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POTENTIAL (Unit Six: Ecology) #6, NM (SLG, 1999) Slave Labor Graphics

 

Ariel Schrag (born December 29, 1979 in Berkeley, California) is an American cartoonist who has achieved critical recognition at an unusually early age for her autobiographical comics.

 

While attending high school in Berkeley, California, Schrag self-published her first comic series, Awkward, depicting events from her freshman year, originally selling copies to friends and family. Slave Labor Graphics subsequently reprinted Awkward as a graphic novel, followed by three more books based on her next three years of school: Definition (ISBN 0-943151-14-7), Potential (ISBN 0-943151-04-X), and Likewise (to be released by Simon & Schuster in April 2009). These books told stories of family life, going to concerts, experimentation with drugs, high school crushes, and coming out as bisexual and later as lesbian. Rose Troche will direct a movie adaptation of Potential; Schrag has written the screenplay.

 

Schrag graduated Berkeley High School in 1998. She graduated from Columbia University with a bachelors degree in English in 2003, and has continued to work as a cartoonist.

 

The documentary "Confession: A Film About Ariel Schrag" was released in 2004. It explores then-23-year-old Ariel Schrag's world in which she "negotiates fame, obsesses about disease, and discusses the way she sees as a dyke comic book artist."

 

Schrag is also a contributor to the ongoing queer comics anthology Juicy Mother, edited by Jennifer Camper, and released in 2005 and 2007.

 

Schrag was a writer for the Showtime lesbian-focused series The L Word for seasons 3 and 4.

 

$33.33 (or best offer)

 

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ELEGANT LADIES, VF- (Jabberwocky Graphix, 1998) Brad W. Foster portfolio

 

Brad W. Foster (born April 26, 1955) is an illustrator, cartoonist, writer and publisher and is six-time winner of the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist, a "major award" in the science fiction and fantasy fields.

 

Brad Foster was born in San Antonio, Texas. Graduating in 1977 from Texas A&M University with a Bachelors degree in Environmental Design, he continued his studies for two more years at the University of Texas at Austin, concentrating on techniques of fine and commercial art.

 

In 1976, he founded the small press publishing company Jabberwocky Graphix, initially to print and distribute his own art and comics, although he has subsequently published the work of over 300 other artists from around the world. Among the Jabberwocky Graphix publications were some of the early minicomic format booklets, ranging from the standard 8-pager up to the thick, 375 page "One Year's Worth". Between 1987 and 1988, he wrote and drew four issues of the comicbook Mechthings, which were published by Renegade Press. In the early 1990s he worked on Shadowhawk for Jim Valentino at Image Comics. For that comic he was listed in the credits as the "Big-Background Artist". That odd credit referred to his role in both pencilling and inking the larger and more detailed background designs only on select panels and pages, rather than throughout.

 

From 1987 to 1991 he was a regular contributing illustrator to the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. In 2008 he began producing illustrations for the newsletter Ansible, published by British author David Langford, creating a full color version for the on-line edition, and a different black-and-white version for the print edition.

 

Known for his intricate black and white drawings, Brad currently tours the country appearing at street art festivals and science fiction conventions.

 

In addition to his record six Hugo Award wins for Best Fan Artist, he also won the Chesley Award in 1988, from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.In 2001 he also won the Bill Rotsler Award, which was named after prolific fan artist Bill Rotsler. He has also won awards for his artwork at various art festivals around the country, including twice at The Red River Revel in Shreveport, Louisiana.

 

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DIMENSION X, vol. 1, VF-, (Karl Art Publishing, 1992)

MICHAEL LOUIS LUCK AND BARRY ALAN KRAUS

 

Includes art by Esteban Maroto & Nestor Redondo

 

$22.22

 

 

 

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DARKSTORM #2, VF+ (Darkstorm, 1982)

Kent Williams, Peter Kuper, Carl Stevenson,

Charles Vess, Michael O'Leary, Edward Lee

 

$7.50

 

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DARK MAGE NM- (Cobra Graphics, 1995) Maus Hinn, M.P. Mann "ADULTS ONLY"

 

$10.00

 

 

 

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"THE HELLFIRE QUEEN" (Argyle Books, 1975) FN *SCARCE* DERANGED ADULTS ONLY

 

No creator credits. Only a publisher's forward trying to justify the assault ahead.

