublished cover and 16 page bonus to contain them. Featuring Thor’s first ap- section, most in color and never pearance; a bruising battle between Thor before seen. The world’s greatest and ; the mind-bending first ap- heroic fantasy artist, Frank Frazetta, pearance of Ego the Living Planet; the in- in an all-new art collection, companion vasion of by and his horrifying to 2013’s best-seller. Final pieces are army; and concluding with a multi-part accompanied by never-before-seen saga where Thor faces the immeasurable preliminary drawings and color power of the world-devourer that reveals Galactus’ studies. Special Tolkien section, life origin. All giant Artist’s Edition size but in FULL COLOR with drawings of nudes, personal works, and prelims for the EC stories complete, ready to read. Marvel, 2019. classic, “Came the Dawn.” , 2014. KIRMH. HCW, 14x22, 320pg, FC $100.00 $89.95 FRASK02D. HC, 8x11, 176 pg, FC $69.95 LA VIE PARISIENNE Covers & 1917-1922 SENSUOUS FRAZETTA Highly Recommended. Art by Chéri Our Highest Recommendation. Hérouard, René Vincent, George By J. David Spurlock. Art by Frank Barbier et al. This legendary French Frazetta. Vampirella, Dejah Thoris, magazine reached its peak during the The Egyptian Queen, The Golden Girl: tumultuous years during and just after No one renders exotic women better World War I and employed many of the than Frazetta. And until now, only the era’s most famous artists. Scores of most ardent collectors possessed sumptuous color illustrations from the the elusive grail items Frank drew magazine’s heyday--cover designs and for early-1960s men’s magazine and elegant cartoons of chic young beauties “soft-core” interiors--here in fanciful and occasionally risqué are ALL of these rarebies. Also five complete stories all tableaux. Calla, 2018. Mature Readers. from the original art AND from the color comic appearance, LAVIEH. HC, 9x12, 208pg, PC $40.00 $34.95 including “Untamed Love.” Little Annie Fanny. Sexy movie posters. Unpub- LE PATER ALPHONSE MUCHA’S SYMBOLIST lished sketches. There’s a LOT here! MASTERPIECE Hardcover Moderate nudity. Vanguard, 2016. 2020 Bestseller! Our Highest Rec- SENF. SC, 8x11, 160pg, PC $24.95 ommendation. By Thomas Negovan. By 1899, Alphonse Mucha was the SENSUOUS FRAZETTA Deluxe most recognizable artist of Art Nouveau

16 Bonus Pages, Variant Cover. graphics and the most celebrated illus-

Our Highest Recommendation. trator in Paris. So Mucha insisted upon Vanguard, 2016. Mature Readers. creating a deeply personal work, a mag- . HC, 8x11, 176 pg, PC SENFD $69.95 nificent, oversized deluxe limited edition, TELLING STORIES The Comic Art of Frank Le Pater. For the remainder of his life, Frazetta Hardcover Slipcased he considered this his masterpiece. This 2020 Bestseller! Highly Symbolist story features a female deity Recommended. Art by Frank protecting humankind, sophisticated occult themes and mys- Frazetta. Fantasy art’s most popular tical illustrations. And this edition from Century Guild is one of painter was also one of the most pop- the most beautifully produced books I’ve seen: quarter leath- ular comic book illustrators during the er, gilt embossed cover and gilt page edges...and packed with industry’s golden age. Telling Stories: amazing work, from never-before-seen studies and paintings, The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta cel- each magnificent page of Le Pater itself. Century Guild, 2019. ebrates the rare and largely forgotten ALPMH. HC, 12x16, 224pg, PC $179.00 stories created five decades ago by MADNESS IN CROWDS The this iconic artist. These jungle adven- tures, true-life tales of heroism, and dreamy love stories not Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady Our Highest Recommendation. Famed only exhibit the skill of a master craftsman but also provide artist and publisher tantalizing glimpses of where the young artist’s career would and his daughter Violet Kitchen have ultimately take him. Hardcover in slipcase! This was the created the first-ever comprehensive ONLY trade edition of this book. Underwood Books, 2008. examination of this great artist, with 300 TELSH. HCW, 9x12, 192 pg, PC generally scarce images. Harrison Cady $49.95 $29.95 (1877-1970) was one of the definitive TELLING STORIES The Classic magazine illustrators and cartoon artists Comic Art of Frank Frazetta of the first half of the 20th century. He Super Deluxe Numbered created countless worlds of anthropo- Numbered & limited, 200. Highly morphic lives: the Peter Rabbit Sunday page, the Happy Recommended. Underwood Chaps for the magazine St. Nicholas, and illustrations for Books, 2008. Out of Print. dozens of the Thornton Burgess books, filled with talking TELSSD. HCW, 9x12, 192 pg, PC woodland animals and beloved by readers. Beehive, 2019. $500.00 $195.00 MADNH. HC, 10x14, 176 pg, PC $125.00 Deluxe Edition: Signed & numbered slipcase edition, 250. MADND. $325.00

