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ARF FORUM, by Craig Yoe, Fantagraphics, soft cover, 120 pages plus covers.  Packed full of articles and art about the comic scene with a particular focus on the 1950s.  Art reprints include fives full size color pages of Smokey Stover (see Swapsale's Sunday Comics, Nov. 18, 2007), a complete color reprint of a Stan Lee Horror story from Suspense Comics, an article on horror cover artist William Ekgren with full page color reprints of his covers, 16 pages of Kramos girls cheesecake art, the black and white line art of Henry Heath and Max Ernst, seven color pages of Harry Hot Dog, art by Jack Davis and much, much more.  Lovingly designed and presented -- Cover price $19.95/ Our price: $9.95 plus $4.95 media rate shipping.

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BLACK JACK, Two-Fisted Surgeon, Viz Graphic Novel, story and art by Osamu Tezuka.  One hundred ninety eight comic illustrated pages.  The crowning comic book achievment of the late Manga artist.  Black Jack is renegade surgeon on the trail of an Australian parasite which he contracts, forcing him to operate on himself!  $7.99 plus $3.00 shipping 

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BILL WARD cartoon book, approximately 6" X 8," 258 pages, color and black and white.  Bill Ward was a cartoonist in the 1950s, known to many people for his comic in Cracked magazine about a sexy female reporter and to others for his single panel cartoons in the joke books of that era.  Buxom women from a more innocent time. Fantagraphics books.  $19.95 in stores  -- $9.95 plus $3.00 shipping SOLD OUT!

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This book by Yak El-Droubie & Ian C. Parliment with a forward by Chaz Royal, chronicles the very near complete history of burlesque in posters, almost everyone of them in vibrant color, as fresh as the day they were originally printed.  More than anything, it is a standout study of burlesque posters as an art form, whatever their original intent.  Measures 10" X 11 1/2" X 1."  176 colorful pages. HARD COVER.

"Some are subtle as a fan dance, while others are saucy as twirling tassels, and they're all collected here -- the finest, raunchiest, most teasing burlesque poster art, from the Follies Bergere of 1880 to the London Burlesque of 2008. More than 150 poster designs illustrate the history of bumping and grinding, flirting and subverting. Includes art by Shag, The Pizz, Glenn Barr, Mitch O'Connell, Paul Pope, many more. All graphic designers eager to study the evolution of this specific art form will find this collection essential. Good-sized, hardcover, lots of color art. Some partial nudity, no full nudity."

SELLS IN STORES FOR $34.95.  SELLS ON AMAZON FOR $23.07.  OUR PRICE: $19.95

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CHICKEN FAT, THE ART OF WILL ELDER, Fantagraphis Book, 94 pages plus covers.  Page after page of Elder's art, the vast majority full color.  Follow Edler's career from Mad, to Humbug to Help to Playboy and beyond!  Amazon price: $13.46.  OUR PRICE: $9.95 plus $4.50 media rate shipping

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CHINESE HERO VOL4-----------------$9.95 (NORMALLY SELLS FOR $19.95)

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DIABLO: THE SIN WAR, Book One, a new trilogy from best selling New York Times author Richard Knaak.  An original tale of swords, sourcery and timeless struggle based on the best selling, award-winning, M-rated computer game from Blizzard Entertainment.  Intended for mature readers.  326 pages. Retail price: $7.99 US -- Our price: $4.99 plus $2.00 shipping

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JIM MORRISON SCRAPBOOK, Chronicle Books, hardback, 64 pages plus covers, by James Henke.  Comes in heavy cardboard sleeve, features cool removable reproductions of poetry, artwork, handwritten lyrics, rare photographs and rare memorabilia, plus Jim Morrison Speaks, a 60 minute CD featuring interviews and previously unreleased spoken-word poetry from the Lizard-King himself -- List Price: $40.00/Our Price: $20.95 plus $6.50 shipping

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(THE) LAUGHING GORILLA: A True Story of Police Corruption and Murder, hardcover book by Robert Graysmith. Sells in stores for $25.95.

The New York Times bestselling author of Zodiacnow uncovers one of the most bizarre cases in the annals of American crime. San Francisco, 1926: A series of women are slashed to death and dismembered. Incredibly, eyewitness reports claim the perpetrator was a hulking brute with razor-claws for hands who lumbered on all fours and laughed maniacally before shredding the nude flesh of his female victims. The tabloid press called him the Laughing Gorilla and loved every sensational beat of the story. For Inspector Charles Dullea of the San Francisco Police, the last honest cop in one of the most notoriously corrupt departments in the country, the serial killings raised a haunting question: who could commit such crimes?Nothing prepared Dullea for the answer. OUR PRICE: $18.95

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Al Capp's Lil Abner, the Frazetta Years, Vol. 3, 19581959!  128 PAGES! 12" X 9" X.05" Weight: 30.4 oz.  NEW!  $18.95 + FREE MEDIA RATE SHIPPING!

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Little Annie Fanny, NEW! This compendium (the first of two volumes) contains a selection of the Little Annie Fanny comic strips from the first eight years of the series. Originally appearing in Playboy Magazine in October 1962, the strip followed the risqué adventures of the title character, a bumbling blonde sex kitten. To see sample pages click here.

Normally sells for $24.95.  OUR PRICE:  $21.95 FREE MEDIA RATE SHIPPING!

