Illustration A Visual History
Steven Heller, Seymour Chwast. Abrams, 2008. This unique visual history of the art of illustration, by the foremost historian of graphic design and a well-known illustrator and designer, joins the authors' previous Graphic Style as an indispensable resource for anyone interested in art, design, and popular culture.

Illustration has long been a significant popular art—and is often more visible, recognizable, and memorable than “higher” arts. Editorial and advertising illustration in all its many forms is so integral to our understanding of news, views, literature, and commerce that it is easily taken for granted. Nonetheless, it has an impressive history and remains a vital influence on visual culture. This book is a rich chronicle, celebration, and survey of well over a century of illustration. It deftly reveals the visual mannerisms, quirks, and tics that characterize drawn, painted, and digitized illustrations in different styles, and places leading illustrators in historical context. 272 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (230mm x 300mm) (ISBN-13: 9780810972841)

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Watchmen: The Absolute Edition
Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons. DC Comics, 2008. Superheroes are banned but a group must work together in secret to save the earth. They include Dr. Manhattan, Night Owl, and the menacing Rorschach. Yet 'Who watches The Watchmen?'

The Watchmen Absolute Edition is in oversized hardcover format and has all 12 issues of the original Comic book series with covers in completely restored & re-coloured form by Wildstorm FX and approved by the artist, Dave Gibbons.

There are also 48 pages of additional material, previously only available in the Graphitti Designs edition. These include Alan Moore's original scripts, Watchmen proposal, Dave Gibbon's concepts & cover roughs. 464 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 8" x 13" (20cm x 33cm) ISBN: 1401207138 and ISBN-13: 9781401207137 Highly Recommended.

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The Art of The Trigan Empire (Signed)
Don Lawrence, introduction by Steve Holland. Book Palace Books, September 2008. This is an illustrated catalogue of original artwork for sale, which will appeal to two audiences. First it serves as a sales catalogue from which collectors can purchase rare original art for their collections. It is also a superb permanent record of these rare originals, many of which will go into private collections and probably never be available for public view ever again.

Featuring work by Don Lawrence, all 24 pieces of rarely seen Ron Embleton art, as well as work by Miguel Quesada, Oliver Frey, Philip Corke and Gerry Wood. This book is a testament to the the greatness of this famous British strip and the artists who drew it. 76 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm) (ISBN-13: 9780955159657)
Signed by Steve Holland.

More Don Lawrence works, including Trigan, Storm and Karl the Viking!

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J.C. Leyendecker
Laurence S. Cutler & Judy Goffman Cutler. Abrams, 2008. One of the most prolific and successful artists of the Golden Age of American Illustration, Leyendecker is best known for his creation of the archetype of the fashionable American male with his advertisements for Arrow Collar.

These images sold the idea of a glamorous lifestyle, the bedrock upon which modern advertising was built. He also was the creator of instantly recognizable icons, such as the New Year's baby and Santa Claus, and was commissioned to paint more Saturday Evening Post covers than any other artist. Leyendecker lived for most of his adult life with Charles Beach, the Arrow Collar Man, on whom the stylish men in his artwork were modelled.

In this first book about the artist in more than 30 years, J. C. Leyendecker features his masterworks, rare paintings, studies, and other artwork, including the 322 covers he did for the Post.

With a revealing text that delves into both his artistic evolution and personal life, J. C. Leyendecker restores this iconic image-maker's rightful position in the pantheon of great American artists. 256 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 10" x 11" (250mm x 290mm) (ISBN-13: 9780810995215)

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Illustration, issue 17 Autumn 2008
Edited by Ruth Prickett. Guineapiguana Publications, Autumn 2008. Ever since she first appeared in 1865, Alice has been capturing the hearts and imaginations of children, adults, film-makers and, of course, illustrators. Sir John Tenniel set a high benchmark with the images that have defined both Alice books for generations, but many others have bravely followed in his footsteps to produce illustrations that range from the conventionally pretty to the weird, wonderful and inspired. In this issue we examine the work of some of the most notable and preview the work of two very different illustrators – Rodney Matthews and John Vernon Lord – whose versions are out soon. Alice has appeared in many guises across the globe so we follow her on a whistle-stop tour of foreign language editions and into cyberspace.