22 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 MIRAGES The Art of Laurent Durieux ROCK COVERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Highly Recommended. Foreword by Highly Recommended. New Bar- Francis Ford Coppola. When Edward gain-Priced Edition. By Robbie Bus- Hopper meets : the long ch, Jonathan Kirby. Edited by Julius awaited first monograph of Laurent Wiedemann. From legendary releases Durieux. This Belgian illustrator is well to ultra-rare records, Elvis Presley to known by pop culture fans for his cult Iron Maiden, The Doors to The Who, movie poster remakes. They’re freqently discover the 750 album covers that better than the originals, and certainly made rock history. Fact sheets, insider more authentic! The book includes a interviews, and lists from leading col- 6 page section of unpublished poster lectors of their top 10 records guide us through the indelible art. “...takes poster art to a high level. markers of musical memory, complete with bonus info on 250 The images, which are stunningly executed, express ideas milestone records. Taschen, 2020. and themes of the movies he has chosen in new terms. They ROCCOH. HC, 7x9, 512pg, FC $25.00 communicate much without words, and stand alongside the wonderful tradition of illustrative art.” Cernunnos, 2020. ROY G. KRENKEL FATHER OF HEROIC FANTASY MIRAH. HC, 7x12, 254pg, FC $50.00 A Centennial Celebration 2020 Bestseller! Our Highest Recom- MORT KUNSTLER The Godfather of Pulp Fiction mendation. By AndrewSteven Damsits, Illustrators Barry Klugerman. A magnificent, 2020 Bestseller! Highly Recommend- best-ever look at Krenkel’s entire ed. Edited by Robert Deis and Wyatt career. Oversized. Loaded with Doyle. Known today as “America’s previously unpublished work. One Artist” for his popular and much admired of the most renowned fantasy artists of historical paintings, it was in the wild the 20th century. Krenkel’s far-reaching world of men’s adventure magazine influence on--and work with--artists like illustration that Mort Künstler honed his Frazetta, Williamson, Kaluta and Jeffrey ability to present large-scale action while Jones, to name but a few, was immea- never losing sight of essential details, surable and cannot be overstated. much like fellow atists and Krenkel illustrated Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard Norman Saunders. It led to a mastery of capturing conflict in and others--but much of his work, full-blown paintings and paint--both the spectacle, and the human cost. An unequaled illustrations, often were unpublished and never seen by even selection of Künstler’s finest pieces. New Texture, 2019. his biggest fans. IDW, 2019. MORKGH. HC, 9x12, 136 pg, FC $39.95 ROYKH. HC, 9x13, 304pg, PC $59.99 $49.99 N.C. WYETH New Perspectives Highly Recommended. By Jessica WAR OF THE WORLDS May and Christine B. Podmaniczky. Illustrations by Warwick Goble N. C. Wyeth (188-1945) was widely Highly Recommended. By H. G Wells. renowned for his iconic paintings Illustrated by Warwick Goble. For the of characters such as King Arthur, first time since their original publication Robin Hood, and Robinson Crusoe in Pearson’s Magazine, Warwick Goble’s reproduced as illustrations for books illustrations appear in this exquisite and magazines. The patriarch of hardcover clothbound edition. Combin- the Wyeth family, father of Andrew ing the magazine’s original art with the Wyeth and grandfather of Jamie, revised text from the story’s subsequent his later work includes impressionist publication in book form, with more than views of the countryside and 1930s modernist fifty of Goble’s black-and-white wash interpretations of Maine coastal scenes. This collects work illustrations. Calla, 2015. from his entire career, from early magazine ads, to adventure WARWH. HCW, 7x10, 204pg, b&w $30.00 novels, to idyllic scenes of life in New England. Yale University, 2019. NCWY. SC, 10 x11, 216pg, PC $45.00 Sketchbooks PERFECT NONSENSE The Chaotic Comics and MONSTERS & DAMES 2020 Goofy Games of George Carlson Hurt Numbered, limited, 750. Highly Rec- Highly Recommended. Edited by ommended. By , Adam Daniel F Yezbick. Gorham et al. Cover by Mike Mignola. calls Carlson “a cartoonist of the The great convention book for the absurd,” whose work stands alongside show that wasn’t. Emerald City 2020 that of Winsor McCay, , was cancelled, but that didn’t stop , or Gary Larson. them putting together one of their best “I’m also a huge fan.”-Bud. Here is the collections yet. Check out the incredi- complete story behind one of the most ble variety of original concepts that are innovative and under-rated Golden Age created using this title theme, all new artists, classic children’s illustrators, and here. Includes work by 95 creators, nonsense poets in American history. For in this 11th annual: Lopresti, Suydam, Bean, Golden, more than 50 years, George Carlson Mignola (cover), Lee, Moy, and so many others, veterans created thousands of distinctive and dynamic cartoons, com- as well as newly minted creators. ECCC, 2020. ics, riddles, and games. Fantagraphics, 2014. Out of Print. MNST20H. HC, 9x12, 88pg, FC $40.00 Condition: Slightly bumped corner. PERNH. HCW, 9x12, 316pg, FC $49.99 $34.99 TWIXT TWO WORLDS #3 By Thomas Yeates Signed R. CRUMB SKETCHBOOK Vol 5 1989-1998 Special Limited-time Price! Highly Recommended. By Robert Signed & numbered, 1,000. Crumb. Edited by Dian Hanson. As this Highly Recommended. Art by