 This Week:
Grrl Power!
The Women Reign Supreme, the Guys Saddle Up, and Monsters are
on the Loose.
From
the beginning, great queens and powerful heroines have captured our
imagination. This week we bring you a bit of history, real and
fantastic, in two new offerings documenting the lives Cleopatra,
Queen of the Nile and Wonder
Woman (aka Diana Prince). Get the amazing facts and insights on
both of these legendary ladies.
Also
featured this week is the notorious Jesse
James, with great art by Joe Kubert and
Carmine
Infantino. And be sure to check out Neal
Adams' incredible Monsters
in hardcover from Vanguard. And speaking of monsters, The
Monster Book of Manga will show you how to draw like a pro with
368 pages of detailed instructions and inspiring
examples.
Finally, treat yourself to a cultural extravaganza with Russian
Odyssey, a panorama of the finest Russian art, along with a
music CD featuring the work of Russia’s greatest composers. A feast
for the eyes— and ears!
Check out
more on our top picks below, and see our
entire list of new arrivals here.
Bud's Favorites This
Week:
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RUSSIAN ODYSSEY
Recommended. Bargain priced!
By Vladimir Gusyev, Yevgenia Petrova, and Joseph
Kiblitsky. This beautiful book showcases art and objects from
the cultural exchange between the Florida State Museum, State
Russian Museum and St. Petersburg College. Delicate crystal
goblets, famous paintings, jeweled crowns, ornate furniture
and porcelain figures are just a sample of items included in
this catalog which takes you on a journey through the
ambience, spirit and atmosphere of Russia. Includes paintings
by Aivazorsky, Korzukhin and others. Also included is a
CD of Russian music from such composers as Tchaikovsky,
Chesnokov, Bortnyansky, and more. Previously sold at
$36.50!
Item Code: RUSOH
Your
price: $14.99
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JESSE JAMES: Classic Western
Collection
Recommended. By Joe Kubert and Carmine
Infantino. Jesse James, with a price on his head and a six-gun
shooting hot lead, rides a treacherous journey fending off
posses and Pinkerton detectives. Created in the heyday of the
Western adventure, these stories exemplify the idea of the
rough-and-tumble outlaw life and high adventure on the
frontier. Twelve tales originally published by the legendary
company Avon in 1950 are presented here for the first time.
Also includes Jesse James' art by Everett Raymond
Kinstler and Wally Wood, plus a very nice sketch by
Infantino. This hardback edition includes a wrap-around
dustjacket and a gold-foil embossed leatherette
cover.
Item Code: JESH
Your
price: $12.99
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THE MONSTER BOOK
OF MORE
MANGA
Draw Like the
Experts.
Edited by Ikari Studio. Detailed step-by-step
instructions on how to draw popular Manga characters and
themes. Each image is well described and colored in the
dynamic Japanese style. Chapters include "Beauties," "Martial
Arts," "Mythical Creatures" and more. The art is so well-done
and exciting that one doesn't have to be an artist to be
captivated by this book.
Item Code: MNST
Your
price: $24.95
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NEAL ADAMS MONSTERS
Hardcover
Highly Recommended. By Neal Adams.
This features the most popular creatures in classic-horror
history: Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula and the
Werewolf. This material was originally serialized in Adams's
groundbreaking anthology “Echo of Future Past.” This new
edition has digital coloring and effects in a process
personally overseen by Adams to conform to his exacting
standards for rendering, lighting and form. New pages have
been added, new covers, and a special section of rare
paintings, sketches and drawings of monsters.
Item
Code: NEAH
Your
price: $10.99
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