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Artists Sketchbooks
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Vin Teng. SCULPTURAL WORKS TOO. 2007. 1st. 5.5x8.5, 28pp, color, wraps. Signed. VF. Teng is a professional sculptor and this is a slick full-color photo collection of sculptural works. Includes a Liberty Meadows statue and Jeff Pidgeon's beaver character. Very nicely done. [SN22822X] $12
Back in stock! Vin Teng. SCULPTURAL STUDIES & SKETCHES. 2005. 5.5x8.5, 28pp, color, wraps. Signed. VF. A slick full-color photo collection of personal works, some finished, other in-process. Includes several animation and comic book characters in 3D.. [SN22822X] $12
Mark Texeira. THE MARK TEXEIRA SKETCHBOOK, VOL. 1. [SN11351M] $65 np: privately printed, 2002. Revised 2nd edition. 4to (11-13”), 46pp, 1 color and 22 b&w full-page illustrations, wraps. VF. One of 1000 copies SIGNED by Texeira and with a full-page original drawing. A collection of finished pencil drawings. Texeira sold out of this sketchbook at the 2002 San Diego Comic Con and so produced a revised edition for sale after the con. This copy has a full-page original drawing by Texeira of Lara Croft.
Mark Texeira. THE MARK TEXEIRA SKETCHBOOK, VOL. 1. [SN10249] $50 np: privately printed, 2002. Revised 2nd edition. 4to (11-13”), 46pp, 1 color and 22 b&w full-page illustrations, wraps. Fine. #35B of 1000 copies SIGNED by Texeira and with a full-page original drawing. A collection of finished pencil drawings. Texeira sold out of this sketchbook at the 2002 San Diego Comic Con and so produced a revised edition for sale after the con. This copy has a full-page original drawing by Texeira of a female nude.
Bruce Timm. B.T. SKETCHBOOK 2007. [SN23261X] $60 np: privately printed, 2007. 1st. 8vo (8-9”), 28pp, b&w, wraps. Fine. SIGNED by the artist. Finished pen drawings by Timm. Numerous female comic book characters in pin-up poses, four pages of nudes, "Hammer Glamour" and more.
Bruce Timm. B.T. DRAWINGS VOLUME THREE. Privately printed, 2006. 1st. 5.5x8.5, 28pp, 28 fp b&w illus, wraps. VF. #429 of 500 copies signed by Timm. [SN21990] $100 A collection of finished pen drawings predominantly female comic book characters in pin-up poses. Nice! Only one copy in stock.
Bruce Timm. B.T. DRAWINGS VOLUME TWO. Privately printed, 2004. 1st. 5.5x8.5, 28pp, 80 b&w illus, wraps. S&N to 500. VF. Timm's second collection offers a nice variety of sketches, prelims and finished pen drawings. More interesting than his first collection which was all finished pen drawings predominantly of female comic book characters in pin-up poses. OP. Only one copy in stock. [SN19467] $150
Bruce Timm. B.T. DRAWINGS. Privately printed, 2003. 1st. 5.5x8.5, 28pp, 28 fp b&w illus, wraps. S&N to 500. VF. A collection of finished pen drawings - Timm's first - predominantly female comic book characters in pin-up poses. Nice! Only one copy in stock. $200
Autumn Rain Turkel. AUTUMN RAIN TURKEL'S PERPETUAL PINUP CALENDAR. 2007. 12x12, color, wirebound. Limited to 150 S&N copies. VF. [SN23249X] $25
Tomi Ungerer. THE UNDERGROUND SKETCHBOOK OF TOMI UNGERER. [SN3710] $35 NY: Viking, 1964. 1st. Oblong 8vo (8-9" wide), 160pp, b&w and two color cartoons on every page, cloth. VG+/VG (light edgewear). Offbeat, perverse, grotesque cartoons and drawings, many about the war between the sexes, culled from Ungerer's personal sketchbooks.
