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(Virgil Finlay's) "Women of the Ages"

$25.00

 

Condition: NM

Softcover: 147 pages

Publisher: Underwood Books (November 1992)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 088733136X

ISBN-13: 978-0887331367

Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 0.8 inches

 

Virgil Finlay (July 23, 1914–January 18, 1971) was a pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. While he worked in a range of media, from gouache to oils, Finlay specialized in, and became famous for, beautifully detailed pen-and-ink drawings accomplished with abundant stippling, cross-hatching, and scratchboard techniques. Despite the very labor-intensive and time-consuming nature of his specialty, Finlay created more than 2600 works of graphic art in his 35-year career.

 

Finlay's illustrations debuted in the December 1935 issue of Weird Tales and appeared in a total of 62 issues of the magazine, down to the last issue of the classic pulp in Sept. 1954. He also executed 19 color covers for Weird Tales, for issues from Feb. 1937 to March 1953.

 

Finlay quickly branched out to other publications after his 1935 debut; he was an immediate hit. In 1938 he went to work for A. Merritt at The American Weekly. During his period on the magazine's staff (1938-43), and later as a freelancer (1946-51), Finlay estimated that he did 845 different images, large and small, for Merritt's magazine.

 

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"Masterpieces of Fantasy Art"

$25.00

 

Published by BENEDIKT TASCHEN VERLAG, BERLIN, GERMANY

Edition: First German edition

Binding: PAPER BACK

Size: 9" x 12"

Pages; 78

Condition: NM-

 

Art by Frank Frazetta, Carl Lundberg, Oliviero Berni, Boris Vallejo, Richard Corben, Vincente Segrelles, Barclay Shaw, Rowena Morrill, Rodney Matthews, Richard Hescox, Tim White, Michael Whelan, Don Maitz.

 

Introduction by Eckart Sackmann. Beautiful illustrated glossy paperback, excellent color illustrations throughout with a text in German, French and English, this fantastic visual delight showcases the work of leading fantasy artists and illustrators from around the world.

 

 

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"Art of Arantza" (Vol. 1)

$25.00

 

Condition: NM

Paperback: 64 pages

Publisher: SQP Inc.; 1st edition (August 15, 2005)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 086562111X

ISBN-13: 978-0865621114

Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches

 

Of the many supremely talented artists SQP has had the pleasure to introduce in its thirty-plus years of publishing, few have garnered the attention and affection of one particularly amazing young woman - Arantza! Her work continually stands out in a field dominated by men as simply drop-dead exquisite! Her sense of design, composition, and attention to detail is remarkable. Arantza's ability to make her subjects, as varied as possessed demons, vampire queens, and savage warrior maidens all have a unique quality of fleshy realism. An Arantza illustration is something you can easily get lost in! Here is a woman who knows how to create feminine perfection! The Art of Arantza contains the very best of her portfolio, and showcases her visions of beauty, horror, and erotica!

 

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"Frank Cho: Sketches and Scribbles" (Book Two)

Limited Edition Sketchbook - 2189/3000

Autographed (signed signature)

$99.00 (or best offer)

 

Condition: NM

Pages: 80

Paperback

Publisher: Monkey Boy Press; 1st edition (2005)

ASIN: B0010VRPRO

 

Liberty Meadows, Shanna the She-Devil, Good Girl Art (GGA)

 

Frank Cho's artistic style is generally detailed and realistic, but he frequently makes use of absurd or anachronistic elements in his work, such as dinosaurs, pin-up girls, and Pogo-style anthropomorphic animals. He also enjoys breaking the fourth wall, frequently inserting himself into his work in the guise of a talking chimpanzee, and on several occasions he has drawn strips that feature his characters interacting with other popular syndicated features (for example, a character stuck in a pipe being ejected into a nearby panel apparently taken from Blondie). The Liberty Meadows denizens have found also themselves sharing their strip with Calvin and Hobbes, Li'l Abner, Hägar the Horrible, Dilbert and Cathy, among others.

 

He has won many awards, including: the prestigious National Cartoonists Society’s Awards for Best Comic Book and Book Illustration, the Eagle Award, the Charles M. Schulz Award for Excellence in Cartooning, Scripps-Howard Award for Best College Cartoonist,[3] College Media Association for Cartooning, and Germany's highest award, Max & Moritz Prize, for Best International Comic Strip. He was also nominated for the coveted Harvey and Eisner Awards.

 

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"The Dave Nestler Sketchbook" (Vol. 1) - Bad Girls Drawn Nicely

$20.00 (or best offer)

 

Condition: NM

Paperback: 64 pages

Publisher: SQP (July 2004)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0865621063

ISBN-13: 978-0865621060

Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches

 

Dave Nestler has made a career of illustrating impossibly beautiful women, creating some of the most breathtaking paintings you've ever had dancing through your fondest naughty thoughts. Although it may seem like magic, there's a staggering amount of study and technique involved in the creation of such works. You think staring at pretty girls all day long is easy? Fun, sure, but easy? Nestler lets you roam through pages and pages of delightful detailed finished drawings of females in all manner of positions and attitudes, giving you valuable insight into his craft (and letting you enjoy the view!).

