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DREAMSCAPE: The Best of Imaginary Realism
1 Signed & limited, 2500. Our Highest
Recommendation. Foreword by Michael Parkes. Over
200 glorious, full-color fantasy paintings from some of the
best in the field: Parkes, David Bowers, Claus Brusen, Gil
Bruvel, Kinuko Craft, Walter Girotto, Daniel Merriam, Daron
Mouradian, and many others. Very limited distribution.
Import. Item Code: DRM01H Your
price: $39.95
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STARDUST Our
Highest Recommendation. Back in stock! By Neil
Gaiman. Illustrated by Charles Vess. Soon to be a
major motion picture starring Claire Danes, Robert
DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer! A wonderful fantasy
of adventure and romance in the tradition of The Lord of
the Rings. Simply breathtaking artwork, for which Vess won
the World Fantasy Award. Item Code:
STARD Your
price: $19.95
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THE BEST OF THE HARVEYVILLE FUN
TIMES! The first major
work on the history of Harvey Comics. This sampling of the
best material from the long running Harveyville Fun
Times fanzine features articles about Harvey characters
such as Casper, Richie Rich, Hot Stuff and Sad Sack. Also
includes interviews and tributes to Ernie Colon, Sid
Jacobson, Dom Sileo, Paul Maringelli, Fred Rhoads, and
more. Item Code: BOTHA Your
price: $29.95
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COPRO / NASON FINE
ART Highly
Recommended. A Catalogue Raisonnč. A large, thick
hardcover featuring the work of contemporary lowbrow artists
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Mark Ryden, Coop, Shag, Von
Franco, and many others, this showcases art from 75
exhibits curated by Copro/Nason Gallery in Santa Monica,
California. Over 300 full-color images. Introduction by
Robert Williams. Item Code: COPRH Your
price: $39.95
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INVADERS FROM THE
NORTH How Canada
Conquered the Comic Book Universe. Recommended. By John
Bell. Foreword by Seth. Generously illustrated with
color and b&w comic covers and panels, this showcases
Canada's verve and invention in the world of visual
storytelling. Superman, Prince Valiant, Cerebus the Aardvark,
Spawn, Joe Shuster, Harold Foster, Dave Sim, Todd
McFarlane, Chester Brown, Seth, Dave Cooper, Julie Doucet
and others. Item Code: IVH Your
price: $40.00
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THE MISCHIEVOUS ART OF JIM
FLORA Second
edition. In the 1940s and '50s, Jim Flora's album
cover designs pulsed with angular hepcats, and a wondrous,
childlike exuberance subverted by a tinge of the grotesque.
This collects 50 of Flora's best-known covers, as well as
magazine covers and his post-WWII commercial work. Includes
biography, interviews, photos and tributes from Shag, Tim
Biskup and others. The first edition almost immediately
sold out in 2004. Item Code: MISC Your
price: $34.95

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VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE: Blueprints of the Modern
Imagination 450 stunning
illustrations, at least half in color. Includes the most
important and far-reaching work produced in the last 60 years;
a survey of experimental practices, shown through some of the
most exciting names in architecture, including Lebbeus
Woods, and more. This is entirely new and not the book of
the same title published in 1997. Item
Code: VSIH Your
price: $60.00
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THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ Recommended. Adapted by David Chauvel
and Enrique Fernández. Oz for a new millenium! The
classic story is updated and given new life in this adaptation
in graphic novel format. Fernández's artwork is lively, crisp
and colorful. Originally published in France and winner of the
prestigious 2005 Grand Prix de La Ville de Lyon Award of
Illustration, now available for the first time in
English! Item Code: WNDE Your
price: $9.99

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