 Robert Valley. MASSIVE SWERVE #1. 2007. 1st. 4to 8.5x11, 96pp, color, wraps. VF. [SN22619X] $25 An amazing collection of drawings, comics & stories by the Vancouver-based animator. Includes depictions of partying, drinking, drugs, nudity, sex, fighting, etc and so this volume is For Sale to Adults Only.
Olivier Vatine. VATINE SKETCHBOOK. [SN23238X] $30 Paris: Comix Buro, 2007. 1st. 8vo (8-9”), 48pp, color, wraps. VF. One of 950 numbered copies signed by the artist. A great collection of sketches, drawings, designs, and color renderings by this French artist (Pink Planet, Aquablue, Angela, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire). Many lovely femmes, life drawings, travel sketches, and other surprises. Fans of Vatine will see some other sides of the artist in this book. No overlap with his art book, Pink Planet. Minimal text in French.
Amanda Visell. POPPING THROUGH PICTURES. [SN22943X] $25 Los Angeles: Baby Tattoo, 2007. 1st. Small 4to (9-11”), 34pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Amanda Visell's clever colorful paintings evoke Little Golden Books, the Provensens, Mary Blair, so it's only appropriate that this, her first collection of paintings, be in the form of a children's board book. Chew on this.
View Sample Pages from this Book Thomas Von Kummant. Von Eckartsberg, Benjamin. LE MAKING OF LA CHRONIQUE DES IMMORTELS. [SN22537X] $95 Geneva: Paquet, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 160pp, color, cloth. VF. . Text is in French. “After the success of the first volume of The Chronicle of the immortal, and in front of the talent of the two young authors, it very quickly appeared for us that an artbook on their work would be a good idea. The here therefore... A good occasion dive to the heart of the creation of an album all magnificent simplemet. To the menu: - Historic and genealogy of the project; - the first sketches and crayonnés, - the mounting step by step of some scenes and of some put; - of the visual unpublished one volume 2; - a gallery of homages of other designers.”
Chris Ware. EXHIBITION GUIDE. [SN23480X] $19 Sheldon, NE: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 2007. 1st. Oblong small 4to (9-11”), 32pp, color, wraps. VF. An incredible exhibition catalogue for a 2007 museum exhibition of Chris Ware's work, featuring drawings, sketches, models, and selected ephemera related to his current graphic novel-in-progress. Ware designed this catalogue which features rare and previously unpublished artwork. Ware also wrote all the text and captions, including this opening from the cover and first pages: "Consumer! Here is your complimentary exhibition guide for the otherwise baffling and completely unjustifiable public display of original cartoon drawings limned in blue pencil, ink and white-out on 4-ply series 500 Strathmore bristol board, by the obscure writer, artist and professional sentimentalist F. C. Ware., who, as a native Nebraskan himself, has for years mined his own memories of his Omaha past in the pages of his irregularly produced and culturally remote experimental annual periodical The ACME Novelty Library (and shows no apparent signs of letting up anytime soon.) Carefully selected from the artist's personal files with an eye towards presenting him in the most favorable light possible, the rakishly attractive and beguiling Mr. Ware has also penned a personal apology especially for the pages of this publication as well as hand-picked a brief overview of his recent published work, including a mercifully brief excerpt of otherwise unseen pages which likely, however, will prove of little interest to anyone other than the artist himself. This exhibition of the drawings of Chris Ware was mounted on the walls and nails of The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, February 16th, 2007, where, amazingly, it hung for an uninterrupted 73 days, upon which time it was gleefully torn down and sent back to Mr. Ware, April the 29th, 2007, by the exasperated preparators, curators, and interns, who were more than ready to see it go." This catalogue was only available on-site at the museum.
John Watkiss. GARMENT CONSTRUCTION: THE JACKET AND PANTS. [SN22105X] $38 np: privately printed, 2006. 1st. Small 4to (9-11”), 58pp, b&w, spiralbound wraps. VF. SIGNED by the artist. A concise instruction manual on clothing folds. A brief text by Watkiss explaining his simple principles of folds followed by a plethora of clear visual examples. Chapters: The Jacket. The Pants. Abstract Mass. This is the third in a series of inter-related art instruction books being published by Watkiss, however this volume is meant to follow the anatomy volumes.
