Gas comic books issue 1

1st printing. By Norman Dog. Softcover (Spiral-Bound/Horizontal Format), 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

2nd and later printings. By Norman Dog. Softcover (Spiral-Bound/Horizontal Format), 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

3rd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima!" Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa. Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was 7-years-old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb. Starting a few months before that event, the four volume saga of young Gen shows life in Japan after years of war and privations. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Introduction by Editor Greta Christina. With work by Alison Bechdel, Gary Baseman, Peter Kuper and More! Softcover, 8-1/2" x 11", 168 pages, PC/PB&W, Adults Only. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. A collection of "beautiful boy" art from Japan! Best of Bishonen is an indispensable book for anyone wishing to sample the visual pulse of this exciting trend. This is the most complete Yaoi art collection to date! Features 79 artists, with details in Japanese and English. Additionally, five artists have created new original works exclusively for this project. Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

First Printing. By Justin Green. Reprints material previously uncollected, including Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary. Forward by Art Spiegelman. Softcover, 96 pages, mostly B&W with some color pages. Cover price $16.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Text by Monte Beauchamp. Blab World is the new incarnation of the celebrated art and comics annual Blab! The main feature, "Artpocalypse!" has several artists, including Mark Ryden and Joe Sorren, interpeting the end times. Blab World also presents a history of the skull motif on the covers of Pre-Code comics, pulps, and paperback books, lavishly illustrated throughout. "It's like the New Yorker for Mutants," proclaimed the Los Angeles Reader. Hardcover, 10-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Black Gas (2006 1st Series) #1-3 and Black Gas 2 (2006 2nd Series) #1-3. Written by Warren Ellis. Art by Max Fiumara. Warren Ellis' horrific zombie outbreak tale is collected in its entirety for the first time! A tiny island with an odd history sits off the east coast of North America, resting on the faultline of the underlying tectonic plate, ignored by almost everyone. Then comes the night of the big storm, the shift in the faultline, and the release of something foul from the Earth's core, blown across the little town on Smoky Island. The only two people on the island outside its reach are now trapped on a black spit of rock with a population who aren't people anymore, monsters that started eating one another an hour ago. Hardcover, full color. Mature Readers NOTE: Limited to 750 copies Cover price $27.99.

Volume 1, 1st Printing. The very first collection in print of the works of the Crumb family. The metaphysics of the family's unique dynamics is carefully laid out by brother Maxon in his introduction. Further insights are then gleaned in Charles's letters to Robert, and Robert's journal pages. The cartooning is, of course, magnificent! From Charles's ropey pirates to daughter Sophie's hip self-representations and cutesy animals, this family sure can draw! Features work by Maxon, Charles, Robert, Sophie, and Jesse Crumb, and Aline Kominsky-Crumb. Softcover, 8" x 11", 204 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

Yearbook #1 - August, 1972. Loose pages stapled, 8.5" x 11", 14 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing.

The extraordinary and unorthodox art and career of Skinner. Wildly popular for his limited edition toys, animation, music videos, street art, fine art, and much more, including identification bumps for Adult Swim, live projections for the band Mastodon, and the experimental art show "Drawing with Skinner" on Super Deluxe.

Hardcover, 8-in.x 11-in., 204 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $39.95.

1st printing. Written by Carl Barks. Art by Carl Barks and Tony Strobl. Cover by Carl Barks. Carl Barks delivers another superb collection of all-around cartooning brilliance. More than 200 pages of stories, each meticulously restored and newly colored with insightful notes by a panel of Barks experts. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Erich Von Gotha. A woman floats from dream to dream visiting a wide range of sexual variations. Barbarian fantasies blend with urban scenes in the painted style of von Gotha. Softcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11 5/8-in. 48 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Erich Von Gotha. A woman floats from dream to dream visiting a wide range of sexual variations. Barbarian fantasies blend with urban scenes in the painted style of von Gotha. Softcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11 5/8-in. 48 pages, full color. Mature Readers

