Comic Comics comic books issue 1

1st printing. Collects Comic Book History of Comics: Comics For All (2017 IDW) #1-4.

Written by Fred Van Lente. Art and cover by Ryan Dunlavey.

At last! The amazing, inspiring story of the comics medium in comics form goes global! In this volume, Fred and Ryan tackle the origins of Japanese manga, French graphic albums, the British Invasion of the American scene, the battle for creators' rights in the US, and how comics have invaded cyberspace and Hollywood! Plus: the Her-Story of Comics continues, and we spotlight other countries' funnybooks across five continents! The Comic Book History of Comics goes wherever comics go-which is everywhere!

Softcover, 104 pages, full color. Cover price $15.99.

1st printing. Collects Comic Book Comics (2008) #1-6. Written by Fred Van Lente. Art by Ryan Dunlavey. For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, Art Spiegelman, Hergé, Osamu Tezuka -- and more! Softcover, 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $21.99.

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Story and art by Mark Crilley.

On her quest to turn her story into a comic book, Emily visits her comic book shop and local comics convention, where she meets three mentors. Trudy, a high school student working on comics of her own, teaches Emily how to create expressive characters and how art can convey action and suspense.

Madeline, a self-published manga artist, teaches Emily how to use panel composition and layout to tell a story visually and how to develop a comic from script to sketch to finished pages. Sophie, a professional graphic novelist, guides Emily through fine-tuning the details of dialogue, sequence, and pacing to lead readers through the story.

Each lesson builds off the previous information and skills presented, and the sequential art format provides the perfect vehicle for step-by-step instruction.

Softcover, 160 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $18.99.

Stories and art by Victor Pazmino, Al Liederman, and Art Helfant. Humor comics from Fawcett, featuring characters like Richard Richard, Private Dick (detective) and the cape-wearing rapscallion Captain Kid. When the kids tell Captain Kid that the old Everts House is haunted, he decides to to find out for himself. Sailor Jetsam Joe gets a 24-hour shore leave, and manages to join a revolution, become presidente, and get deposed before shipping back out. The rivalry between book collectors Dr. Sprince and Prof. Golumbic escalates to the theft of a rare Shakespeare first edition, and Richard Richard is called in. Captain Kid; Rubbernose Randolph; Jetsam Joe: A Quiet Day in the Tropics; The Tragedy of Joe Miller; Kanvasback Kenny Takes a Lacing; Whipper-Snappers; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Horace Hotstuff; Richard Richard, Private Dick. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Free Comic Book Day Promotional Edition. 1st Printing. B&W.

1st printing. By Dan Mazur and Alexander Danner. Comics, manga, bandes dessinées, fumetti, tebeo, historietas - no matter the name, they have been a powerful medium across four continents for decades. This is the history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the dawn of the 21st century. The images here are bright and colorful, dark and brooding, arresting and pleasant, all at the same time. An unprecedented collection includes around 260 expertly chosen illustrations, many reproduced in full-page format for more sophisticated analysis. In showing us both post-apocalyptic dreamscapes and portraits of the everyday, Comics looks at this thirty-plus year period through a very unique lens. Softcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $39.95.

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Art Cover - 1st printing. Edited by Craig Yoe. What's cooler than comics about cartoonists? NOTHING! You are going to read comics about cartoonists by these TOP cartoonists: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Jack Cole, Dick Briefer, Winsor McCay, Chester Gould, Sheldon Mayer, Milton Caniff, Ernie Bushmiller, Basil Wolverton, Siegel and Shuster, Will Eisner, Elzie Segar, and Harvey Kurtzman! WHEW! Plus more by Charles Schulz, George Herriman and a 1940s comic about Walt Disney! A Who's Who of great cartoonists-drawing superhero, horror, funny animal, funny people, war and romance comics... about cartoonists! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-ion., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

Blank Cover - 1st printing. Edited by Craig Yoe. Commission an artist for your one-of-a-kind cover, or even create your own, on the special blank sketch cover edition of this unique book! Comics about cartoonists, by some of the best cartoonists in history! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-ion., 192 pages, full color.

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By Durwin S. Talon.

Whether youre a comics artist looking for new avenues to market your talents, or a fan curious about how pros make a living outside the field, this is the book for you! Comics tremendous effect on popular culture is now felt in other storytelling mediums, and many artists are finding more and more work beyond the four-color page.

