Art Books

; Pagination: 48 pages; Date of Publication: 16/08/2016

Many fans and insiders alike have never heard of Bill Hume, Bailin' Wire Bill, Abe Martin, AWOL Wally, the Texas History Movies, or the Weatherbird...

In an age of science and forgotten magic, mythic beasts are beginning to disappear from the world. A young girl named Ziska, born into a line of ma...

Takasu Ryuuji has learned the hard way that appearances can be deceiving. For despite his inwardly sweet personality, his unintentionally sharp gaz...

It was supposed to an exciting, yet normal trip to the circus. Dangerous stunts, flying acrobats, and even the clowns Uncle Doug hated so much - Ow...

; Pagination: 168 pages; Date of Publication: 01/04/2014

When cartoonist Elzie Segar created Popeye, as a minorcharacter ten years into the run of the Thimble Theatre strip in 1929,little did he know that...

This monograph will feature original production art from the comic strip, original cels from the television show, rare production and publishing ar...

Before Fredric Wertham and The Seduction of the Innocent (SOTI),before the Kefauver Hearings, and before the infamous Comics Code the comic bookrac...

Continuing the adventures of Johnny Hazard and Brandy, Frank Robbins'masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comicstri...

Most readers think that superheroes began with Superman's appearance in Action Comics No. 1, but that Kryptonian rocket didn't just drop out of the...

The art secrets of Image Comic's masterpiece are revealed in The Art ofCarbon Grey. Learn how three talented artists united to create a uniquelybea...

; Pagination: 184 pages 1 Illustrations unspecified; Date of Publication: 20/10/2016

; Pagination: 80 pages 1 Illustrations unspecified; Date of Publication: 04/11/2010

; Pagination: 1056 pages; Date of Publication: 28/01/2010

Eisner and Harvey Award-winner Paolo Rivera grew up in his parents'art store, so it's no wonder his life's path is that of an artist. And not jus...

The Star*Reach Companion is a complete history andbibliography of the 1970s independent comic, highlighting its importance to thecomics field. Star...

As the artist of DC's New 52 breakout hit Wonder Woman series,Cliff Chiang's star has never shone brighter. His bold, graphic style hasa classic fe...

Frazer Irving is the denizen of the dark, the disturbing, and the diabolicalin comic book illustration. From his earliest work in Britain's2000AD t...

Mark Buckingham has quietly built up one of the most impressiveresume's in the comic book industry. From his early days drawing theinfamous Miracle...

The artwork of Chris Sprouse is hard to categorize. It is fresh, yetfamiliar... modern, yet classic. Perhaps that is why titles such asSupreme and ...

Kyle Baker may well be the funniest man in comics. With books like TheCowboy Wally Show, Why I Hate Saturn, Plastic Man, and TheBakers on his resum...

Jose Alaniz explores the problematic publication history of komiks--an art form much-maligned as ""bourgeois"" mass diversion before, during, and a...

; Pagination: 288 pages 300 color illustrations and photos throughout; Date of Publication: 18/12/2008

Sixty years before the comics entered the American newspaper press, Rodolphe Toepffer of Geneva (1799-1846), schoolmaster, university professor, po...

Among the many accomplishments in art and literature by Genevan Rodolphe Toepffer (1799-1846), his virtual invention of the comic strip, or graphic...

; Pagination: 47 pages illustrations; Date of Publication: 30/11/1991

; Pagination: 250 pages illustrations; Date of Publication: 01/07/1998

Slow Ball Cartoonist takes readers on a journey to an earlier era in America when cartoonists played a pivotal role each day in enabling major dail...

Jeet Heer more thoroughly and widely understands comics history and the perplexing binomial life of the cartoonist better than anyone who's not one...

Enter a fun world of manga adventure as you color fearless warriors! More than just a coloring book, "Manga to the Max Warriors" takes you inside a...

At once familiar and hard to place, the work of acclaimed Canadian cartoonist Seth evokes a world that no longer exists-and perhaps never existed, ...

Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip franchise, the most successful of all time, forever changed the industry. For more than half a century, the...

; Pagination: 422 pages 150 color & black and white illus.; Date of Publication: 15/09/2017

; Pagination: 512 pages over 2500 photographs; Date of Publication: 01/12/2014

Jews created the first comic book, the first graphic novel, the first comic book convention, the first comic book specialty store, and they helped ...

In Mexico, the confluence of the 1992 Quincentennial commemoration of Columbus's voyages and the neo-liberal sexenio, or presidency, of Carlos Sali...

Prolific artist/author Christopher Hart covers all types of animals in his latest how-to-draw book: including dogs, cats, horses, penguins, lions, ...

Winner, 2021 Katherine Singer Kovacs Book Award, given by the Society for Cinema and Media StudiesWinner, 2021 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards fo...

Winner, 2021 Katherine Singer Kovacs Book Award, given by the Society for Cinema and Media StudiesWinner, 2021 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards fo...

Horror comics were among the first comic books published--ghastly tales that soon developed an avid young audience, along with a bad reputation. Pa...

On the surface, the relationship between comics and the 'high' arts once seemed simple; comic books and strips could be mined for inspiration, but...

A spin-off series from the hit manga Gangsta that tells the backstory of Marco Adriano. The man named Marco Adriano is a loyal and beloved member o...

In the mid-1990s, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki moved from success to success as his work found an audience outside of Japan. His animated films of the ...

Timed for the 25th anniversary of the comic strip Mutts, The Art of Nothing celebrates the work of author and illustrator Patrick McDonnell Mooch, ...

Jack Kirby created or co-created some of comic books' most popular super heroes, including Captain America, The X-Men, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four...

Will Eisner (1917-2005) is universally considered the master of comics storytelling and is best known for his iconic comic strip The Spirit and for...

The names Joe Simon and Jack Kirby are synony mous with comic books, and their partnership ush ered in the Golden Age of comics starting in the 194...