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Publisher: 2005
Genre: Art
Edition: Pop-Up   Format: Hardcover   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0972938850 (34)
Summary: A moving--and moving!--picture book featuring charming pop-up paper engineering, Animus is the story of a little girl and a vicious dog.
From her first frightful encounter with the animal, through a fanciful series of attempts at communication, the girl comes to realize that some differences are irreconcilable. This book utilizes a unique mix of beautiful paintings and cleverly animated pop-up elements to bring its characters and their emotions to life. Children and adults will relate to this story's well-intentioned protagonist, and to the notion that some bullies are destined to remain bullies no matter how hard one tries to change them.

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Publisher: 1999
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Hardcover   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0811824705 (206)
Summary: Following on the heels of Superman: The Complete History, author Les Daniels spotlights another famed crime fighter-one who is perhaps even more popular than Superman. Batman, the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight-whatever name he goes by, he is recognized by millions of fans as the most enigmatic and complex character in the super hero pantheon. Driven by personal demons, Bruce Wayne has loosed his shadow self on the villainy of Gotham City for 60 years. In celebration of this anniversary, Chronicle Books is proud to offer the first definitive account of Batman's heroic exploits. Les Daniels covers it all-from Batman's creation and runaway success in 1939, to the campy antics of the Adam West TV show, to the emergence of Frank Miller's very disturbed and very dark Dark Knight, to the billion-dollar movie franchise and beyond. Illustrated with archival comic book art and rare Batman paraphernalia, Batman: The Complete History also includes a comic book story colored by animator Bruce Timm especially for this book. Designed by Batman fan Chip Kidd, this history will please the hardcore fans, and win many new ones.

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Publisher: 2004
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 1560976136 (120)
Summary: The preeminent anthology of the graphic design and illustration arts.
Conceived, edited and designed by five-time New York Festival of Advertising award-winner Monte Beauchamp, "BLAB!" has been an annual coffee-table showcase of fine art, illustration and comix for over a decade. It is an "objet d'art" that has become a standard-bearer in the world of the professional visual arts. Every volume of "BLAB!" features an eclectic mix of the world's most exciting artists from the underground and counterculture, fine arts community, and commercial fields, but this volume is exceptional, with the introduction of many new contributors in addition to familiar favorites like Gary Baseman, whose hit TV show, "Teacher's Pet", was recently turned into a critically acclaimed Disney animated feature. Pop Art virtuoso Lou Brooks delivers the front and back covers, while "Juxtapoz" magazine favorite Christian Northeast does the insides covers.
Also: Sue Coe takes a look at the so-called Bird Flu in "Fowl Plague," now rapidly spreading across Asia and almost certain to cause a world wide pandemic; Matti Hagelberg's "Shoes Say U.K.K.," wherein the President of Finland dies and rises from his grave; autobiography from "Nightmare Alley"'s Spain Rodriguez; Jeffrey Steele's story about the Black Dahlia murder and the man who believes his father was the murderer; Peter Kuper's four-page, full-color, "Little Nemo"-inspired fantasy titled "Dream Machines"; Peter Hoey's "discovered" episodes from a long-lost newspaper serial featuring the Victorian adventurer Lt. Blade, in "The Mystery of the Empty Mirage;" Douglas Fraser's "Jumbo Shrimp," a two-pager about many things, including the ongoing, quiet grind of the common place, the gray of specific generics, and the times when God or Science just don't cut it; Tim Biskup paints up "Great Ghost Walk," wherein spirits hunt for robot souls; and Laura Levine relates a story about one autumn morning in Sept., 1945 when Farmer Lloyd Olsen went out to the henhouse and decapitated a robust Wyandotte rooster for that evening's dinner only to discover that it just wouldn't die, in "The Story of Mike the Headless Chicken."
New contributors include Xavier Robel, Helge Revmann, Geoffrey Grahn, Nicolas DeBon, Don Collie, Owen Smith, and Gary Taxali. This volume also includes Beauchamp's long-awaited piece on Kilroy (of "was here" fame). 120 pp. (54 in color), 10" x 10".

