This book evokes the art of fifteenth- & sixteenth-century Northern Europe in all its richness & splendour The works of Van Eyck Bosch Bruegel Durer & other masters are considered within the larger context of a changing society in which church & state Protestant & Catholic man & woman artist & patron independent mercantile city & noble chivalric court all played a part Craig Harbison considers these & many other facets of the Renaissance world drawing them together into a unified narrative that illuminates the complexity & brilliance of the art & its times ...

Experts in the ten major Pulp genres from action Pulps to spicy Pulps & more chart for the first time the complete history of Pulp magazines—the stories & their writers the graphics & their artists & of course the publishers their market & readers Each chapter in the book which is illustrated with more than 400 examples of the best Pulp graphics (many from the editors’ collections—among the world’s largest) is organized in a clear & accessible way starting with an introductory overview of the genre followed by a selection of the best covers & interior graphics organized chronologically through the chapter All images are fully captioned (many are in essence "nutshell" histories in themselves) Two special features in each chapter focus on topics of particular interest (such as extended profiles of Daisy Bacon Pulp author & editor of Love Story the hugely successful romance Pulp & of Harry Steeger co-founder of Popular Publications in 1930 & originator of the " Shudder Pulp" genre) With an overall introduction on " The Birth of the Pulps" by Doug Ellis & with two additional chapters focusing on the great Pulp writers & the great Pulp artists The Art of the Pulps covers every aspect of this fascinating genre; it is the first definitive visual history of the Pulps About the Author Douglas Ellis co-founded & co-organizes the Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention For many years his Tattered Pages Press published the pulp fanzine Pulp Vault as well as other books on the pulps He was one of the authors of The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps & has edited several pulp anthologies including the Best of Adventure series His book Uncovered The Hidden Art Of The Girlie Pulps an in-depth study of the spicy pulps & their art was named Fore Word Magazine‘s 2003 Popular Culture Book of the Year In 2013 Robert Weinberg Bob Garcia & he collaborated on The Collectors’ Book of Virgil Finlay a collection of Finlay’s gorgeous art Ed Hulse is widely acknowledged as being one of the leading pulp experts He has edited the pulppopular culture journal Blood &N Thunder for many years & has authored a number of books including the great Blood &N Thunder Guide to the Pulps & a recent book on The Shadow He & Douglas Ellis have been friends for many years Bob Weinberg Weinberg grew up reading & then collecting the science-fiction magazines of the late 1950s & owned (Bob passed this year) one of the largest collections of such publications in the world When he discovered the single-character hero pulps like the Shadow & Doc Savage his fate was sealed Along with fellow collector Lohr Mc Kinstry he published the first index to such magazines The Hero-Pulp Index In 1978 his book about the history of Weird Tales magazine The Weird Tales Story won the World Fantasy Award He continued to write & edit books about the Pulps over the next twenty-five years His Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors won the World Fantasy Award in 1988 It was also nominated for The Hugo Award (given by the World SF Convention) Weinberg also won the Lamont Award given every year by Pulpcon for work done in the Pulp field; the Sam Moskowitz Award for collecting Science Fiction (given by First Fandom) & a Special Award from the World SF Convention for his contributions to the SF field By the time Bob passed in summer 2016 he was owner of one of the world’s largest collection of Pulp magazines & was regarded as one of the leading experts on the genre F Paul Wilson (foreword) is an acclaimed author of sci-fi & horror thrillers many of which have been international bestsellers winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (2009) Prometheus Award for Best Novel (2009 2004) World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (2005) & more Wilson helped define the Horror genre with his international bestseller The Keep (1981) & is perhaps best-known for his ‘ Repairman Jack’ series Born in New Jersey Wilson has authored more than 50 novels & short story collections ...