Assembled in COMICS ABOVE GROUND are top comics professionals talking about their inspirations and training, and how they apply it in Mainstream Media, including: Conceptual Illustration, Video Game Development, Childrens Books, Novels, Design, Illustration, Fine Art, Storyboards, Animation, Motion Pictures and other media. In it, Bruce Timm, Bernie Wrightson, Adam Hughes, Louise Simonson, Dave Dorman, Greg Rucka and other creators share their perspectives and their work in both comics and their other professions.

This book also boasts career overviews, never before seen art, and interviews, as well as featuring the creators favorite works in comics!

Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Cover price $19.95.

1st Edition - 1st printing. "1895-1974!" Written by Jerry Robinson. Art by Walt Kelly, Winsor McCay, Milt Caniff and Hal Foster. From Jerry Robinson, legendary creator of the Joker and prominent figure in monthly books, daily strips, and comics journalism, comes a comprehensive history of the truly American art form! The Comics chronicles the origins and evolution of comic strips, from prior to the Yellow Kid through today, and highlights the game-changing contributions of such creative luminaries as Milton Caniff, Walt Kelly, Hal Foster, and Winsor McCay, among countless others. A fascinating resource of enduring excellence for fans of the art form, historians, and casual readers alike. The Comics is an authoritative history of the medium from living legend Jerry Robinson! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 256 pages, full color.

1st printing. By Reinhold Reitberger and Wolfgang Fuchs. The first detailed history of the comics as art, entertainment, industry, and reflection of our culture, featuring - The Angel, Aquaman, Archie, Barbarella, Batman, Buck Rogers, Captain America, Daredevil, Donald Duck, Flash Gordon, Fritz the Cat, Green Hornet, Iron Man, Little Nemo, Mandrake the Magician, the Phantom, Rin Tin Tin, Silver Surfer, Terry and the Pirates, the Viking Prince, Wonder Woman, the Yellow Kid, Zorro, and many more! Includes over 300 illustrations! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 264 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

1st printing. By Hannah Miodrag. Hannah Miodrag challenges many of the key assumptions about the "grammar" and formal characteristics of comics and offers a more nuanced theoretical framework that she argues will better communicate. Through engaging close readings and accessible use of theory, this book exposes the problems in previous critical takes. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations).

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How comics, graphic novels, and sacred texts work in concert to expand our sense of the holy. Comics and Sacred Texts explores how comics and notions of the sacred interweave new modes of seeing and understanding the sacral. Comics and graphic narratives help readers see religion in the everyday and in depictions of God, in transfigured, heroic selves as much as in the lives of saints and the meters of holy languages. Coeditors Assaf Gamzou and Ken Koltun-Fromm reveal the graphic character of sacred narratives, imagining new vistas for both comics and religious texts.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 288 pages, B&W.

Cover price $30.00.

1st Edition - 1st printing. By Will Eisner. The man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Will Eisner, creator of the Spirit, sits down and helps you learn how to understand and practice the world's most popular art form - the comic book. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 154 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. By Will Eisner. The man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Will Eisner, creator of the Spirit, sits down and helps you learn how to understand and practice the world's most popular art form - the comic book. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 154 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

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Comic, Gaming and Toy News. Marvel's Punisher Artist Hugh Haynes Interviewed; Grand Prize Give-Away - Autographed Original Art by Hugh Haynes; George Perez Southern Knights Poster Insert. Punisher and Microchip cover by Hugh Haynes. Cover price $3.50.

1st printing. By Paul Gravett. The narrative possibilities of comics art and the accessibility of the form have made it one of the more innovative contemporary genres. Self-publishing and the Internet have given rise to new, autobiographical forms and an increasing number of authors draw from outside the mainstream, whether sexually, ethnically, or politically. In this richly illustrated and accessible survey, acclaimed author Paul Gravett considers the vast output of comics culture from the late 19th century to today, including syndicated comics, graphic novels, and contemporary art and illustration. From foundational masterpieces such as Rodolphe Topffer's and Wilhelm Busch's albums, George McManus's Art Deco Bringing Up Father, and Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon to the later retro stylings of Robert Crumb, Gravett considers lines of influence from around the world and examines how comics have shifted from supporting the status quo to becoming the voice of alternative subcultures. Gravett traces the major themes taking place in contemporary comics, noting the rise of publications that function as questioning, transgressive outlets for outsider stories and ideas, and includes the ways that folk art traditions are reinvigorating the form. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $35.00.

1st printing. BY John A Lent and Xu Ying. In the most comprehensive and authoritative source on this subject, Comics Art in China covers almost all comics art forms in mainland China, providing the history from the 19th-century to the present as well as perspectives on both the industry and the art form. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 288 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $65.00.

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By Steve Duin and Mike Richardson.