1st printing. Story and art by Erich Von Gotha. Studying in a very strict junior college for uniformed 18 year olds, living with her parents, the very sheltered and very innocent Sophie ignores sex and loathes the bad taunts of her frustrated colleagues. Then she receives a folder of photographs that make her think with her brain and with other parts of her body that remind her of their presence. Willing to further her sensual discoveries, she is caught in a whirlwind of sexual activity that take her from the first steps to an advanced degree in pervery in a few easy (and highly detailed for our viewing pleasure..) lessons. An early incarnation of fan favorite Twenty, Sophie is the charming young woman everyone would like to... er ..protect... and everyone does. Softcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11 51/2-in., 48 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Xavier Duvet, Mauro Salvatori, and Fabrizio Faina Bizzaro. Translated by Georgina Ranuzzi. Three "dreams" and a sci-fi story by Xavier "Discipline" Duvet featuring some beloved characters of classic literature: Alice, Sherlock, and Frankenstein's Monster. Two stories from Italy, a humorous family sitcom for liberated couples, and a story of love and retribution that will make you go "awww..." Softcover, 9 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Browse through the fantastical worlds imagined by visionary artist Matt Gaser. In this collection of paintings, sketches, and concept art, he will lead you on a journey to realms unlike anything you've ever seen in your wildest imaginings. Pack your bags, it's going to be an incredible ride. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 8-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $34.95.

NOTE: All Text is in Japanese - 1st printing. By Mark Ryden. A collection of the works of Mark Ryden. Features works prior to the Tree Show, including Blood, Sweat, Tears, and The Creatrix. A survey of 55 of Ryden's most impressive works from past shows. With his masterful technique and disquieting content, Ryden quickly became one of the leaders of the new painting movement on the West Coast. Over the past decade, this marriage of accessibility, craftsmanship and technique with social relevance, emotional resonance and cultural reference has catapulted Ryden beyond his roots and to the attention of museums, critics, and serious collectors. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. NOTE: All Text is in Japanese. Cover price $35.00.

Stories and Art by John Shelton, Jim Franklin, Michael Brown, and Bill Walsh. An artifact from the early days of the underground movement, providing intriguing insight into the era where Austin Texas was establishing itself as a breeding ground for counterculture artists and musicians. 12 pages, B&W, MATURE READERS Cover price $0.05.

"Winry" Edition Photo Cover. A collection of risque cosplay photos related to the Gaslighters series.

"Winry" Metal Edition Virgin Photo Cover. A collection of risque cosplay photos related to the Gaslighters series.

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Written by Sean Mackiewicz. Art and Cover by Niko Walter and Mat Lopes. NEW SERIES! Fugitives. Rebels. Newlyweds. In their journey south from El Norte, Amalia and Randy have played many roles in order to survive. Now, they must become unlikely leaders in the fight against a new cartel who uses inhuman tactics to ignite the most monstrous war Mexico - and the world - has ever seen. Everything burns in this new series from SEAN MACKIEWICZ and NIKO WALTER, where love and devotion can only be measured in fire and blood. B&W.

Cover by Frank King. Stories and art by Frank King. Reprints of the beloved, influential comic strip showcasing Midwestern American life through the lens of one growing family. Skeezix Wallet falls for Nina, but her father does not approve. Skeezix gets into a playful wrestling match that turns into a real fight. Walt shows Skeezix and Nina some fancy, old-fashioned dance moves. Also featuring an overview of the strip's complicated storyline for new readers, and a profile of the cartoonist. Introduction; Gasoline Alley; Frank King, Creator of Gasoline Alley. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1964-1966!" By Frank King and Dick Moores. The year 1964 was a momentous one in the history of Gasoline Alley-it's when Frank King officially handed the baton to Dick Moores. King continued to help plot the strip but it's Moores who takes center stage. More so than any other newspaper strip, Gasoline Alley is renowned for its strict continuity and this is our chance to see Moores-who continued writing and drawing the strip until 1986-make it his own. Forty-plus years earlier, Walt Wallet found baby Skeezix in a basket on his doorstep and in the 1964-1966 strips reproduced in this volume, Skeezix is now middle-aged and has a family of his own. For the first time since they appeared in newspapers fifty years ago, readers can enjoy these classic strips featuring Walt and his wife Phyllis, Skeezix and his wife Nina, Corky, Clovia, Slim, Avery, Mr. Pert, Joel, Rufus, and a whole cast of familiar characters. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W. Cover price $49.99.