Thom- volume opens Crumb is 46. These mid- as Yeates. Edited by Dwayne Covey. dle years bring refinement of his lifelong Pen & ink and pencil drawings of turmoil and further honing of artistic Tarzan, John Carter, Dejah Thoris, and talent, with many serious portraits mixed many other lesser known Edgar Rice with hilarious introspection and one- and Burroughs characters; plus Sheena, two-page strips and never-used comic Domino Lady, Doc and Pat Savage, covers. The family’s move to France in and more. Jane, La of Opar, Dejah Thoris and others 1991 is heralded by a switch from por- are often partially nude and very attractively done. These traits of apple-cheeked American girls are mainly spontaneous convention sketches, selected by sketched while waiting for food in California cafes to portraits the customer, drawn by hand in pencil and finished by hand of girls in French cafes, pastorals of French countryside, and in wet india ink. Yeates is the current artist on the Prince homeless beggars in the Metro. Sunday strip. Bud Plant, 2018. Mature Readers. Taschen, 2020. Mature Readers. TWIS. SC, 9x11, 48, b&w $20.00 $9.99 RCSK05H. HC, 8x11, 444pg, PC $40.00 $34.95

BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 23 On Sale Comics & Graphic Novels Another Dream FIREFLY NEW SHERIFF IN THE ‘VERSE Vol 1 2020 Bestseller! Our Highest Rec- Almost Gone! Collects Firefly: The Out- ommendation. By Bill Sienkiewicz, law Ma Reynolds #1 and Firefly #13-15. By , P. Craig Russell, David . Art by Davide Gianfelice and Lalit Mack et al. Contemporary artists pay Kumar Sharma. Mal Reynolds, the captain tribute to this beloved and imaginative of the spaceship Serenity has a new job: Sunday page. They have created 118 SHERIFF. After the shocking conclusion of entirely new Little Nemo pages, all full Mal’s journey with Boss Moon, Mal hands Sunday page size! Contributors also himself in to the Alliance...but it turns out include Paul Pope, J.H. Williams III, he’s not the one they want. The infamous Ma Carla Speed McNeil, , Reynolds--that’s Mal’s mom--is at the top of Dean Haspiel, , the Alliance’s Most Wanted. , , Jeremy Boom Studios, 2020. Out of print. 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Here is the year’s finest art, Gold, Silver and Bronze winners plus all careful- MUSE 2020 Bestseller! New printing, new ly chosen runners up, picked by a jury of their peers. With cover. Our Highest Recommendation. art from books and book covers, graphic novels, video By Terry Dodson and Denis-Pierre Filippi. games, films, galleries, three-dimensional (statues, etc.) Terry Dodson takes his eroticism a big and advertising, Spectrum is truly an electrifying art book. step farther, creating a voluptuous, gor- Underwood Books, 2012. geous heroine in a full graphic story with SPE19H. HC, 9x12, 304pg, FC $45.00 $24.95 gorgeous artwork, dramatic storytelling CALAMITY JANE The Calamitous Life of Martha and a wonderful vehicle for drawing a tall, Jane Cannary 1852-1903 long-legged, stunning woman either naked Recommended. In a lively cartoon- or in various states of undress. is ish style that reminds us of Dan a beautiful young lady who serves as gov- O’Neill and underground comics! erness to a wealthy, inventive and very mysterious homeowner. Return to the down-and-dirty days of It’s a Victorian-age tale but with steam-punk vehicles and other the wild West where the living wasn’t fun touches. Humanoids, 2019. Mature Readers. so easy... especially for women. Mar- MUSEH. HC, 10x13, 112pg, FC $24.95 tha Jane Cannary was a bona fide frontierswoman, a professional scout, a drunk, and sometime whore, doing whatever it took to stay alive in those hardscrabble days. Writer Christian Perrissin (El Niño, Cape Horn) joins forces with Alph-Art- winning artist Matthieu Blanchin to tackle the legend of this formidable prairie girl and her daring life. In English for the first time ever. IDW, 2017.Mature Readers. CALJH. HCW, 8x10, 368pg, Duotone $29.99 $18.99 EVERY SUNDAY The 1950s Gift Box Set By Charles Schulz. This gift PS Artbooks box set houses the first golden EERIE TALES MAGAZINE Vol 1 age of Peanuts Sundays in one Replica of a rare 1959 horror magazine with GREAT gorgeous, full-color coffee table artwork. Highly Recommended. Art by Al Williamson, Angelo book. Linus, Charlie Brown, Pig- Torres, , Bob Powell, Joe Orlando, George Tuska Pen, Shermy, Violet, Sally, Patty, & Paul Reinman. The contents of this were most likely for a and Schroeder are all present, never released, second issue of Weird Mysteries--EC writer but the rising star is undoubtedly Snoopy. Peanuts Every Carl Wessler again writes all the stories. Original b&w interior Sunday: The 1950s Gift Box Set has been scrupulously pages, ads, color cover--two in fact. 2020. re-colored to match the original syndicate coloring--allow- ETM01. Magazine, 8x11, 68pg, b&w $11.99 ing readers to plunge into Charles Schulz’s marvelous PS Artbooks Softee Pre-Code Classics Beware! world. Fantagraphics, 2015. Terror Tales Vol 1 PES01HP. HC, 13x10, 576pg, FC $79.99 $34.99 Collects Beware! Terror Tales #1-4 & When , PEANUTS EVERY SUNDAY Vol 3 1952. Highly Recommended. By , Bob Powell, Color