The Photo Journal Guide to Comic Books

The Photo Journal Guide to Comic Books

Author: Ernst Gerber

Publisher: Diamond Comic Distributors

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780962332821

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"21,000 color illustrations. $20,000,000.00 of collectible comic books. Complete cataloging system for comic books, 1935-1965. Relative value index for 50,000 comic books. Scarcity index; relative rarity of collector's comics, many illustrations in this book are of the only copy left in existence."--Dust jacket.


The Photo Journal Guide to Comic Books

The Photo Journal Guide to Comic Books

Author: Ernst Gerber

Publisher: Diamond Comic Distributors

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780962332807

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"21,000 color illustrations. $20,000,000.00 of collectible comic books. Complete cataloging system for comic books, 1935-1965. Relative value index for 50,000 comic books. Scarcity index; relative rarity of collector's comics, many illustrations in this book are of the only copy left in existence."--Dust jacket.


Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide to Lost Universes

Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide to Lost Universes

Author: Robert M. Overstreet

Publisher: Gemstone Publishing

Published: 2021-11-23

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781603602853

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The highly collectible world of lost universes gets a brand-new specially focused edition of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide that also serves as a Photo-Journal of all the books listed. From in-depth looks at the original Milestone and Valiant to Tower's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Charlton's superheroes, and from Topp's Kirbyverse and the MLJ/Archie heroes to Malibu's Ultraverse and Marvel's New Universe, this full-color book dives deep into Atlas-Seaboard, Comics Greatest World, Continuity, Defiant, Future Comics, Triumphant and more. Not only is packed with images and prices, but it also includes creator and collector interviews and insights.


Heroes of the Comics

Heroes of the Comics

Author: Drew Friedman

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books

Published: 2014-09-10

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1606997319

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Featuring over 80 full-color portraits of the pioneering legends of American comic books, including publishers, editors and artists from the industry’s birth in the ’30s, through the brilliant artists and writers of behind EC Comics in the ’50s. All lovingly rendered and chosen by Drew Friedman, a cartooning legend in his own right. Featuring subjects popular and obscure, men and women, as well as several pioneering African-American artists. Each subject features a short essay by Friedman, who grew up knowing many of the subjects included (as the son of writer Bruce Jay Friedman), including Stan Lee, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Will Elder, and Bill Gaines. More names you might recognize: Barks, Crumb, Wood, Wolverton, Frazetta, Siegel & Shuster, Kirby, Cole, Ditko, Werthem… it’s a Hall of Fame of comic book history from the man BoingBoing.com call “America’s greatest living portrait artist!”


Comic Artist's Photo Reference - People & Poses

Comic Artist's Photo Reference - People & Poses

Author: Buddy Scalera

Publisher: IMPACT

Published: 2006-05-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781581807585

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Supercharge your drawings with the power of photo reference! Almost every professional comic artist uses photo reference. Finding really good photo reference is crucial to capturing accurate lighting, foreshortening and body language in your drawings. Sure, you can surf the 'net or flip through catalogs to find a few poses . . . or consult generic photo reference books with static poses and flat lighting. But to draw a character consistently and convincingly over an entire issue or series, you need a serious reference library. In this book, you get over 1,100 awesome-quality, color photos—500+ in the book and 600+ on the CD-ROM—all created specifically for you, the professional or aspiring comic artist. Inside you'll find: Handsome, muscular men and gorgeous, fit women in dynamic poses Extreme angles, foreshortening and complex body mechanics Poses including jumping, kicking, punching, standing, ducking, lifting, flying, sitting, smoking, drinking, kissing, screaming, laughing, cowering, shooting, sword-fighting and more Superior lighting that creates dramatic, muscle-revealing shadows 7 fantastic art demos by professional comic artists Unless you have a team of superheroes willing to pose for you, Comic Artist's Photo Reference: People and Poses will be the most important tool in your photo reference library. Get started today drawing the pictures that will launch or advance your comic book career!


Comic Book Culture

Comic Book Culture

Author: Ron Goulart

Publisher: Collectors Press, Inc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1888054387

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A history of American comic books told almost entirely through reprinted comic book covers.


Photo-Journal Guide to Marvel Comics

Photo-Journal Guide to Marvel Comics

Author: Ernst W. Gerber

Publisher: Diamond Comic Distributors

Published: 2002-09-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780962332876

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What the first Photo-Journal volumes did for the classic comics of the Golden and Silver Ages, these beautiful hardcovers do for Marvel Comics, reproducing over 7,700 covers from the dawn of the Marvel Age to 1986! Here are the classic runs of fan-favorite and forgotten titles - reproducing each cover in full-color, photographed from the best possible copies of each issue available. Volume 3 features an introduction by Stan "The Man" Lee, as well as runs of such Silver to Modern Age Marvel comics as The Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Captain America, Doctor Strange, The Incredible Hulk, and many, many more - all presented in a colorful, informative format; the perfect reference guide for any comic collector or historian! Volume 4 picks up where Volume 3 left off, and features runs of such Silver to Modern Age Marvel comics as Ka-Zar, Marvel Team-Up, Power Man, Tales to Astonish, Two-Gun Kid, Uncanny X-Men, and many, many more all presented in a colorful, informative format; the perfect reference guide for any comic collector or historian!


The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television, 2d ed.

The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television, 2d ed.

Author: John Kenneth Muir

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2008-08-21

Total Pages: 705

ISBN-13: 0786437553

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a complete guide to over 50 years of superheroes on screen! This expanded and updated edition of the 2004 award-winning encyclopedia covers important developments in the popular genre; adds new shows such as Heroes and Zoom; includes the latest films featuring icons like Superman, Spiderman and Batman; and covers even more types of superheroes. Each entry includes a detailed history, cast and credits, episode and film descriptions, critical commentaries, and data on arch-villains, gadgets, comic-book origins and super powers, while placing each production into its historical context. Appendices list common superhero conventions and cliches; incarnations; memorable ad lines; and the best, worst, and most influential productions from 1951 to 2008.