Pulp's Art

R.I.P. JEAN GIRAUD, MOEBIUS 08/05/38 - 10/03/12

2012-03-12T03:38:00.000-07:00

As on every weekday morning to help me traverse the domain between sleep and full consciousness we had radio France Culture playing, being half awake and even if fully conscious not comprehending every morsel of French being uttered I was none the less jarred to full alertness by the phrase "Moebius est decede".

As stark as that, arguably the greatest artist in the medium is gone from us. I listened as two enlightened experts then discussed his contribution and legacy as Blueberry artist Gir and as master of the strange and esoteric, Moebius.
We can of course debate what were his greatest achievements but what is in no doubt is the artist was a rare talent, one truly deserving of the over used title genius.

While reflecting on his contribution as an artist one should remember he was also a husband, farther, brother and friend, known to be a very warm and gracious person, as well as very spiritual.

So here is an admirer adding his thanks to the pleasure Jean, Moebius has given to me and many others and hoping that his family and friends can find comfort at this time given he lived a wonderful life and leaves a remarkable legacy.

R.I.P. JEAN GIRAUD, MOEBIUS.

NEW AT PULP'S ART MARCH 7

2012-03-07T07:51:00.003-08:00

Hello readers, not a lot of new books to announce this week but we wouldn't want you to think we're consequently sitting around not doing very much.
Oh no, we're putting this time to good use, currently I'm engaged in trying to get books from Japan, while also arranging for the delivery from Korea of some books by an artist whose talent - I'm thinking and hoping - will blow our collective socks off!

From closer to home we hope to have a new little something from the amazingly talented Sebastian Kruger to announce very soon.

Also, we're doing some works here at the store, handy man Adnan will be re-enforcing our shelving to bare an even greater load of books, because this trickle of new releases will turn to a steady flow as the year progresses.

Finally, we'll shortly begin working on the store's website which will allow you to purchase books from us from the relative comfort of your own home!

Before mentioning this week's new arrival it's worth keeping in mind that we regularly receive restocks of the best selling titles and we also go in search of rare books, some of which came in this week.

Rare, out of print books now in house include, delightful children's stories by ace animation character designer Carter Goodrich, and gorgeous art books for Prince of Egypt and Open Season, these two have to be seen to be believed and these next few titles are also pretty attractive - even if they don't sound it - Hunch Back of Notre Dame, Hercules, Bug's Life and Atlantis, which includes design work from one of the film's principal designers Mike Mignola.

METAMORPHOSIS 2.0

HC 108pp Color Black + White

BeinART Publishing

Drugs, a good or a bad thing, who's to say? Ah yes pharmacists, politicians and the police that's who!

Now the first group are worth listening to because they go through a pretty rigorous educational process to gain their title and status, equally what they can provide are also thoroughly tested and legal, though sometimes a bad drug does slip through the net to make a big pharma company a fortune before research finally says uh-oh user beware!!

The next groups are happy to make pronouncements but don't appear very well qualified to back up their talk, they're both charged with protecting society and yet they all too often cozy up to the few with power.

(Sure there are many diligent or brave men and women doing their office and the uniform proud but ongoing investigations in the UK show too many in the police thought they were better employed serving a Media Tycoon's interests and not those of the citizen, while over here the police will always carry the burden of having done the Gestapo's bidding.)

If you're wondering what I'm on about it's simply this, Metamorphosis is a collection of art by 50 contemporary surrealist and fantasy artists, such as H.R. Giger, Suzan Blac, David Bowers and 47 equally gifted artist, who all see things very differently.

And so if you buy this book then you'll have no call to buy banned drugs, which would put you at odds with politicians and the police, because it's pretty far out there, certainly it's off where Dali and his fried clocks are hanging out, maybe see you out there sometime!

The latest edition of the super cool magazine of pop surrealism, street art and things Mrs Le Pen and your grandparents just wouldn't dig is here, Juxtapoz!

Don't forget our signing here on the afternoon of March 17th with Rémi Maynègre and Sandrine Garcia.

Bonjour chers lecteurs, il n'y a pas beaucoup de nouveaux livres à presenter cette semaine mais nous ne voudrions pas que vous pensiez que nous restons assis à rien faire.

Oh non, nous utilisons ce temps pour accelerer certaines opérations, par exemple nous essayons d'obtenir des livres du Japon, tout en gérant une livraison de la Corée, elle contiendra les livres d'un artiste dont le talent - je pense et j'espère - vous eblouira.

Venant de plus prés nous esperons avoir une nouveauté de l'incroyable artiste Sebastian Kruger à annoncer pour bientôt.

Nous sommes egalement en train de faire quelques travaux ici au magasin, Adnan le bricoleur va réenforcer nos bibliothèques pour qu'elles puissent accueillir encore plus de livres, car au cours de cette année l'arrivée de nouveautés sera comme un flot incessant.

Et pour finir, nous allons commencer à travailler sur un site internet qui vous permettra de commander les livres de notre librairie depuis le relatif comfort de votre maison!

Avant de vous presenter les nouveautés de la semaine il est utile de garder en memoire que nous recevons souvent des réassorts de nos meilleures ventes, et que nous sommes toujours à la recherche de livres rares, dont certains sont justement arrivés cette semaine.

Nous avons donc reçu, de merveilleux livres pour enfant par Carter Goodrich qui est un character designer chez Ace Animation, et les magnifiques Art Books des dessin animés " Le Prince d'Egypte", "Les Rebelles de la forêt", "Le Bossu de Notre-Dame", "Hercules", "Mille et Une Pattes" et "Atlantis" incluant de nombreuses recherches par le principal designer qui n'est autre que Mike Mignola.

METAMORPHOSIS 2.0

HC 108pp Couleur Noir et Blanc

BeinART Publishing

Les drogues, une bonne chose ou une mauvaise chose, a qui de le dire? Ah oui les pharmaciens et la police, voila qui!
Les premiers peuvent parler car ils ont étudié de longues années pour connaitre le sujet, ce qu'ils vendent a été testé et legalisé, même si certaines fois une mauvaise drogue passe à travers le filet et fait la fortune d'une grosse companie pharmaceutique avant que des recherches nous mettent en garde contre elle.

Les seconds sont heureux d'emettre des jugements même s'ils ne sont pas qualifiés pour cela, ils sont censés proteger la societé mais ils prefèrent ne pas ennuyer ce qui ont du pouvoir.
(Bien sur qu'il y a de nombreux agents faisant bien leur travail mais des enquêtes aux Royaume Uni montrent que trop de policiers pensent qu'il est mieux de servir les interêts des grands groupes plutôt que ceux des citoyens, alors qu'ici la police devra toujours porter le fardeau d'avoir collaborer avec la Gestapo.)

Si vous vous demandez de quoi je parle, c'est simplement de cela, Metamorphosis est un recueil d'illustrations de 50 surrealistes contemporains et d'artistes de Fantasy comme H.R. Giger, Suzan Blac, David Bowers et 47 autres artistes aussi doués, qui voient tous les choses differemment.

Et si vous achetez ce livre vous n'aurez aucune raison d'avoir recours aux drogues, ce qui vous evitera des problèmes avec la police et les politiciens,.

Le dernier numéro du magasine super cool de pop surrealisme, street art et de choses dont Marine Le Pen et vos grands parents ne comprendraient pas est arrivée, Juxtapoz!

Et n'oubliez pas notre dédicace l'aprés midi du samedi 17 Mars avec Rémi Maynègre and Sandrine Garcia.

NEW AT PULP'S ART FEBRUARY 28th

2012-02-28T10:18:00.002-08:00

What the heck February 29th tomorrow, you don't often see these, if that's your birthday we sincerely hope you can make the most of it, given it's a bit of a wait till the next one.
If you happen to know someone whose birthday falls on the 29th you might just want to get this special person a special something ... oh wait, perhaps one of these books?

ADAM WARREN'S EMPOWERED DELUXE # 1

HC 712pp Black + White

Dark Horse

It's a sad fact of life that US and UK comic geeks most want that which they cannot have, credibility for their beloved medium from the literati ! Their desperation manifests itself in many ways but most often as fawning over books that show an ounce or three of intelligence on the part of the writer, such as literary references, convoluted plots or adult themes and then turning these into sacred texts we're all supposed to respect and defend, even if badly drawn!

With this earnest crowd dictating the market's fortunes humor comics, particularly those poking fun at genres the medium cherishes, have a hard time of it, how else can one explain the premature demise of an absolute gem such as Major Bummer?

Yet happily there is a book which parodies the twin worlds of superhero comics and manga so deftly, so expertly, that the fans can't help themselves and so it's a hit.

This title is Empowered and in this deluxe - never to be reprinted in this format - volume, you have the three first books of Emp's hilarious misadventures as a fledgling costumed fighter of crime, background info on the stories and such from the creator Adam Warren, which is sort of like the commentary you get on DVDs, as well as sketch book material and unpublished stories from the embryonic days of the series.
Anyway this book is pure pleasure, comedy isn't easy yet this book never fails to paint a smile on ones face, exactly the sort of book the industry should be championing.

( I know we don't offer many comic books here but I felt we had to carry this one because of the format and content, you'll find enough Sandman, Killing Jokes, From Hell, Sin Cities, Watchmen, Preacher, Jimmy Corrigan etc. to shake an angry fan at just across the way at Pulp's Comics, 9 rue Dante.

For the record I want the medium to be popular as I really do like comic books but I want to be entertained, I want story arcs to end properly and not fizzle out, they should be well drawn and I'm feed up with the overly cynical and sadistic stuff written by fellers needing a long lie down, maybe even treatment, OK!?)

ALICE ILLUSTRATED

SC 128pp Color Black + White

Dover Publishing

Caroll's characters from Alice's books have been intriguing readers and inspiring artists for over a hundred years now, this book is a selection of some of the better attempts to catch the flavor of tea and whimsy beloved by the author and his admirers.

These are two great books in which the Dinotopia creator, James Gurney, discusses artistic influences and his approach to creating his own wonderful work and how it might assist and inspire your own efforts to create.

Both Color & Light and Imaginative Realism are in SC and run to 224 pp with color and black and white art, published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Fans of this talented artist may like to know we have the extremely limited signed and numbered edition celebrating the 20th anniversary of Dinotopia A Land Apart From Time.

ALEX HORLEY SKETCHBOOK

SC 224pp Color Black + White

Vanguard Publishing

The folks at Vanguard know what their audience want from an art book, so this is a jam packed collection of super charged images of berserk barbarians, buxom wenches, snarling monsters and shambling zombies from this frequent cover artist to the long running fantasy and comic magazine Heavy Metal, Alex Horley.

PAUL GULACY: SPIES, VIXENS & MASTERS OF KUNG FU

SC 224pp Color Black + White

Vanguard Publishing

Disclosure time, I'm old enough to recall buying on release issues of Deadly Hands of Kung Fu and also Sabre, the original indie comic from Eclipse which tried to break the strangle hold on artistic talent enjoyed by the then work for hire only top two publishers of US comic books, both these enjoyable titles were illustrated by Paul Gulacy.

Jim Steranko's stint in comics was all too brief and fans wondered when the next comic artist with a similarly cinematic eye for story telling would come along, then Paul popped up.

Paul's been creating striking images in his inimitable style for over 30 years and for nearly all the major US comic publishers, illustrating stories of espionage, martial arts, science fiction and of course the exploits of costumed super heroes.

Demain sera le 29 Fevrier, si c'est votre anniversaire nous esperons sincerement que vous en profiterez le plus possible, etant donné que vous n'en n'aurez plus l'occasion avant un moment.

