The Ray comic books issue 1

1st printing. Written by Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton. Throughout his long and storied career, Ray Harryhausen took the art and skill of stop-motion animation to new heights, weaving his magic on dinosaurs, aliens, and mythological creatures alike. In this enthralling autobiography, the last great animator before the introduction of CGI explains the pleasures and pitfalls of 60 years of bringing inanimate objects to life. Ray explains the basics of special effects and stop-motion animation and details what it like working with some of the biggest film stars of the day. Anecdotal, insightful, and honest, this essential autobiography also features hundreds of photographs from Ray's personal archive. Softcover, 10-in. x 11-in., 304 pages, full color. Cover price $33.00.

Second (2009) or later (2013) printing. Written by Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton. Throughout his long and storied career, Ray Harryhausen took the art and skill of stop-motion animation to new heights, weaving his magic on dinosaurs, aliens, and mythological creatures alike. In this enthralling autobiography, the last great animator before the introduction of CGI explains the pleasures and pitfalls of 60 years of bringing inanimate objects to life. Ray explains the basics of special effects and stop-motion animation and details what it like working with some of the biggest film stars of the day. Anecdotal, insightful, and honest, this essential autobiography also features hundreds of photographs from Ray's personal archive. Softcover, 10-in. x 11-in., 304 pages, full color. Cover price $33.00.

1st Edition - 1st printing. Ray Harryhausen's Film Fantasy Scrapbook is a rich insight into the production of 3-D animated films and into the career of the talented man who helped to create them. Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 12-in., 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.00.

Add to cart Fine $3.60

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by Jeff Cruz & Various The name Ray Harryhausen has been synonymous with science fiction, the fantastic, and good old-fashioned movie-making. His stories, based on some of the most beloved characters in fiction, have become legendary. Now, Bluewater Comics has revisited many of Ray's classic adventures and captured them in comic form. From Sinbad to Jason, from Perseus to the mighty Ymir, this comic provides a taste of all the new titles developed by Bluewater. Ray Harryhausen Presents is a sneak peek into the many magical worlds of this pioneering master! This sampler issue includes excerpts from Wrath of the Titans, 20 Million Miles More, Sinbad: Rogue of Mars, Jason and the Argonauts: Kingdom of Hades, and more! Cover price $0.99.

1st printing. One of the most innovative and influential film animators in the history of the medium reveals a wealth of fascinating never-before-seen film artifacts, many of them recently discovered in a garage in Los Angeles. Designed in the form of a scrapbook, this visual feast for Harryhausen fans reveals models from unrealized projects; prints of outtakes from various films; early concept drawings and storyboards; early film treatments and script extracts; publicity posters and brochures; and more. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $55.00.

Limited Signed Edition - By Ray Lago. 24 pages, B&W

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1st printing. By Ray Lago. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 80 pages. PC/B&W. Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $105.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Cartooning lessons 1 to 14 from the Raye Burns. Part One, 1931 Edition. B&W, printed on one side only. 8-1/2" X 13-1/2".

Cartooning lessons 1 to 14 from the Raye Burns School of Cartooning. Part One, 1936 Edition. B&W, printed on one side only. 8-1/2" X 13-1/2".

1st printing.

Written by Gregory Schoen. Art and cover by Alonso Molina.

When trouble ten year old, Matthew Baker, finds Nikola Tesla's fabled Raygun, he sets out on a voyage of self-discovery that will change the world forever.

Softcover, 138 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. An anthology of short fiction by 26 authors, each of whom was inspired by the legendary work of Ray Bradbury, including Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Audrey Niffenegger, Margaret Atwood, and more. Bradbury is a storyteller without peer, a poet of the possible, and, indisputably, one of America's most beloved authors. In a much-celebrated literary career that has spanned seven decades, he has produced an astonishing body of work. In Shadow Show editors Sam Weller and Mort Castle have collected short stories from 26 of the most celebrated authors today to honor Ray Bradbury and his contribution to the literary canon. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 368 pages, Text Only. Cover price $15.99.