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Publisher: 2005
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 1560976837 (120)
Summary: The preeminent anthology of painting and the illustration arts.

"BLAB!" is an annual coffee-table showcase of fine art, illustration, and comix, and a gold-standard in the work of the professional visual arts. This new volume features Geoffrey Grahn's "The Man Who Saved the World," which tells the tale of Vasily Arkhipov, the Russian sub brigade commander, who, during the Cuban missile crisis, kept a cool head when his superior on the sub gave orders to begin firing nuclear torpedoes at the U.S., thereby saving the world from nuclear war.

Laura Levine's "Veronica" recounts the life of the beautiful, enigmatic and tragic 1940s movie star, Veronica Lake (she of the "Peek-A-Boo" hair). Peter and Maria Hoey present "Lost Liner Notes," a story comprising six separate, interlocking pages, which examine the lives of jazz musicians who played in the be-bop era of the 1940s and early '50s. Tragic lives and truncated careers may have pushed their musical contributions to the margins, but this comic tells the story of Fats Navarro, Dodo Marmarosa, Serge Chaloff, Dick Twardzik, Wardell Gray, and Sonny Criss, all of whom made some of the greatest music you never heard.

This volume also features new work by Sue Coe, Judith Brody, Sergio Ruzzier, Mats!, Spain, Peter Kuper, Marc Rosenthal, Gary Baseman, The Clayton Brothers, Bob Staake and more. Covers by Tim Biskup.

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Publisher: 2003
Genre: Art
Edition: #10527   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): n/a (92)
Summary: Blood" by Mark Ryden, a miniature exhibition book. Includes details and drawings of paintings from "Blood" exhibited at Earl McGrath Gallery. Distressed leather-like embossed soft cover. Smyth sewn binding, Ninety two pages. Limited printing of 20,000 books (This book will not be reprinted). Each book is individually numbered.

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Publisher: 2002
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0811832368 (232)
Summary: Per Mollerup has gathered some wonderful examples of utility and whimsy from around the world, and used those examples to illustrate "The Genius of Space Saving Design".
As an Industrtial Designer and Manufacturer, I loved this book as a way to recharge the creative side, reinforce the practical side, and marvel at the imagination and inspiration of other designers.
As a bonus, it was a great way to help my elementary school aged daughters understand the connection between design and products that they see every day.

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Publisher: 2000
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 1560973641 (128)
Summary: Vol. 14 covers 1980.

Authors:
Publisher: 2004
Genre: Art
Edition: Slipcase   Format: Hardcover   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0867195894 (128)
Summary: Todd Schorr grew up in the 1950s in a world populated by Revell models, Mad Magazine, Mr. Peanut, and Mickey Mouse. These images fueled his artistic imagination, spawning vibrant, outlandish visions of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny in a murderous pas de deux, hapless kiddies forced through flaming hoops, a genocidal egg hunt, and all other manner of mayhem. This illustrated tour of Schorr's best work is like a Saturday morning cartoon created by Hieronymous Bosch.

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Publisher: 2004
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Hardcover   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0811844234 (336)
Summary: Mucking up the pages of the New Yorker, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Forbes, the Atlantic Monthly, Blab, and more, Gary Baseman has populated the finest publications with his inimitable brand of illustration. Now Dumb Luck, presents the first complete collection of his work, spanning more than ten years. According to Baseman himself, his art inhabits "that muddy spot where the line between genius and stupidity has been smudged beyond recognition." Dark and dopey, hokey and heartbreaking, his world is populated with freaky folks, maimed bunnies, weird wiener dogs, and anthropomorphic ice-cream cones that yearn and burn just like we do. Baseman's particular genius lies in capturing those ridiculous and all-too-often appalling aspects of being human. Hilarious testimony to the mind of its creator, Dumb Luck is both an art manifesto and a raw celebration of idiocy.

Authors:
Publisher: 2005
Genre: Art
Edition: First Edition   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): n/a (20)
Summary: The EVERYWHERE SHOW is a celebration of artists leaving their mark on all media everywhere. The new generation of fine artists whose voice comes from Popular Culture and uses their new language to find small human truths about our generation through their art. Many came from commercial art, like Warhol, learning to become Master Visual Message Makers, eventually rejecting the confines of compromise in message.

