Auctions: comic books in 'Art Book'

Arthur Adams Drawings (2022 Art Adams) 2022 FN 6.0

2022 convention sketchbook by Arthur Adams. Signed by Arthur Adams. 8-1/2" x 11", 52 pages, B&W.

Bill Ward HC (2024 Fantagraphics) Studio Edition 1-1ST NM- 9.2

1st printing. Vintage glamour girl artist extraordinaire Bill Ward gets the full Fantagraphics Studio Edition treatment featuring Ward's most polished, fully realized pinups from the 1950s and 1960s. Bill Ward's glamour girls were the staples of countless men's and humor magazines, where they shared the pages with cult models like Bettie Page, Tina Louise, and Julie Newmar, and cartoons by fellow "good girl" artists such as Archie's Dan Decarlo and Playboy's Jack Cole. What set Ward apart - and above - his talented contemporaries in terms of sheer image-making was his use of the conte crayon. When drawn on simple newsprint stock, this potent combination created Ward's trademark gossamer sheen on his women's thigh-high stockings. This Fantagraphics Studio edition showcases the best of Ward's Humorama work and includes a healthy number of what became known as his "telephone girls." Tame by today's standards, Ward's telephone girls were always caught in candid moments when they just happened to be talking on the phone dressed in gossamer lingerie in innocently provocative poses. Most of the images in this volume were drawn between 1955 and 1965 when Ward was at the height of his skill. They have been scanned in super high resolution from original art and reproduced to highlight every sheen and accentuate every curve to its fullest. The book not only reproduces more than 150 of Ward's most beautifully rendered illustrations, but also serves as a time capsule to a more innocent moment in pop culture when these images were shocking. The Fantagraphics Studio Edition also features an introduction by fashion/ style icon and burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese. An original pinup art collector herself, Dita was mostly recently featured in Taylor Swift's music video "Bejeweled." Alex Chun is a Los Angeles-based writer/editor focusing on all things pop culture. Dita Von Teese is the brightest star in burlesque since Gypsy Rose Lee. As style icon and muse to artists and photographers, she has appeared on magazine covers and on the runways for the world's top designers. Hardcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $175.00.

Cave Drawings of Budd Root (2009) Ashcan Sketchbook 2009AUTUMN NM 9.4

2009 Autumn Edition Ashcan Convention Art Book Signed by Budd Root! Featuring more great NUDE artwork, the Cavewoman: 2009 Virginia Comic Con Sketchbook. May or may not include a certificate of authenticity from Amryl Entertainment. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cave Drawings of Budd Root (2009) Ashcan Sketchbook 2010MATURE VF/NM 9.0

2010 Mature Edition Ashcan Convention Art Book Signed by Budd Root! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Danger Girl Sketchbook SC (2001 DC/Cliffhanger) 1.1ST VF 8.0

DC/Cliffhanger Edition - 1st printing. By J. Scott Campbell. A jam-packed collection of rare DANGER GIRL sketches fills this one-shot, including production drawings for the DANGER GIRL video game and action figures, plus breakdowns of the comic, rarely-seen covers, and lots more! Softcover, 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $6.95.

Love and Rockets The Sketchbooks HC (2024 Fantagraphics) 1-1ST VF 8.0

1st printing. BY Gilbert Hernandez and, Jaime Hernandez. Both Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez developed their skills as artists in public, in the pages of Love and Rockets, and as quickly as any artists ever have. The first issue showed two promising young tyros; by the fourth, both brothers were clearly among the foremost cartoonists of their generation. But not all of that development took place on the main stage of their shared magazine. They built up to their 1981 self-published debut with years of experiments, fan art, zine illustrations, early short comics, and gig posters, and continued to work out in personal sketchbooks after establishing themselves as the preeminent cartoonists they became. Fantagraphics published two volumes of this nascent or private drawing in 1989 and 1992. Now, this deluxe hardcover collects the work from these two volumes with other rarely-seen artwork for a new generation of admirers. It's presented as a dual-sided flip book with one cover, and one half of the book, featuring Jaime's work and a second cover, and other half of the book, highlighting Gilbert's work. The Hernandez Brothers mastery of comics is seen on every page of the thousands of pages of Love and Rockets theyve drawn over the last 40 years. Here, for the first time in three decades, see the work they put into becoming those artists. Hardcover, 10-in. x 13-in., 300 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $75.00.