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Featured New Items ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #69 On our Cover Our Highest Recommendation. Art by Robert O. Reid, J. F. Kernan, and SPECTRUM Vol 27 Hardcover Neysa McMein. Three successful illus- The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. Our Highest trators, two new to us but no less inter- Recommendation. Edited by John Fleskes. 350 esting, and Robert O. Reid, Colliers works by 220 diverse artist extraordinaire, and master of visionaries. Features “cartoon realism.” J. F. Kernan, best include Grand Master: known for his spectacular magazine Teryl Whitlatch; Muse Award: spots and nostalgia covers for The Alex Dos Diaz by Colin and Saturday Evening Post of the 1930s Kristine Poole; Gold Awards and 40s. Neysa McMein is featured, Bartosz Kosowski for The a fantastic female magazine illustrator from the 1930s and Shining (Advertising), Rovina 40s whose pictures of beautiful women dominated McCall’s Cai for Ivywood Manor (Book), covers. Illustrated Press, 2020. Tom Probert for Lightfall 01-- IL69. Magazine, 9x11, 80pg, PC $15.00 Walk in the Woods (Comics), Tooth Wu for Devourer of BATMAN THE DEMON TRILOGY Ghosts (Concept Art), Dug Recommended. By Mike W. Barr & Den- Stanart for Space Madness (Di- nis O’Neil. Art by Jerry Bingham, Tom mensional), Diego Fernandez for Grindberg, and Norm Breyfogle. How 492 (unpublished), Iain McCaig for did Ra’s al Ghul become the villain that Claim the First Born (Institutional), he is? How would a union between his and more. Flesk, 2020. daughter Talia and the Dark Knight ben- SPE27H. HC, 9x12, 304pg, FC efit him? Why would he want to father $49.95 $44.95 an heir? Follow along as Batman lives through and tries to unravel the mystery Coming Soon behind the mind of Ra’s al Ghul! Collects Vol 27 Softcover these three original graphic novels Bat- Flesk, 2020. Due: Nov. man: Birth of the Demon (1987), Batman: SPE27. SC, 9x12, 304pg, FC Bride of the Demon (1990), and Batman: Son of the Demon $39.95 $34.95 (1987). DC Comics, 2020. Cover image “Flora” by Claudya Schmidt aka BATDTH. HC, 8x11, 304pg, FC $75.00 $65.00 AlectorFencer. ©2020 Books: www.yriachronicles.com Gallery: artstation.com/alectors_art Bud’s gift suggestions are marked with the HISTORY AND ROMANCE WORKS holly symbol. BY HOWARD PYLE Highly Recommended. From Also see page 16 for 1998, the companion cata- logue to the exhibition at the his entire Gift List. Brandywine River Museum, home to work by the Wyeth family and the Brandywine artists. This catalogue has two essays, one on Pyle himself, Look for the star symbol. These are the other on collecting, All from the items that are deeply discounted from original artwork, here is work from the original publisher’s price. Most of his first stories of King Arthur, to his these items have been closed out by iconic pirate tales, from pencil and ink the publisher and we have limited cop- drawings to superlative oil paintings. ies. Buy now before they’re gone! Brandywine River Museum, 1998. HISROM. SC, 9x11, 136 pg, PC $30.00 News & Notes This is our official Christmas catalog, in case you haven’t noticed already. I care- TABLE OF CONTENTS fully put together backlist gift suggestions beginning on page 16. And we marked Artists & Illustration ...................... 4 more gift ideas with a wreath throughout the new items, beginning on this page. My Comics, Comic Book Archives & criteria is books that have wide, general appeal, and usually have sold particularly Graphic Novels .............................. 4 well and are highly recommended. All-ages titles are included for the youngsters in Comic Reference & How-To .......... 6 your life. Pulps & Pulp Fiction ...................... 7 On page 8 begins your one-and-only complete 2021 Calendar listing. They’ve all Statues............................................ 7 appeared in our weekly emails as they arrived, but they won’t be in our next catalog Pin-Up & Erotic Art ........................ 7 in January. We are now trying to scan ALL back covers because they give you ALL Adult DVDs ..................................... 7 the months pictured. See the website. If you’ve downloaded this catalog, just click 2021 Calendars ������������������������������ 8 on any title; every item is linked to our website. Coming Soon ............................... 12 Ordering Deadlines: Delivery services have been stressed out this year and often Rare Books................................... 15 very slow. We don’t expect that to improve until the pandemic is past us. Our usual Bud’s Recommended Gifts ......... 16 deadlines to receive your order before Christmas would be Dec 11 for East Coast Don’t Miss These! ........................ 22 orders, and the 16th for West Coast. Honestly, get those orders in earlier if you can to play safe. Christmas is on Friday this year. With RUSH service, Friday the Just Arrived .................................. 30 18th should be safe. Monday the 21st 1st would be risky. The Post Office makes no guarantees on delivery time during the holidays. Key for price line codes HC Hardcover “Also Available” notes. We regularly add other volumes or variant editions under HCW Hardcover w/o dustjacket each listing. But due to our new software and tight deadlines, that didn’t happen in SC Softcover this catalog. Check the website or inquire about series with previous volumes or PC Partial color issues, different t-shirt sizes, softcover, hardcover or deluxe editions, and discounted FC Full color “hurt” copies. B&W Black & white I hope you are negotiating the new (and improved) website. Call us if we can help. Everyone here has stayed healthy and is being very careful; those who can, are now F48- Holiday 2020 working entirely from home. Meanwhile, thanks so very much for your support this year. Please be safe out there and we’ll all get through this eventually. ~Bud 2 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 Featured New Items ROALD DAHL THE WITCHES Robert E. 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