John Watkiss. PROGRESSIVE ANATOMY. [SN22106X] $80 np: privately printed, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 60pp, 2 color plates, b&w, spiralbound wraps. VF. SIGNED by the artist. John’s description of the book: “The Progressive Anatomy book involves abstract reductionism of the body from head to foot page by page of all muscle grouping throughout this volume. It concludes with the big issue of composition and placing the figure intelligently on the page. With further references to knowledge over style.” From the book: “I intend to introduce anatomy in a pattern like way by means of straight lines of action which will give an exposition of symmetrical and asymmetrical elements alike. Composition at its most sublime is composed elements within and without the forms of [the] human body.” Contents: Analysis of The Head, The Rib Cage, The Chest & Shoulder, The Arm, The Hand, The Head Chest & Hips, The Hip & Abdomen, The Leg, The Foot, The Full Figure. This is the first of a series of inter-related art instruction books planned by Watkiss. 2 color plates and 55 b&w sheets printed on one side only.
John Watkiss. FLY IN THE ROOM ANATOMY. [SN23527X] $35 np: privately printed, 2008. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 74pp, b&w, color wraps. VF.
Claire Wendling. DESK. Torrance: Stuart Ng Books, 2006. 1st. Sq 8vo, 64pp, monochrome, wraps. VF. A pure sketchbook: 64 pages of pencil drawings by a modern master. None of these drawings appear in Iguana Bay 2.0 or Drawers 2.0. (New versions of five drawings appear in Drawers 2.0 pages 108-111.) In addition to the same high quality reproduction of the French edition, exclusive to this Englishlanguage edition: three previously unpublished drawings, a new biography of Wendling (her first published biography in English) with contributions from the artist herself, a new Foreword by Mike Mignola, and other extras. [SN21787X] $30
Claire Wendling. Louys, Pierre. APHRODITE, TOME 3. [SN23108X] $36 Paris: Humanoides , 1999. 4to (11-13”), 64pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French. From the publisher: "This classical tale of sensuous love was one of the best-selling novels of its time. Published in 1896, the French erotic masterpiece Aphrodite made Pierre Louÿs famous and was by far his greatest success, surpassing that of his other well-known works such as The Songs of Bilitis. Conceived as a novel of the antiquity focusing on women and on light, Aphrodite seems to lend itself naturally to illustration. The story takes place in Alexandria in the first century B. C. where Demetrios, a renowned artist, falls in love with a courtesan, Chrysis. She asks him to prove his love to her by committing three crimes, and Demetrios agrees."
Claire Wendling. IGUANA BAY 2.0. This classically trained French artist is amazing. She has worked as a character & production designer in animation in both Europe & the U.S. The limited edition sketchbook, Iguana Bay, was first published in 1996 and quickly sold out. This completely revised edition reproduces all of the original sketchbook drawings. In addition, opposite each original sketchbook page, Wendling has created finished versions of each of the drawings on that page. Only two brief pages of text. $28
Bruno Werneck. SPLASH. 2007. 1st. 5.5x8.5, 36pp, color, wraps. VF. Signed by the artist.
Bruno is an illustrator and a concept artist for Midway Games in Chicago. This book is comprised primarily of digital paintings. Really nice work beautifully reproduced on heavy glossy stock. [SN22594X] $10
Back in stock! Jakob Westman. COLOR BLAST! 2004. 1st. 8vo, 48pp, color, wraps. VF/VF. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the artist. A full-color collection of finished work by this hip young graphic designer & art director (think Rian Hughes). Introduction by Scott Morse. Includes the "Girl Power" set: a series of 10 gouache paintings of DC's good- and bad girls. Very cool! [SN22644X] $12
Mike Wieringo & Denis Bodart. MIKE WIERINGO - DENIS BODART SKETCHBOOK. [SN22135X] $15 Belgium: La Grande Ourse, 2007. 1st. 4to (6.5x9.5), 32pp, color and b&w, wraps. VF. A sketchbook in flipbook with Bodart in one half and Mike Wieringo in the other. Brief biographies of both artists in English, French, and Spanish.