Si vous connaissez quelqu'un dont l'anniversaire tombe un 29 Fevrier, vous voudrez peut être lui offrir quelque chose de vraiment spécial... comme ces livres par exemple?

ADAM WARREN'S EMPOWERED DELUXE # 1

HC 712pp Noir et Blanc

Dark Horse

C'est un triste fait que ce que les geeks de comics americains et anglais veulent le plus il ne peuvent l'avoir, de la credibilité pour leur medium favori de la part des litteraires! Leur desespoir se manifeste de multiples façons mais le plus souvent c'est en adulant les comics montrant une once ou trois d'intelligence de la part de l'auteur, qui utilise des references litteraires, des complots alambiqués ou des thèmes adultes, ces comics deviennent alors sacrés et nous sommes tous censés les respecter et les defendre, même s'il sont mal dessinés!
Avec cette foule méritante qui dicte l'etat du marché du comics, particulièrement ceux critiquant le fun que le public adore dans les comics, certaines pépites voient leur fin prématurée, comme Major Bummer par exemple.
Mais heureusement il y a un livre qui parodie les deux mediums que sont le comics et le manga si habilement et avec tellement d'expertise que les lecteurs ne peuvent s'empécher d'en faire un succes.

Son titre est Empowered et dans cette version deluxe -qui ne sera jamais reimprimer dans ce format- vous trouverez les trois premiers volumes des mesaventures hilarantes de Emp en tant que combattante du crime naissante, des informations sur la fabrication de la série par son createur Adam Warren, ainsi que des croquis et pages non publiées.
Bref ce livre est un pur plaisir, la comédie n'est pas chose facile et pourtant ce livre ne rate jamais l'occasion de faire rire, exactement le genre de livre que les lecteurs devraient plebisciter.

( Je sais que nous n'offrons pas beaucoup de comics ici mais je sentais que nous devions proposer celui là au vu du format et du contenu, vous trouverez assez de Sandman, Killing Jokes, From Hell, Sin City, Watchmen, Preacher, Jimmy Corrigan etc. juste de l'autre coté

de la rue chez Pulp's Comics, 9 rue Dante.

Pour tout dire je veux que le medium soit populaire car j'aime vraiment les comics mais je le veux aussi divertissant, je veux que les histoires finissent correctement et non de facon degonflée, ils devraient être bien dessinés et j'en ai assez des textes cyniques et sadiques ecrits par des auteurs qui auraient besoin de s'allonger, voir même de prendre un traitement, OK!?)

ALICE ILLUSTRATED

SC 128pp Couleur Noir et Blanc

Dover Publishing

Les personnages d'Alice au pays des merveilles de Lewis Caroll ont intrigué les lecteurs et inspiré les artistes depuis plus d'un siècle, ce livre est une selection des meilleures tentatives de capturer la saveur de cette oeuvre adorée des auteurs et des lecteurs.

Voila deux livres géniaux dans lesquels le créateur de Dinotopia, James Gurney, révele ses influences artistiques, son approche dans la création de son merveilleux travail et comment cela peut vous aider et inspirer dans vos efforts de création.

Color & Light et Imaginative Realism contiennent 224 pages en couleur et noir et blanc, leurs couvertures sont souples et ils sont publiés chez Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Les fans de James Gurney pourront trouver en magasin la version anniversaire des 20 ans de Dinotopia A Land Apart From Time signée et limitée à 250 exemplaires.

ALEX HORLEY SKETCHBOOK

SC 224pp Couleur Noir et Blanc

Vanguard Publishing

Les gens de chez Vanguard savent ce que leur public veut dans un livre d'art, donc voila un recueil d'illustrations chargées de barbares foux furieux, de femmes voluptueuses, de monstres hargneux et de zombies de Alex Horley illustrateur de nombreuses couvertures de Heavy Metal.

PAUL GULACY: SPIES, VIXENS & MASTERS OF KUNG FU

SC 224pp Couleur Noir et Blanc

Vanguard Publishing

Je suis assez vieux pour me rappeler avoir acheter les numeros de Deadly Hands of Kung Fu et aussi de Sabre, le comics indé de chez Eclipse où Paul Gulacy a essayé de dessiner ce qu'il n'avait pas la possibilité de faire chez les Marvel ou DC comics.
Le passage de Jim Steranko dans les comics fut trop bref et les lecteurs se demander quand un nouvel artiste avec un sens similaire de la cinematique apparaitrait, puis il y a eu Paul, qui a créé d'incroyables images dans son style inimitable pendant près de
30 ans et pour presque tous les editeurs majeurs du comics americains, illustrant des histoires d'espionage, d'arts martiaux, de science fiction et bien sur de super heros.

Book Signing by Rémi Maynègre and Sandrine Garcia March 17th.

2012-02-24T08:43:00.000-08:00

Nous sommes fiers de vous annoncer que Rémi Maynègre et Sandrine Garcia seront en dedicace le samedi 17 Mars de 13h00 à 16h00 pour la sortie de leur livre Voyage au Japon - Tome 1 : Tokyo

Les artistes signeront les livres de chaque personne possedant un ticket , un ticket sera donné à chaque achat d'un livre .

Un tirage au sort sera effectué 30 minutes avant la dédicace qui permettra à 12 personnes d'avoir un dessin original par l'artiste.

We are delighted to announce a book signing by Rémi Maynègre et Sandrine Garcia of their wonderful book
Voyage au Japon - Tome 1 : Tokyo which we reviewed a couple of weeks back.
Each copy bought from us will be sold with a ticket for a draw to win an original sketch in their copy by Rémi, all ticket holders will have their book signed while our 12 winners will leave with one of those sketches.
The draw will occur 30 minutes before the signings which will commence around 13.00 hrs on Saturday the 17th of March and will run to about 16;00 hrs.

PULP'S ART, ONE YEAR ON

2012-02-22T03:32:00.000-08:00

Hello readers the start of the third week in February marks one year of our doors being open at Pulp's Art for the sale of the best books on entertainment art and illustration, as well as prints by animation, comic and fantasy artists.

Happily there's no real lows to mention, OK a few books went waltzing out the door in the hide away of dishonest sorts with no feeling for the effort and expense involved in buying books and selling them in nice premises but this goes with the territory, so let's celebrate some of the high times and take a peek at some plans for the future.

The best thing about a unique store such as ours is having the ability of making people really happy, Parisians, tourists, professionals and enthusiasts have found books and prints here they'd always wanted or hoped existed.
At the same time as presenting products to an appreciative audience we're providing a platform to new and established artists to display and sell work the public wouldn't otherwise get to see.
We call on a wealth of experience and contacts to find product, some of it not easily found save for obscure web sites or at foreign conventions.
Here's a sampling of what I'm on about:-

from Switzerland comes this fabulous collection of art from the world's best caricaturist Sebastian Kruger,

from Taiwan we captured the last available copies of sensational cover artist Jo Chen's Illustration Collection,

while from Singapore we imported these great collections of art from the Imaginary Friends Studio,

then just last week we announced a book from Argentina giving us a rare glimpse at unseen art from the late Carlos Meglia,

and continuing with a Latin theme, here's a book we brought in from closer to home and featuring the excellent draftsmanship of Jordi Bernet,

while we had to go to Italy for this glorious selection of Masimo Carnevale's art and finally here's a great book from Holland that's worth taking a look at when you next call in,

Petar Meseldzija's Source of Imagination

Our search for great books from here and there will continue, for instance recognizing that traders and politicians aren't going to boost the Euro's value any time soon we'll bite the bullet and order in some Japanese books despite the strength of the Yen against the Euro.

So, if there's a Japanese book you particularly want and it wont get held by Customs then let us know straight away and maybe we can bring it in for you, N.B. an ISBN is crucial in enabling us to order.

We're talking to new suppliers all the time and monitoring sites and canvasing friends and pros to locate the hottest products.

Here is a small sampling of some great sketchbooks and self published books usually available exclusively via the web or at conventions, which we've made something of a house specialty here at Pulp's Art.

Needless to say we like artist here at Pulp's Art and not only are we able to call on many directly to get their books but we've been very fortunate to have several make signings here, such as these talented individuals,

KENT WILLIAMS

Gabriele Dell'Otto

Humberto Ramos

other artists to whom we're grateful for calling in and signing books for customers include Dustin Nguyen and Francisco Herrera and we hope to expand on artists signing books here in the year ahead, keep checking our blog spot and Facebook page for details of signings and news generally.

So having made it clear our quest for finding books and products to offer will be unstinting, let me tell you about developments on the sales front for our second year.

We hope this side of Easter to role out a fully functioning site for ordering many of the rarer books from the store.

You'll be able to view, select and pay for your books at the push of a few buttons, after which we'll send them to you where ever you are.

Regular customers are doubtless aware we have a reward scheme/digital fidelity card operating in the store, simply ask at the desk to be signed up.

While students and professionals in the field of graphic design should also ask at the desk about ways we can assist the talent of today and tomorrow save on the cost of their books.

Pulp's Art will be on tour as well, we'll be campaigning in Barcelona at the 30th Ficomic Salon, May 3 - 6, also in Germany on 7 - 10 June at the International Comic Salon Erlangen and just up the road at the Paris Comic Con and Japan Expo, July 5 - 8.

Holland and Belgium will be the next up to feel our force sometime in Autumn but before that we'll be dropping in on our American pals to experiencing the agony and the ecstasy that is America's biggest pop culture show, the San Diego Comic Convention.

There are also behind the scenes strategies and projects which we hope to be able to announce as the results and benefits get closer.

Having stated all this the crucial element in what we do and the reason for doing it is you, our customers.

If you have recommendations or suggestions about what we sell and how we sell it we'd be delighted to hear from you.

Thank you for your support in helping us establish Pulp's Art, we'll do our best to repay your interest and patronage by continually working to make Pulp's Art the store we all want it to be.

Bonjour chers lecteurs, la troisième semaine de Fevrier marque la première année d'existence de Pulp's Art dans la vente des meilleurs livres en Art Graphique, Illustration et lithographies par des artistes de l'animation, des comics et de la fantasy.

Heureusement il n'y a eu aucun réel problème, OK quelques livres ont été subtilisés par certaines personnes malhonnêtes, ne respectant pas les efforts et dépenses permettant d'acheter des livres pour les revendre dans les meilleures conditions mais c'est comme ça dans tous les commerces, célebrons donc les points positifs et voyons ce qui nous attends dans le futur.

La meilleure chose dans un magasin unique comme le notre est d'avoir la capacité de rendre les gens vraiment heureux -Parisiens, touristes, professionels et enthousiastes- d'avoir trouvé des livres et lithographies qu'ils ont toujours voulu ou esperé voir.

Tout en proposant des livres à des passionnés, nous permettant à des artistes débutants et confirmés de montrer et vendre leurs travaux à un public qui autrement n'y aurait pas accés.

Nous nous appuyons sur une grande expérience et de nombreux contacts pour trouver nos livres, certains ne seraient trouvables autrement que sur d'obscurs sites internet et dans des festivals à l'etranger.

Voici des exemples de ce dont je parle:

- Venant de suisse, voilà ce magnifique recueil de l'art du meilleur caricaturiste au monde

Sebastian Krueger.

- Venant de Taiwan nous avons reussi à obtenir les derniers exemplaires du recueil d'illustrations de l'extraordinaire cover artiste Jo Chen.

-Venant de Singapoure nous avons importé ces magnifiques recueils d'illustrations du Studio Imaginary Friends.

