Author Stephan Friedt shares the story of the meteoric rise of the Schanes brothers' California-based imprint Pacific Comics, which published such legends as Jack Kirby, Sergio Aragonés, Steve Ditko, Neal Adams, Mike Grell, Bernie Wrightson, and Dave Stevens. From its groundbreaking 1981 arrival in the fledgling direct sales market, to a catastrophic, precipitous fall after only four years, The Pacific Comics Companion reveals the inside saga, as told to Friedt by Bill and Steve Schanes, David Scroggy, and many of the creators themselves. It also focuses on the titles and the amazing array of characters they introduced to an unsuspecting world, including The Rocketeer, Captain Victory, Ms. Mystic, Groo the Wanderer, Starslayer, and many more. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Friedt, Stephan. Artist Various,. Cover by Stevens, Dave.
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The Quality Companion provides a dedicated look at the prolific Golden Age publisher which spawned a treasure trove of beautiful art and classic characters, including the 'Freedom Fighters' - Uncle Sam, Phantom Lady, Black Condor, The Ray, Human Bomb, and Doll Man - as well as Plastic Man, the Blackhawks, and others. The volume also covers the characters' revival from the 1970s up through the current versions of the characters at DC Comics. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Kooiman, Mike. Artist Fine, Louis K.. Cover by Giordano, Dick.
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The American Comic Book Chronicles continues with this volume about the 'Golden Age' of the comic book industry. It was a time when America's entry into World War II was presaged by the arrival of such patriotic do-gooders as Will Eisner's Uncle Sam, Harry Shorten and Irv Novick's The Shield, and Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Captain America. It was when teenage culture found expression in a fumbling red-haired high school student named Archie Andrews. But most of all, the first five years of the 1940s was the age of the 'packagers' when studios headed by men like Harry A Chesler, Will Eisner, and Jerry Iger churned out material for a plethora of new comic book companies that published the entire gamut of genres, from funny animal stories to crime tales to jungle sagas to science-fiction adventures. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
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The Best of DRAW! Volume Three collects more of the best tutorials and interviews from DRAW!, the professional 'How-To' magazine on comics and cartooning! Featured here are the top artists in the comics and animation fields-penciling by Mike Wieringo, illustration by Dan Brereton, design by Paul Rivoche, cartooning by Bill Wray, inking by Mike Manley, and much more! Watch as the pros present their work step-by-step, offering valuable tricks and tips for both beginning and experienced artists. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Manley, Mike. Artist Manley, Mike. Cover by Na.
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Comic Book Artist Bullpen collects all seven issues of the little-seen labor of love fanzine published in the early 2000s by Jon B. Cooke (editor of Comic Book Creator magazine). Featured are in-depth interviews with some of comics' major league players, including George Tuska, Fred Hembeck, Terry Beatty, and Frank Bolle-and an amazing all-star tribute to Silver Age great Jack Abel by the Marvel Comics Bullpen and others. That previously unpublished all-comics Abel appreciation includes strips by Joe Kubert, Walter Simonson, Kyle Baker, Marie Severin, Gray Morrow, Alan Weiss, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Todd, Dick Ayers, and many more! Plus a new bonus feature on Jack Kirby's unknown 1960s baseball card art, and a 16-page full-color section, all behind a Jack Kirby cover! (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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Eric Powell is a sick, sick man. Sick, but brilliant. How else would he have been able to come up with a concept like The Goon - a smarter-than-he-looks brute raised by carnies, who runs the city's underworld while protecting it from being overrun by zombies? Through a career-spanning interview and heaps of fantastic artwork, this book documents his amazing career and details his creative process, it even includes a gallery of commissioned pieces in full-color. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Nolen-Weathington, Eric. Artist Powell, Eric. Cover by Powell, Eric.
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The man Stan Lee dubbed “Rascally Roy” and “Roy the Boy” tells the full, uncensored story of his emergence as one of the brightest stars in the Marvel Comics firmament! It's all here, starting with his Midwestern beginnings devouring the late, great Golden Age of Comics, to the glorious flowering of comics fandom during the first half of the 1960s (including the 1961 founding of Alter Ego and all that that first super-hero fanzine spawned). Roy details his brief and turbulent time as editorial assistant of DC’s “Superman” titles under Mort Weisinger, and the pivotal first year-plus of his career at Marvel, working with Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita, Bill Everett, and some of the brightest stars of the Marvel Age of Comics! Plus: you’ll have a ringside seat at some of the earliest comics conventions, and at the fateful 1965 New York Herald Tribune interview that caused a seismic rift between Lee and Kirby. This full-color hardcover is illustrated with rare and unseen art and behind-the-scenes photos from the dawn of the Silver Age of comics, so don’t delay! Buy it today—read it tomorrow—’cause Roy’s already hard at work on the follow-up volume that covers the rest of his Marvel tenure, from 1967 to 1980! With a spectacular cover by Jerry Ordway. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
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By Roy Thomas. Artist Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko. Cover by Jerry Ordway.
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by Various Comics Above Ground explores comics in 'Mainstream Media,' including conceptual illustration, video game development, children's books, novels, design, illustration, fine art, storyboards, animation, aotion pictures, and other media. Bruce Timm, Bernie Wrightson, Adam Hughes, Louise Simonson, Dave Dorman, Greg Rucka and other creators share their perspectives and their work. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Various. Artist Various. Cover by Various.