 

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"The Dave Nestler Sketchbook" (Vol. 2) - Bad Girls Ride Again

$20.00 (or best offer)

 

Condition: NM

Paperback: 64 pages

Publisher: SQP Inc.; 1st edition (June 15, 2005)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0865621160

ISBN-13: 978-0865621169

Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches

 

Dave Nestler is primarily known as a gallery-level painter who specializes in sexy girls. His ability to create realistic portraits of fantasy women fetch nose-bleed prices, and his work is in constant demand. When his first sketchbook was assembled, we knew it would interest those who like to go behind-the-scenes to see what goes into a painting, but were delighted to see it become one of our best selling books of 2004. Seems people really like Dave's eye for the ladies, even in sketch form, so Mr. Nestler dutifully began collecting a new series of drawings for a second volume. Featuring a new painting that continues the ever-popular "Naughty School Girl" motif, this book has more of what made Volume One so popular - girls, girls, and sure -more girls, as only Dave Nestler can create!

 

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"The Art of Dave Nestler: Wicked Intentions"

$20.00 (or best offer)

 

Condition: NM

Paperback: 48 pages

Publisher: SQP (December 15, 2002)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0865620652

ISBN-13: 978-0865620650

Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches

 

Dave Nestler knows several things: how to survive in high style, zig when others zag, and most importantly - how to draw outrageously sensual women.

When he first started in commercial illustration, Dave's innate ability to capture likenesses got him plenty of assignments in the media capital of the universe - Hollywood. Throughout the Eighties, Nestler?s handiwork appeared in some of the hottest properties for film, television, design studios and the like. But as technology (the computer) could do more and more, faster and cheaper, Dave's once-lucrative career started to hit some dry patches. It was time to come up with another plan.

 

Always a fan of the pin-up, and inspired by such greats as Alberto Vargas and Hajime Sorayama, by the mid 90's Dave had created a series of stunning erotic portraits that got him the attention of Playboy Magazine. It wasn't long before he would star in gallery showings, and command fine-art prices for his illustrations. For those not quite ready to mortgage the house, here for the first time is a collection of these full color masterworks for your own personal admiration.

 

The Art of Dave Nestler is an over-sized presentation, 48 pages in glorious full color, printed on heavyweight coated stock - every page worthy of a frame and a spotlight of its own.

 

This book was too big to fit my legal scanner.

 

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"Girl Crazy: The Art of Michal Dutkiewicz"

$20.00

 

Condition: NM

Paperback: 104 pages

Publisher: SQP Inc. (May 1, 2004)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0865620970

ISBN-13: 978-0865620971

Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.8 x 0.2 inches

 

Michal Dutkiewicz may know many things, but when it comes to illustrating stunningly beautiful women, the man is a certified GENIUS!

Placing his exquisite ladies in all manner of settings, from the primordial caveman past to the far flung flying-car future, Michal’s results are simply breath-taking!

 

This full color collection of his best is going to be an absolute must-have for any fantasy art fan’s permanent library! His style is so precise, pristine, and elegant! Cheesecake has NEVER been this rich, this delicious, and this totally satisfying (AND no calories to worry about either!)

 

I have to photoshop the female nipples out from the cover,

so the scan, (actually, a photo, since the book is to large to fit my scanner)

will be arriving soon.

 

Or can I post female nipples, here?

 

Anyway, here's a link to a scan from Amazon.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0865620970/sr=1-2/qid=1230310481/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&qid=1230310481&sr=1-2

 

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"The Art Of John Hul"

$25.00

 

Condition: NM- (small ding in the lower right corner)

Paperback: 104 pages

Publisher: SQP Inc.; Bilingual edition (September 15, 2003)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0865620822

ISBN-13: 978-0865620827

Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.6 x 0.3 inches

 

A man of many talents, Jon Hul always had a love for illustration, but an overriding passion for music. In the race to see which discipline would finally pay the bills, art won over the drums, and rock's loss was the pin-up's gain! Hul has fused his eye for color, detail, and composition with an appealing photo-realistic style. The results literally stop you dead in your tracks! Gallery shows bring in the serious collectors, and Jon's reputation for outstanding works of sheer beauty keep the artist hard at his craft! This is the first collection of his paintings, and is a MUST-HAVE book for anyone considering themselves a pin-up fan! A really sweet package of magnificent works by a true original.

 

Frequent subjects for his erotic art include Shae Marks, Suzi Simpson, Victoria Zdrok, Julie Strain, Anna Nicole Smith, and Pamela Anderson. He uses the media of watercolor, acrylic paint, oils, and pencil.

 

He has noted as early influences the artists Salvador Dalí, Frank Frazetta, Alberto Vargas, M. C. Escher, Pablo Picasso, and later Patrick Nagel, Olivia De Berardinis and Hajime Sorayama.