Et la semaine dernière nous vous annoncions un livre d'Argentine nous donnons un rare apercu de travaux non publiés du regreté Carlos Meglia.

Toujours dans le monde Latin, voila un livre qui vient de moins loin où l'on retrouve l'excellent

travail de Jordi Bernet.

Pour finir venant d'Italie cet incroyable recueil d'illustrations de Massimo Carnevale, et venant d'Hollande ce superbe sketchbook de Petar Meseldzija.

Notre recherche pour de beaux livres d'ici et là continue, par exemple voyant que les traders et politiciens ne vont pas ameliorer la valeur de l'Euro nous avons quand même commander quelques livres Japonais malgré la force du Yen par rapport à l'Euro.

Donc si jamais vous le souhaitez nous pouvons vous commander des livres Japonais, les references exactes sont par contre necessaires (ISBN et N.B.).

Nous sommes en contact avec de nouveaux fournisseurs tout le temps et nous surveillons les sites internet et les professionnels afin de trouver les meilleurs livres.

Voici un petit echantillon de superbes sketchbooks et livres auto-publiés habituellement disponibles seulement sur internet où en festivals, dont nous avons fait une specialité ici à Pulp's Art.

Ce n'est pas la peine de dire que nous aimons les artistes et non seulement nous sommes capables d'obtenir leur livres mais nous avons aussi la chance de les recevoir en dédicaces,

comme par exemple,

KENT WILLIAMS

Gabriele Dell'Otto

Humberto Ramos

NoUs sommes reconnaissons que d'autres artistes tel que Dustin Nguyen et Francisco Herrera ait pu être presents et nous esperons continuer à recevoir d'autres artistes pendant cette année, restez donc à l'affut sur notre blog et page facebook pour les details.

Donc apres avoir expliqué notre quête pour trouver des livres, laisser moi vous parler de nos projets pour cette seconde année d'existence.

Nous esperons que d'ici 1 ou 2 mois nous aurons un site de vente sur internet permettant à tout le monde de commander les livres presents en boutique.

Les clients réguliers sont au courant que nous avons un système de carte de fidelité en magasin, n'hesitez donc pas à la demander à la caisse.

Etudiants et professionels du dessin peuvent aussi demander à la caisse quels sont les remises que l'on peut leur faire afin qu'il puisse un peu economiser sur leurs achats de livres.

Pulp's Art sera aussi sur les routes, nous serons à Barcelone pour le 30ème Salon Ficomic du 3 au 6 Mai, en Allemagne du 7 au 10 Juin au Salon International d'Erlangen et bien sur à la Japan Expo du 5 au 8 Juillet à Paris.

L'Hollande et la Belgique seront nos prochains voyages en Automne mais avant cela nous irons chez nos amis Americains pour vivre le pire et le meilleur de la pop culture à la Comicon de San Diego.

Il y a aussi des projets encore secrets que nous esperons vous devoiler le plus vite possible.

Et pour finir la plus importante des raisons pour laquelle nous faisons tout cela est vous, chers clients.

Donc si vous avez des recommendations ou suggestions sur ce que nous vendons et comment nous le vendons, nous serions ravis de le savoir.

Merci pour votre soutient, nous ferons de notre mieux pour vous remercier de votre interêt par continuellement faire de Pulp's Art le magasin que nous voulons tous qu'il soit.

A Couple O' Big 'Ns

2012-02-21T09:57:00.002-08:00

Baby got book, yeah check out the hefty charms of this week's newbies!

WALLY WOOD'S EC STORIES ARTIST EDITION

HC 144pp Black + White

IDW

Scanned from the original page - which was a third again of the size used by today's toyboy artists - upon which mister Wood himself committed these masterpieces of the comics medium, this is the third volume in IDW's amazing series reprinting seminal comic works in their original condition as submitted to the publisher by the artist.

Classic comic stories scripted by Gaines, Feldstein and Kurtzman of daring do in the far future and war torn battlefields as well as shocking tales of sad sap misogyny typical of the epoch when girls who dumped, jilted or mocked a feller got theirs - scream!

ASLEY WOOD'S BIG BEAUTIFUL POPBOT

HC with slipcase 424pp Color Black + White

IDW

Originally only available from the publisher at the San Diego Comic Con this is an extremely limited edition of the book that sealed Ashley's reputation as one of the most exciting talents around, featuring his twin obsessions nubile gals and robots, enjoy!

Both books are available in very limited numbers so please hurry to get your copy because we don't expect to be able to restock.

We have some prints from the fabulous duo of Kei Acedera and Bobby Chiu from Imaginism Studios in Toronto back in stock, so if you are looking for something whimsical, or specifically whimsical and from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland then please call in on us.

Voici les news de la semaine

WALLY WOOD'S EC STORIES ARTIST EDITION

HC 144pp Noir et Blanc

IDW

Scannés à partir des pages originales - et publiés à taille originale également - voici des chefs d'oeuvres du comics réalisées par l'incroyable Wally Wood, ceci est le troisième volume de la série de réedition des plus grand comics dans leurs états originaux par l'editeur IDW.
Des histoires classiques par Gaines, Feldstein et Kurtzman allant de la science fiction aux champs de batailles dechirés ainsi que de l'horreur!

ASLEY WOOD'S BIG BEAUTIFUL POPBOT

HC with slipcase 424pp Couleur Noir et Blanc

IDW

Originallement disponible seulement chez l'editeur à la convention de San Diego, voila une edition trés limitée du livre qui à sceller la reputation d'Ashley Wood comme l'un des meilleurs talent du comics, vous y retrouverez ses deux passions les femmes et les robots!

Ces deux livres sont disponibles dans un nombre limité d'exemplaires, donc ceux qui seraient interessés doivent se presser car nous ne pourrons pas les recommander.

Nous avons egalement recu des lithographies du fameux duo Kei Acedera et Bobby Chiu de Imaginism Studios de Toronto, donc si vous voulez quelque chose de fantaisiste et representant l'univers d'Alice au pays des merveilles alors appelez nous.

NEW AT PULP'S ART FEBRUARY 15th

2012-02-15T08:00:00.002-08:00

Before getting into the new books we'd just like to take this opportunity - now that we have the photos back - to say a big thank you to Gabriele Dell'Otto for joining us on the 3rd of February and making fabulous illustrations for those lucky customers who won a sketch in our prize draw; see what we mean?

We're sorry you missed the fun - and believe us with Gabriele on fine form it was fun - but we still have plenty of wonderful items from this talented artist in store for you to enjoy.

And so to the new books and we'll kick things off with an utterly fabulous number which was worth the expense and effort to import it from the other side of the world, from Buenos Aires to be exact so needless to say the little text it contains is in Spanish.

CARLOS MEGLIA A GO-GO

HC 112pp Color, Black + White

Napoleones Sin Batallas

Argentina produces some of the most original talents to grace the medium of comics, think Alberto and Enrique Breccia, Carlos and Lucas Nine and Juan Gimenez, one of the most highly regarded and well liked of these was Carlos Meglia.

Carlos enjoyed deserved success and recognition on both sides of the Atlantic, being published by Dark Horse, DC and Soleil in N. America and Europe.

This is a peek at some work not previously seen in these markets, including color pieces which recall styles as diverse as those of Rockwell and Jeffery Jones, as well as finishes, sketches and development work for characters and stories published here.

Humberto Ramos and Alberto Ruiz both spoke to me about the beauty of this book and the importance to them of Carlos, as an artist and a human being.

We are very proud and pleased to be offering this poignant reminder of the wonderful artist Carlos Meglia and his amazing work.

ROY G. KRENKEL SAVAGE WORLDS

SC 160pp Black + White

Pure Imagination

Indirectly Roy G. Krenkel had a profound influence on the depiction of heroes in both comic and pulp fantasy art given he was a mentor to Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson and Wally Wood - as well as being their friend - and is supposed to have sketched rough drafts for some of the most celebrated covers Frank created for Arrow publishing.

A fine artist in his own right, his style shows the influence of popular illustrators from his youth including Norman Lindsay, Booth and Clement Coll.

This is one of the few collections of Roy's work still in print and includes illustrations which accompanied stories from the great pulp authors Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E Howard.

ART OF THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY

SC 200pp Color, Black + White

Viz Publications

This is the English language edition of the Art of the Secret World of Arrietty, following the work of Japanese animation studio Ghibli as it brings the much loved series of children's book about minute people who utilize what they scavenge from us bigger people, The Borrowers, to the silver screen in glorious animation.

The work of Hayoao Miyazaki and his colleagues is hugely respected and appreciated by the global animation community, the film press and a massive international audience.

As the rest of the world embraces the new digital technologies to create and finish animated features, Studio Ghibli uses mostly traditional methods to create animated films of unparalleled beauty, charm and even when using source material of originality.

Follow the aesthetic of the film from early concepts to the finished art in the film, presented in hundreds of illustrations in this beautiful book.

We retain the Japanese theme for a moment as we introduce an equally beautiful book though one grounded in the reality of its capitol city as experienced by two talented artists from France.

VOYAGE AU JAPON: TOME 1 TOKYO

HC 160pp Color, Black + White

CFSL INK

Join Remi Maynègre and Sandrine Garcia on their tour of Japan as they recount their experience in text and illustrations, including beautiful water colors.

The book is the best kind of travel log and guide book combining personal experience with practical advise about one of the most compelling cultures and destinations in the world.

They kick their tour off naturally enough in Tokyo, where they encounter the high tech - including the automatic and musical toilet - and the traditional which so distinguishes Japan, and yes they visit the Studio Ghibli museum and park.

Finally we've some prints just in from Chris Ayers, the brilliant animal caricaturist of Daily Zoo fame, while in complete contrast we have restocks of the celebrated artbooks from H.R. Giger, Biomechanics and Necronomican and from the same Swiss publisher restocks of uber artist Sebastian Kruger's delirious tribute to the hardest working band in show biz, Stones.

Hope to see you soon here at Pulp's Art.

Avant de vous parler des nouveaux livres ,nous voudrions dire un grand merci à Gabriele Dell'Otto pour être venu le 3 Fevrier et avoir fait de magnifiques illustrations pour les clients chanceux d'avoir été choisi au tirage au sort ,d'ailleurs voila quelques photos.

Mais pour ceux qui ont manqué cet évenement ,nous avons un large choix de produits de ce talentueux artiste en magasin .

Et voilà enfin les nouveaux livres .Pour commencer un livre qui vaut tous les efforts qu'il a fallu deployer pour le faire venir de l'autre bout du monde ,Buenos Aires pour être exact et dont le peu de texte est donc en espagnol .

CARLOS MEGLIA A GO-GO

HC 112pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc

Napoleones Sin Batallas

L'Argentine a donné certain des talents les plus originaux de la Bande Dessinée , Alberto et Enrique Breccia ,Juan Gimenez ,Carlos trillo et Eduardo Risso ,l'un des plus apprecié et connu est Carlos Meglia .
Carlos mérite son succés et la reconnaissance qu'il a acquise des deux cotés de l'Atlantique ,son travail a été publié chez Dark Horse ,DC et Soleil aux Etats-Unis et en Europe .

Voilà un recueil de travaux jamais publiés ,vous y trouverez également des peintures rappelant certain comme Rockwell et Jeffrey Jones ,croquis et recherches de personnages .

Humberto Ramos et Alberto Ruiz m'ont tout les deux parler de la beauté de ce livre et de l'importance pour eux qu'avait Carlos ,en tant qu'artiste et personne .