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by Various 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. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Various. Artist Various. Cover by Arthur Adams.
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by Various The Best of Write Now features highlights from the acclaimed magazine, including in-depth interviews about writing from top talents, including: Brian Michael Bendis, Jeph Loeb, Stan Lee, Mark Waid, Geoff Johns, Paul Levitz, Axel Alonso, and others! There's also 'Nuts & Bolts' tutorials, featuring scripts from landmark comics and the pencil art that was drawn from them, including: Civil War #1, Batman: Hush #1, Ultimate Spider-Man #47, Amazing Spider-Man #539, and more! How-to articles by the best comics writers and editors around abound, like John Ostrander, Dennis O'Neil, Kurt Busiek, Steven Grant, and Joey Cavalieri. Professional secrets of top comics pros including Neil Gaiman, Mark Waid, Trina Robbins, Peter David, and Stan Lee! Top editors telling exactly what it takes to get hired by them! Plus more great tips to help you prepare for your big break, or simply appreciate comics on a new level! (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By various. Artist various. Cover by NA.
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Data di uscita: 23/04/08
by Various BrickJournal Magazine is the ultimate resource for LEGO enthusiasts of all ages, and this full-color book compiles the first three digital-only issues in printed form for the first time ever! It spotlights all aspects of the LEGO Community, showcasing events, people, and models, with contributions and how-to articles by top builders worldwide, new product intros, and more! Featured are interviews with: LEGO car builder Zachary Sweigart (showing his version of the time-traveling DeLorean from the movie Back to the Future), J (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By various. Artist NA. Cover by NA.
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(The Jack Kirby Collector #50) by John Morrow & Jack Kirby The publication that started the TwoMorrows juggernaut presents Kirby Five-Oh!, a special look at the best of everything from Jack Kirby's 50-year career in comics! The regular columnists from The Jack Kirby Collector magazine have formed a distinguished panel of experts to choose and examine the best Kirby stories published each year from 1938-1987! Plus, the best covers from each decade! Jack's 50 best unused pieces of art! His 50 best character designs! Also, profiles and commentary by the 50 people most influenced by Kirby's work! To wrap it up, there's a 50-page gallery of Kirby's powerful raw pencil art, and a deluxe color section of photos and finished art from throughout his entire half-century oeuvre! (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By NA. Artist Jack Kirby. Cover by Jack Kirby.
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(W) Michael Eury, Michael Kronenberg Michael Eury, the writer/editor of the critically acclaimed The Krypton Companion, and Michael Kronenberg team up to explore the Silver and Bronze Ages of Batman comic books in The Batcave Companion! Two distinct sections of this book examine the Dark Knight's progression from his campy 'New Look' of the mid-1960s to his 'creature of the night' reinvention of the 1970s. Features include issue-by-issue indexes, interviews with Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella, Dennis O'Neil, and Neal Adams, and guest essays by Mike W. Barr and Will Murray. Contributors include Sheldon Moldoff, Len Wein, Steve Englehart, and Terry Austin, with a special tribute to the late Marshall Rogers. With its incisive introduction by Dennis O'Neil and its iconic cover painting by Neal Adams, The Batcave Companion is a must-have for every comics fan! (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Michael Eury. Artist Various. Cover by Neal Adams.
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(W/A) Jack Kirby Now in its fifth printing! This colossal 240-page trade paperback reprints the first nine issues of The Jack Kirby Collector, the highly-acclaimed magazine for the King's many fans! Included are the low-distribution early issues, the Fourth World-theme issue (#6), and the out-of-print Fantastic Four-theme issue (#9)! Also included is a new special section with over 30 pieces of never-before-published Kirby artwork, including uninked pencils from The Prisoner, New Gods, Fantastic Four, Captain America, Thor, The Hunger Dogs, Jimmy Olson, SHIELD, and more! (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Jack Kirby. Artist Jack Kirby. Cover by Jack Kirby.
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(W) Roger Ash, Eric Nolan-Weathington (A) Mike Ploog In the 1970s, horror comics were huge - and no one drew werewolves, swamp creatures, and demonic motorcyclists better than Mike Ploog! Ploog endeared himself to comics fans with his creepy yet beautiful artwork on such titles as Werewolf by Night, Ghost Rider, and Man-Thing. This book features a career-spanning interview and discussion of the artist's creative process, complete with both rare and unseen art, including an enormous gallery of commissioned work, and an 8-page color section. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Eric Nolen-Weathington. Artist Mike Ploog. Cover by Mike Ploog.
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(W) Benjamin Holcomb An examination of legendary toy company Mego and their extraordinary super-hero action figures of the 1970's, this lavish history is illustrated with thousands of charts, checklists and color photographs. Featuring a chronological history of Mego, interviews with former employees and Mego vendors, fascinating discoveries never revealed elsewhere, and thorough coverage of each figure and packaging variant, this full-color hardcover is the definitive guide to Mego! (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Benjamin Holcomb. Artist Benjamin Holcomb. Cover by Benjamin Holcomb.
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