First printing. Comic strip reprints of Frank King's Gasoline Alley from Nov. 24, 1918 to Sept. 22, 1918. Includes a Bob Bindig introduction. Horizontal format, side-stapled with tape on the spine, 13-in. x 8 1/2-in., 84 pages, B&W.

1st printing. By Dick Moores. Introduction by Nat Hentoff. Comic Art as Social Comment: Changing life in America over more than half a century as seen through the eyes of a unique "First Family." Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 138 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

The first issue of Mexican publisher La Prensa's long-running series, reprinting the adventures of Casper the Friendly Ghost in the Spanish language. The cover and perhaps the contents are reprinted from Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952 2nd Series Harvey) #15. At this point in the Harvey series, the character and his cast were still in their early stages of development, and regular contributors included Bill Hudson and Baby Huey creator Marty Taras. La Prensa was well-known in Central and South America for its Spanish-language reprints of U.S. comics, including other Harvey characters, Dick Tracy, The Spirit, and even the Silver Age Marvels. 32 pages, Full Color.

1st printing. Story and art by Carol Swain. Set in rural England, Carol Swain's Gast is the rare kind of contemporary graphic novel that critics are imagining when they exult over the promise of the art form - a philosophically mature vision, uniquely executed by an artist wholly in control of her craft. In Gast, Swain's main character Helen's inner life is slowly revealed through a mixture of naturalistic detail and phantasmagoric occurrences. Softcover, 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $22.99.

1st printing. Inspired by the complex expressions and raw emotions revealed by faces, Glenn Barr evokes the human condition, creating a multitude of personalities ranging from extraordinarily common to extreme and fantastic. Barr uses pencil and brush to render elegant and elongated necklines, exaggerated eyes, and the gentle or jagged slopes shaping the noses or foreheads of the men, women, and monsters he creates, whether they are beautiful, ordinary, or even grotesque. Hardcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 80 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $15.95.

1st printing. Collects Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (1989 DC) and Batman: Master of the Future GN (1991 DC) Elseworlds. Written by Brian Augustyn. Art by Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, and Eduardo Barreto. Cover by Mike Mignola. Back Cover by Eduardo Barreto. Afterword by Mark Waid. THE FIRST-EVER ELSEWORLDS TALE RECEIVES A LONG-AWAITED ABSOLUTE EDITION. It was the story that redefined the limits of when or where a Batman tale could take place. What if the Dark Knight Detective encountered one of history's most notorious serial killers, who had arrived on Gotham's shores? In Gotham by Gaslight, writer Brian Augustyn and artists Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell pitted a rookie Victorian-age Batman against Jack the Ripper. With only the tools and technology of the era at his disposal, would the green Caped Crusader be able to match wits with a killer who had evaded the greatest minds of Scotland Yard? This Absolute edition of the very first Elseworlds tale offers an immersive look into Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, presented in oversize Absolute format for the first time ever with a brand-new cover and foreword by Mike Mignola, plus an afterword by Augustyn's frequent collaborator and friend Mark Waid. This edition also includes Augustyn's sequel to Gotham by Gaslight--Batman: Master of the Future, with artist Eduardo Barreto, original scans of Mignola and Russell's inked pages, and much more. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 9 1/2-in. x 13-in., 232 pages, full color. Teen Cover price $100.00.

1st printing. Story and art by David Boswell. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 8-in. x 10-in., 44 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.50.

1st printing.

Story and art by Keiichi Koike.

A sci-fi manga collection of psychedelic short stories by Keiichi Koike. A drug in paper form! This is his first full-length book published in English.

Contents:
KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
Lazarus Franco's 4 A.M.
The Ronin and the Sea
Looper
Kenbo's Diary
Sponge Generation
Airway
Stereo Scope
Horizon
Landed

Softcover, 198 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

NOTE: "A magnificent ronin, a warrior without a master, one of the few authors to resist the cynical formatting of the current manga industry..." -Mobius

Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa. Life in Hiroshima during the war was difficult for six-year-old Keiji and the Nakazawa family, but they made the best of it. On his way to school one bright August morning, Keiji was unaware his hometown would soon be turned into a world of horrors. That morning, he watched as a single airplane soared through the clear blue sky, carrying with it the most powerful weapon that had ever been created, the atomic bomb, code named "Little Boy." It was about to fall on Keiji's city, changing his life forever. This is the true story of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its effects, seen through the eyes of cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa. Softcover, 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

1st Printing. 18+ Only. Story and art by Riverstone. Softcover, 64 pages, full color, 8.25" x 11.5", Adults Only.