Nous sommes donc tres fiers de vous proposer ce magnifique ouvrage sur la carriere de cet incroyable artiste qu'était Carlos Meglia

ROY G. KRENKEL SAVAGE WORLDS

SC 160pp Noir et Blanc

Pure Imagination

Indirectement Roy G. Krenkel a une profonde influence dans la façon de representer les héros dans les comics et oeuvres de Frank Frazetta ,Al Williamson et Wally Wood dont il a été le mentor ainsi que l'ami , il est également supposé avoir fait des croquis pour certaines des plus celèbres couvertures que Frank a faite pour les editions Arrow .
Un trés bonne artiste donc ,dont le style montre l'influence d'illustrateurs populaires de sa jeunesse tel que Norman Lindsay, Booth et Clement Coll.

C'est l'un des rares recueil du travail de Roy G. Krenkel incluant des illustrations accompagnant les histoires des grands auteurs d'aventures que sont Edgar Rice Burroughs et Robert E Howard.

ART OF THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY

SC 200pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc

Viz Publications

Voici la version anglaise de the Art of the Secret World of Arrietty, recueillant le merveilleux travail du Studio Ghibli qui a traduit l'un des livres pour enfants les plus aimé -Les Chapardeurs- en un magnifique film d'animation .
Le travail d'Hayao Miyazaki et son équipe est immensément respecté et apprecié par la communité de l'animation ,la presse et les spectateurs partout dans le monde.

Alors que le reste du monde utilise principalement les nouvelles technologies pour créer les films animés ,le Studio Ghibli utilise encore les techniques traditionnelles pour faire des films d'une rare beauté et d'un charme absolu .

Retrouvez l'esthétique du film des premières recherches graphiques au résultat final sous la forme de centaines d'illustrations de toute beauté .

Nous continuons de parler du Japon avec ce magnifique livre représentant la capitale Tokyo comme elle a été perçue par deux artistes Français .

VOYAGE AU JAPON: TOME 1 TOKYO

HC 160pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc

CFSL INK

Rejoignez Remi Maynègre et Sandrine Garcia dans le voyage au Japon avec leurs témoignages en textes et illustrations , dont de magnifiques aquarelles .
Ce livre est la meilleure combinaison de journal de voyage et de guide ,car il regroupe experiences personnelles et conseils pratiques à propos d'une des plus irresistibleb culture et destination dans le monde .

Vous retrouverez dans leur voyage tous les aspects de Tokyo , aussi bien la haute technologie -avec des toilettes automatiques et musicales- que la tradition qui caractérise tellement le Japon ,et oui ils ont visité le musée et le parc Ghibli .

Et pour finir nous venons de recevoir des lithographies de Chris Ayers ,le brillant caricaturiste animalier de Daily Zoo ,et dans un autre genre nous avons recupéré des artbooks du génial H.R. Giger ,Biomechanics et Necronomicon et du même editeur Suisse le délirant hommage aux Rolling Stones par le caricaturiste Sebastian Krueger .

A bientôt chez Pulp's Art .

EVERY DAY'S THE 14th!

2012-02-14T05:34:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day to our romantically inclined readers!

We'll update you on the new stuff later in the week, right now we just want you to feel the LOVE.

All our best the team at Pulp's Art.

NEW AT PULP'S ART FEBRUARY 7th

2012-02-07T10:14:00.000-08:00

Hello readers there's some good stuff here to warm the hearts of lovers of beautiful books.

ERIC CANETE: ENCORE

CLAM-SHELL HC 356pp Color, Black + White Limited ed. 1000 exs.

Light Box/Essential Sequential

The ultimate collection of sketches and private commissions undertaken by this extraordinarily talented animation and comic artist.

The beautiful hard cover book within an equally magnificent clam-shell box contains just about every unpublished drawing Eric has made over the past 6 years up to 2011.

In his unique style of elegant dynamism he interprets the most celebrated characters from animation, comics, films and games, grab it while stocks last.

(N.B. the Clam-shell box surrounding the book is very delicate and the treatment the books received in transit does mean the corners of the Clam-shell aren't always perfect.)

PETER NGUYEN INK WORKS 2011

SC 44pp Black + White

Essential Sequential

A really nice sketch book from the animation and comic artist Peter Nguyen, Peter has worked on projects as diverse as Ice Age, Out of Picture and various DC comics.

THE ART OF THE MASS EFFECT UNIVERSE

HC 184pp Color, Black + White

Dark Horse Publishing

It's another wonderful collaboration between Dark Horse and game company Bioware and while this time around the subject couldn't be more different from the Gothic horror of Alice Madness Returns one is still served up a visual feast in The Art of The Mass Effect Universe.

Games aren't a part of my recreational program but I am aware of the awesome artistic talent the medium employs to create the look of their amazing products.

Mass Effect is an incredibly rich science fiction creation and there's enough development art and studies of characters, craft and environments to send a fan into orbit.

EXOTIQUE 7

SC 208pp Color

Ballistic Publishing

Another bumper crop of digitally crafted art focusing exclusively on character design with a larger helping than previous collections of fantasy folk created by Asian artists.

By now you know what to expect with a book from Ballistic, excellent production values and high quality graphics from the best artist working in the digital realm.

D'ARTSTE DIGITAL ART MASTERCLASS: FASHION DESIGN

SC with slipcase 192pp Color

Ballistic Publishing

These three professional designers, Alessia Zambonin, Annie Stegg and Lois Van Baarle tell you how they do it so that you can too.

As with all the previous D'Artiste books in the series, professionals from a specific field of design show you step by step how they created certain images using certain design programs as well as providing a gallery of their finished art.

Now as you know we're prepared to go along way to find rare books and bring them back to you, for instance we have the excellent books from the Singapore based studio Imaginary Friends and soon we'll be bringing in a book from South America - no easy task given the country's bureaucracy - which we feel sure is bound to please fans of good animation and comic art, watch this space.

Bonjour chers lecteurs ,voila queques belles nouveautés pour rechauffer le coeur des amoureux de livres !

ERIC CANETE: ENCORE

COFFRET HC 356pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc Ed. limité à 1000 exs.

Light Box/Essential Sequential

La collection ultime de croquis et comissions privées réalisées par cet extraordinaire talent de l'animation et du comics .
Ce magnifique livre contenu dans un coffret recueil tout le travail non publié d'Eric Canete depuis les 6 dernières années !

Dans son style unique de dynamisme élegant il interprete les personnages les plus populaires du monde de l'animation , du comics ,des films et des jeux videos .

PETER NGUYEN INK WORKS 2011

SC 44pp Noir et Blanc

Essential Sequential

Un trés beau sketchbook de l'artiste Peter Nguyen ,qui a entre autre travaillé dans l'animation sur des projets comme l'Age de Glace et dans le comics pour DC .

THE ART OF THE MASS EFFECT UNIVERSE

HC 184pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc

Dark Horse Publishing

Voila un autre merveilleuse collaboration entre Dark Horse et une compagnie de jeux videos -Bioware- et même si cette fois le sujet est complètement different de l'horreur Gothique d'Alice Madness Returns ,vous trouverez encore une riche sélection d'images dans The Art of The Mass Effect Universe.
Les jeux videos ne sont pas un de mes hobbies mais je suis au courant de l'incroyable talent utilisé pour créé ces extraordinaires produits.

Mass Effect est une oeuvre de science fiction extrêmement riche et il y a assez d'images de recherches de personnages ,vaisseaux, objets et environnements pour envoyer un fan en orbite .

EXOTIQUE 7

SC 208pp Couleur

Ballistic Publishing

Une autre demonstration incroyable d'art numérique se concentrant sur le character design avec de trés nombreux tutoriaux par des artistes asiatiques.
Au jour d'aujourd'hui vous savez quoi attendre d'un livre des éditions Ballistic, une excellente production et une haute qualité graphique des meilleurs artistes travaillant dans le monde du digital.

D'ARTSTE DIGITAL ART MASTERCLASS: FASHION DESIGN

SC with slipcase 192pp Couleur

Ballistic Publishing

Ces trois artistes professionnelles , Alessia Zambonin, Annie Stegg et Lois Van Baarle vous expliquent quelles sont leurs techniques .
Comme pour les précedents livres D'Artiste de la serie, des professionnels de categories spécifiques vous montre étapes par étapes comment créé certaines images utilisant certains programmes avec une riche galerie de leurs travaux.

Comme vous le savez nous faisons tout pour vous trouvez des livres rares et vous les ramenez ,par exemple nous avons les excellents livres venant du studio Imagenary Friend basé à Singapour et bientôt nous vous amenerons un livre venu d'Amérique du Sud -ce n'est pas facile au vu de la bureaucracie de cette région- que nous sommes sur plaira aussi bien aux fans d'animation que de comics, surveillez ce blog!

A BIT OF A PAMPHLET FROM PULP'S ART FEBRUARY 7th

2012-02-07T10:08:00.000-08:00

Hello readers let me say straight away this is my opinion and doesn't necessarily reflect the views of the owners.

The French government's - like every government's - attitude to books is a bit mixed, they support a fixed price which is a good thing but apply VAT to them which is a bad thing and insult to injury are looking to increase the rate!

I think VAT should be applied to nonessential items or products which need to be used responsibly such as fuel and alcohol.
VAT shouldn't be applied to books or magazines because we need to engage the citizens in ideas and culture and we need to maintain levels of literacy.
(The shocking rate of dubbing in France means your average Jean-Paul and Marie-Jeane is never asked to confront a subtitle on your TV or at provincial cinemas, despite what this means for the integrity of the original drama, ironic given assumed French attitudes to art!
Standards of literacy would be greatly enhanced if you treated imported films and television programs as they deserve.
Absolutely dubbing should be restricted to kiddies entertainment only and has no place in the adult world!)

One can argue modest levels of VAT aren't much of a barrier to citizens buying books and magazines but there shouldn't be any in the opinion of many of the brightest and best.

I appreciate we need to boost the country's coffers, what with minister's wives and other financial wiz kids assisting the super wealthy to dodge taxes and move huge sums of dosh to delightful Switzerland, while the Prez hires his tax exile rock star mates to earn wee fortunes playing publicly funded events and also because our bureaucracy is bloated and our public sector workers want to retire while their kids are still at school, so they can play boules or meet former colleagues at the local tabac.

Well there is a way to fund all this and regain that triple A rating - and maybe even get an unpresidented fourth, just start fining every one who leaves crap in the street.
Our cities are beautiful and yet we tolerate a quantity of fecal matter the size of Belgium to swamp them day in day out!

( I recognize that some of the filth in your streets aren't the leavings of selfish, idle pet owners and I wish some of the charities could give the homeless a means to cope with their waste issues, because as things are everyone's dignity is being compromised.)

Perhaps if we were to write to our mayors demanding tough fiscal punishment for those befouling the streets and public spaces of the country immediately and then
lobby our representative in the Assembly requesting the State repeal VAT on publications and make law tough measures to stop the tide of crap covering our cities, we might get somewhere on these issues?

Oh and those who thinks the fixed pricing on books is a bad thing need only look at what happened to the book business in the UK when they dropped the Net Book Agreement, which controlled pricing and discounting in its book business.
These days in the UK businesses other than traditional book sellers, super markets and internet sellers, enjoy the lions share of sales because they demand huge discounts from the publishers, who fear that without these outlets their sales will be greatly diminished; and so they offer a rate to them which allows them to undercut traditional sellers.
Consumers thinking short term buy books from these outlets because they are cheaper without reflecting on the effect on the industry as a whole or the long term effect their actions will have.
Those effects are proving to be radically reduced numbers of book shops, including bankrupted major chains, increased initial retail prices to support the enormous discount the publisher will offer the super non traditional sellers, and a dumbing down of editors lists, as they release crowd pleasing pap for the super market consumers, while cutting back on important works with limited appeal because their funds simply can't be balanced between the needs of art and profit.
What is true of the UK's book industry is also the story of book selling in the USA.
Would any of us want what has happened to CD sales - diminished production of reduced selections and fewer sales outlets - to happen to books and magazines, even if the profiteering of the music industry before the new technologies was inexcusable?

