Auctions: comic books published by Fantagraphics

Amazing Heroes (1981) 69 FN/VF 7.0

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In this issue: Frank Miller interview (guest appearance by Bill Sienkiewicz); Hero History of the Phantom Stranger; Star Hawks by Gil Kane and Roger McKenzie - "Deathsearch" concludes. Plus: Editorial; Newsflashes; Coming Distractions; The Comic Book Heroes book excerpt; The Golden Age Directory - JSA and the Marvel Family; Comics in Review by R.A. Jones - The Badger, The Shadow War of Hawkman, Captain Britain, Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham, Somerset Holmes, Moonshadow; Amazing Readers. Batman/Elektra cover by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. Cover price $1.95.

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.

Eightball (1989 Fantagraphics) 22 CGC 9.6 SS Clowes

Paper: White

Signed by Daniel Clowes on 3/24/16

Label #1404415001

Cover art by Daniel Clowes. Around Ice Haven with Random Wilder. Our Children and their Friends starring David Goldberg. The True Story of Leopold And Loeb. Melancholy Serenade starring Random Wilder. Seventeen starring Violet Vanderplatz and Penrod Pulaski. David Goldberg is Missing. Vida and Her Grandmother. Mr. & Mrs. Ames: Detectives For Hire. Violet in Love. Harry Naybors: Comic Book Critic. Charles and his Therapist. Violet: Alone Forever. Harry Naybors Explains Everything. Scripts and art by Daniel Clowes. 40 pgs. $5.95. Cover price $2.95.

Junkwaffel TPB (1994 Fantagraphics) 2-1ST VG/FN 5.0

Volume 2 - 1st Printing. Softcover, 8.5" x 11", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

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.

Red Room Crypto Killaz (2023 Fantagraphics) 1B CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Piskor Variant Cover.

Label #4708673006

Limited 1 for 5 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Story by Ed Piskor. The media won't leave Brianna Fairfield alone since her father was arrested and identified as the Steel City Cannibal. But what more sinister forces are also following her? Mistress Pentagram and the Red Room Players return in this all-new, four-issue miniseries from Ed Piskor (X-Men: Grand Design)! Splatterpunk never looked so good! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Red Room Trigger Warnings (2021 Fantagraphics) 2A CGC 9.4 Piskor

Paper: White

Label #4708673015

Story, Art and Cover by Ed Piskor. Hoodie Horror comes to Red Room! Introducing the Punkinz: two sociopathic, aspiring red roomers who quickly make a name on the scene with their amateur snuff films. Fueled by a mutual passion and talent for murder, the young couple aim to be the most notorious and wanted killers on the dark web... The second 'season' of the hit series continues, from the pen of Ed Piskor, the Eisner Award-winning creator of X-Men: Grand Design and Hip Hop Family Tree! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Usagi Yojimbo (1987 1st Series Fantagraphics) 1 FN+ 6.5

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First printing. A duel puts Stan Sakai's rabbit samurai in an introspective mood, and he recalls his early combat training with the lion-maned Sensei Katsuichi. Parts 1 and 2 of Samurai. Story, art and cover by Sakai, plus Waddlewalk by Dennis Fujitake. Black and white; 32 pages. Other titles featuring Usagi Yojimbo include Albedo, Doomsday Squad #3 and Space Usagi. NOTE: Some issues from #1-10 were reprinted. Reprints are so noted in the reprint edition's indica. Cover price $2.00.

Usagi Yojimbo (1987 1st Series Fantagraphics) 1REP CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Second Printing.

Label #4668766001

Second printing. A duel puts Stan Sakais rabbit samurai in an introspective mood, and he recalls his early combat training with the lion-maned Sensei Katsuichi. Parts 1 and 2 of Samurai. Story, art and cover by Sakai, plus Waddlewalk by Dennis Fujitake. Black and white; 32 pages. Other titles featuring Usagi Yojimbo include Albedo, Doomsday Squad #3 and Space Usagi. NOTE: Some issues from #1-10 were reprinted. Reprints are so noted in the reprint edition's indica. Cover price $2.00.

Usagi Yojimbo (1987 1st Series Fantagraphics) 7 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4699311001

First printing. The origin of Spot, Usagi Yojimbos lizard-like traveling companion. Story, art and cover by Stan Sakai, plus the first-ever Patrick Rabbit story, by Phil Yeh. Black and white; 32 pages. Other titles featuring Usagi Yojimbo include Albedo, Doomsday Squad #3 and Space Usagi. NOTE: Some issues from #1-10 were reprinted. Reprints are so noted in the reprint edition's indica. Cover price $2.00.

Zippy Quarterly (1993) 2 FN- 5.5

Life Before Velcro. Stories, art and cover by Bill Griffith. Reprints of the daily strip featuring Griffiths existentialist hero, Zippy the Pinhead, including a handful of Sunday strips in full color, plus a new Zippy story. Zippy and Griffy travel back to the early 20th century and encounter pioneering cartoon character The Yellow Kid. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. 48 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $4.95.

Zippy Quarterly (1993) 11 FN- 5.5

The Pinhead Family Vs. The Toad Family. Stories, art and cover by Bill Griffith. Reprints of the daily strip featuring Griffiths existentialist hero, Zippy the Pinhead, including a handful of Sunday strips in full color, plus a new Zippy story. Soap operas have never been weirder than the family intrigue that develops between the Pinheads and the Toads. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. 32 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $3.50.