1st printing.

Art by Junko Mizuno. Cover by Kazuki Takamatsu.

A strange coloring book featuring the distinctive art of Junko Mizuno. Packed full of images of strong, sexy women, strange foods, adorable aliens, powerful gods, unusual paper dolls, and more. Junko Mizuno's iconic images mix sweetness and cuteness with creepiness and erotica. This coloring book comes with a page of full-color stickers, too!

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W.

Cover price $12.95.

Story, art and new cover by Matt Howarth. A one-shot adventure of Howarths xenotech, a young woman who specializes in helping humans communicate with alien races. Keif struggles to save two alien species from civil war on a Jupiter-like gas giant. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. By Larry and Willie Mendez, Kim Deitch, Bill Griffith, Trina Robbins, Justin Green, Johnny Chambers, Julie Wood, Bob Inwood, and Sally Cruikshank Weltz. Featuring a collection of Underground Comics to color and enjoy and two paper dolls (located on back cover) with two pages of paper doll clothes to cut out 9located in the middle of the book). Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $1.75.

1st printing. Written by Monte Beauchamp. In the early Christmas traditions of Europe, the "Krampus" was St. Nicholas' dark servant - a hairy, horned, supernatural beast whose pointed ears and long slithering tongue gave misbehavers the creeps! This new and improved edition includes an introduction, a historical survey of the character, and over 180 lavish pre-World War 1 Krampus postcard images. Hardcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, full color. Cover price $18.95.

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By Mark Nasso. While wandering in the Great Southern Vastness Jack Natari is captured by the evil South Men and enslaved in their ore mines. After weeks of torture he breaks through his chains and seeks a route through the tundra back to his jungle home in Rat City. But his journey home is postponed when he meets the mysterious ice beast known as Gastrolithicus. 5 1/2-in. x 10-in., 32 pages, B/W. Cover price $4.00.

1st printing.

By Art and cover by Laurie Lipton. Introduction by Richard Speer.

A large hardcover edition of Laurie Lipton's most recent work. Lipton draws on canvases that are improbably large, using only pencil and charcoal. In her sprawling phantasmagorias, Lipton addresses social media, unchecked consumerism, intellectual decline, environmental catastrophe, and soul-crushing isolation of modern existence. Using countless crosshatches, she builds images that present our modern world in scathing critique.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 112 pages, B&W.

Cover price $49.99.

1st printing.

By Robert Williams.

This book is the first to featuring the amazing artwork of Robert Williams, containing an overview of Williams's early work until 1979.

In the late 20th and 21st century diverse forms of commonplace and popular art appeared to be coalescing into a formidable faction of new painted realism. The phenomenon owed its genesis to a number of factors. The new school of imagery was a product of art that didn't fit comfortably into the accepted definition of fine art. This alternative art movement found its most congealing participant in one of America's most opprobrious and maligned underground artists, the painter, Robert Williams.

This edition is enhanced with newer, more vibrant and accurate color images. T-shirt designs, comics, posters, and all paintings are accompanied by a text commenting on them and introducing Mr. Williams to the public.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

NOTE: Limited to 500 copies.

Cover price $45.00.

2nd Edition - 1st printing.

By Robert Williams.

This book is the first to featuring the amazing artwork of Robert Williams, containing an overview of Williams's early work until 1979.

In the late 20th and 21st century diverse forms of commonplace and popular art appeared to be coalescing into a formidable faction of new painted realism. The phenomenon owed its genesis to a number of factors. The new school of imagery was a product of art that didn't fit comfortably into the accepted definition of fine art. This alternative art movement found its most congealing participant in one of America's most opprobrious and maligned underground artists, the painter, Robert Williams.