If you think my place is selling books and I should stick to writing about this, I can respect your opinion yet think your view of what it is to be a tax paying citizen in a democracy is as limited as BHL's fashion sense but if that is your stance then let me just say this to you, " buy books now before the new VAT rate is applied in April!!"

Thank you for reading, Nick.

NEW AT PULP'S ART FEBRUARY 3rd

2012-02-03T02:16:00.000-08:00

So I write this as Humberto Ramos sits in our store making fabulous drawings for lucky winners in our draw, on Friday we'll be hosting Gabriele Dellotto, don't miss your chance to own an original drawing by a modern master of super hero illustration.

For those of you unable to make it here for Wednesday's signing here's a small taste of what you missed, that'd be Humberto sitting down with a pen in his hand.

Then that'd be Wonder Woman as illustrated by Humberto for a contented fan in a very nice jumper and a sensible choice given winter has finally put in an appearance.

Anyway enough name dropping and back slapping, we'd like to say a big thank you to all those who dropped by our stand in Angouleme, your interest and custom was very much appreciated by myself, Patrick and Adnan.

Before getting to the new books I need to mention that we have some of the utterly gorgeous Naughty & Nice: the Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm deluxe slip-cased hard covers back in stock, so drop in or call to pick up or reserve your copy.

DIGITAL PAINTING TECHNIQUES VOL. 3

SC 286pp Color

3D Total Publishing

Following on from the two previous successful volumes comes a third collection of tutorials from industry professionals explaining the latest techniques for using high tech to make art accompanied by some very nice images.

THE ART OF CARBONGRAY

HC 128pp Color Black + White

Image Comics

Although this may look like something inspired by one of the better sequences from the otherwise unfortunate film Sucker Punch, this steam punk war story was conceived before the film saw light of day.

The three artists reveal their aspirations, inspiration and technique in creating this epic in this heavily illustrated package.

Here's some great sketchbooks we picked up in Angouleme from French publishers, beginning with two new books in the marvelous series of sketchbooks by the Attakus imprint, Comix Buro.

BILL PRESING SKB

SC 48pp Color, Black + White

Comix Buro

French publisher but an American artist, Bill is a Pixar studio story boarder by day but by night he dons the mantle of comic and pin-up artist.

Art Spiegelman was inspired when he wrote the following about Jack Cole's pin-ups but this wonderful turn of phrase would be just as applicable to the ladies Bill illustrates; " Cole's goddesses were estrogen soufflés who mesmerized the ineffectual saps who lusted after them."

(We have a couple of books featuring Bill's great art in house and those of you who saw the wonderful model of Bill's Banana Girl at the Angouleme Festival should keep watching our Blog and Facebook spots for an announcement concerning her ability to be purchased here in France.)

NED SKB

SC 48pp Color, Black + White
Comix Buro

Ned, aka Stephane Nedellec, is a designer and illustrator creating interesting illustrations - usually of the human face - containing psychedelic motifs.

Join him in celebrating human diversity and the beauty of being, all delivered in some style!

A more recent - but most welcome - arrival on the sketch book block is Editions Snorgleux of Marseille, here's the fantastic books we picked up from them.

These are the limited editions of just 350 copies, with a signed illustrated certificate and a unique cover; regular editions will be available in the coming months.

BRUNO BESSADI SKB

SC 48pp Color, Black + White + signed and numbered illustrated certificate

Snorgleux Editions

A wonderful collection of sketches from the illustrator of Soleil's Zorn et Dina, Bruno can draw whatever he likes really well but Gorillas would seem an understandable favorite.

PIERRE-MONY CHAN SKB

SC 48pp Color, Black + White + signed and numbered illustrated certificate
Snorgleux Editions

The second selection from Snorgleux of art from this talented Bordeaux artist, Pierre-Mony's style is from somewhere between the Atlantic and the Pacific in that it recalls the best of European, American and Asian styles.

Many of the images relate to his hit action series for Soleil, Crossfire but there is also a generous helping of gorgeous woman.

DANY SKB
SC 48pp Color, Black + White + signed and numbered illustrated certificate
Snorgleux Editions

So let's assume you're already familiar with the work of this BD maestro and his ability to draw beautiful women beautifully, as Stan would say " 'nuff said!"

ANA MIRALLES SKB

SC 48pp Color, Black + White + signed and numbered illustrated certificate

Snorgleux Editions

The Spanish artist delineating the steamy adventures of Djinn and more recently Muraqqa lets us into her sketchbook, which is of course full of wonders not least of which are the beautiful women she puts on the page.

TURF SKB

SC 48pp Color, Black + White + signed and numbered illustrated certificate

Snorgleux Editions

Finally from the artist of Delcourt's La Nef des Fous, Turf, comes the last nice, neat book of sketches and illustrations from top creators of BD.

Turf has an expressive style recalling animation and illustration art from the first half of the 20th Century.

Back to books from over there, here's a couple of sketchbooks from the land of the free and the home of the finest democracy private enterprise can buy.

ADAM WARREN EMPOWERED EXTRA SKETCHINESS

SC 28pp Black + White Signed

From the pages of one of the best comics currently being published States side, Empowered, comes this collection of sketches and commissions from writer artist Adam Warren.

OK it's one of the "best comics" in my humble and otherwise opinion but you really should check this very clever and funny satire of super hero and manga comics out.

PRES ROMANILLOS SKB

SC 32pp Black + White

Stuart Ng Publications

Pres Romanillos was a highly regarded animator who breathed vigorous life into the menacing villain from Mulan, Shan-Yu and the lead character from Pocahontas.

This book's publisher, Stuart Ng, has a thriving business in L.A. supplying rare books and imports to an appreciative customer base of mainly artists who share his passion for great art.

His contact with the leading lights of the animation business has lead him to publish a number of sketch books with important animators and all available here, for example he was the first publisher of Calire Wendling Daisies.

Stuart worked with the widow of Mr Romanillos to prepare this collection of wonderful sketches by this late and much missed animator.

And so back to where I came in and signings here at Pulp's Art, this afternoon we'll be hosting Gabriele Dell'Otto and you still have the chance between now and 15.00 hrs to purchase items and gain tickets to win and original drawing by Gabriele.

So come on in we've Gabriele's latest sketchbook and portfolio, take a look:-

GABRIELE DELL'OTTO'S XXL PORTFOLIO

6 Color Plates + certificate limited edition of 300 pieces

Yep 6 super charged images of Marvel's beefier heroes and villains as only Gabriele can capture them, in a deluxe portfolio and limited to a tiny 300 copies!

GABRIELE DELL'OTTO: HERE COMES SKETCHBOOK 2011

HC 88pp Color, Black + White limited to 500 copies

Another bumper collection of dynamic images from this modern master of the comic medium and we're pretty sure you'll find your favorite character among the action packed illustrations contained within this limited edition self published sketchbook; it has the high production values one has come to expect of Gabriele's own publications.

OK fun starts at 3.00 p.m., see you then!

Pour ceux qui n'ont pas pu être présent à la dédicace d'Humberto Ramos, voici quelques photos !

Nous aimerions également remercier tout ceux qui sont passés par notre stand à Angoulême, votre intérêt a fortement été apprecié par moi-même, Nick et Patrick .

Avant de vous parler des nouveaux livres , je voudrais mentionnais que nous avons récuperer quelques magnifiques Naughty & Nice: the Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm, edition deluxe couverture dure le tout dans un coffret, n'hésitez donc pas à passer ou à appeler pour en reserver un exemplaire.

DIGITAL PAINTING TECHNIQUES VOL. 3

SC 286pp Couleur

3D Total Publishing

Après deux premiers volumes à succés , voici venir un troisième recueil de tutoriaux par des professionnels vous expliquant les dernières techniques en matières d'art numérique, accompagnées de sublimes images .

THE ART OF CARBONGRAY

HC 128pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc

Image Comics

Malgré le fait que cela pourrait ressembler à quelque chose inspiré par une des meilleures séquences du film Sucker Punch, cette histoire de guerre façon Steampunk a été créée avant que le film sorte sur grand écran .
Les trois artistes révelent leur aspirations , inspirations et techniques durant la création de ce récit dans cet ouvrage richement illustré .

Voila quelques trés beaux sketchbooks que nous avons choisi à Angoulême chez des éditeurs Français, pour commencer avec deux nouveaux livres de la série initié par Attakus , Comix Buro .

BILL PRESING SKB

SC 48pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc

Comix Buro

Editeur Français mais artiste Américain, Bill travaille la journée en tant que story boarder chez Pixar et la nuit en tant qu'artiste de comics et pin-up .

Nous avons quelques autres livres sur le superbe art de Bill Presing en boutique et pour ceux qui ont vu le merveilleux modèle de sa Banana Girl au festival d'Angoulême , surveiller notre Blog et Facebook pour une annonce concernant la possibilité de l'acheter en France.

NED SKB

SC 48pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc
Comix Buro

Ned, aka Stephane Nedellec, est un designer et illustrateur créant d'interessantes illustrations - utilisant souvent des visages humains - contenant des motifs psychedélique .
Rejoignez le dans sa célebration de la diversité humaine .

Un plus recent -mais plus que bienvenu- arrivage de sketchbooks des editions Snorgleux de Marseille .
Ceux-ci sont limités seulement à 350 exemplaires, avec un certificat illustré et signé et une couverture originale; les exemplaires non limités seront disponibles dans les mois qui viennent.

BRUNO BESSADI SKB

SC 48pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc, Certificat Illustré, Signé et Numeroté

Snorgleux Editions

Un merveilleux recueil de croquis par l'illustrateur de Zorn et Dina aux éditions Soleil, Bruno peut trés bien dessiné de nombreuses choses mais les gorilles semblent être son sujet favori.

PIERRE-MONY CHAN SKB

SC 48pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc, Certificat Illustré, Signé et Numeroté
Snorgleux Editions

La seconde nouveauté de chez Snorgleux vient de cet artiste talentueux de Bordeaux, le style de Pierre-Mony est quelque part entre l'Atlantique et le Pacifique, car il rappelle le meilleur des styles Européen, Américain et Asiatique.
Beaucoup de ses dessins sont tirés de sa série chez Soleil, Crossfire mais il y a aussi de nombreux dessins de femmes sublimes.

DANY SKB
SC 48pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc, Certificat Illustré, Signé et Numeroté
Snorgleux Editions

Disons que vous etes déjà familier avec le travail de ce maestro de la BD et son abilité à dessiné de magnifiques femmes magnifiquement, alors comme Stan dirait " assez parlé! "

ANA MIRALLES SKB

SC 48pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc, Certificat Illustré, Signé et Numeroté

Snorgleux Editions

L'artiste espagnole illustrant les vaporeuses aventures de Djinn et plus récemment Muraqqa nous invite dans son sketchbook, qui évidemment est rempli de magnifiques dessins parmi lesquels bien sur de sublimes femmes.