Sunday Pages, 1961-65. , Ross Andru et al. This title is one of the best-- Recommended. By Charles and most unsettling! Hosted by The Mummy, with all five covers M. Schulz. Snoopy steals the by the master of creepy, Bernard Baily. Cool stories by all the spotlight in these carefully names above, plus writer . and more. 2020. color-restored ‘60s Peanuts PCBTT01. SC, 7x10, 184pg, FC $24.99 comic strips. Since their original publication, Peanuts Sundays PS Artbooks Softee Weird Tales of the Future Vol 1 Collects Weird Tales of the Future #1-4 & Weird Mysteries have almost always been #2, 1952. Our Highest Recommendation. Bug-eyed mon- collected and reprinted in black and white. But the striking sters, two-timing homicidal husbands and wives, rampaging coloring makes for a surprisingly different reading experi- corpses. AND...a bunch of iconic and wild stories (and covers!) ence. Linus, Charlie Brown, Pig-Pen, Shermy, Violet, Sally, by Basil Wolverton. Robot Woman, Nightmare World, Mon- Patty, and Schroeder are all present, but the rising star is sters on Mars, Escape to Death all by himself, plus lots more undoubtedly Snoopy. Fantagraphics, 2015. wild stories! PS Artbooks, 2020. PES03H. HC, 13x10, 272 pg, FC $49.99 $24.99 WTF01. SC, 7x10, 184pg, FC $24.99 See page 11 for new PS Artbooks. 24 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 Comic Book Archives THE ADVENTURES OF Complete Collection Set Omnibuses Never before done complete collection. Highly Recom- mended. By Hergé. Celebrate Tintin’s 90th anniversary! For the first time in the , all 23 of the original Tintin adventures are available in one handsome gift set. Fea- turing more than 1600 pages presented in eight hardcover volumes and a stunning slip- case with a cool illustration spread across all eight spines. Hergé’s classic comic book creation is one BATMAN The Golden Age Vol 8 of the most iconic characters in comics. Includes Collects Batman #67-75, Detective #175-191, World’s Finest #54-62, Tintin and Alph-Art and Tintin in the Land of the 1951-53. Highly Recommended. By , et al. Soviets. This unique collection will delight Tintin Art by , et al. These cool stories are dominat- fans old and new. Little Brown, 2019. ed by the Gotham City underworld, mysteries revealed of Batman’s ADVTIN. HC, 7x10, 1648pg, FC $200.00 $179.00 crime-fighting techniques, and the Joker, Two-Face, the and Catwoman. Our duo venture into the underworld bank, meet the “crime ATLAS AT WAR committee,” explore an undersea hideout for criminals and discover My Highest Recommen- robberies within the itself. DC, 2020. dation. Art by Russ Heath, BATG08H. HC, 7x11, 680pg, FC $125.00 $105.00 John Severin, Gene Colan, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, BLACK WIDOW Syd Shores, Don Heck et Beginning in 1964, Black Widow stories through 1995. Recom- al. Edited by Michael J. mended. By Stan Lee, Roy Thomas et al. Collecting the complete early Vassallo. Fifty hard-hitting adventures, solo series and rare graphic novel appearances of the stories from Atlas, the Black Widow! From her debut as a Russian spy in the earliest company that became stories, through her early days with the and her character-de- Marvel Comics. Each one fining solo series, the story of Natasha Romanoff is one of comics’ most hand-picked by Vassallo, captivating. Marvel, 2020. a comics historian and world-renowned authority BLAWH. HC, 7x11, 896pg, FC $100.00 $85.00 on Timely/Atlas. Marvel published more war titles CLOAK AND DAGGER Vol 1 than anyone in the industry, between 1951 and Recommended. 1983-87. By , Chris Claremont & Peter B. 1960, and were strongly influenced, at their best, Gillis. Art by , , , Bill Sienkiewicz, Mike by Kurtzman’s EC stories. If you think EC and DC Mignola, Arthur Adams et al. As Cloak and Dagger wage war on drugs, were the only publishers doing poignant, powerful crime lords and the Kingpin are in their sights--and Spi- and well-drawn war stories, read this and have der-Man is stuck in the middle! Then follow Tyrone Johnson and Tandy your head turned around. This is good. Bowen into their own uncanny adventures, and discover what set them Dead Reckoning, 2020. on their vigilante path together. Marvel, 2020. ATLASWH. HC, 8x11, 272 pg, FC $65.00 $59.00 CLD01H. HC, 7x11, 880pg, FC $100.00 $85.00 THE BEST OF & JOHN BUSCEMA Roy Rogers Recommended. Collected from Roy Rogers Comic, 1954-58. Art by Alex Toth and John Buscema. presents the comic book adventures of Roy Rog- ers, King of the Comics, orig- inally published by Dell. This “best of” collection exclusively features the work of comic book masters Alex Toth and John Buscema. By John Byrne Each story was hand picked by Roy’s son, Dusty Collects Doom Patrol #1-18, the complete run, 2004-06; JLA #94-99 and include his favorite tales. This volume features and more. Recommended. This reunites , Elasti-Girl, Nega- over 256 pages of comics created by two of the tive Man and Niles Caulder with a host of edgy new heroes. John Byrne Silver Age’s most important artists, Alex Toth and has the team encounter the vampiric threat of Crucifer, head to the John Buscema. This book brings together not only Antarctic to stop a