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Illustration Magazine (2002 1st Series) comic books

  • Issue #1A
    Illustration Magazine (2002 1st Series) 1A

    Featuring the advertising art of Haddon H. Sundblom, the paperback art of James Avati, and The Art of Jack Faragasso. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 52 pgs, full color. Cover price $9.00.

  • Issue #3A
    Illustration Magazine (2002 1st Series) 3A
  • Issue #14
    Illustration Magazine (2002 1st Series) 14

    Featured on the cover and inside are the works of legendary illustrator John Walter Scott, known primarily for his violent and sadistic pulp magazine covers of the 1930s, and for his later career as a slick magazine artist. The article is profusely illustrated with scores of never-before-seen artwork, rare magazine covers, and photographs. His work for the terror pulps is so deranged and violent that the images are still shocking today! Also featured this issue is the work of A. Leslie Ross, most famous for his pulp illustrations and magazine covers, beautifully reproduced here. Rounding out the issue is a short feature on the long-uncredited artists' work in Film Fun Magazine, book reviews, a guide to events and exhibitions, and much more! Magazine, 8x11, 80pgs, FCSRP: $9.00 Cover price $9.00.

  • Issue #28
    Illustration Magazine (2002 1st Series) 28

    Illustration is a beautiful, educational, and scholarly magazine devoted to the history of American illustration art. Published quarterly and printed in full color, each issue features the highest quality printing, photography and color reproductions of original art available anywhere. For those with an interest in popular culture, commercial art and design, publishing history, comic books, paperbacks, pulp magazines, or collecting original art, this is the best source for new information on the illustrators of the past. Cover price $15.00.

  • Issue #43
    Illustration Magazine (2002 1st Series) 43

    This issue of Illustration features the art and biography of Henry Patrick Raleigh, known for his original story illustrations, advertising lithographs, evocative WWI US Food Administration posters. Next up we feature the work of Victor Kalin, whose endlessly inventive paperback covers of the 1950s and '60s are widely collected today. Rare photographs, tear sheets and original artwork are shown. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue! Cover price $15.00.

  • Issue #46
    Illustration Magazine (2002 1st Series) 46

    In this Issue of Illustration, we feature the spectacular art of Charles Dana Gibson, world famous for his creation of the original pin-up-the 'Gibson Girl'. Rare photographs, tear sheets and original artworks are shown. Our second feature concerns the work of cartoonist A.B. Frost, perhaps best known for his Br'er Rabbit illustrations, and other satirical comic strips and illustrations from the early 1900s. Comic strips, drawings, and many rarely seen original paintings are showcased. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue. 80 pages. Cover price $15.00.

  • Issue #82
    Illustration Magazine (2002 1st Series) 82

    Written by Various. Art by VARIOUS, Bernard D'Andrea. Cover by Robert Myers. We feature the work of Robert Meyers, a brilliant illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post and other slicks of the late 1950s, who became the owner of a dude ranch and was mysteriously murdered by a sniper attack in Wyoming. Next up, we feature the work of Bernard D'Andrea, an artist from the legendary Cooper Studios best known for his illustrations of beautiful women and handsome men in fiction magazines of the 50s. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $15.00.

  • Issue #84
    Illustration Magazine (2002 1st Series) 84

    Written by Various. Art by VARIOUS, Bernard D'Andrea. Cover by Robert Myers. We feature the work of Robert Meyers, a brilliant illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post and other slicks of the late 1950s, who became the owner of a dude ranch and was mysteriously murdered by a sniper attack in Wyoming. Next up, we feature the work of Bernard D'Andrea, an artist from the legendary Cooper Studios best known for his illustrations of beautiful women and handsome men in fiction magazines of the 50s. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $15.00.