This lavish volume takes an in-depth look at the history of comics in a manner decidedly unlike the dry timelines and profiles of most reference-style titles. Via alphabetical entries, the authors take an irreverent, often hilarious, behind-the-scenes look at creators, companies, characters, collectors, and conventions, pulling no punches when exposing some of the darker sides of the industry. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form. Featuring 670 illustrations and photos -- including dynamic and bizarre cover art compiled under such curious headings as Atomic Bombs, Death with Indignity, Gorillas, Headlights, Hooded Menaces, and Skulls -- Comics Between the Panels will entertain and enlighten the hardcore comic collector as well as the casual reader with an eye for pop-culture curiosity.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 500 pages, full color (with Photos).

Cover price $49.95.

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2nd and later printings.

By Steve Duin and Mike Richardson.

This lavish volume takes an in-depth look at the history of comics in a manner decidedly unlike the dry timelines and profiles of most reference-style titles. Via alphabetical entries, the authors take an irreverent, often hilarious, behind-the-scenes look at creators, companies, characters, collectors, and conventions, pulling no punches when exposing some of the darker sides of the industry. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form. Featuring 670 illustrations and photos -- including dynamic and bizarre cover art compiled under such curious headings as Atomic Bombs, Death with Indignity, Gorillas, Headlights, Hooded Menaces, and Skulls -- Comics Between the Panels will entertain and enlighten the hardcore comic collector as well as the casual reader with an eye for pop-culture curiosity.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 500 pages, full color (with Photos).

Cover price $49.95.

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By Steve Duin and Mike Richardson.

This lavish volume takes an in-depth look at the history of comics in a manner decidedly unlike the dry timelines and profiles of most reference-style titles. Via alphabetical entries, the authors take an irreverent, often hilarious, behind-the-scenes look at creators, companies, characters, collectors, and conventions, pulling no punches when exposing some of the darker sides of the industry. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form. Featuring 670 illustrations and photos -- including dynamic and bizarre cover art compiled under such curious headings as Atomic Bombs, Death with Indignity, Gorillas, Headlights, Hooded Menaces, and Skulls -- Comics Between the Panels will entertain and enlighten the hardcore comic collector as well as the casual reader with an eye for pop-culture curiosity.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 500 pages, full color (with Photos).

Cover price $34.95.

2nd and later printings.

By Steve Duin and Mike Richardson.

This lavish volume takes an in-depth look at the history of comics in a manner decidedly unlike the dry timelines and profiles of most reference-style titles. Via alphabetical entries, the authors take an irreverent, often hilarious, behind-the-scenes look at creators, companies, characters, collectors, and conventions, pulling no punches when exposing some of the darker sides of the industry. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form. Featuring 670 illustrations and photos -- including dynamic and bizarre cover art compiled under such curious headings as Atomic Bombs, Death with Indignity, Gorillas, Headlights, Hooded Menaces, and Skulls -- Comics Between the Panels will entertain and enlighten the hardcore comic collector as well as the casual reader with an eye for pop-culture curiosity.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 500 pages, full color (with Photos).

Cover price $34.95.

A guide to X-men comic books from their beginning in 1963 to 2003. With color photos, reviews, descriptions, reference material and pricing information for more that 750 books. Cover price $9.98.

1st printing. A comprehensive look at the values of Action Figures, Books, cards, games, magazines, posters, and Toys related to comic books. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 360 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.95.

1st printing. Respected anthologist Leonard S. Marcus turns his literary microscope to the world of comics, which has lately morphed and matured at a furious pace. Powerful influences from manga to the movies to underground comix have influenced the thirteen artists and writers interviewed in these pages to create their own word-and-picture narratives. Here are their moving, funny, inspirational stories: true tales from the crucible of creative struggles that led each to become a master of one of today's most vibrant art forms. Featuring interviews with: Harry Bliss, Catia Chien, Geoffrey Hayes, Kazu Kibuishi, Hope Larson, Danica Novgorodoff, Matt Phelan, Dave Roman, Mark and Siena Cherson Siegel, James Sturm, Sara Varon, and Gene Luen Yang. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Gilbert Hernandez. Comics Dementia collects buried treasures, oddities, and rarities from outposts of the Love and Rockets galaxy by Gilbert Hernandez. Most of these stories haven't been available since the 1990s. Saints, sinners, and the Candidelike Roy mingle in jungles, cocktail lounges, living rooms and outer space. Ditko meets Melville meets Bob Hope-but the party really starts when the Alfred E. Neuman of the Love and Rockets multi-verse, Errata Stigmata, makes her entrance. Softcover, 224 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

One-Shot. by Don and Maggie Thompson. The history of comic fandom and related articles. Stiff cover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, black and white with photos and illustrations. Cover price $3.95.