 

I have to photoshop the female nipples out from the cover,

so the scan, (actually, a photo, since the book is to large to fit my scanner) will be arriving soon.

 

Or can I post female nipples, here?

 

Anyway, here's a link to a scan from Amazon.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0865620822/sr=1-1/qid=1230309866/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&qid=1230309866&sr=1-1

 

 

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"The Joyce Chin Sketchbook" (Vol. 1) 2003 [magazine-sized]

Autographed (signed signature, inside front cover)

$35.00 (or best offer)

 

Lots of Good Girl Art (GGA) & Bad Girl Art (BGA)

 

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"Cicciolina" (Graphic novel about her life.)

$50.00 (or best offer)

 

Condition: NM

Paperback: 47 pages (magazine-sized)

Publisher: Cha Cha Comics (1990)

 

By Filippucci, Giovanni Romanini & Ubaldi

 

Ilona Staller (complete name Anna Ilona Staller or Italianized as Anna Elena Staller, 26 November 1951), also known by her stage name Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-born Italian porn-star and occasional singer, turned politician and the first hardcore performer in the world to be elected to a democratic parliament. She became famous around the world for flashing her breasts in public.

 

Here is a linke to her Wikipedia entry.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicciolina

 

This book was too big to fit my legal scanner.

 

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"Necron" (Graphic Novel by Magnus) Adults Only

 

Condition: NM

Paperback: 56 pages

Publisher: Catalan Communications (November 1990)

ISBN-10: 0874161185

ISBN-13: 978-0874161182

 

This book was too big to fit my legal scanner.

 

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"Blast!" #6, VF-

$10.00

 

Blast! was a British, (U.K. United Kingdom) comic published by John Brown Publishing that ran biweekly for seven issues from June to November 1991.

 

It saw some of the earliest publications by modern comic talent including Gordon Rennie.

 

Includes "Lazarus Churchyard" by Warren Ellis and D'Israeli)

 

This magazine was too big to fit my legal scanner.

 

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"Deadline" #34, VF-

$10.00

 

Deadline was a British (U.K. United Kingdom) magazine published between 1988 and 1995.

 

Created by 2000 AD stalwarts Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon, it featured a mix of comic strips and written articles targeted at older readers. Although similar to the likes of Crisis, Revolver and Toxic! which emerged during the magazine's heyday, Deadline alone managed to sustain its impact beyond the first few issues and had a cultural influence beyond the comics world.

 

Includes Evan Dorkin's "Milk 'n' Cheese"

 

This magazine was too big to fit my legal scanner.

 

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"Deadline" #36, VF

$10.00

 

Deadline was a British (U.K. United Kingdom) magazine published between 1988 and 1995.

 

Created by 2000 AD stalwarts Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon, it featured a mix of comic strips and written articles targeted at older readers. Although similar to the likes of Crisis, Revolver and Toxic! which emerged during the magazine's heyday, Deadline alone managed to sustain its impact beyond the first few issues and had a cultural influence beyond the comics world.

 

Includes Evan Dorkin's "Milk 'n' Cheese"

 

This magazine was too big to fit my legal scanner.

 

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2000 A.D. #795, GD/VG, Aug. 8, 1992

$3.00

 

2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each "prog" and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated February 26. IPC, later Fleetway, continued to produce the title until 2000, when it was bought by Rebellion Developments. Due in part to its weekly publication schedule, it is one of only a few comics to surpass 1,600 issues.

 

It is most noted for its Judge Dredd stories, and has been contributed to by a number of artists and writers who became renowned in the field internationally, such as Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Bryan Talbot, Brian Bolland and Mike McMahon.

 

Includes "Judge Dredd" & "Zenith" (by Grant Morrison)

 

This magazine was too big to fit my legal scanner.

 

 

 

 

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Speakeasy #116, VF, 80 page X-Mas Giant (Chrstmas Issue) Dec. 1990/Jan. 1991

$10.00

 

Speakeasy Comics was a Canadian publishing company of comic books and graphic novels. It was founded in August 2004 by Adam Fortier, and ceased operations on February 27, 2006.

 

Includes "Marshal Law", "Love And Rockets" & "Tank Girl"

 

This magazine was too big to fit my legal scanner.

 

 

 

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"Hard Boiled" TPB, NM-

$15.00

 

Hard Boiled is a three-issue comic book mini-series written by Frank Miller and drawn by Geof Darrow, and published by Dark Horse Comics in 1990.

 

This is the TPB of the collected issues #1, #2 & #3.

 

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"The Odd Comic World of Richard Corben"

$75.00 (or best offer)

 

Condition: NM-

Paperback: 80 pages

Publisher: A Warren Adult Fantasy Publication (1977)

ISBN-10: 848513821X

ISBN-13: 978-8485138210

 

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"The Ditko Collection" Vol. 1 (1966-1973) NM-, Fantagraphics, 1985, 105 pages

$75.00