For over 40 years Vampirella has been the muse for many artists in the comic industry & beyond Dynamite Entertainment brings forth a veritable museum of fine art masterpieces collected in this hardcover volume! Featuring a spectacular cover by the legendary Milo Manara this tome contains a retrospective of artists who have contributed the most memorable imagery of Vampirella with such names as Jose Gonzalez Adam Hughes Dave Stevens Jim Silke Jae Lee Joe Jusko Amanda Conner Mark Texeira Mike Mignola Mike Mayhew Joe Quesada Bruce Timm Arthur Suydam Dan Brereton Michael Golden J Scott Campbell & many more ...

For over 40 years Vampirella has been the muse for many artists in the comic industry & beyond Dynamite Entertainment brings forth a veritable museum of fine art masterpieces collected in this hardcover volume! Featuring a spectacular cover by the legendary Milo Manara this tome contains a retrospective of artists who have contributed the most memorable imagery of Vampirella with such names as Jose Gonzalez Adam Hughes Dave Stevens Jim Silke Jae Lee Joe Jusko Amanda Conner Mark Texeira Mike Mignola Mike Mayhew Joe Quesada Bruce Timm Arthur Suydam Dan Brereton Michael Golden J Scott Campbell & many more ...

Since the 1970&s Vampirella has been known as the good-hearted bad girl of vampire lore Brought back to life once again by the creative minds at Dynamite she&s graced cover after cover with her piercing stare & iconic red outfit ...

Following the success of The Art of The Darkness Top Cow proudly presents The Art of Witchblade Art Book with pieces by all of the key artists who have worked on the series over it's 10 year history ...

Reggie Riot is no one’s idea of a cultural savior The latchkey child of a busy single mother he’s grown up to be a resentful slacker whose idea of high culture is getting stoned & admiring the graffiti in the alley where he scores his weed His mother however is not your average working parent She’s the head of a secret organization called Art Ops whose mission is protecting the artistic treasures of the world—which have a lot more life in them than a casual observer might realize Reggie has always shunned his mom’s high-culture scene but a devastating encounter with the shadowy forces menacing the world’s masterpieces has left him with a permanent expression of the chaotic power of art flowing through his very veins So when Art Ops itself suddenly vanishes without a trace leaving its final rescue— La Gioconda the Mona Lisa herself—out in the cold it’s up to Reggie & his motley crew—including a masked super-powered operative who writes sitcom scripts on spec a girls-just-wanna-have-fun ’80s music-video icon & a suburban clerk from a mall-punk clothing chain—to come to the rescue But do they have what it takes to stand up to the dark side of human creativity? From writer Shaun Simon (co-author of The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys with My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way) & artists Michael Allred (co-creator of i ZOMBIE) & Matt Brundage (The Spirit The New Adventures) comes ART OPS VOL 1 HOW TO START A RIOT collecting issues 1-5 of the ongoing VERTIGO series & featuring a special sketchbook section from Allred & Brundage Meet the Author Shaun Simon is a musician & comics writer With Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance he is writing the Dark Horse Comics series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys He also wrote a short story in the VERTIGO CYAN anthology ART OPS is his first series Michael & Doc& Allred grew up in the 60s & 70s & was surrounded with the best in pop culture & a steady diet of music movies & comic books Allred first tasted success in comics with his wildly popular MADMAN series which is being developed as a live action film with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez His earlier work from GRAFIK MUZIK was turned into the cult hit movie G-Men from Hell directed by Christopher Coppola (featuring Robert Goulet as the Devil) Other work

Includes:: Red Rocket 7 his history of Rock & Roll told in the context of a sci-fi adventure story the Madman spin-off THE ATOMICS & his magnum opus THE GOLDEN PLATES where he&s illustrating the entire Book of Mormon He is the co-creatore of the Vertigo series i ZOMBIE soon to be a TV series on the CW

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Be guided & inspired by the world's greatest artists with this creative set of oracle cards 50 pages Tylevich Katya ...

Tracklist A1 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To Written-By
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Tracklist A1 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To Written-By
- Cole Porter 525 A2 Red Pepper Blues Written-By
- Red Garland 336

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