1st printing. The Batman. The very words conjure up vivid images of dark alleyways, filth-infested streets and the vermin taht plague the grimmer parts of out cities. He is the creature of the night, the dark night that haunts our worst nightmares - to protect us from evil. His visage can easily scare the good as well as the bad but it was designed to strike fear in the hearts of evildoers, a modern day Shadow. The good need not fear for he is their protector. In this volume you will find the vision come to life in profiles, histories, and interviews. Featuring a look at the works of Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers, Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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Cover by Arthur Adams (based on Jack Kirby).

They may be only one notch below humans on the evolutionary ladder, but gorillas and monkeys have for decades climbed to the top of the comic-book world as heroes and villains, monsters and masterminds, and soldiers and sidekicks. Comics Gone Ape! is the missing link to primates in comics, spotlighting a barrel of simian superstars like Beppo, BrainiApe, the Gibbon, Gleek, Gorilla Man, Grease Monkey, King Kong, Konga, Mojo Jojo, Sky Ape, and Titano. Comics Gone Ape! is loaded with rare and classic artwork, chest-thumping cover galleries, and 11 exclusive interviews with apes artists and writers.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

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#4 of Golden City. George Perez cover. Comics Greatest World GOLDEN CITY WEEK 2: #1-Rebel #2-Mecha #3-Titan #4-Catalyst (Agents of Change) Cover price $1.00.

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#2 of Golden City. Dave Johnson cover. Comics Greatest World GOLDEN CITY WEEK 2: #1-Rebel #2-Mecha #3-Titan #4-Catalyst (Agents of Change) Cover price $1.00.

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#4 of Arcadia. Comics Greatest World ARCADIA WEEK 1: #1-X #2-Pit Bulls #3-Ghost #4-Monster Cover price $1.00.

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#4 of Steel Harbor. Comics Greatest World STEEL HARBOR WEEK 3: #1-Barb Wire #2-The Machine #3-Wolfgang #4-Motorhead Cover price $1.00.

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#4 of Vortex. Frank Miller cover. Comics Greatest World VORTEX WEEK 4: #1-Division 13 #2-Hero Zero #3-King Tiger #4-Vortex Cover price $1.00.

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#3 of Golden City. Barbara Kesel script. Brian Apthorp art. Jimmy Palmiotti inks. Comics Greatest World STEEL HARBOR WEEK 3: #1-Barb Wire #2-The Machine #3-Wolfgang #4-Motorhead Cover price $1.00.

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#3 of Steel Harbor. Comics Greatest World STEEL HARBOR WEEK 3: #1-Barb Wire #2-The Machine #3-Wolfgang #4-Motorhead Cover price $1.00.

1st Printing. Flipbook - Bad Girls and X-Files. Softcover, 6.5" x 10", 122 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

1st Printing - All about Mutants issue featuring interviews with Chris Claremont, Rob Liefield, Neal Adams, Jim Lee, Len Wein, Marc Silvestri, Wilce Portacio and many more! Softcover, 6.5" x 10", 122 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Peter Bagge!" TwoMorrows Publishing proudly presents a new book series that spotlights indy comics talent with an outside-the-box approach. Through a combination of original photography, multiple art gallery sections, and an introspective dialogue with each subject, Comics Introspective is unlike anything being published. Volume One features Peter Bagge, whose unique, expressive work runs the gamut from political (his strips for reason.com), to absurdist and satirical (the Batboy strip for Weekly World News), and dramatic (Apocalypse Nerd). From his Seattle studio, Bagge lets journalist Christopher Irving in on everything from just what was on his mind with his long-running Gen X comic Hate!, to what's going on in his head as a political satirist. This debut volume features an assortment of artwork picked by Bagge himself, and is printed on deluxe glossy stock to maximize the impact of the art and photography - all working to make it as breakthrough as the innovator it covers. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

Stories by Otto Binder. Art and cover by Al Carreno. A curiosity from the early days of comics, starring superspy Radar, the International Policeman. A long-running backup feature in Fawcett's Master Comics, Radar takes center stage for what is probably among the first publications to use the phrase "comics novel." This "comics novel" resembles other Fawcett comics of the period; "novel" mainly refers to the issue-length storyline. In the years following WWII, Radar travels the globe battling the minions of would-be dictator Anarcho, who hopes to take advantage of postwar instability. Radar travels to South America, Germany and even Tibet, truly earning his status as an "International Policeman." Chapter 1: The Great Jailbreak; Chapter 2: Pursuit To South America; Chapter 3: Lord Craven's Revenge; Chapter 4: Death In Tibet; Chapter 5: The Trail Ends. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. Written by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon. Art and cover by Charles M. Schulz. An unparalleled gathering of research devoted to one of the world's most influential comic strips. The Comics of Charles Schulz collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his work and career have been published. This collection serves as a foundation for future study not only of Charles Schulz (1922-2000) but, more broadly, of the understudied medium of newspaper comics. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $65.00.