TURF SKB

SC 48pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc, Certificat Illustré, Signé et Numeroté

Snorgleux Editions

Et pour finir de l'artiste de La Nef des Fous aux éditions Delcourt, le dernier sketchbook .
Turf a un style trés expressif rappelant l'animation et l'illustration de la première moitié du 20éme siècle .

ADAM WARREN EMPOWERED EXTRA SKETCHINESS

SC 28pp Noir et Blanc Signé

Des pages de l'un des meilleur comics publié en ce moment aux Etats-Unis, est tiré ce recueil de sketches et comissions de l'auteur Adam Warren.
Ok c'est l'un des meilleur comics selon mon humble opinion mais vous devriez vraiment jetez un oeil à ce trés intelligent et satirique comics sur le monde des super-héros.

PRES ROMANILLOS SKB

SC 32pp Noir et Blanc

Stuart Ng Publications

Pres Romanillos était un trés important animator qui a insufflé vigoureusement la vie dans le menaçant vilain de Mulan, Shan-yu et le personnage de Pocahontas.
L'editeur, Stuart Ng, a un magasin prospère à Los Angeles fournissant des livres rares et imports à une clientèle reconnaissante constitué principalement d'artistes partageant sa passion pour l'Art.
Ses contacts avec la crême de l'industrie de l'animation, l'ont amené à publier un nombre important de sketchbooks avec de grands animateurs qui sont tous disponibles ici, par exemple il a été le premier éditeur du Daisies de Claire Wendling.

Stuart a travaillé avec la veuve de Mr Romanillos pour preparé ce recueil de merveilleux sketches du regretté animateur.

Venez et jetez un oeil aux tous nouveaux sketchbook et portfolio de Gabriele Dell'otto!

GABRIELE DELL'OTTO'S XXL PORTFOLIO

6 Planches Couleur + Edition Limitée à 300 exemplaires

Et oui 6 magnifiques illustrations des plus imposants héros et vilains de Marvel comme seulement Gabriele sait les capturés, dans un portfolio de luxe et limité à seulement 300 exemplaires !

GABRIELE DELL'OTTO: HERE COMES SKETCHBOOK 2011

HC 88pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc Limité à 500 exemplaires

Un autre incroyable recueil d'illustrations dynamiques de ce maitre moderne dans le monde du comics et nous sommes sur que vous trouverez votre personnage preferé parmi les nombreuses illustrations de ce recueil auto publié;

il a la qualité de réalisation que l'on peut espérer d'un artiste comme Gabriele Dell'Otto.

DETAILS FOR THE SIGNINGS BY HUMBERTO RAMOS AND GABRIELE DELLOTTO

2012-01-31T03:09:00.000-08:00

Avec la preparation de notre stand au festival d'Agoulême , ce n'est que maintenant que nous pouvons annoncer les modalités des deux dédicaces de cette semaine.

Chaque dédicace commencera vers 16h30 le 1er Fevrier pour Humberto Ramos et vers 15h30 le 3 Février pour Gabriele Dell'otto .

Les artistes signeront 5 livres ou comics par personne possedant un ticket , un ticket sera donné à chaque achat d'un livre ou d'une lithographie .

Un tirage au sort sera effectué 30 minutes avant chaque dédicace qui permettra à 15 personnes pour Humberto Ramos et 8 personnes pour Gabriele Dell'otto d'avoir un dessin original par l'artiste .

Nous mettrons en vente cette aprés-midi de nouveaux livres et lithographies de chacun des artistes.

Le nombre de tickets par personne n'est pas limité , mais une personne ne peut pas gagner deux dédicaces pour le même artiste .

With the organization of our participation in the Angouleme festival we're only now able to announce the method we're using for the two signings this week here at Pulp's Art.

Each signing will commence at approximately 16.30hrs on February 1st for Humberto Ramos and 15h30 February 3rd for Gabriel Dell'otto.

The artists will sign up to 5 books or comics per attendee, the purchase of a book or print by the artist here at Pulp's Art before the event will qualify that person for a ticket to win an original drawing by the artist created for this event.

Humberto will create 15 original pieces and Gabriele 8, which will be presented to the winners of the ticket draw at the end of each signing.

The books, prints and portfolios associated with the tickets will go on sale this afternoon, the draw to find the winners will take place just before the signings commence.

While you can buy as many items and thus tickets as you wish to increase your chances of winning an original illustration, the number of original drawings is limited and so despite the number of tickets purchased only one original piece can be won by a single customer.

NEW AT PULP'S ART JANUARY 24

2012-01-24T09:32:00.000-08:00

So, while a sizable slice of the big cheeses from the 1% mismanaging the world get together in Davos - where else but Switzerland, home to their dodgy bank accounts - us tax paying working stiffs will be heading down to Angouleme for the International BD Festival.
Angouleme is certain to be the more responsible, egalitarian and enjoyable gathering, so why not join us?

Happily we have new books to lay before you this week so hold onto your hats as we give them the Pulp's Art road test!

APPLE SELECTION # 1

SC 200pp Color

Udon Entertainment

Better late than never is the selection of pin-ups by Korea's top artist from comics and game design celebrating bikini clad lovelies and the heady days of summer; sure to brighten and warm up these chilly and gloomy long winter nights.

ART OF THE DRAGON

SC 136pp Color

Vanguard Publishing

The world's best artists at depicting these mythical saurians strut their stuff here in a book dedicated to the visual majesty of dragons by a virtual who's who of fantasy art.

WALLY WOOD STRANGE WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTION

SC 136pp Color, Black + White

Vanguard Publishing

And science fiction is indeed a strange world, ever seen pictures of the people writing the stuff?

Anyway this is a collection of extremely rare sci-fi comics from Avon and Youthful Magazine from the early 50s illustrated by the master of the genre, Wally Wood.

FAMOUS MONSTERS GALLERY: DARK ARTS 2
SC 104pp Color
Movieland Classics

For decades now Famous Monsters Magazine has been celebrating the ghoulish and creepy in celluloid and digital film, now they're bringing you the best art in the horror, sf and the fantasy realm created by such heavyweight illustrators as Wayne Barlow, Sanjulian and Neville Page.

( Yes we appreciate you'd like to see # 1 as well, we're onto it watch this space!)

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO DIGITAL PAINTING IN PHOTOSHOP

SC 240pp Color

3D Total publishing

Ah photoshop, no more washing out the brushes in white spirit or worrying about spills, bleeds or sticky surfaces and if you too want to kiss goodbye to all the mess associated with traditional painting then pick up this profusely illustrated guide by a couple of pros.

This is the same team who brought you Digital Art Masters, they're also regular contributors to Ballistic's titles so they know what they're writing about.

(Though let's not forget you can't yet hang a computer on a wall, so the old messy stuff is also worth knowing.)

GUISEPPE MANUNTA SKETCHBOOK

SC 100pp Color, Black + White
Nuvoloso

Italian artist Guiseppe Manunta is well known to French BD buyers through his fantasy work for Claire de Lune and adult fantasies for Taboo.

This fantastic collection of unpublished illustrations, sketches and development work imported from Italy is jam packed with exciting and alluring imagery.
(We took the opportunity of this new release to restock his popular Fantasy Pin-Art, so if you didn't check it out when it was last in stock feel free to do so now.)

Finally for all you cool cats the new issue of Juxtpoz is in da house!

See some of you in Angouleme, chow for now.

De nouveaux livres sont arrivés cette semaine alors accrochez vous bien nous allons leurs faire passer le test de la route de Pulp's Art !

APPLE SELECTION # 1

SC 200pp Couleur

Udon Entertainment

Il vaut mieux tard que jamais , enfin un recueil de pin-ups par les meilleurs artistes Coréens venant aussi bien des manwhas que du jeux video , où sont celebrés le port du bikini et les chaudes journées d'été ; rien de mieux pour réchauffer et illuminer ces longues nuits d'hiver .

ART OF THE DRAGON

SC 136pp Couleur

Vanguard Publishing

Les meilleurs artistes mondiaux de la fantaisie se retrouvent pour dépeindre ces mythiques sauriens en regroupant leurs travaux dans ce livre dédicacé à la vision majestueuse des dragons .

WALLY WOOD STRANGE WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTION

SC 136pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc

Vanguard Publishing

Ce livre regroupent une collection d'extrêmement rares comics de science fiction parus chez Avon et dans Youthful Magazines dans les années 50 et illustrés par le maitre du genre , Wally Wood .

FAMOUS MONSTERS GALLERY: DARK ARTS 2
SC 104pp Couleur
Movieland Classics

Depuis des décennies Famous Monsters Magazine celèbre le monstrueux et l'effrayant sur celluloid et digital , il vous propose aujourd'hui le meilleur de l'art de l'horreur ,de la sf et de la fantaisie créé par de grands illustrateurs tel que Wayne Barlow, Sanjulian et Neville Page.

PS: Nous devrions aussi bientôt recupérer du numéro 1 !

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO DIGITAL PAINTING IN PHOTOSHOP

SC 240pp Couleur

3D Total publishing

Ah photoshop, plus besoin de nettoyer vos pinceaux pendant des heures ou de vous inquiétez au sujet d'éclaboussures ou d'erreurs irréparables , donc si vous voulez dire au revoir à tous les inconvenients de la peinture traditionnelle jetez un oeil à ce guide richement illustré par des pros du média .
C'est la même équipe qui avait fait Digital Art Masters, ce sont également de réguliers contributeurs aux titres de Ballistic , ils savent donc de quoi ils parlent .

GUISEPPE MANUNTA SKETCHBOOK

SC 100pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc
Nuvoloso

L'artiste Italien Guiseppe Manunta est bien connu des lecteurs de BD Franco Belge pour son travail en fantaisie chez Claire de Lune et ses Bds pour adultes chez Taboo .
Ce superbe recueil d'illustrations jamais publiées , croquis et recherches venant d'Italie est fourni avec d'excitantes et alléchantes images .
(Nous profitons de cette nouveauté pour récuperer son populaire Fantasy Pin Art , donc si vous n'aviez pas eu l'occasion de le feuilleter , vous pourrez vous rattrappez !)

Nous finissons avec le tout nouveau Juxtapoz qui vient juste d'arriver !

A bientôt

HUMBERTO RAMOS & GABRIEL DELLOTTO AT PULP'S ART

2012-01-24T02:08:00.000-08:00

Hello readers with so many potential attendees likely to be at the International Festival of BD in Angouleme this week we're delaying the sale of tickets for Humberto's signing here until the first few days of next week.
For the same reason we'll announce how we'll manage the signing here by Gabriel early next week; your patience is appreciated.

Chers lecteurs , avec autant d'interressés potentiels allant surement au festival de BD d'Angoulême cette semaine , nous avons repoussé la distribution de tickets pour la dédicace d'Humberto Ramos jusqu'aux début de la semaine prochaine .
Pour la même raison nous annoncerons comment ce passera la dédicace de Gabriel Dell'otto la semaine prochaine ; merci de votre patiente .

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT PULP'S ART

2012-01-20T03:14:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody, I'm a tad late this week on account of preparing the book stock for our stands at next week's Angouleme BD festival.

Yes that's right I wrote "stands", as usual we'll have a grand selection of art books at ESPACE MANGASIE Champs de Mars/rue de Freres Lumières, look for the stand ALCA COMIX/PULP'S ART, on the left after Panini Comics, Le Gang and Snorgleux, and we'll also have some books, comics and collectibles at ESPACE DES COLLECTIONNEURS Place de Halles, look for Pulp's Comics.

Early next week we'll announce the details for collecting tickets for the book signings by Humberto Ramos, February 1st, and Gabriel Dellotto, February 3rd.

