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All Genres, BooksPages Modern Masters Vol. 4 Kevin Nowlan Sc The Modern Masters series continues its look into the lives and work of today's top comic-book artists this time spotlighting Kevin Nowlan! Nowlan is an artist's artist - highly respected not only by his fans but by his peers. Cover artist penciler inker letterer colorist - even writer - he has done it all and done it masterfully. Kevin's work on comic-book icons Batman and Superman ranks among the best in those characters' rich histories! His humorous 'Jack B. Quick' feature - co-created with industry legend Alan Moore - not only allowed him to explore his mid-western roots but won him an Eisner Award along the way! This volume features an in-depth interview with Nowlan fully illustrated with rare and never-before published artwork as well as a gallery section of sketches and finished pieces. It's the ultimate look at a true Modern Master: Kevin Nowlan! Best Of The Legion Outpost Originally published in 1972 as the official newsletter of the Legion Fan Club the Legion Outpost soon became the premier Legion of Super-Heroes fanzine of the 1970s featuring contributions by fans pros and soon-to-be pros. Launched at a time when the future of the Legion of Super-Heroes was in doubt the Legion Outpost was at the center of fan-based efforts to revive the title and was largely responsible for its rescue from obscurity leading to it becoming a runaway best-seller! This trade paperback collects the best material from the hard-to-find fanzine including rare interviews and articles from creators such as Dave Cockrum Cary Bates and Jim Shooter plus never-before-seen artwork by Cockrum Mike Grell Jimmy Janes and others! It also features a previously unpublished interview with Keith Giffen originally intended for the never-published Legion Outpost #11 plus other new material! And it sports a rarely-seen classic 1970s cover by Legion fan favorite artist Dave Cockrum! Big Big Liitle Book Book Do you remember Big Little Books those tiny tomes teeming with thrilling tales of adventure and excitement? Most measuring around 4 inches square and packed with 400+ pages Big Little Books (and their many cousins and variants) have entertained children since 1932 with their large text stories and captioned pictures starring popular comic characters like Mickey Mouse Buck Rogers Flash Gordon Dick Tracy Orphan Annie The Phantom Donald Duck The Gumps and even superheroes like Batman Spider-Man Fantastic Four and Aquaman. Costing just a dime all those years ago many of these miniature treasures now command thousands of dollars in the collectibles market. This exhaustive full-color pictorial guide also features 'Better Little Books' 'Dime Action Books' and many other variation on the theme and many of these books are presented for the first time in a unique three-angle view that showcases the vibrant artwork and distinctive designs on the front back and spine of every volume. This beautiful volume includes...... Lost District TPB by Joel Lane England's midlands provides the decaying industrial backdrop for this anthology of fantastic stories by critically acclaimed author of the horrific Joel Lane. Warring States TPB by Susan R. Matthews The Ragnarok's legal status has been ambiguous since it shot its way out of Taisheki Station to escape a threat against the lives of its innocent crew. Ship's Inquisitor Andrej Koscuisko hopes to take advantage of this period of chaos and unrest to see his bond-involuntary Security slaves somehow freed and sent to Gonebeyond space. The personal conflict he is experiencing has surprised and distressed him and yet he cannot afford to let his private agonies interfere with his purpose. More alone than he has ever been in his life Andrej must face the deadliest threat he has ever encountered - the unknown enemy who murdered the First Secretary at Chilleau Judiciary and set all of Jurisdiction Space into anarchy and horror! Liftport Opening Space To Everyone TPB edited by Bill Fawcett & Michael Laine Organized into two main sections Liftport covers the basic technical financial legal social and political requirements of the system with each section written by an expert in the field followed by several science fiction stories outlining the possibilities and implications of Space Elevator construction for the whole world. Last Weeks Apocalypse TPB by Douglas Lain Gore Vidal meets Philip K. Dick: These stories present electric messiahs identity constructs the Beatles and even nuclear Armageddon as comic foils for Lain's everyman characters. Here is an America where the packets of Sea Monkeys that arrive in the mail contain secret messages and the girl next door can breathe underwater. With Last Week's Apocalypse Douglas Lain arrives with a punch line and a warning! Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas The year is nineteen-sixty-something and after endless millennia of watery sleep the stars are finally right. Old R'lyeh rises out of the Pacific ready to cast its damned shadow over the primitive human world. The first to see its peaks: an alcoholic paranoid and frightened Jack Kerouac who had been drinking off a nervous breakdown up in Big Sur. Now Jack must get back on the road to find Neal Cassady the holy fool whose rambling letters hint of a world brought to its knees in worship of the Elder God Cthulhu. Together with pistol-packin' junkie William S. Burroughs Jack and Neal make their way across the continent to face down the murderous Lovecraftian cult! Manga Guide To Double Sudoku TPB The Sudoku craze is about to get twice as wild with the introduction of The Manga Guide to Double Sudoku the first book of its kind to feature an all-new variant of the popular puzzles. A fun and informative manga at the front of the book shows readers how the puzzles are solved while the remaining pages are packed with 100 Double Sudoku puzzles and their solutions. Featuring English-language text by Jay Morrison a Tokyo writer and Sudoku master and illustrations by award-winning artist Atsuhisa Okura past recipient of the Best New Artist award from both Kodansha and Shueisha. Wizard Best Of Basic Training Advanced Techniques · By tremendous popular demand, Wizard Entertainment proudly presents the newest edition of the BEST OF BASIC TRAINING! This special 120-page book is the third in this series and focuses more on the basics of drawing, along with more specific lessons on storytelling and more. Read more of the best and most instructional 'HOW TO DRAW' lessons from Wizard: The Comics Magazine's 15-year history, along with a brand new set of unpublished lessons from some of the biggest names in comic art. LEARN FROM THE GREATEST ARTIST IN COMICS! ? Cho, Cassaday, Kubert, Palmiotti, Lieber, Jones, Lichtner, Lucen, Horn, Stewart, Eliopoulos, Calafiore and many more. OVER 25 ART LESSONS ON ADVANCED TECHNIQUES & CRAFTING YOUR COMICS! · Advanced techniques of Covers, Advanced Covers, Inking, Dynamic Inking, Powerful Inking, Mood, Coloring, Advanced Coloring, Digital Painting, How to Letter, Creating the Best Portfolio, Breaking In, The Ultimate How-to Guide, Business Fundamentals and much more! ? Artist's Survival...... Cartoon History Of The Modern World TPB Vol. 02 Bastille To Baghdad A wickedly funny take on modern history presented as a graphic novel in an engaging and humorous style, Gonick puts his own spin on the history, personalities, and events that have shaped the world we inhabit today. From the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, to World Wars I and II and beyond, this is a unique take on world history for every audience. Manga Guide To Sudoku TPB by Jay Morrison & Atsuhisa Okura For the first time ever: Manga plus Sudoku! The Japanese puzzle craze known as 'Sudoku' is sweeping North America and here is the first book of its kind to use manga to explain how to solve these challenging puzzles! A lively 40-page manga at the front of the book shows readers the ins and outs of the game while the remaining pages are packed with 120 all-new Sudoku puzzles ranging in difficulty from 'Easy' to 'Dastardly' (along with the solutions of course)! Featuring illustrations by award-winning artist Atsuhisa Okura a three-time recipient of Kodansha's prestigious prize for Best Independent Manga Artist. English text. Pages |
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