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Written by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon. Art and cover by Charles M. Schulz.

An unparalleled gathering of research devoted to one of the world's most influential comic strips, The Comics of Charles Schulz collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his work and career have been published. This collection serves as a foundation for future study not only of Charles Schulz (1922-2000) but, more broadly, of the understudied medium of newspaper comics.

Softcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 234 pages, B&W. Cover price $25.00.

1st printing. Art and cover by Herge. As the creator of Tintin, Hergé (1907-1983) remains one of the most important and influential figures in the history of comics. This volume shows how his life and art turned out much more complicated than his method. The book opens with Hergé's aesthetic techniques, including analyses of his efforts to comprehend and represent absence and the rhythm of mundaneness between panels of action. The next section considers the fraught lines between high and low art. A final section considers how the clear line style has been reinterpreted around the world. With contributors from five continents drawing on a variety of critical methods, this volume's range will shape the study of Hergé for many years to come. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $60.00.

1st printing. By Dennis O'Neil, Max Allan Collins, Peter David, Bill Mumy, Kurt Busiek, Jeff Millar, Marv Wolfman, Mike Baron, Steve Englehart, Nat Gertler, Neil Kleid, and Paul Dini. Comics writers are good writers, as this collection of prose stories shows. Comics Prose includes Max Allan Collins' Edgar Award-nominated tale featuring his creation, female detective Ms. Tree; a horror tale collaboration between Peter David and Bill Mumy; stories from Dennis O'Neil and Kurt Busiek; and seven more! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, Text Only. Cover price $9.95.

Stan Lee talks; Sergio Aragones - between the borders; Desperately Seeking Dilbert - Scott Adams engineers his tomorrow; The Crater Kid logs on; the unmaking of Tim Burton's Superman; J.U.D.G.E. - dressed to kill; the new Batgirl; voices of Futurama; The Lost Generation - Marvel's forgotten heroes; Steampunk - alternate future pastBimonthly. Magazine, 96pg, FC" Cover price $6.99.

1st printing. By Brian Walker. Both comprehensive and graphically stunning, this humorous compendium stands as a classic survey of American culture since 1945, featuring over 700 illustrations, comic strips, and scores of rare examples from such recognized and beloved cartoonists as Walt Kelly (Pogo), Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury), Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes), Scott Adams (Dilbert), and Patrick McDonnell (Mutts), among others. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 336 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.95.

1st printing. By Brian Walker. Both comprehensive and graphically stunning, this humorous compendium stands as a classic survey of American culture since 1945, featuring over 700 illustrations, comic strips, and scores of rare examples from such recognized and beloved cartoonists as Walt Kelly (Pogo), Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury), Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes), Scott Adams (Dilbert), and Patrick McDonnell (Mutts), among others. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 336 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

2nd or later printing. By Brian Walker. Both comprehensive and graphically stunning, this humorous compendium stands as a classic survey of American culture since 1945, featuring over 700 illustrations, comic strips, and scores of rare examples from such recognized and beloved cartoonists as Walt Kelly (Pogo), Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury), Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes), Scott Adams (Dilbert), and Patrick McDonnell (Mutts), among others. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 336 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

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Summer 2002. Cover by Claude St. Aubin. Comics Spotlight debuts with the spotlight focused on Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man! It's everything you need to know about the wall-crawler, and just in time for the movie! Tired of the hype? Tired of the spin? Comics Spotlight is an old-fashioned, honest Q&A with the creators behind some of the greatest comics ever. Each quarterly issue will spotlight a different area in comics, and this Spidey issue starts off with the first family of Spider-Man: the Romitas -- John, Sr., John, Jr. and even long-time Marvel veteran Virginia Romita -- are on board for this issue! So is Brian Michael Bendis, the writer behind Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, as well as Roger Stern. And speaking of "Amazing," one lucky reader will win Claude St. Aubin's cover art for this issue! Check out Spidey's rogues gallery, the women in his life, and everything else you need to become a Spider-Man expert. Get in on the ground floor of the new magazine for readers who love comics, Comics Spotlight! Magazine, 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.