1st printing. Collects Shadow Show (2014 IDW) #1-5. Cover by Charles Paul Wilson. Acclaimed writers and artists come together to pay tribute to the one and only Ray Bradbury in these adaptations of nine short stories such as "By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain," "The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury," "Backward in Seville," and more. Softcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing. Ray Trolls new book Spawn Till You Die: The Fin Art of Ray Troll is an exuberant plunge into the fantastic realities of sea creatures and prehistoric animals that come alive with scientific realism and his quirky sense of humor. For more than four decades, this celebrated Alaskan artist has been luring, hooking, and landing fans around the world with his mesmerizing renditions of the inhabitants of Planet Ocean, past and present. His art is featured in the nations major natural history museums including the Smithsonian, in galleries, and in books, as well as on immensely popular T-shirts. Part natural history adventure and part underground comic, his work depicts beautiful and accurately drawn fish of all kinds, Northwest Coast totems, Freud and Darwin, fossils, resurrections of extinct animals, and much more. Trolls art is deeply thought provoking (pun intended) but also simply fun to experience and never far from an inside joke he seems to be sharing with everyone. Some of his pieces are amusingly tongue-in-cheek, others are beautifully surrealistic and evocative of the interconnectedness of life on Earth, and his grandly composed major pieces are brilliant, inspiring panoramas of the natural world. His whimsy and attention to detail in his renderings of fish and other aquatic creatures has earned him a devoted following of scientists, anglers, and people who just like a good laugh. Welcome to the fishy, funny, inspiring art of Ray Troll. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 232 pages, full color. Teen Cover price $59.99.

Special Visual Effects Created by Ray Harryhausen (1971) #001, Issue is not Dubbed FXRH

1st printing. Collects Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill (2005) #1-6.

Written by MICHAEL AVON OEMING and DANIEL BERMAN. Art and cover by ANDREA DI VITO.

The sole survivor of all that was Asgard, will Beta Ray Bill escape the end of one world only to face his own end in the form of an enemy greater than any he has battled before? Introducing Stardust, a creature of cosmic power who turns his enemies to dust to fuel the stars. And that's just what he intends to do to Beta Ray Bill ? and the Korbinite people ? but he's only following orders.

The question is: from whom? The answer is big, and we mean BIG!

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.99.

By Frederic Ray. An illustrated history of the siege and fall of the Alamo.

1st printing. Signed by Dave Sim and Carson Grubaugh - Limited to 301 copies. Written and illustrated by Dave Sim and Carson Grubaugh. Legendary creator Dave Sim is renowned world-wide for his groundbreaking Cerebus the Aardvark. Now, in The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, Sim brings to life the history of comics' greatest creators, using their own techniques. Equal parts Understanding Comics and From Hell, Strange Death is a head-on collision of ink drawing and spiritual intrigue, pulp comics and movies, history and fiction. The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, Rip Kirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant), and more, dissecting their methods through recreations of their artwork, and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together. Hardcover, 8-1/2" x 12", 310 pages, B&W.

1st printing. By ray Bradbury. Featuring THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN and A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY - includes forty-four stories in all, complete in one volume. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 406 pages, Text Only.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Edgar P. Jacobs. Translated by Jerome Saincantin. Before Blake & Mortimer, Edgar P. Jacobs had created a comic that has now attained mythical status, The U Ray. Here it is now, finally translated into English. The nation of Norlandia is in conflict with its powerful rival Austradia. The eminent Professor Marduk is tasked by the High Council of Norlandia with militarizing a major scientific discovery: the U Ray. However, doing so will require finding a deposit of Uradium, the ore needed to power the ray. And the only known deposit is in an unexplored volcanic archipelago. An expedition is quickly put together, but in the shadows, the Austradian intelligence services are waiting for the moment to act. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

NOTE: Limited to 1,000 signed and numbered copies.