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Publisher: 2000
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): ()
Summary: The first issue of The Ganzfeld includes what is arguably one of the best ten best comics so far this decade, an essential essay on irony, Mark Twain in a new guise, fun quizzes and the (re) discovery of Telegraphic Drawing. Also, a lengthy interview about comics history and theory with Paul Karasik and a long letter about the Simpsons. 152 pages, 3 color.

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Publisher: 2002
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0971367000 (176)
Summary: Comics aren't just for kids, and illustrations don't merely transpose text into image. Picture stories can do more than just tell a simple, illiterate narrative, and design, well, design infiltrates the visual aspects of nearly everything that surrounds us. If these statements seems like truisms, they are, but they were hardly obvious conclusions just a few years ago, before the arts once considered merely commercial exploded into the mainstream. Unlike any other publication, the Ganzfeld gathers together a diverse sampling of recent design, illustration, and comics, together with essays that place them in a historical and critical context. Better still, this volume includes the first publication of comics genius Chris Ware's color sketchbooks; endpapers designed by "nest" editor Joseph Holtzman, covers by the Beastie Boys and GAP designer Mike Mills; an illustrated story by Maira Kalman; wallpaper designs by a cartoonist, a fine artist, an illustrator, and a designer; visual reportage on the Venice Biennale by Paul Davis; and far too much more to mention here. I hate this issue of "The Ganzfeld", but that's only because it's really great and I'm not in it. Rats. But certainly don't let that deter you from buying it. --Chip Kidd These are communiqués from some of the best storytellers in any medium. --Chee Pearlman, former editor-in-chief of "I.D." The Ganzfeld is the most compelling and intelligent collection of visual stories I've seen since RAW. --Stefan Sagmeister
Edited by Daniel Nadel & Peter Buchanan Smith. Artists include: Edward Fella, Steven Guarnaccia, Red Grooms, Steven Heller, Maira Kalman, Gary Panter, Richard McGuire, Chris Ware.
10 x 8.5 in.
80 color, 96 b/w illustrations

Authors:
Publisher: 2003
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0971367019 (208)
Summary: It's not clear whether the third issue of "The Ganzfeld" should be regarded as a periodical or a book--but either way, it's gloriously illustrated and esoterically insightful. Its graphically extravagant essays often consider the spectacular results when worlds collide. The cover depicts an ordinary moth given Blakean magnitude by an EverSmart Pro Scanner. Julie Lasky profiles Tony Sarg, who turned tiny cartoon characters into godlike giants by inventing Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Hitchcock explains the elaborately artificial Rube Goldberg devices needed to create "reality" in what he called "My Most Exciting Picture" (Rope). Peter Blegvad illustrates the amazing impact on his imagination of the light-bulb-in-the-milk-glass scene from Hitchcock's Suspicion—it provoked an intellectually superb and astoundingly extended poetical meditation. Lawrence Weschsler unveils his lost essay on Edward Snow, the world's strangest explicator of Bruegel and Vermeer. The Ganzfeld 3 is like that spore that invades the ant's brain in Weschsler's book on the Museum of Jurassic Technology: once it gets inside your head, your imagination will never be the same. "--Tim Appelo"

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Publisher: 2005
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Hardcover   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 1593073550 (112)
Summary: The Jackson 500 paintings are spontaneous compositions that contain the buds of many of Biskup's recurring characters, themes, and color theories. This volume contains the first one hundred in the series of five hundred business card-sized paintings, reproduced at actual size. A fine document of process and inspiration!