There's nothing to announce in the way of new books but there's still good reason to call into Pulp's Art, as we've restocks of the extremely rare Moebius sketchbooks, Major and Faune de Mars and these two beauties -which were thought to be out of print - from the undisputed master of heroic fantasy the late great Frank Frazetta.

FRAZETTA

SC 72pp Color

Frazetta Publications

This is the last collection of Frank's color work and includes pieces not previously published in the excellent Bantam and Underwood books, so it's an absolute must have for Frazetta fans.

FRANK FRAZETTA: THE LIVING LEGEND

SC 96pp Black + White

Frazetta Publications

Well that was the case when this book was first released in 1981 but of course sadly he's no longer with us.

This is a collection of Frank's black and white work, comics and illustration, including images from the rare portfolios Lord of the Rings, Kubla Khan and Women of the Ages.

There's also some nice reflections on Frank as an artist and a family man.

Finally, two artist we like a lot are having an exhibition and sale at Galerie Daniel Maghen, from now until February 4th you can see some fine original art from Joe Weatherly and Chris Ayers.

Joe paints and draws animals as one would hope to find them in the wild, while Chris gives our fury, feathered and scaled friends a humorous twist.

If your funds don't run to affording original art then we've books by each artist here at Pulp's Art.

Bonjour à vous tous , je suis un chouilla en retard cette semaine , je préparais des cartons de livres pour nos stands , la semaine prochaine au festival de BD d'Angoulême .

Oui , j'ai bien écrit "stands" , comme d'habitude nous aurons une grande sélection de Art Books à l'ESPACE MANGASIE Champs de Mars/rue de Freres Lumières, chercher le stand ALCA COMIX/PULP'S ART , à gauche après Panini Comics ,

Le Gang and Snorgleux .

Nous avons également quelques livres , des comics et des objets de collection à Pulp's Comics ,ESPACE DES COLLECTIONNEURS Place de Halles.

En début de semaine prochaine nous annoncerons les détails de la distribution de tickets numerotés pour la dédicace d' Humberto Ramos , le 1er Février , et celle de Gabriel Dell'otto , le vendredi 3 Février .

Il n'y a pas de nouveaux livres à presenter cette semaine mais il y a toujours de bonne raisons de venir à Pulp's Art , nous avons un récuperer des carnets de croquis de Moebius extrèmement rares ,Major et Faune de Mars

Nous avons également rentré de magnifiques ouvrages - que l'on pensait être épuisés - du maitre de l'heroic fantaisie le regretté Frank Frazetta .

FRAZETTA

SC 72pp Couleur

Frazetta Publications

Ceci est le dernier recueil de travaux en couleur de Frank , vous y trouverez des peintures jamais publiés dans les excellents livres de Bantam and Underwood , donc cela en fait un indispensable pour tous les fans de Frazetta .

FRANK FRAZETTA: THE LIVING LEGEND

SC 96pp Noir et Blanc

Frazetta Publications

"Frank Frazetta: la légende vivante" , c'était le cas quand ce livre est sorti pour la première fois en 1981.
C'est un receuil de travaux en noir et blanc de Frank , comics et illustrations, incluant des images de rares portfolios du Seigneur des Anneaux , Kubla Khan et Women of the Ages.

Vous y touverez également d'interressantes réflections sur Frank en tant qu'artiste et père de famille .

Et pour finir deux artistes de plus que nous aimons beaucoup ont une exposition et vente à la galerie Daniel Maghen , jusqu'au 4 Fevrier , vous pourrez y voir de trés belles pièces originales de Joe Weatherly et Chris Ayers .

Joe peint et dessine les animaux comme on les imagine en pleine nature, quand à Chris il donne à nos poilus et sauvages amis des traits humouristiques .

Si vos moyens ne vous permettent pas d'acquérir leur oeuvres originales , nous avons les livres de chacun de ces artistes ici , à Pulp's Art .

NEW AT PULP'S ART JANUARY 10

2012-01-10T09:33:00.000-08:00

I've been looking forward to reviewing these next two books ever since we placed sample copies in the store, as each one pays our respects to beautiful women, exulting the female form in two superb collections of art from two supremely talented artists each celebrating a distinctive type of gorgeous girl!

THE ART OF CRAIG ELLIOTT

HC 68pp Color, Black + White,

Flesk Publications

Craig has been an industry professional in the world of animation for 15 years now, before that his education was guided by such luminaries as Harry Carmean and Burne Hogarth.

Craig endows his women with marshmallow curves, round generous mounds of get down to paraphrase Sir Mixalot, these are women with similar dimensions to those models inspiring the artist of the Belle Epoch and the "urban girls" so exciting today's rapers.

His voluptuous creations inhabit landscapes almost as lush as they are, recalling the wonderful settings and environments he's created for a great many animated films such as The Princess & The Frog and Bee Movie.

By now you probably know that - as with all his books - John Fleskes the publisher has ensured beautiful reproductions of the art, from Craig's finished color pieces including 4 gate folds, to the extensive sketches and development work behind the exquisite finished pieces.

We have prints and cards by Craig for those who might like one of his beauties gracing their wall space.

NAUGHTY & NICE: THE GOOD GIRL ART OF BRUCE TIMM

SC 304pp Color, Black + White,

Flesk Publications

Bruce Timm also likes healthy girls but of a slightly different stripe to those of Craig.

The perky and pert gals populating Bruce's work have the lithe athleticism of professional dancers and cheerleaders.

This is a generous helping of Mr Timm's fantastic art, allowing him to explore a variety of themes and genres revolving around beautiful women, be they jungle queens, Martian princesses, damsels in distress threatened by monsters nocturnal and extraterrestrial, tough dames and molls, barely costumed super heroines, saucy strumpets and cheeky nymphs simply warming themselves in the sun or the warm glow of our adoration!

Bruce Timm was instrumental in revolutionizing TV animation, his work on the acclaimed Batman Animated series eclipsed what the film studios were attempting to do with their stars and huge budgets, until Christopher Nowlan got his hands on the franchise.

As you'd expect from an animator, Bruce's line and style is stripped down, dynamic and immediate, simple - in the best sense of simplicity - and very effective.

We leave behind the comfort of the ladies to brave the chill of outer space and the scorching heat of the souk in the company of some hard cases.

STRUCTURA 2 ART OF SPATH

SC 160pp Color, Black + White,

Design Studio Press

Nicolas Bouvier aka Spath has worked as a designer on some of the hottest games around, Prince of Persia, Assassins Creed and more recently Halo all bare his mark.

The first Structura was published three years ago and collected the culmination of 10 years of work, Nicolas thought it would be another 10 before he'd compile enough works of sufficient quality for a new collection.

Yet improved technology for digital imagery means here we are with another dazzling assortment of images transporting us to medieval battlefields and far flung technology exploring the cold climes of outer space.

( We have a few copies if Sturctura 2 available in hard cover, please ask at the register if you'd like one.)

STEPHAN MARTINIERE: VELOCITY

HC 64pp Color, Black + White,

Design Studio Press

So to another Frenchman working in America and creating amazing art via the latest technology, few do it as well as Stephan Martiniere.

Stephan's mastery of his medium is such that one has the over whelming sense of viewing something very real and yet one also knows it didn't exist or at least doesn't yet.

This third collection of his art features some of his earlier work as well as the most recent for book publishers, game and film projects, on science fiction and fantasy themes.

ABAKAN 2288

SC 176pp Color, Black + White,

Design Studio Press

The designer Kalamity, aka Luca Zampirollo, explores the cheery theme of a near future where we haven't weened ourselves off our reliance on oil or gas nor had the good sense to get a grip on our soaring population.

Consequently Hard Doll Machines - big bloody manned robots to you and me - made from scrap metal are being used to procure and protect supplies of all things precious.

Kalamity is an internationally respected designer and builder of scale Mecha - big bloody manned robots - but here he creates the back story and illustrates the Mecha as well as creating models which we see constructed from start to finish in sequential images.

Let's be honest now, which of us doesn't dig big ro-booty!

( If you like it hard then like Structura 2 we've limited Abakan 2288s available in hard cover, again ask at the till.)

DIABLO III BOOK OF CAIN

HC 148pp Black + White

Insight Editions

Get the full back story to Blizzard Entertainment's successful Apocalyptic game, presented in the form of Jered Cain's journal, recounting the origins and principal participants in the ongoing - suppose they've got eternity to sort this out - confrontation between Good and Evil, with poor old humanity stuck in the middle, yikes!

If the story weren't compelling enough there's a who's who of top flight fantasy artists illustrating Cain's account including, Brom, Jean-Baptiste Monge, Ian McCaig and others.

Keep watching this space to find out what it is we're doing here at Pulp's Art, including news of when we'll hit the road and where we'll end up, which fabulous artists will be dropping in on us - oh yeah two days after Humberto Ramos we'll be entertaining none other than Gabriel Dell'otto, see -and of course the all important new titles we're hoping you'll want for your book case, coffee table or water closet.

Finally, you'll notice a cheery new face helping this poor old book seller out with the heavy lifting, French language and covering the Saturday slot, please give a warm welcome to Adnan.

J'attendais avec impatience de vous parler de ces livres ,car chacun d'eux est une ode aux belles femmes recueillie dans deux superbes livres d'art par deux artistes incroyablement talentueux ,celebrant differents types de sublimes femmes .

THE ART OF CRAIG ELLIOTT

HC 68pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc,

Flesk Publications

Craig travaille dans le monde de l'animation depuis 15 ans , avant cela il a était influencé par des legendes comme Harry Carmean et Burne Hogarth.
Craig dote ses femmes avec des courbes marshamallow , genereuses formes,et pour paraphraser Sir Mixalot, ces femmes ont les mêmes dimensions que les femmes qui ont inspiré les artistes de la Belle epoque et les "urban girls" qui plaisent aux rappeurs d'aujourd'hui .
Ses voluptueuses creations prennent place dans des paysages aussi luxuriants qu'elles , rapellant les merveilleux decors et environnements qu'il a créé pour des dessins animés tel que La Princesse et la Grenouille ou Drôle d'abeille .
Avec tous ses livres l'editeur John Fleskes a permis de manifiques reproductions d'art ,de l'illustration finale en couleur incluant une quadri page ,à tous les croquis et etapes menant aux illustrations finales .

Nous avons des lithographies et cartes pour ceux qui aimerait voir leurs murs acueillir une de ces beautés .

NAUGHTY & NICE: THE GOOD GIRL ART OF BRUCE TIMM

SC 304pp Couleur, Noir etBlanc,

Flesk Publications

Bruce Timm aime egalement aussi les filles sages mais d'un genre légèrerement different que celui de Craig .
Les dames malicieuse peuplant le travail de Bruce ont les corps travaillés de danceuses professionnelles.
C'est l'un des avantages du fanstique art de Bruce Timm ,de lui permettre d'explorer different thèmes avec plusieurs genres de belles femmes , que ce soit des reines de la jungle, demoiselles en detresse menacées par de sombres monstres ou extraterrestres, femmes fortes et dures, super heroines à peine costumées, femmes fatales et sublimes nymphes se rechauffant au soleil ou à notre irradiante adoration.
Bruce Timm a revolutionné l'animation à la television, son travail sur la géniale serie animée Batman durant les années 90 a eclipsé ce qu'essayait de faire les grands studios avec leurs stars et leur enorme budget , jusqu'à que Christopher Nolan prenne en main la franchise .
Comme vous pouvez l'attendre d'un animateur , le style de Bruce et simplifié - au meilleur sens du terme - , dynamique , immediat et tres efficace .