pack of mysterious creatures from before the dawn of the best western tales of America’s favorite time and much more. DC, 2020. but also presents these stories by two of the most DOJBH. HC, 7x11, 672pg, FC $75.00 $65.00 noteworthy artists of the period. THE SUB-MARINER By John Byrne & Jae Lee Hermes Press, 2020. Collects Namor the Sub-Mariner #1-40, Annual #1-2 & more. Rec- BESRRH. HC, 8x10, 272 pg, FC $60.00 ommended. A radical reinvention of Namor, the Sub-Mariner by comics BATMAN THE DEMON TRILOGY legends John Byrne and Jae Lee! First, Byrne writes and draws the Recommended. By Mike W. iconic Marvel hero as Namor enters the cutthroat world of corporate Barr & Dennis O’Neil. Art by intrigue. The Sub-Mariner faces the subtle threat of the diabolical Marrs , Tom Grindberg, twins, stands trial for his attacks on New York...and gets beheaded?! and Norm Breyfogle. How did Namor reforges alliances with old friends. Marvel, 2019. Ra’s al Ghul become the villain NAMOH. HC, 7x11, 1,192pg, FC $125.00 $105.00 that he is? How would a union RESIDENT ALIEN Vol 1 between his daughter Talia and Bargain-priced. Now a SYFY original series. Highly Recommended. the Dark Knight benefit him? Collects the original compilation Volumes 1-3 and extras, 2011- Why would he want to father an 2015. By . Art by Steve Parkhouse. Living undercover as a heir? Follow along as Batman semi-retired, small-town doctor, a stranded alien’s only hope is to stay lives through and tries to off humanity’s radar until he can be rescued. When he’s pulled into a unravel the mystery behind the surprising murder mystery by the small town’s desperate mayor and mind of Ra’s al Ghul! Collects these three original struggling police chief, he realizes how bored he has been, and how graphic novels Batman: Birth of the Demon (1987), much he enjoys this. We really like this, I raced through all three graphic Batman: Bride of the Demon (1990), and Batman: novels in this fine collection. A truly unique sci-fi adventure tale with Son of the Demon (1987). DC Comics, 2020. heart and humor! Dark Horse, 2020. BATDTH. HC, 8x11, 304pg, FC $75.00 $65.00 RESAL01. SC, 7x10, 296pg, FC $24.99 $21.99

BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 25 BROK WINDSOR 1944-1946 Almost Gone! Highly Recommended. Comic Strip Collections Edited by Hope Nicholson. One of the best-drawn Canadian comic features THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES ever, collected in its entirety from 1944- OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS 46. Innovative and superbly drawn, with 2020 Bestseller! Our Highest Rec- sci-fi elements and a sexy good-girl ommendation. Collected in a single companion. Plus a lost story by Stables, volume for the first time, this comic strip newly drawn by Scott Changler. 25 adaptation brings to life all the action contemporary artists contribute pin-up and poignancy of Alexandre Dumas’ pages. Bedside, 2015. Out of Print. novel and its sequels with art by Arturo BROKH. HCW, 7x9, 260pg, PC $24.95 Del Castillo. Includes The Three Mus- DC COMICS BEFORE SUPERMAN Major Malcolm keteers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and Wheeler-Nicholson’s Pulp Comics The King’s Musketeers are regarded as Almost Gone! Introduction by Jim some of the finest pen&ink work ever created for comic strips. Steranko. Highly Recommended. Book Palace, 2018. By Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson COMATM. SC, 8x11, 112pg, b&w $29.95 and Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson. The Major’s granddaughter Nikki and noted comics historian Dave Armstrong have PRINCE VALIANT Vol 22 compiled an in-depth look at National 1979-80. Written by . Art by Allied Publications, which would become . Val, deprived of his DC Comics...and the man behind New Singing Sword, is enslaved in the Berber Fun, New Comics, and more. Includes salt mines. A death watch has begun for three extremely rare series from these the bedridden King Arthur, and the mon- impossible-to-find issues. Hermes, 2018. Out of print. arch’s half-brother Mordred plots to usurp DCBEFH. HCW, 8x10, 192 pg, FC $60.00 the throne. Aleta investigates a murder in Cornwall. This volume includes a tour of DC’S WANTED The World’s Most Prince Valiant’s England by Vanity Fair and Dangerous Super Villains The Atlantic editor Cullen Murphy, John Cullen Murphy’s son, A very unusual collection of golden who begins as the strip’s scriptwriter with this volume. Plus: age stories. Highly Recommended. Todd Goldberg’s examination of the historical reality behind By , Jack Kirby et al. Art by the Prince Valiant strip continues. Fantagraphics, 2020. , Joe Kubert et al. The DC PV22H. HC, 10x14, 120pg, FC $34.99 $27.95 heroes’ most notorious foes, from the famous to the forgotten. The Signalman, PRINCE VALIANT 1-3 Slipcase Set the Puppeteer, King, the Joker, the 1937-42. Our Highest Recommendation. Mist, Captain Cold, the Ghost, Solomon By Hal Foster. Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant Grundy...25 wild baddies in all. Origin is one of the most magnificent adventure stories from vintage 1940s comics: Action comics ever and Fantagraphics’ reprinting, Comics #57 & 69; Adventures Comics #72 & 77; All-American from rare original syndicate proofs, is Comics #77; and more. DC Comics, 2020. today the finest treatment of the strip in the history of publishing. Despite being one DCWWMH. HC, 7x10, 256pg, FC $39.99 $34.99 of their most popular series, they never MARGE’S LITTLE LULU Vol 2 produced a holiday gift box set--until now. The Fuzzythingus Poopi This deluxe package includes the first Highly Recommended. Collects three volumes of the series, collecting the first six years of Marge’s Little Lulu #7-26, 1949-50. Foster’s run, from 1937 through 1942, enclosed in a stunning- John Stanley settles in--all chronolog- ly illustrated slipcase with different illustrations front and back. ical from the beginning. Lulu outsmarts Fantagraphics, 2017. criminals who mistake her for a wealthy PVS01P. HCW, 11x14, 336pg, FC $99.99 $84.99 young girl, gets into hijinks during a day 4-6 Slipcase Set: 1943-48. PVS02P. $99.99 $84.99 at the beach, plays hooky--but only by accident! Stanley excels at visual gags, from Lulu using a pencil sharpener on Comic Reference lipstick to a disgruntled Alvin being flocked by girls after trying his mother’s perfume. Drawn & Quarterly, 2020. THE 10 CENT WAR: Comic Books, Propaganda, LITL02H. HC, 8x10, 272 pg, FC $29.95 $26.95 and World War II Recommended. Edited by Trischa Good- Vol 1 Working Girl: LITL01H. $29.95 $26.95 now and James J. Kimble. How different Robert E. Howard types of comic books and characters sup- plied reasons and means to support the The Original war effort. The contributors demonstrate Marvel Years Omnibus that, free of government control, how Recommended. By Robert E. Howard, effective these appeals were, while often Roy Thomas et al.Solomon Kane! He racist and extreme. The book discusses sprang from the mind of Conan the the role of such major characters as Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard’s. Superman, Wonder Woman, and Uncle Solomon Kane in complete classic Marvel Sam along with a host of such minor adventures! Adaptations of Howard’s characters as kid gangs and superhero sidekicks. It even formative tales plus new chapters by considers novelty and small presses. Roy Thomas, , Doug University Press of Mississippi, 2016. et al--all filled with pirates, Moench, Joe Duffy, THCEW. SC, 6x9, 240pg, b&w $30.00 cannibals, demons and vampires! Marvel, 2020. SOLKMH. HC, 7x11, 624pg, FC $100.00 $85.00 COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 50th Edition 2020-21 Spawn RATTLE OF BONES & OTHER TERRIFYING TALES Our Highest Recommendation. By Bob By Robert E. Howard Overstreet et al. The Bible of serious Our Highest Recommendation. After- comic book collectors, dealers and word by Steve Niles. Collecting eight of historians marks its Golden Anniversary the finest horror stories from Conan’s with The Overstreet Comic Book Price creator, Robert E. Howard, with seven Guide #50, complete with new prices, all-new, FC illustrations by Gabriel Ro- new feature articles, new additions to driguez. Includes the famous Wolfshead, the Overstreet Hall of Fame, new market plus In the Forest of Villefere, Sea Curse, reports and more. Find out why the A Tale of Faring Town, Rattle of Bones, Guide has been trusted for five decades! and more. Each originally appeared in Spawn/Spider-Man cover by Todd McFarlane. the shudder pulps of the 1920s and 30s. Gemstone, 2020. Clover Press, 2020. CB50S. SC, 7x10, 1200pg, PC $29.95 RATTBH. HC, 7x9, 144pg, Text/FC $30.00 26 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 Pulps & Pulp Fiction THE BLOOD N THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION Revised and Expanded Edition. Highly Recommended. By Ed Hulse. Acclaimed as one of the foremost reference books covering the subject. Illustrated with 750 magazine covers and original paintings, a com- plete and lively history covering genres individually (hero pulps--two chapters--spicy, western & adventure, sci-fi, crime, aviation, horror & fantasy) identifying key titles, authors, and stories. Murania Press, 2018. BLOGPF. SC, 7x10, 426, Text/b&w $29.95 Edgar Rice Burroughs EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS 100 YEAR ART AUTHORIZED LIBARARY CHRONOLOGY Slipcase Set Featuring Rare and Previously Unpub- Standard Edition. Our Highest Recommendation. Four lished Archival Materials. Highly Recom- volumes present an illustrative history of all Burroughs’ mended. New cover and frontispiece by Joe publications in the United States and U.K. Written and Jusko. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. 