Unlike Alice, S T Coleridge's Ancient Mariner can never return home, but artists remain fascinated by his journey (page 30). It may help that Coleridge's sinister Rime does not have a single defining illustrator, with stunning examples by Gustave Doré, David Jones and Mervyn Peake among others.

Alice is just one of the many classics illustrated by Michael Foreman, who has travelled to almost as many places as she has and enjoyed equally odd adventures. He shows us his sketch books and explains how they have informed his work. Crossing continents also inspired the work of Polish illustrator Arthur Szyk, whose work is appearing in an exhibition in Berlin. Things took a dark turn for him in the 1930s and much of his later work, created in the US, focused on attacking Nazism and on exploring his Jewish heritage.

Closer to home, Emma Chichester Clark discusses her much-loved children's books and explains why she's excited about some of her newest projects, while Marc Craste, animator at Studioaka, talks about the challenges of making animated commercials and why he's enjoyed working on his new film, Varmints. 52 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 8" x 12" (210mm x 300mm) Highly Recommended.

More Illustration magazines from the UK (Guineapiguana) and from the USA (Dan Zimmer).

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The Best of Boyfriend
Melissa Hyland (Editor). Prion, October 2008. "Boyfriend" was launched in the Spring of 1959. It was the first girls' magazine to truly put music first. Each week there would be a new 'Boyfriend' - Russ Conway, Johnny Mathis, Lonnie Donegan - introducing his life story and, to prove that he had a softer side, his favourite romantic story.You could also meet 'The Girl Behind the Boy'. Whether this was so you could emulate her to get your own pop-star boyfriend or a case of "know your enemy" so you could steal her boyfriend, I don't know. Away from the music, Rachel Lindsay handed out fashion tips on everything from clothing to hairstyles and twins Johnny and Jeannie Talbot offered weekly advice on the "Boyfriend" problems page.

"Boyfriend" really came into its own when the sixties began to swing. The magazine gave itself over to modern pop: as early as February 1963, before their first album was out, "Boyfriend" was describing The Beatles as "even more modern than modern."

Cliff Richard was a favourite of the magazine and was given his own column to introduce other stars of the pop scene...although it's unlikely that Cliff ever got any closer to the column than cashing the pay cheque he earned from the magazine for using his name. Seven years after its birth, "Boyfriend" sank beneath a swelling tide of pop magazines and girls all over the country mourned its passing. 144 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 9" x 12" (230mm x 300mm) (ISBN-13: 9781853756658)

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Storm The Collection Part 8: The Living Planet and Vandaahl the Destroyer (Limited Edition)
Don Lawrence, Martin Lodewijk. Don Lawrence Collection (DLC), October 2008. At last, the complete Storm series by Don Lawrence in English. The entire Storm series from 1982 to 2003 is collected as 12 LIMITED EDITION deluxe hardbacks containing all 23 stories drawn by Don Lawrence.

Each book has a leatherette cover with Gold stamped artwork and a bound-in ribbon bookmark, and is superbly printed on 150gm coated paper. With over 100 pages in glorious colour and new film separations with new lettering.

The print run is LIMITED to just 500 copies in English for each volume. This volume includes the stories: The Living Planet from 1985 and Vandaahl the Destroyer from 1987. The album contains also a well illustrated dossier entitled The Search for Storm. 106 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 10" x 14" (25cm x 36cm) Dust Jacket (ISBN-13: 9789073508996) Highly Recommended.


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Storm The Collection Part 9: The Twisted World and The Robots of Danderzei (Limited Edition)
Don Lawrence, Martin Lodewijk. Don Lawrence Collection (DLC), October 2008. At last, the complete Storm series by Don Lawrence in English. The entire Storm series from 1982 to 2003 is collected as 12 LIMITED EDITION deluxe hardbacks containing all 23 stories drawn by Don Lawrence.

Each book has a leatherette cover with Gold stamped artwork and a bound-in ribbon bookmark, and is superbly printed on 150gm coated paper. With over 100 pages in glorious colour and new film separations with new lettering.