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MILTON CANIFF, A Biography by Robert C. Harvey, hardcover, 952 pages plus covers, 6" X 9",  Fantagraphics.  The book is huge!  And it has to be to contain all the detail.  Nothing is left out -- it covers Caniff's entire life, from his early years as a kid in Hillsboro, Ohio, until his death.  Milton Caniff was one of the most influential American cartoonists of the 20th century. He rose to prominence during World War II when he took the characters in his Terry and the Pirates strip into the war. The trenchant pragmatic patriotism of the strip warmed hearts and steeled nerves on the home front as well as the battlefront (one of his strips was read into the Congressional Record). He went on to create Steve Canyon, which was syndicated from 1947 to Caniff's death in 1988.  Numerous pix and illustrations -- $34.95 FREE MEDIA RATE SHIPPING!

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BRAND NEW BUT SLIGHT FOLDS ON CORNERS. NORMALLY SELLS FOR $15.95! OUR PRICE: $7.95 plus shipping.

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PEANUTS, A GOLDEN CELEBRATION, HarperCollins, 256 pages, published 1999, 10" X 12." loaded with peanuts strips including Sunday pages, B&W and color.  HarperCollins Price: $24.95.  OUR PRICE: $19.95 plus free media rate shipping. 

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"The impact of Chief Justice William Rehnquist -- who served as a Supreme Court justice for a third of a century and headed the federal judiciary under four presidents -- cannot be overstated. His dissenting opinion in Roe v. Wade, and his strongly stated positions on issues as various as freedom of the press, school prayer, and civil rights, would guarantee his memory on their own. Chiefly, though, William Rehnquist will always be remembered for his highly visible role in two of the most important and contentious political events of recent American history: the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999 and the Supreme Court's decision that made George W. Bush the victor in the presidential election of 2000.

Despite his importance as a public figure, however, William Rehnquist scrupulously preserved his private life. And while his judicial opinions often inflamed passions and aroused both ire and praise, they were rarely personal. The underlying quirks, foibles, and eccentricities of the man were always under wraps.

Now, however, journalist Herman J. Obermayer has broken that silence in a memoir of their nineteen-year friendship that is both factually detailed and intensely moving, his own personal tribute to his dearest friend. In these pages, we meet for the first time William Rehnquist the man, in a portrait that can only serve to enhance the legacy of a Chief Justice who will be remembered in history as being among America's most influential. " OUR PRICE: $19.95

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ROMANCE WITHOUT TEARS, 160 pages of romance comics -- 20 complete stories -- from the 1950s, all but one in full color.  See Swapsale's Sunday Comics for a sample. Fantagraphics Books.  $22.95 retail.  Our price: $14.95 plus $3.75 media rate shipping.

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SECRET IDENITY, featuring the S&M art work (it's pretty mild stuff by today's standards)  of Superman creator Joe Shuster who was forced to take any job he could get after being fired by D.C. Comics.  The whole sordid story is here -- how D.C. screwed the two young kids out of their copuyright, how the courts sided with D.C. and how finally fan pressure forced the giant comic company to pay the guys $20,000 a year plus medical in the twilight years of their lives. 159 pages.  Hard back.  NEW! Cover price: $24.95/OUR PRICE: $17.95 plus $2.50 postage.

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THE SKULL MAN, manga, Vol. 1, 217 pages.  B&W.  They took his family, they took his face, they took his soul....Now the Skull Man is going to take his revenge.  Resurrected from the land of the dead, the Skull Man is hunting down the men responsible for destroying his life and nothing will stand in his way.  Experience the final story by manga legend Shotaro Ishinomori, creator of Masked Rider and Cyborg 009.  Retails for $9.99.  Our price: $4.99 plus $2.00 shipping

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STACKED DECKS, The Art and History of Erotic Playing Cards, Quirk Publishing, 191color pages featuring erotic playing cards from the 1830s to the recent past, all tastefully presented.  It's all here: French cards, cartoons, art and photography.  Features lots of cheesecake style nudity -- List price $24.95/Our Price: $15.95 plus $5.95 shipping

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CARS: 

GREATEST AMERICAN CARS, 9" X 12," 752 pages, hundreds of pix, all in color.  It doesn't get any better than this!  Brand new!  Sells in stores for $29.99, our price: $20.99 plus shipping.  (We recommend media rate; the book weighs a ton)

HOT RODS FIELD GUIDE, American Icons 1930 - Present, by Dain Gingerelli, KP Books.  Measuring 5 1/8" X 4 1/4," this 407 page book contains 200 full color photos of everything from the model T to the Montaray.  A great look at garages, drag strips and hot rod shows.  Sells for $12.99 in the stores.  Brand new (Feb 2005) -- $8.99 plus $2.00 media rate shipping.

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FANTACO

The Art of Tom Simonton, 38 pages plus covers, featuring the artist's black and white ink work.  Published by Fantaco just before they went out of business, this book -- which measures 8 1/2" X 11" -- got virtually no distribution and only a few hundred copies are known to exist.  Autographed by artist -- $ 9.95

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FLYING BUTTRESS/CLASSICS LIBRARY

TARZAN, Vol. 2, 1932-1933, 60  FULL COLOR pages by Hal Foster with an intro by Ray Bradbury.  Heavy duty paper.  Hardback Edition!  $35.00

TARZAN, Vol. 7, 1937-38, 60  FULL COLOR Sunday comics pages by Burne Hogarth.  Heavy duty paper.  Hardback edition!  $35.00

TARZAN, Vol. 9, 1939-40, 60  FULL COLOR Sunday comics pages by Burne Hogarth.  Heavy duty paper.  Hardback edition! $35.00 

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Sky Masters of the Space Force -- The complete daily and Sunday pages of the highly praised 1958 syndicated sci-fi adventure strip by Jack Kirby and Wallace Wood.  That's 773 daily strips and 53 black and white Sunday pages of terrific art and story telling (written by Dick & Dave Wood)  -- $45.00