Auctions: comic books in 'Art Book'

Adam Hughes Convention Sketchbook (2002) 2003A VF/NM 9.0

"Are They Big Enough For You Fanboy?!" 2002 Comic-con sketchbook by Adam Hughes. Everything from preliminary sketches to finished pieces featuring a variety of characters. Signed edition by Adam Hughes. 24 pages, black and white, 5.5" X 8.5".

Al Williamson Strange World Adventures HC (2021 Flesk) 1-1ST NM 9.4

Includes small print.

1st printing. Written by John Fleskes. Art and cover by Al Williamson. Foreword by William Stout. Introduction byRick Veitch. In 1948 Al Williamson accepted his first commercial assignment - an issue of Famous Funnies comics - which launched his career as a professional in the field. Developing an elegant and illustrative style, he soon gained prominence in the highly influential EC Comics line of the 1950s. By the end of his career in the early 2000s, he had become one of the most highly regarded comic and strip artists in the industry, especially noted for the graceful ink line that he spent a lifetime pursuing. This compendium is the perfect introduction to Al Williamson's work. You will find samples that span his fifty-year career along with anecdotes and historical details salted throughout. Cover art, interior pages, drawings and sketches, plus photographs of Al and his friends posing as reference for his sequential art, are included. For the first time, readers will be able to view the artist's most-cherished works and witness Williamson's development as an artist. Hardcover, 10-in. x 13-in. x 128 pages, PC. Cover price $49.95.

Art of the Amazing Spider-Man HC (2024 Dark Horse) 1-1ST VF+ 8.5

1st printing. Written by Stan Lee and Gerry Conway. Art by John Romita, Sr., Jim Mooney,Mike Esposito, Gil Kane, John Buscema, Frank Giacoia, and Tony Mortellaro. Cover by John Romita, Sr. Introduction by Brian Michael Bendis. Chapter Forewords by John Lind and Ian Chagren. This oversized hardcover gallery collects iconic original art from The Amazing Spider-Man #39-#122, and is accompanied by essays from comics editor John Lind. The Amazing Spider-Man has remained the flagship title for the classic Marvel Comics character Spider-Man for over six decades. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko co-created the character in 1962, and it quickly became a sensation. Then, with The Amazing Spider-Man #39, John Romita Sr. replaced Ditko as the main artist and began an epic run. This oversized Bullpen Books edition focuses on Romita's work on ASM from 1966 to 1973, a run that would dramatically reshape the world of Spider-Man and his alter ego, Peter Parker. With his unmatched skill in dynamic layouts and composition, Romita, working alongside Stan Lee on some of Spider-Man's most enduring storylines and with contributions from a supporting cast of legendary Marvel Bullpen contributor-including Gil Kane, John Buscema, Jim Mooney, and Mike Esposito-would help lead Spider-Man to even greater heights in pop culture. This evolution told through essays, covers, and original artwork-including seven full ASM stories, reproduced from the original art in the Marvel Comics archives-allows readers to engage with and appreciate the legacy of some of The Amazing Spider-Man's most important contributors. Bullpen Books is a new series of art books that honors the work of legendary Marvel Comics characters and creators, starting with THE ART OF AMAZING SPIDER-MAN in Fall 2024! This oversized hardcover features essays on work by John Romita Sr. and Gil Kane, covers, and original art scans from the Marvel archives. Hardcover, 11-in. x 10-in., 200 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $59.99.

Cavewoman and Fiends (2008) Ashcan Sketchbook 1B NM 9.4 Root Mature Edition Variant

Ashcan-sized convention sketchbook edition signed by Budd Root (year of signature may vary). Mature reader.

Danger Girl Sketchbook SC (2001 DC/Cliffhanger) 1.1ST NM 9.4

DC/Cliffhanger Edition - 1st printing. By J. Scott Campbell. A jam-packed collection of rare DANGER GIRL sketches fills this one-shot, including production drawings for the DANGER GIRL video game and action figures, plus breakdowns of the comic, rarely-seen covers, and lots more! Softcover, 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $6.95.

Danger Girl Sketchbook SC (2001 DC/Cliffhanger) 1.1ST VF 8.0

DC/Cliffhanger Edition - 1st printing. By J. Scott Campbell. A jam-packed collection of rare DANGER GIRL sketches fills this one-shot, including production drawings for the DANGER GIRL video game and action figures, plus breakdowns of the comic, rarely-seen covers, and lots more! Softcover, 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $6.95.

Drop Sketch, Line and Color from Eric Canete SC (2021 Iconic) 1-1ST NM 9.4

Art book by Eric Canete. Originally released as a campaign add-on to Arc Athena #1. Softcover, 9" x 12", 64 pages, full color. Cover price $25.00.

Love and Rockets The Sketchbooks HC (2024 Fantagraphics) 1-1ST VF 8.0

1st printing. BY Gilbert Hernandez and, Jaime Hernandez. Both Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez developed their skills as artists in public, in the pages of Love and Rockets, and as quickly as any artists ever have. The first issue showed two promising young tyros; by the fourth, both brothers were clearly among the foremost cartoonists of their generation. But not all of that development took place on the main stage of their shared magazine. They built up to their 1981 self-published debut with years of experiments, fan art, zine illustrations, early short comics, and gig posters, and continued to work out in personal sketchbooks after establishing themselves as the preeminent cartoonists they became. Fantagraphics published two volumes of this nascent or private drawing in 1989 and 1992. Now, this deluxe hardcover collects the work from these two volumes with other rarely-seen artwork for a new generation of admirers. It's presented as a dual-sided flip book with one cover, and one half of the book, featuring Jaime's work and a second cover, and other half of the book, highlighting Gilbert's work. The Hernandez Brothers mastery of comics is seen on every page of the thousands of pages of Love and Rockets theyve drawn over the last 40 years. Here, for the first time in three decades, see the work they put into becoming those artists. Hardcover, 10-in. x 13-in., 300 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $75.00.