1st printing. Story and art by Jason Yungbluth. The shocking sequel to Weapon Brown, Jason Yungbluth's outrageous post-apocalyptic lampoon of the funny pages! When a desert prophet drops in on the town of Dogpatch, he won't leave until he learns the truth behind the legend of Weapon Brown... and settles some unfiniched business. This "Little Red" edition of Aftershock is black and white with striking spot reds, and is the only edition that will be colored in this manner! And each copy of this 1,000-unit print run comes signed and numbered by the author. A thrilling read and a guaranteed collector's item! Softcover, 168 pages, B&W (and Red). Mature Readers Cover price $20.00.

Story and art by Jason Yungbluth. After the apocalyptic Last War, a certain round-headed kid and his trusty mutt have to grow up fast. Now this former failure face strides the wasteland of the American comics page as the pitiless cyborg mercenary Weapon Brown, and the last thing you want to do is not let him kick the damn football. Chuck, the hard bitten, hard hittin cyborg blockhead of tomorrow returns for a battle royale with one mutant maniac after another torn from the funny pages, with the fate of the future hanging in the balance! The story begins with Chuck being hired by the lecherous General Halftraque to retrieve a runaway blonde who holds a chestful of secrets. Little does he know that his old nemesis, the Syndicate, has plans for the girl as well, which sends Weapon Brown on a flight for his life and into the clutches of the slobbering cannibals of B.C.! This outrageous action-parody of your favorite comic strip heroes of yesterday and today will eventually feature weaponized versions of every beloved star of the funny pages, from Annie to Ziggy, working towards the ultimate showdown with Calvin and Hobbes! 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $5.00.

1st printing. Story and art by Jason Yungbluth. Made possible by an explosive Kickstarter, this deluxe hardcover edition of the Weapon Brown omnibus is limited to only 1,000 copies and features a dust jacket and a tipped-in page signed and numbered by Weapon Brown creator Jason Yungbluth. This action-packed parody of your favorite comic strip stars after the Apocalypse is guaranteed to class-up the coffee table in any fallout shelter! Hardcover, 416 pages, B&W. NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $34.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Jason Yungbluth. Chuck is a cyborg thug stalking the wastelands of a ravaged earth trying to forget his past; a past filled with torture, demon pumpkins, and a red-haired girl he will never see again. But when a psychotic man-child and his bionic tiger threaten humanity's last hope for survival, Chuck must decide if he is a hero - or a blockhead. You will learn the answer as well in this riotous lampoon of the funny pages set after the Apocalypse! This omnibus collects over ten years of Jason Yungbluth's Weapon Brown comic series and includes new stories, pin-ups, annotations and more! Softcover, 412 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

2nd or later printing. Story and art by Jason Yungbluth. Chuck is a cyborg thug stalking the wastelands of a ravaged earth trying to forget his past; a past filled with torture, demon pumpkins, and a red-haired girl he will never see again. But when a psychotic man-child and his bionic tiger threaten humanity's last hope for survival, Chuck must decide if he is a hero - or a blockhead. You will learn the answer as well in this riotous lampoon of the funny pages set after the Apocalypse! This omnibus collects over ten years of Jason Yungbluth's Weapon Brown comic series and includes new stories, pin-ups, annotations and more! Softcover, 412 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Stories by Landry Walker. Art and cover by Eric M. Jones. Neer-do-well twentysomethings have chaotic misadventures in these early stories by the creators of Little Gloomy and Kid Gravity. River of ****; Goth Girls; Telephone; 2-Tone Deaf; The Adventures of Sid the Punk Kid; Sixth Grade. 24 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - October/November, 1971. Loose pages stapled, 8.5" x 11", 4 pages, B&W.

Special Edition #1 - January, 1972. Science Fiction/Fantasy Fanzine. Loose pages stapled, 8.5" x 11", 16 pages, B&W.