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Publisher: 1989
Genre: Art
Edition: 1st ed   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0805008942 (385)
Summary: Here is an illustated guide to the Warner Bros. cartoons commonly known as LOONEY TUNES AND MERRIE MELODIES. Every cartoon was either a Looney Tune or Merrie Melodie. These include both the short subjects and feature films. One of WB's biggest cartoon stars,Bugs Bunny appeared in tens of cartoons in a 25 year period,1940 to 1964. Bugs' first official appearance was in 1940's A WILD HARE. A few earlier cartoons such as PRESTO CHANGE-O,HARE-UM SCARE-UM and ELMER'S CANDID CAMERA(featuring Elmer Fudd) featured a similar-looking prototype. WB's other big stars include Daffy Duck who debuted in or around 1938. The star's name appeared in some titles of his cartoons such as DAFFY DUCK & EGGHEAD,DAFFY DUCK IN HOLLYWOOD and DAFFY DUCK AND THE DINOSAUR. Same thing with Bugs Bunny(BUGS BUNNY AND THE THREE BEARS,BASEBALL BUGS,BUGS BUNNY RIDES AGAIN and BUGS BUNNY GETS THE BOID). Also Elmer Fudd(ELMER'S CANDID CAMERA,ELMER'S PET RABBIT and GOODNIGHT ELMER). Other big stars are Sylvester,a mean-spirited cat always wanting to kill sweet little canary Tweety. Later stars include Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote,Speedy Gonzales and Foghorn Leghorn(Foghorn first appeared in the 40's). There's also Porky Pig who first appeared in the 1935 Merrie Melodie I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT. Porky starred in many black and white Looney Tunes since that cartoon. This book lists synopses for every cartoon produced by WB. It also gives release dates and production credits with directors. I like the awesome concept of the variously colored rings bordering the beginning and end title cards. Over the years,they changed colors. The sizes changed also as did the studio logo(the original light blue changed to red). Some cartoons made between 1937 and 1940 featured multi-colored rings. WB still produces short subject cartoons occasionally but does more feature films today. This book went to press before the 1996 release of SPACE JAM,a semi-animated film starring basketball great Michael Jordan and featuring WB's cartoon stars. I dedicate the book to the memories of longtime director Chuck Jones,actor-director tex Avery(Jones and Avery later went to MGM),Mel Blanc(voice of Bugs Bunny) and actress Bea Benaderet who later appeared on TV's The Beverly Hillbillies and starred on Petticoat Junction.

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Publisher:
Genre: Art
Edition: First Edition   Format: Hardcover   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0974803243 (160)
Summary: Southern California graffiti meets fine art painting and installation. A charismatic blend of nature working in concert with machine. The premier Jeff Soto collection will feature photography, graffiti, exhibitions, installations and the love for visual narrative.

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Publisher: 1982
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Hardcover   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0874742285 (336)
Summary: This book is nothing more or less than a series of reprints of what the author deems "important" comics. Each comic story faithfully reprinted, with the page emulating newsprint. (The entire comic is not reproduced, only the highlighted strip.) There is a little one or two page introduction giving a little history about each comic.
What makes this book such a standout, is that the author's taste is singular, and not limited by a single company or genre. Characters from several different companies happily exist side-by-side in this excellent hardcover. The author has a confessed predisposition for "funny" comics, and these take up a large percentage of the book.
This predisposition allows for several comics to be reprinted that are not normally available. There are numerous reprints of Action Comics #1 (The first Superman comic) and Detective Comics #27 (The first Bat-man Comic) but how many other collections include All-American Comics #20 with the first appearence of Ma Hunkle, the original Red Tornado?
A list of comics included: Action Comics #1 (First appearance of Superman); Detective Comics #29 (Origin of Bat-man); All-American Comics #20-#14 (First appearance of the Red Tornado, and other Red Tornado stories); Police Comics #1 and #13 (First appearance of Plastic Man, and Woozy Winks); Captain Marvel Adventures #100 (Captain Marvel Battles the Plot Against the Universe); Sub-Mariner #4 (Dr. Dimwit by Basil Wolverton); Tessie the Typist #8 (Powerhouse Pepper by Basil Wolverton); Jingle Jangle Comics #5, 24#, (The Pie-faced Prince by George Carlson); Little Lulu Four Color 74 and Little Lulu #38, #40, #80; Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #1 (Donald Duck Christmas story by Carl Barks); Animal Comics #1, Pogo Possum #3, #8 (Pogo the Possum and Gang by Walt Kelly); The Spirit supplements August 10, 1941, September 5, 1948, September 11, 1949 (Great Spirit stories by Will Eisner); The EC Collection (Frontline Combat No. #4, Two-Fisted Tales #25, Mad #4 (Superduperman vs. Captain Marbles), Mad # 18, Impact #1)