 

$50.00

 

 

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SPICECAPADES #1, NM (Fantagraphics, 1999)

Spice Girls parody/satire/humor anthology

 

38 artists including Doug Allen, Peter Bagge, Ivan Brunetti, R. Crumb, Mike Diana, Kaz, Gary Leib, Gilbert Hernandez, Rick Altergott and Tony Millionaire are behind this not entirely tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Spice Girls, combining witty text pieces, great art and hilarious comic strips — full-color wraparound cover by Peter Bagge and a full-color centerspread by Danny Hellman.

 

$5.00

 

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THE LOVELIES: SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC, FN, (SIRKAY, 1965)

SPECIAL FOLIO EDITION CALENDAR, SUITABLE FOR FRAMING

 

*RARE* Uncredited artist

 

Ugly nude women pin-up drawings. A tonic of reality. (Tastes bad, though.)

 

(Just some dirt on the covers - inside is NM)

 

I need to do more research on this.

 

It seems to have been published by the same Los Angeles-based publisher that published

"Sir" and "Knight" - two nude pin-up Playboy magzine wannabes.

 

I think the art may have fallen into the public domain.

 

$88.88

 

 

 

Back cover

 

 

 

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PHOEBE & THE PIGEON PEOPLE #3, NM (Kitchen Sink, 1981) Jay Lynch, Gary Whitney

 

$7.50

 

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Springheeled Jack #1, NM- Black Boar Press, 2003, (Jack the Ripper)

by David Hitchcock

$5.00

 

 

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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 Towers of Bois-Maury: Babette (Vol. 1) NM, Published in English by Titan Books, 1984

 

Hermann Huppen (born July 17, 1938) is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.

 

Set in 11th century Europe, Les Tours de Bois-Maury concerns the efforts of the wandering noble Sir Aymar de Bois-Maury, knight, to reclaim his ancestral home, Bois-Maury. Less focused on action that the other series of Hermann (like Jeremiah), Les Tours de Bois-Maury deals more with human thoughts and considerations.

 

 

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HARD BOILED #1, NM, Dark Horse, 1990

 

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.

 

In it, Carl Seltz, an insurance investigator, discovers he is also a homicidal cyborg tax collector who happens to be the last hope of an enslaved robot race.

 

In 2001, Variety reported that Warner Brothers was in negotiations with Miller and Darrow to adapt the comic book into a feature film, David Fincher set to direct and Nicolas Cage to star. The website comics2film stated that Cage informed Cinescape magazine that he was working to produce the film under his company, Saturn Films. Most recently, Miller himself stated that he will be directing the latest version to hit Hollywood.

 

$7.50

 

 

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HARD BOILED #2, NM, Dark Horse, 1990

 

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.

 

In it, Carl Seltz, an insurance investigator, discovers he is also a homicidal cyborg tax collector who happens to be the last hope of an enslaved robot race.

 

In 2001, Variety reported that Warner Brothers was in negotiations with Miller and Darrow to adapt the comic book into a feature film, David Fincher set to direct and Nicolas Cage to star. The website comics2film stated that Cage informed Cinescape magazine that he was working to produce the film under his company, Saturn Films. Most recently, Miller himself stated that he will be directing the latest version to hit Hollywood.

 

$7.50

 

 

SOLD!

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HARD BOILED #3, NM, Dark Horse, 1992

 

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.

 

In it, Carl Seltz, an insurance investigator, discovers he is also a homicidal cyborg tax collector who happens to be the last hope of an enslaved robot race.

 

In 2001, Variety reported that Warner Brothers was in negotiations with Miller and Darrow to adapt the comic book into a feature film, David Fincher set to direct and Nicolas Cage to star. The website comics2film stated that Cage informed Cinescape magazine that he was working to produce the film under his company, Saturn Films. Most recently, Miller himself stated that he will be directing the latest version to hit Hollywood.

 

$7.50

 

 

SOLD!