The print run is LIMITED to just 500 copies in English for each volume. This volume includes the stories: The Twisted World from 1988 and The Robots of Far Sied from 1989. The album contains also a well illustrated dossier entitled The Search for Storm. 106 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 10" x 14" (25cm x 36cm) Dust Jacket (ISBN-13: 9789088860232) Highly Recommended.


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Crikey! # 7
Edited by Brian M Clark. Sequential Media Publications, 2008. Crikey continues to be a great value fun read about the heyday of British Comics. Issue seven is devoted to the newspaper strip Garth, Chiller pocket library, Thunderbirds, Billy Bunter, artists Ron Turner and Graham Bleatham, girls comic Jinty, Alan Moore's Halo Jones, and the action comic Tornado.plus the usual lively letters column. 52 pages. Soft Cover Part Colour 8" x 12" (210mm x 297mm)

More in the fascinating new Crikey! series

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Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 11
John Wagner, Alan Grant, Brett Ewins, John Ridgway et al. Rebellion, 2008. Mega-City One: the future metropolis bustling with life and every crime imaginable. Keeping order are the Judges; a stern police force acting as judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd. He is the law and these are his stories.

Volume 11 features the writing of comic-book legends Alan Grant (Lobo) and John Wagner (A History of Violence) along with the work of such classic artists as John Ridgway (Dead Man), Steve Dillon (Preacher) and Jim Baikie (Skizz). 560 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 7" x 10" (185mm x 260mm) (ISBN-13: 9781905437795)

More Judge Dredd graphic novels.

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Wall And Piece
Banksy. Century, 2006. Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable, except maybe when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan Museum. Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cites throughout the world.

Witty and subversive, his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction, policeman with smiley faces, rats with drills and umbrellas. If you look hard enough, you'll find your own. His statements, incitements, ironies and epigrams are by turns intelligent and cheeky comments on everything from the monarchy and capitalism to the war in Iraq and farm animals.

His identity remains unknown, but his work is prolific. Here's the best of his work in a fully illustrated colour volume - including brand new material. 192 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 8" x 10" (210mm x 260mm) (ISBN-13: 9781844137879)

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d'artiste: Digital Painting 2 - Digital Artists Master Class
Daniel Wade (Editor). Ballistics Publishing, 2008. Digital Painting 2 is the sixth book in the d'artiste Digital Artists Master Class series. It features the artwork and techniques of Master Artists: Daniel Dociu, Melanie Delon, Don Seegmiller and Marta Dahlig. In addition to painting techniques, Digital Painting 2 shows each artist's overall approach from sketch to finished painting. The book also features a hugely talented invited artist gallery chosen personally by the Master Artists. 208 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (225mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9781921002571)
Complete with Slipcase.

See also d'artiste: Digital Painting (1), the first volume in this series, as well as other outstanding books from Ballistic dedicated to stunning digital art!

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Classics Illustrated # 3: Through The Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll, adapted by Kyle Baker. Papercutz, 2008. Kyle Baker's adaptation of the madcap sequel to “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” is a graphic masterpiece. It all begins when Alice wonders what's on the other side of the mirror, and is actually able to pass on through to the other side. Along the way she encounters talking flowers and such unforgettable characters as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Lion and the Unicorn, and Humpty-Dumpty, while somehow becoming the White Queen in a surreal chess match against the Red Queen.

All the inspired lunacy of Lewis Carroll's classic book comes alive in this beautiful graphic novel. 56 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 7" x 9" (175mm x 235mm) (ISBN-13: 9781597071154)

More Classics Illustrated from Papercutz!

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The Complete Terry and the Pirates, Vol 4, 1941 – 1942
Milton Caniff, edited by Dean Mullaney. IDW Publishing, 2008. America's premiere adventure comic strip thunders to its pre-War crescendo in an October, 1941 storyline so powerful, creator Milton Caniff was forced to take to the radio airwaves to explain why he chose to shock the nation with the death of a major character. In the 1942 strips, the World War drives Terry Lee to join the military, where he meets nurse Taffy Tucker and Army flight instructor Flip Corkin, then gets into plenty of trouble investigating a spy ring! And then there's the women—the strong, beautiful and independent Caniff women. . . .

IDW Publishing's Library of American Comics has collected over 700 newspaper strips, including more than 100 Sunday pages restored to their original luster, in this pivotal volume in the Terry and the Pirates saga. With a biographical essay by Bruce Canwell and an introduction by Jerry Robinson. The fourth in a six-volume series edited by Dean Mullaney. 352 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 11½" x 9" (285mm x 225mm) (ISBN-13: 9781600101953)

More Terry and the Pirates adventures.

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“…And Their Memory was a Bitter Tree”
Robert E. Howard. Black Bart, 2008. Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) wrote over three hundred stories of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction, all packed with raw power and unbridled emotion and ranks among the greatest writers of action and adventure. He is best known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can only be compared to such characters as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

This book collects nine of Howard's most electrifying Conan adventures. Featuring warring armies, devilish creatures, beautiful women, and haunted jungles – all wonderfully illustrated in colour by Frank Frazetta and Brom. 416 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 7" x 10" (180mm x 255mm) (ISBN-13: 9781599290225)

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Karl the Viking The Collection (deluxe 4 volume set) (Signed) (Limited Edition)
Don Lawrence, Jorg de Vos (cover art), introduced by Steve Holland. Don Lawrence Collection (DLC), October 2008.

The Complete Don Lawrence Karl the Viking in four deluxe bound hard cover volumes enclosed in a beautiful collectors box and strictly numbered from 1 - 400. Each set comes with a full colour art print by Don Lawrence and Jorg de Vos signed by Jorg de Vos. A collectors dream come true!

Karl the Viking The Collection reprints for the first time ever all 18 Karl the Viking stories published between 1961 and 1968 in Lion. All books are printed in black & white and colour on 150 gram deluxe paper stock, with partial leatherette full colour covers and 130 pages each. As a bonus, each volume has a chapter about The Saga of Karl the Viking written by Steve Holland.

Stories are: The Sword of Eingar, The Long Voyage to Oxaca, Selgor the Wolf, The False God, The Powers of Helvud, El Sarid the Merciless, Gefion One-Eye, The Island of the Monsters, The Magician of the Swamp, The Fallen Meteorite, The Fortress of Death, The Voyage of the Sea Raiders, The Quest of the Long Ships, The Curse of the Claw, The Monster of the Swamp, The Ghost of the Tideless Sea, The Swamp of Fear, The Hammer of Thor. The ISBNs of each of the four volumes are 9789088860324, 9789088860348, 9789088860362 and 9789088860386. 520 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 13" (240mm x 340mm) Highly Recommended.
Deluxe 4 Volume Set LIMITED to 400 English language sets worldwide. Complete with NUMBERED art print SIGNED by Jorg de Vos.

See also our original Don Lawrence art and prints plus copies of the comic that Trigan Empire first appeared in: Look and Learn. For all listings just type Don Lawrence  into the quick search box top left.

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Now, you can enjoy the ultimate companion to the comics masterpiece, as artist Dave Gibbons gives his own account of the genesis of WATCHMEN in this dust-jacketed hardback volume, opening his vast personal archives to reveal excised pages, original character designs, page thumbnails, sketches and much more, including posters, covers and rare portfolio art.

Featuring the breathtaking design of Chip Kidd and Mike Essl, this is both a major art book in its own right, and the definitive companion to the graphic novel that changed an industry. 208 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 9" x 12" (228mm x 304mm) Dust Jacket (ISBN-13: 9781848560413)

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Boris Artzybasheff's striking graphic style includes grotesque experiments in anthropomorphism, as well as vivid and extreme ranges of human psychology and emotion. The Russian born artist (1899-165) was noted for his magazine illustration and children's book work. 96 pages. Hard Cover Black & White 8" x 11" (210mm x 270mm) (ISBN-13: 9781845767679)

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Modesty Blaise: Green Cobra
Peter O'Donnell, John Burns, Pat Wright. Titan Books, September 2008. The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise – high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers! The latest volume features three classic stories: Green Cobra, Eve & Adam & Brethren of Blaise. The volume also contains a new introduction by author Peter O'Donnell and unseen artwork by john Burns. A great addition to the series. 104 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9781845764203)

We also have many more Modesty collected newspaper strips and Modesty Blaise stories from the pen of Peter O'Donnell.

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High Noon: 10 of the Best Wild West Picture Library Stories Ever
Steve Holland (Editor). Prion, September 2008. Whooping Injuns, wandering cowpokes, grizzled prospectors, mysterious hombres in sombreros and masked outlaws - this is the untamed West of our childhoods, where the heroes are rugged and honest, the villains are yellow-bellied cowards and only the toughest survive.

From the Great Plains to dusty Texan trails and lawless prospecting towns, every thrilling story in this book is jam packed with gunfights, jaw busting saloon punch ups, racing stagecoaches and tomahawk throwing varmints. So saddle up partner, grab your six-gun and prepare to ride into town.

This Flexiback volume will include such stories as: The Angry Gun; Trail Herd; Stranger in Town; Not Guilty!; False Scent; Powder Keg. Steve Holland is the co-author of The War Libraries Index published by Book Palace Books. 656 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 7" x 9" (175mm x 220mm) (ISBN-13: 9781853756726)

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Kull Exile of Atlantis (Signed) (Limited Edition)
Robert E Howard, illustrated by Justin Sweet. Subterranean Press, Autumn 2008. First Edition. 332 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour Dust Jacket (ISBN-13: 9781596061965)

At last, following the glorious Wandering Star editions of Robert E. Howard's work - The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, The Ultimate Triumph, Conan of Cimmeria volumes 1 and 2 - a new publisher has taken up the mantle to continue these deluxe editions.

Kull: Exile of Atlantis, printed on 80lb Finch paper, is exquisitely illustrated with colour plates and black and white illustrations illuminating the text. It includes Exile of Atlantis; The Shadow Kingdom; The Mirror of Tzun Thune; The Cat and the Skull; The Screaming Skull of Silence; The Striking of the Gong; The Altar of the Scorpion; The Curse of the Golden Skull; The Black City (unfinished); By This Axe I Rule!; Swords of the Purple Kingdom; The King and the Oak; Kings of the Night; The Am-ra of the Ta-an Fragments; Summer Morn; Am-ra the Ta-a; The Tale of Am-ra; various untitled and unfinished fragments; The Shadow Kingdom (draft); Delcardes' Cat; plus Appendices.

Deluxe Limited Edition of 1500 numbered copies, Signed by the artist and slip cased.

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Plus a new introduction by Bond girl Valerie Leon (The Spy Who Loved Me), features on Ian Fleming's home Golden Eye and a look at the rarely seen Bond Zig Zag comics series, not to be missed! 120 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 9" x 12" (220mm x 296mm) (ISBN-13: 9781845767174)

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War Picture Library: Against All Odds
Steve Holland (Editor). Prion, September 2008. In September 1958, Britain's children thrilled to the first issue of "War Picture Library", where they could read of the valiant struggle of a motley group of British soldiers from the British Expeditionary Force whose units were overwhelmed by German forces swarming through the frontiers of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. "Fight Back to Dunkirk" was a page-turner of the first order, a shilling shocker that grabbed your attention for 64 explosive pages. The good news was, when you'd finished, there was another one waiting on the spinners at the newsagents.Over the coming months and years, "War Picture Library" revealed to its young (and sometimes not-so-young) readers just what their fathers and uncles had been through in combat. The diversity of characters and breadth of locations available, from the home front to the steaming jungles, meant that there was something new for readers every month. Fifty years on, the stories still have the power to thrill and horrify us." Against All Odds" is a carefully selected collection of some of the most amazing war stories and striking war art ever produced, reproduced 25 per cent bigger than the originals so you can feel every bullet hit, every crashing wave and every nerve-shattering explosion. This is military history as you've never read it before.

This Flexiback book includes: Introduction, Finest Hour, The Troubled Sea, Foxhole Glory, The Thin Blue Line, Strike Squadron, Banzai, Road From Tobruk. Up Periscope, Rogue Lancaster, Paratroop, The Valley of Death, Snarl of Battle. Steve Holland is the co-author of The War Libraries Index published by Book Palace Books. 776 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 7" x 9" (175mm x 220mm) (ISBN-13: 9781853756610)

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Commando: Bandits at 12 O'Clock
George Low (Editor). Carlton Books, August 2008. Everybody who has ever turned a page of a "Commando" war library has a favourite air story. The first thing to catch the attention are the names...Spitfire, Hurricane, Typhoon, Tempest, Whirlwind, Mosquito. Who wouldn't want to read a story with aircraft like that twisting and turning through the pages, machine guns or cannon flaming? And then there are the men who flew the fighters, bombers, seaplanes, flying boats and transport aircraft into combat. These pilots of every nationality had one aim...to make sure that they won their deadly duels high in the sky.

This is a Flexiback collection of some of the finest and most exciting air adventures ever published by "Commando", so strap in, buckle up and enjoy the ride! 784 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 7" x 9" (172mm x 220mm) (ISBN-13: 9781847321282)

More Commando reprints featuring the best stories from the popular series.

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The Biggest Jackie Annual Ever!
Prion, October 2008. Your daughter, or even your granddaughter, probably has no idea what it was like growing up in the sixties and seventies. Nowadays, MTV, mobile phones, the internet and downloaded pop bypass much of the excitement of rushing to the newsagent each week to find out who were the featured pin-ups, which of your favourite stars were being interviewed and what intriguingly delicate problems Cathy and Claire were tackling.

This bumper edition of nostalgic pages is from the magazine that was truly top of the pops with every girl in the country for almost thirty years after its first publication in 1964. The magazine's heyday came in the seventies when The Osmonds, David Essex, The Bay City Rollers, David Cassidy and Slade were among the regular faces appearing in its pages but it wasn't just for the pop, TV and film stars that girls beat a path to their local newsagent's door. Like the original magazine, "The Biggest Jackie Annual Ever!", it includes fashion and beauty tips, puzzles and quizzes to help you find out, for example, the difference between loving someone and being in love with someone, recipes, horoscopes and enthralling Readers' True Experiences, as well as a smattering of romantic picture story strips.

Now is your chance to relive all of those golden Jackie moments and show the youngsters in your life what life was like when you were growing up. You can listen to a few hits while you do so, too! Contents include: Pop; Fashion; Beauty; Astrology; Quizzes; Features; Cathy and Claire Specials. Everything a young girl growing up in the seventies would want in an annual, and everything that will bring back fond memories for a woman in her thirties and forties. 280 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 8" x 11" (195mm x 271mm) (ISBN-13: 9781853756672)

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Battle Picture Library: Let 'Em Have It
Steve Holland (Editor). Prion, September 2008. By the time it was launched in 1961, "Battle Picture Library" (BPL) already had two stablemates at Fleetway Publications - "War Picture Library" and "Air Ace Picture Library". To avoid any conflicts with its sister magazines, Battle concentrated solely on stories based on land, although the authors and artists had plenty of scope when deciding on settings for their tales of action and adventure.Stories such as "Fort Blood" or "The Fire-Eater" pit our fighting men against their bitter enemies in the heat and dust of the desert while "The Flame and the Fury" or "The Island of Guilt" see them slogging their way through the intense tropical humidity of the darkest jungles."The Let 'Em Have It" collection features some of the finest stories ever to appear in BPL, providing hours of entertainment for fans of fighting yarns whether they be revisiting the classic comic book series they remember from their youth, or whether they are going into Battle for the first time!

This Flexiback book includes: Introduction; Fort Blood; Killer at Large; The Fire-Eater; No Higher Stakes; Ten Seconds to Zero; The Flame and the Fury; Death - and Glory; The Island of Guilt; The Quick and the Dead; The Trouble-Shooters; L.C.1; Shoot First. Steve Holland is the co-author of The War Libraries Index published by Book Palace Books. 776 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 7" x 9" (175mm x 220mm) (ISBN-13: 9781853756719)

You might also be interested in our stock of original Battle Picture Library comics.

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