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Publisher: 1984
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Hardcover   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0874741726 (336)
Summary: One day I had to go to the library to get a book from my 7th grade reading list and I saw this huge book of comics and I just had to take it out. I read it probably 100 times .It became my favorite book.My favorite comics were Popeye, Gasoline Alley, The Smythes,and Krazy Kat. I love this book and you will to. So my advice to you is if you love comics you will love this book!

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Publisher: 2003
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0811835294 (136)
Summary: When huge alien spiders or ocean-dwelling mutant dinosaurs hell-bent on destruction decide to pay a visit to humankind, they always seem to stop in Japan first. So Crazy Japanese Toys! showcases a cast of totally cool, totally sugoi creatures culled from the most popular Japanese children’s TV shows. From early and obscure Japanese shows to programs that have gained mass popularity around the world—including Ultraman, Space Giants, and Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot—So Crazy Japanese Toys! will delight both casual fans and hardcore aficionados. Readers will encounter rubber-clad superheroes galore, kawaii ’n’ cuddly characters, high-revving motor heroes, and of course rockin’ chicks of both the friend and foe varieties. This book is a must-have for anyone attracted to anime and manga. This isn’t mere eye candy—it’s a gobstopper.

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Publisher: 2002
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0500283427 (108)
Summary: City streets abound with billboards, posters, and corporate advertising that almost invite a subversive response ...and increasingly are getting one. Many of today's graffiti artists have adopted the stencil and spray can, and are using the street as a giant creative forum for their arresting artwork. "The image," says San Diego artist Shepard Fairey, "is integrated with the texture of the street." This book showcases the work of the originators, the innovators, and the new generation who, as UK artist Nylon puts it, are "breathing life into derelict spaces." Stencil graffiti is beginning to filter off the street too, as artists are inspired to use stencils on canvas, clothing, and metal. Tristan Manco has chosen over 400 of the most visually exuberant, subtle, and creative examples of the genre from cities all over the world. With subject matter ranging from the political to the poetic, from the funky to the frankly curious, stencil graffiti is graphic innovation on an international scale. Inspirational in form and content, this book is an essential record for everyone with an interest in design or in contemporary urban culture. 405 illustrations, 400 in color.

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Publisher: 2004
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Hardcover   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 1593070519 (112)
Summary: Reproducing Tim Biskup's "100 Paintings" series in a compact, hardcover book, is this 5" x 5" volume of one hundred crisp, colorful paintings. The hardcover volume presents Biskup's work in its actual size, with an introduction by critically acclaimed illustrator and Emmy winner, Gary Baseman. Inspired by his Italian sketchbook, Biskup tied his illustrations together with numbers and set a goal of completing one hundred detailed paintings. The ensuing book, "100 Paintings," was immediately popular among fans appreciating its compact size.

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Publisher: 2004
Genre: Art
Edition: Kit   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 9889706504 (232)
Summary: VINYL WILL KILL! is a fascinating insider's look at the process behind 3D vinyl figure production. VINYL WILL KILL! traces the development from initial concept to the insane world of high-end collector's stores and finally to collectors around the world; showcasing new yet-tobe- released vinyl figures direct from the artists along the way. The new genre of 3d collectibles is further explored through a series of one on one interviews with some of the best and hottest vinyl designers and producers on the planet including Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Scary Girl, Enid by Dan Clowes, Dorbel by Jim Woodring, Mars 1 by Recon and Strangeco to name a few. VINYL WILL KILL! is the ultimate backstage pass for collectors, product designers, or anyone interested in the how a great idea makes its way to finished product. INCLUDES A PAPERBACK BOOK, POSTER AND TRADING CARDS ALL IN A BOX

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Publisher: 2004
Genre: Art
Edition:   Format: Paperback   Series:
ISBN (Pages): 0962460273 ()
Summary: