Humberto Ramos. TOXIC WASTE. [SN22935X] $25

NY: Brandstudio, 2007. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. A really nice collection of Humberto's sketches, drawings, and finished pieces. Includes various Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Soleil characters (Spider-Man, Daredevil, Hellboy, Sky Doll, etc.). Character sketches for Ramos' ongoing French series: K.

Alex Raymond. RIP KIRBY VOL. 3: DEATH COMES TO BLACKWATER-FARM. [SN22170] $225

Vienna: Pollischansky, 1985. 1st. Folio (13” or taller), 112pp, cloth. NF/VG+ (boards slightly bowed, several small dings& nicks to DJ) . 422 b&w dailies - 10/28/48 to 3/3/50. The best reproduction of these strips. The text in the strip is in the original English with the German translation running below the strip.

Philippe Riche. PAS DE CHANCE - PART 1. [SN21861X] $22

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2003. 8vo (8-9”), 112pp, b&w, wraps. VF. A beautifully drawn noir graphic novel about two men and a femme. Text in French.

Philippe Riche. PAS DE CHANCE - PART 2. [SN23107X] $24

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2003. 8vo (8-9”), 112pp, b&w, wraps. VF. The conclusion of this beautifully drawn noir graphic novel. Text in French.

Philippe Riche. L'ASSOCIATION DES CAS PARTICULIERS - TOME 1 - SAPIENS. [SN22721X] $30

Paris: Les Humanoides Associes, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. From the publisher: "A sequel to Pas de chance, by the same author. L’Association des cas particuliers is a club who helps people solve personal cases, often related to antique bizarre objects or animals from the past. Ernst-Lazare, Simon and Rebecca are three antique dealers with odd methods who team up to work on the strangest cases. Their new investigation starts when Simon finds a reliquary in the house of a deceased old lady. The object contains a skull and a hair whose DNA analysis reveal they both belong to a Neanderthal man. But the hair’s dating shows it is contemporary." A beautifully drawn noir graphic novel. Text in French.

Giovanni Rigano. Centomo, Katja & Francesco Artibani. MONSTER ALLERGY TOME 2 - LA PYRAMIDE DES INVULNÉRABLES. [SN21799X] $25

Toulon: Soleil, 2003. Later. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. The artwork for the sequels were provided by other artists of the Disney Academy in Italy with the drawing supervised by Barbucci and coloring supervised by Canepa. Rigano has drawn many of the Lilo & Stitch comics stories and has his own album series Daffodil. Text in French.

Giovanni Rigano. Brremaud, Frédéric. DAFFODIL VOL 1 - ADDIO-COLONNELLO. [SN21682X] $28

Toulon: Soleil, 2005. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. A graphic novel from the artist of Monster Allergy Tome 2. Rigano is a product of the Italian Disney Academy and his Lilo & Stitch comics appeared in Disney Digests here in the US. Text in French. “Addio-Colonnello" is a distant city, a small quiet corner, until the day when Nosferatu and his horde of vampires decide to put it to fire and to blood. Warned, the lords of the Vampire Parliament decide to send their three best (and prettiest) agents, Daffodil, Globuline and Achille, to reestablish order and understand the reasons for this revolution. However against this villain, this charming but fatal trio will be put to the test. After a first edition in the collection Start!, Daffodil returns in big format, again blacker in its humor, more violent and more sexy, ready to seduce an adult public.”

Giovanni Rigano. Bremaud, Frédéric. DAFFODIL VOL 2 - NOSFERATU. [SN21683X] $28

Toulon: Soleil, 2005. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Rigano uses a grittier grainier Geoff Darrowesque style for volume two. Text in French. “Daffodil and her companions are on the trail of Nosferatu. The big vampire seeks a portal to an infernal entity that will make him the eternal master on Earth. But a face-off between Nosferatu's vampire hordes and the mounting police troops is inevitable... Daffodil will have to intervene and eliminate the danger represented by the malefic entity... Daffodil returns... in big format, again blacker in its humor, more violent and more sexy, ready to seduce an adult public.”

Eduardo Risso. Trillo, Carlos. JE SUIS UN VAMPIRE, TOME 1: LA RESURRECTION. [SN19782] $30

Paris: Albin Michel, 2000. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 136pp, b&w, color wraps. Slightest surface wear o/w VF. The French edition of “Boy Vampiro”.

Eduardo Risso. Trillo, Carlos. JE SUIS UN VAMPIRE, TOME 2: LA MALEDICTION. [SN19783] $30

Paris: Albin Michel, 2000. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 136pp, b&w, color wraps. Slightest surface wear o/w VF. The French edition of “Boy Vampiro”.

Eduardo Risso. Barreiro, Ricardo. CAIN. [SN22286] $12

Celje, Slovenia: SAF Comics, 2003. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 92pp, b&w, color wraps. VF. “In the high tech world of the near future, powerful emotions still reign. Discarded in a garbage dump as an infant, raised by gypsies and shaped by the reformatory, Cain is an angry young man. When he discovers that he was born to be an heir and that his own mother exiled him to keep the fortune for herself and her eldest son, no one is safe from Cain’s rage. This SAF Comics’ graphic novel was written by Ricardo Barreiro and illustrated by Eduardo Risso, whose accolades include Eisner awards for 'Best Serialized Story' (2001) and 'Best Penciler/Inker' (2002), and Harvey awards for 'Best Artist' and 'Best Continuing Series' (both 2002), all for his work on '100 Bullets,' which he draws for DC Comics/Vertigo. Available for the first time in an English-language edition!"

Eduardo Risso. Trillo, Carlos. RED MOON #2: ATTACK OF THE CIRCUS. [SN22287] $13

Celje, Slovenia: SAF Comics, 2005. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 72pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. "Everyone thinks that Red Moon, the redheaded daughter of the lord of Burien, is crazy. People think she talks to herself, when in fact she is conversing with Bran, a small creature, invisible and inaudible to all except her. Bran is an emissary from Red Moon’s missing mother, a fairy who turned human for love but had to return to the fairies’ world because of her husband’s unfounded jealousy. When Antolin, a young tumbler, shows up, Red Moon decides that the boy will be her knight in an upcoming quest to save her father’s kingdom, which will eventually take her and her friends to the dark land of Never." Available for the first time in an English-language edition!"

Thierry Robin. Trondheim, Lewis. LI'L SANTA. [SN17461] $10

NY: NBM, 2002. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. A wordless comic graphic novel from France.

Mickael Roux. UN GATEAU DE GRAND! [SN22531X] $17

Paris: Carabas, 2006. 1st. Square 16mo (6-7”), 28pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. A cute little book. Graphic storytelling entirely with pictures, only three lines in French!

Ruben. Ruben & Carlos, RGH: ROBOT GIANT HAZARD. [SN21853X] $25

Barcelona: Glenat, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Text in Spanish.