This edition is enhanced with newer, more vibrant and accurate color images. T-shirt designs, comics, posters, and all paintings are accompanied by a text commenting on them and introducing Mr. Williams to the public.

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $25.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. This book presents an eye-popping collection of fantastical, imaginative, pop-surrealist, and just plain twisted contemporary figurative art, executed with top-notch technique and mad skills by some of the finest and most influential artists working today. Collecting the work of 50 contemporary artists, the publishers have endeavored to compile a balanced publication, showing the extremes of both "light" and "dark" themes. The two extremes are usually presented separately, but here they are together under the umbrella of human experience. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 108 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. By Mitch O'Connell. All the good stuff from "The Prince of Pop Art," Mitch O'Connell! From doodles to museum masterpieces, stunning illustrations for Playboy and the New York Times, and art from sold-out art shows worldwide, this magnum opus is sure to be revered as the greatest book ever produced! Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 284 pages, full color. Cover price $35.00.

1st printing.

By Justin Green. Foreword by Marc Weidenbaum. Afterword by Joel Selvin.

Musical Legends is a comic strip by Justin Green, chronicling the lives and times of the most important and influential people in music. The strips originally ran for ten years in the now defunct PULSE! Magazine. Now these sought-after strips live on in this first-ever collection!

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 112 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $24.95.

Volume 1, 1st Printing. Some of the best work from the fevered brain of one of comic art's modern heroes. To his fans and fellow artists, R. Crumb is an unequaled master of detail, humor, philosophical riskiness, and just plain licentious fun. The man who created Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat and "Keep on Truckin'" is today doing some of his best work ever. In this book, collected from his recent work (circa 1992), Crumb lays bare his innermost thoughts and fantasies; true adult confessions down to their most intimate details. A superb collection of the work of a cartooning genius whose impact on our culture has been enormous. Softcover, 8.5" x 11", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

Volume 1, 2nd or later printing. Some of the best work from the fevered brain of one of comic art's modern heroes. To his fans and fellow artists, R. Crumb is an unequaled master of detail, humor, philosophical riskiness, and just plain licentious fun. The man who created Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat and "Keep on Truckin'" is today doing some of his best work ever. In this book, collected from his recent work (circa 1992), Crumb lays bare his innermost thoughts and fantasies; true adult confessions down to their most intimate details. A superb collection of the work of a cartooning genius whose impact on our culture has been enormous. Softcover, 8.5" x 11", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

1st printing.

By Brooksie.

We live in a savage society of imperfect endings veiled by a thin veneer of civility. Nothing Is Golden is a line of irreverent postcard books and merchandise for adults that parody, among other things, famous children's book brands. Inspired by real life slices of life, the front of each postcard in the books sports an imaginary children's book illustration and title with an accompanying editorial comment on the backside, such as the illustrated cover title, "Punch the Bunny" with the editorial comment, "A Touch and Feel Book for the real world."

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 60 pages,PC/PB&W.

Cover price $11.95.

2nd Edition - 1st printing. He has been called "the godfather of Japanese erotica." Toshio Saeki's previously unseen works are collected in a larger-than-usual format, revealing Saeki's creative technique. While most images are shown here in full color, some are presented in their original black and white format, with overlays reproducing Saeki's method for adding color to these pictures. Saeki typically does not apply color directly to his black and white artwork, but instead uses these overlays to enumerate the precise values of the colors he wants. He calls this method chinto printing; the picture is complete only after printing. It is a modern version of the ukiyo-e, a genre of Japanese woodcut prints or paintings produced between the 17th and 20th centuries. By illuminating this technique, it better helps the reader to appreciate Saeki's unique style and philosophy as an artist, and his immense talent. Hardcover, 12-in. x 15-in., 56 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers NOTE: Limited to 2,700 copies Cover price $39.95.

1st printing. Edited by Glenn Bray. The hilarious spaghetti-and-meatball style caricature art of Basil Wolverton has been influential on such art luminaries as Robert Crumb, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Robert Williams, and Drew Friedman. This publication represents the first time that the work of one of comicdom's major talents will be presented in a fine art tome. Much of this work has never been published before. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, B&W. Cover price $35.00.