2020. compiled by Michael Tierney, the narrative also looks at the often legendary artists who visualized it, untold Vol 5 Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar stories, art that hasn’t been seen since its release, and When fate deals a dev- pieces buried in the vaults. Chenault & Gray, 2018. astating blow to Tarzan ERB100D. HCW, 9x12, 1224pg, PC $250.00 and Jane’s fortunes, the ape-man must once EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS The Bibliography again refill their coffers Highly Recommended. Dr. Robert B. Zeuschner, one from the legendary of the most highly respected ERB scholars, takes the treasure vaults of Opar, reader on a delightful journey through the publications forgotten outpost of lost that made Burroughs one of the most influential authors Atlantis. There awaits of the twentieth century. Over 2000 annotated, illustrated the high priestess La, entries describing ERB publications from 1911 to present. ready to sacrifice Tarzan 500 color images including 1st & reprint edition books & upon the altar of the dustjackets and 97 ERB story-related pulp covers. Flaming God for having spurned her love. ERB Books, 2016. ERBA05H. HC, 6x9, 248pg, Text/b&w EDGBH. HC, 7x10, 620pg, Text/PC $100.00 $29.95 TARZAN CONQUEROR OF MARS Vol 6 of Tarzan Hardcover Signed How did the helpless Deluxe Hardcover edition with bonus material and child of the shipwrecked signed bookplate. Our Highest Recommendation. By couple John and Alice Will Murray. Cover art by Romas Kukalis. Cool wrap- Clayton become Tarzan around cover by Romas Kukalis. Bookplate signed by of the Apes, Lord of the Doug Murray, Kukalis, and ERB in facsimile. Bonus Jungle? These twelve 11-page afterword by Murray, detailing how this story came stand-alone tell the full to be written, including his complete original premise, along story of his boyhood, with preliminary pencil roughs for various incarnations of youth, first love, first the final cover. Mysteriously teleported to Mars just as John kill...finding their place Carter once was, Tarzan searches for the one man who alongside the richest could show him the path home--The Warlord of Mars! Altus, 2020. and most meaningful TARCONH. HC, 6x9, 456pg, Text/b&w $65.00 allegories of mythology. Softcover: TARCON. $24.95 ERBA06H. HC, 6x9, 250pg, Text/b&w $29.95 Statues & Fun Stuff Vol 7 Tarzan the Untamed World War I enflames East Africa as Ger- Dynamite Women man troops raze the WOMEN OF DYNAMITE SHEENA QUEEN OF Greystokes’ estate, THE JUNGLE Statue By J Scott Campbell where Tarzan returns to Recommended. Limited to 750 numbered copies in find the charred, lifeless the Regular Edition. For years, Dynamite has been the remains of his beloved “home” of Sheena, and now, the “Queen of the Jungle” Jane. Consumed by makes a new home on collectors’ shelves. Inspired by the vengeance, the ape-man legendary artwork of superstar artist J. Scott Campbell, wages guerrilla warfare Sheena comes to life in 3-D with her very first limit- against the hated enemy, ed-edition Dynamite statue, sculpted by Steve Kiwus. using his most savage Dynamite, 2020. tactics to help the Allies drive the invaders WODSQ. 10” tall, FC $189.99 from his land. One of my favorites! ERBA07H. HC, 6x9, 364pg, Text/b&w SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE Statue Arctic Variant $29.95 Limited, 399. Inspired by the legendary artwork of super- star artist, J. Scott Campbell, Sheena comes to life in Vol 8 Tarzan the Terrible 3-D with her very first limited-edition statue developed by Tracking his beloved and sculpted by Steve Kiwus. Jane and her German This 1/6 scale statue, stands approximately 10 inches abductor, Tarzan braves tall is the “ARCTIC” variant design--a snow leopard outfit the forbidding wastes and snow detailing on the tree she’s stepping across. of the great barrier Dynamite, 2020. swamps to enter the WODSAV. 10” tall, FC $269.99 primeval land of Pal- ul-don--an unforgiving WOMEN OF DYNAMITE VAMPIRELLA world of tailed human- By Jose Gonzalez Statue oids pitted in unrelenting Limited to 706, hand-numbered with certificate & nicely war, where the fierce illustrated box. Recommended. By Jose Gonzalez. Few reptilian gryf stalks its artists have managed to capture the iconic look of Vampirella prey. One of the most popular Tarzan novels like Jose Gonzalez could. 2019 marked the 50th anniversary and subject of the sequel by Will Murray. of comics’ most memorable vampire, and Dynamite now ERBA08H. 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BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 27 VAMPIRELLA ARTGERM BUST OLIVIA BUTTON PACK 2018 Limited to 799. Almost Gone! By Olivia De Berardinis. A set of Hand-numbered certifi- five 1-inch round buttons featuring her artwork. cate. Recommended. By Two fun shots of Bettie Page, a sailor girl with Stanley Lau. There will be nylons and an anchor behind her, a blonde astride blood when Stanley Lau a futuristic mini-rocket, and a dark haired girl with (aka Artgerm) gets hold of real ‘tude. Packed with an illustrated header-card. Vampirella! Based on his Small, conversation-starting pins for a touch of haunting cover to Vam- color and eroticism. Ozone, 2018. pirella #2, this 7.5 inch tall OLIV2018. Five buttons, 1” dia ea, FC $6.99 resin bust is Dynamite’s OLIVIA BUTTON PACK 2019 most unique rendering Almost Gone! By Olivia De Berardinis. A set of Vampi to date! This very limited-edition bust of five 1 inch round buttons. There’s a closeup is meticulously hand-painted, right down to the of Bettie Page, another closeup of a lovely bloody “outfit!” Instead of her usual outfit, it’s only blonde, a torso picture of a girl pouring cham- blood covering her naked body. And the pile of pagne on her breasts, Masuimi Max Scorpion, skulls that she’s rising from, they are very cool. and a full body picture of a sultry blonde in Dynamite, 2020. nylons. Packed with an illustrated header-card. Ozone, 2019. VAMAB. 