Kent Williams. KENT WILLIAMS DRAWINGS & MONOTYPES. [SN23549] $30 Northampton: Tundra, 1991. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color, French wraps. VG+ (spine and edges rubbed, binding tight, covers and pages flat). Signed by the artist. The comic book artist’s first art book. A selection of drawings and prints (in some cases accompanied by the paintings they generated).
Ashley Wood. UNO TARINO: ARTWORK BY ASHLEY WOOD. San Diego: Idea & Design Works, 2007. 1st. 11x11, 200pp, color, French wraps. VF. A thick, 11' x 11' format collection of recent paintings and drawings. The paintings are well reproduced at a size that the brushstrokes and the texture on the canvas is visible. Lots of Ashley's usual subjects: robots, girls, Bambalad, etc. [SN22937X] $35
Ashley Wood. 48 NUDES. San Diego: Idea & Design Works, 2007. 1st. 11x11, 48pp, color, French wraps. VF. Explicit paintings & drawings of the female figure. Paintings, ink drawings, sketches. For Sale to Adults Only. [SN22581X] $12
Ashley Wood. SPARROW #1: ASHLEY WOOD. [SN22404X] $12 San Diego: Idea & Design Works, 2006. 1st. Square 16mo, 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. From IDW: “Introducing an entirely new way of looking at comic book art - the Sparrow series of art books. First up in this new line, 48 pages of Ashley Wood goodness, presented in a special 6” x 6” hardcover format.” Out of print.
Ashley Wood. GUTSIE GATOR 1. A self-published full color art book by Wood. Excellent production values. A mixture of drawings, digital/paintings, and undigitized paintings. Some drawings of a new noir-ish Shadow-like character. Paintings of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Girls. And robots & folks. Some of the best reproduction of Ashley’s paintings ever. The brushstrokes and texture can be seen on the actual canvases. [SN21560X] $20
Henry Yan. HENRY YAN’S FIGURE DRAWING - TECHNIQUES & TIPS. [SN22173X] $30 np: privately printed, 2006. 1st. 9x12, 192pp, b&w, wraps. VF. SIGNED by the artist. Henry Yan is an instructor of life drawing at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. This instruction book is full of his beautiful life drawings. The first half of the book is devoted to drawings less than 20 minutes, covering line, massing, direct drawing, additional techniques, quick study - head sketches. The second half of the book is devoted to drawings from 30 minutes to four hours, covering structure, value, hatching and cross hatching, direct drawing, additional techniques, figures with fabrics, head drawing - long poses. All the drawings were created with charcoal pencil, compressed charcoal and vine charcoal on newsprint or toned paper.
Dean Yeagle. MANDY'S SHORTS. 2007. 8.25x12.25, 48pp, color, boards. Signed. VF. [SN22671X] $25 A full color hardcover collection of new short "stories" featuring Mandy.
Dean Yeagle. SCRIBBLINGS 3. Caged Beagle, 2006. 8.5x11, 48pp, b&w, color wraps. Signed. VF. [SN21256X] $15 Another collection of sketches and drawings.
Dean Yeagle. SCRIBBLINGS 2. Caged Beagle, 2004. 8.5x11, 48pp, b&w, color wraps. Signed. VF. [SN22155X] $15 Another collection of sketches and drawings.
Dean Yeagle. SCRIBBLINGS. Caged Beagle, 2003. 8.5x11, 48pp, b&w, color wraps. Signed. VF. [SN22154X] $15 Dean's first collection of sketches and drawings.
Dean Yeagle. MELANGE. [SN23045X] $45 Paris: Akileos , 2007. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 128pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. A full color collection of art, cartoons, drawings, and sketches. Text in English and French.
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