7” tall, FC $139.99 OLIV2019. Five buttons, 1” dia ea, FC $6.99 Pin-Up & Erotic Art THE BEST OF ’S CLARA SWING Vol 1 Publisher File Copy. Recommended. By Matt Hawkins and Jenni Cheung. Art By Manuel Auad and Steve Morger. by Linda Sejic. Spinning off from the uni- Loved and lusted after all over Europe, verse of the erotic series Sunstone comes the legendary Clara finally comes to a slice-of-life romantic story about a the U.S. in her own volume of hilarious couple trying to regain the sexual energy nocturnal adventures, many appearing from the beginning of their relationship by here for the first time in English. Known swinging with other couples. “Artist Linda in her native Spain as Clara De Noche Sejic beautifully renders that all-spot- (Clara After Dark), she’s a cute, carnal lights-on-you feeling of seeing, meeting, combination of Bettie Page and Julia and f*cking your crush’s brains out.” Roberts. A hooker with a heart of gold, Top Cow, 2018. Adult Material. raising a small child and dealing deci- SWIN01. SC, 7x10, 128pg, FC $9.99 sively with deadbeats, creeps and low-life! Drawn by comics SWING Vol 2 maestro ! Jordi Bernet By Matt Hawkins. Art by Yishan Li and Auad Publishing, 2006. Out of Print. Adult Material. Linda Sejic. Dan and Cathy’s swinging . HC, 9x12, 96 pg, FC BESJBH $34.95 adventures continue as they explore love, THE EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF BETTIE PAGE boundries and trust while they take new An American Icon sexual partners into their loves. Three- 2020 Bestseller! Recommended. somes, foursomes, watching each other By Jack Faragasso. Never-be- with other lovers, thanks to wife Cathy, fore-seen Bettie Page photographs. In they are exploring it all, while Dan’s not 1951, young art student Jack Faragas- sure he’s entirely along for the ride. Artist so hired a model for a photo shoot-- Yishan Li adds to this Sunstone spin-off Bettie Page, early in her career. Intimate as they explore their love and boundar- shots from that afternoon session, ies--and discover that trust is the key to it all.Top Cow, 2019. accompanied by several of Jack’s draw- Adult Material. ings and several finished book covers SWIN02. SC, 7x10, 128pg, FC $16.99 that he used the poses for. Topless and Vol 3: SWIN03. $16.99 full nudity, classic poses plus unique shots. Bettie is also in nylons and undies. Lengthy intro about this session, written by Jack in 2013. Binary, 2013. Mature Readers. Nude & Erotic Photography EARP. SC, 9x11, 60pg, b&w $19.99 $14.99 SEX AND HORROR The Art of HALF CENTURY OF NUDES Fernando Carcupino 2020 Bestseller! Traditional, Ani- 2020 Bestseller! Recommended. mated, and Stereoscopic Nudes. This is the third volume in the Sex and Recommended. By Byron A. Falk. Falk’s Horror series, which celebrates the favorite photographs, taken over 50 years publishing craze of Italian of capturing beautiful young women. and cartoons with a unique take on such Many lovely nudes in a variety of active genres as horror, crime, fantasy, and (jumping, stretching) and passive poses, even fairy tales. Their huge success in indoors and out. Each chapter tackles a the 1960s and ‘70s was due in part to decade beginning in the 1950s, and they their uninhibited mix of twisted humor, gory violence, and up- reflect changes in women’s styles and front eroticism--with gorgeous cover illustrations by classically looks. Entirely in full color. Handsome trained painters. Here is collected Fernando Carcupino, large oblong size, full red cloth with gilt titles and inset photo- famed not just for his comic work but his humorous pinups graph, boxed with quality stereoscopic glasses. and lovely nudes. Korero, 2020. Mature Readers. Roxbury, 2000. Mature Readers. SEHOFC. SC, 9x10, 192 pg, FC $36.95 $32.95 HALFCH. HC, 12x11, 228pg, FC $57.50 $19.95 SIRENS The Pin-Up Art Of David Wright HELMUT NEWTON SUMO 20th Anniversary British Pin-Up Art, 1930s-60s. Highly Recommended. By HUGE! In its own box. This XL edition Terry Parker. His illustrations epitomize celebrates 20 years of SUMO, the result female glamour in the 1940s and 50s. of a project conceived by Helmut New- The twist is he’s British--almost none ton and Taschen and one of their most of this has been collected before in the successful books, originally weighing U.S. Being British means nudity was 80 pounds! Revised by his wife June, never an issue, even on the covers of the volume gathers 464 images and a paperbacks (shown) and inside maga- new booklet that takes us through the zines! A beautiful and elegant collection making-of this publishing venture--a of his original and previously unpub- spectacular tribute to the larger-than-life lished paintings, abundant nudes and Helmut Newton. Now in a friendly for- boudoir settings featuring daring, sleek, mat, but still packed with the outrageous and sexy young ladies. Titan, 2013. nudes that made Newton’s name. Taschen, 2019. SIREH. HC, 9x12, 192 pg, FC $34.95 HELNSH. 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