Nous quittons la compagnie des femmes pour partir braver le froit de l'espace
et la chaleur des souk abrasifs en compagnie de durs à cuir .

STRUCTURA 2 ART OF SPATH

SC 160pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc,

Design Studio Press

Nicolas Bouvier aka Spath a travaillé comme designer sur certains de meilleurs jeux videos comme Prince of Persia, Assassins Creed et plus recememment Halo qui porte partout ses marques.
Le premier Stuctura a été publié il y a trois ans et recueillait le travail de 10 ans ,
Nicolas pensait qu'il faudrait 10 ans avant qu'il ait assez de travaux de qualité pour un nouveau livre .
Malgré tout une technologie améliorée pour les images digitales fait que nous avons un nouvel assortiment d'images nous transportant dans des batailles medievales et dans l'espace .

PS: Nous avons quelques exemplaires avec couverture dure et jacquette, merci de les demandait à la caisse si vous en voulez .

STEPHAN MARTINIERE: VELOCITY

HC 64pp Couleur,Blanc et Noir,

Design Studio Press

Voila un autre francais travaillant aux Etats-Unis et créant un art extraordinaire grace aux dernières technologies , peu font aussi bien que Stephan Martiniere.
La maitrise de son art est telle qu'il arrive a créé des images parfaitement réalistes de choses qui n'existent pas ou en tout les cas pas encore .
Ce troisième recueil de son travail regroupe quelques un de ses premiers travaux ainsi que ses travaux plus recents pour le monde de l'edition , du jeux video et
du cinema , aussi bien dans la science fiction que dans la fantaisie .

ABAKAN 2288

SC 176pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc,

Design Studio Press

Le designer kalamity , aka Luca Zampirollo, explore le fameux thème du futur proche où nous sommes toujours dependants du petrole et du gaz et où nous n'avons pas eu le bon sens de reguler notre population .
Par consequent les Hard Doll Machines - traduisez gros robots mechaniques - fait de bout de metal sont utilisés procurer et protéger les stocks de tout ce qui est precieux .
Kalamity est un designer et createur de Mecha - gros robos mechanique - respecté mondialement , dans ce livre il a aussi créé les histoires , illustré les Mecha et
créé des modeles que l'on voit construit du debut à la fin en images .

Et soyons honnete , qui n'aime pas les gros robots !

PS: Nous avons quelques exemplaires avec couverture dure et jacquette, merci de les demandait à la caisse si vous en voulez .

DIABLO III BOOK OF CAIN

HC 148pp Noir et Blanc

Insight Editions

Voila l'acces complet à l'histoire du jeux apocalyptique à succés de Blizzard Entertainment ,presenté sous la forme du journal de Jered Cain, compilant les origines et les principaux participants du jeu dans le confrontation entre le bien et le mal , avec la pauvre vieille humanité bloquée au milieu , Dommage !
Et si le livre n'est pas assez attirant , sachez qu'il est illustré par les meilleurs artistes de la fantaisie à savoir Brom, Jean-Baptiste Monge, Ian McCaig et d'autres.

Continuez à venir sur ce blog pour savoir ce que l'on fait ici à Pulp's Art , vous y retrouverez les nouveautés , quand est ce que nous allons en festivals et où , quels incroyables artistes viennent ici - à propos deux jours apres Humberto Ramos nous recevrons la visite de Gabriel Dell'otto - et bien sur tous les nouveaux livres qui nous l'espérons vous voudrais pour vos bibliothèques ou tables basses .

Et pour finir vous remarquerez un nouveau visage , le mien , je serais là pour aider ce bon vieux Nick à renseigner les clients - en français - et pour garder le magasin le samedi , je permettrais également à ceux d'entre vous qui n'êtes parfaitement bilingue de profiter des riches textes de Nick en les traduisant plus ou moins bien .

A bientot

Adnan

HUMBERTO RAMOS IS COMING TO PULP'S ART

2012-01-06T09:14:00.000-08:00

We are very proud and pleased to announce that on February 1st between 16.30 and 19.30 hours an artist as equally charming as he is talented will be dropping by Pulp's Art, it's none other than Humberto Ramos!

Humberto will be available to sign books and discuss his recent work on Marvel's Amazing Spider-man and his personal project in collaboration with Paul Jenkins and Leonardo Olea, the fabulous Fairy Quest.

Given Humberto's enormous popularity this is likely to be a ticketed event, we'll release further details in the coming weeks.

Nous sommes trés fiers de vous annoncer que le 1er fevrier entre 16h30 et 19h30 un artiste aussi charmant que talentueux sera à Pulp's Art ,et cet artiste n'est autre qu'Humberto Ramos !!!

Humberto sera là pour signer ses livres , discuter de son travail sur Amazing Spider-man chez Marvel et sur son projet personnel en collaboration avec Paul Jenkins et Leonardo Olea , le fabuleux Fairy Quest .

Connaissant la grande popularité d'Humberto ce sera une dedicace avec des tickets limités , nous vous donnerons plus de details dans les semaines à venir.

WELCOME TO PULP'S ART CIRCA 2012

2012-01-04T05:43:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year readers!

Despite all the unresolved mess we're dragging into 2012 on the political, social and economic fronts I can't help but be excited about this year and not because I'm anticipating a brand new currency in Europe some time soon!
Before winter blows out we'll have received some very nice books, attended the Angouleme BD Festival and by late February we'll have celebrated our first year in business as Pulp's Art.

Notching up that first year is going to feel good, in the USA and the UK the traditional book sellers have been going through hell and are much diminished in number, while stores - including major chains - continue to close regularly. Even here opening a niche book store dedicated to entertainment art and illustration was and is a gamble.
We'll keep doing our best to offer you the nicest books from here and there in the hope you'll want to buy them and please feel free to request books and make recommendations for what we might carry in the store.

I'll once again take this opportunity to thank those of you who dropped by and bought books from us in 2011 and say we look forward to seeing you here again in this New Year.

What say we take a peek at what's come into the store to kick this new year off?
Starting with the biggest book we've received for a while now!

SAUL BASS A LIFE IN FILM & DESIGN

HC 428pp Color, Black + White

Laurence King Publishers

It's hard to believe yet this is the first monograph dedicated to this colossus of design, a seminal figure who's original sense of aesthetics and of story telling haunts and influences today's top talents.

Saul Bass designed some of the great corporate logos and ad campaigns of the 60s and 70s, while his film work ran the gamut from poster design to opening title sequencing and story-boarding.

An important book and given the subject with an understandably self conscious sense of design, it's very nearly perfect but a few more examples of his corporate design work would have been nice and some images could have enjoyed larger reproductions but with close to 1500 images perhaps I'm being picky!

ILLUSTRATORS IN & OUT

SC 256pp Color, Black + White

CYPI

Meet some of Saul's kids - so to speak - in one of the better books recently released about contemporary illustrators.

This book poses interesting questions to the international array of featured artists about their approach to their work, particularly about the tension between creative and commercial needs. It also delivers a healthy dose of stimulating images in a variety of styles and finishes.

TAXIDERMIED: THE ART OF ROMAN DIRGE

HC 112pp Color, Black + White

Titan Books

Step behind the curtains and into the somber studio of Roman Dirge, creator of that cute little dead girl, Lenore.

Yes Ro's stuff is macabre but it's funny and quirky too, fans of those other mirthful goths - er, is that an oxymoron? -Tim Burton and Gris Grimly will enjoy this collection of Roman's art.

We have a gruesome collection of chilling books certain to appeal to lovers of the Gothic.

DARE DETECTIVE THE SNOW PEA PLOY INTEGRAL

HC 208pp Color

Archaia

Lightening the tone is this enjoyable graphic novel from Ben Caldwell, which looks like the photo novel from an animated film.

Glamorous Madame Bleu and her goons invade China Town and it's up to the defective detectives, Maria, Toby and Jojo to save the day, somehow!

Eagle eyed readers will know we received a trove of Ben's cool sketchbooks this last week, do come and check out our Caldwell corner of the new arrivals table, here at Pulp's Art.

JOHN BUSCEMA A LIFE IN SKETCHES

SC 104pp Black + White

Pearl Press

John Buscema's work bridged the worlds of the great strip artists such as Hal Foster and the best comic art of today as created by the likes of Stuart Immonen and Olivier Coipel.

His remain the definitive versions of a great many of the major characters of Marvel, so we're delighted to have this extensive collection of his sketches to offer to our customers.

Brooding barbarians, costumed crime fighters and voluptuous vixens are all here rendered in big John's inimitable style.

THE MASTERWORKS OF CHARLES M. RUSSELL

SC 304pp Color

University of Oklahoma Press

Like the other giant of the genre "Western Art" which depicts scenes from America's western frontier, Frederic Remington, Russell realized the west was rapidly changing at the end of the 19th C. and the beginning of the 20th C. and wanted to convey the savage splendor and dynamism of the wilderness and its inhabitants being pacified and fenced in.

The two men did much to determine how the west would be remembered and depicted by those that followed, film maker John Ford was a passionate admirer of them both and certainly they influenced the imagery in his classic westerns.

So to is Jean Giraud, Moebius, his Blueberry pages wouldn't be the same were it not for these artists.

Remington was the more refined and academic of the two artists yet Russell's works want for nothing in terms of composition, lighting and narrative.

He worked as a cowhand on a ranch and also stayed on a reservation with a branch of the Blackfeet before dissolution began to eat at their traditions.

No artist can take you closer to how it may have been or should have been than Charles M. Russell and this beautiful book is a fine showcase of his prolific talent.

Many of the great commercial artist turned to depicting western scenes and life in semi retirement, we have a wonderful selection of rare and out of print books featuring art by Roy Andersen, John Clymer, Maynard Dixon, Harvey Dunn, Robert Lougheed, Frank C McCarthy and Harold Von Schmidt.

You may like to know we received a collection of books covering hyper realistic art from Japan in the 80s and 90s.

Also, we've a selction of hard to find books by the peerless Pierre Joubert back in stock.

Joubert's close assocaiation with the Scout movement and the fact he was called upon to illustrate young adults or teenage fiction meant he did draw a lot of cavorting young men enjoying each other's company, which in our more cynical times has of course provoked some unfavorable speculation.

Personally I think anyone with something to hide couldn't have painted these exuberant images, so please can we just appreciate Joubert's amazing gift for composition, characterization and drama, wonderfully illustrated in these fabulous books.

Let's save our cynicism for austerity promoting politicians, financiers and economists shall we?

Finally, another book to return to our shelves is the wonderfully illustrated 50 year retrospective from Spain of the career of Jordi Bernet, 50 Anos de Vinetas, which we came across on our annual visit to the Fi Comic Festival in Barcelona.

Jordi is one of those artists just about everyone appreciates because he's so good, his individual images are dramatic and intense, while his sequential story telling is superbly structured.

OK next week I'm nearly certain to announce the eagerly anticipated books by Flesk Publications featuring art by Bruce Timm and Craig Elliott and knock myself out heaping deserved praise on these tow talented artists.

Be lucky, keep dry and see you soon we hope.

Bonne année lecteurs!

Malgré tous les problèmes non résolus que nous amenons en 2012 aussi bien sur le plan politique , sociale ou économique , je ne peux m'empecher d'être excité par cette année et non parce que j'anticipe bientôt une toute nouvelle monnaie en Europe !
Avant que l'hiver n'arrive nous receverons quelques beaux livres , irons au festival de BD d'Angouleme et fin Fevrier nous fêterons notre première année d'existence.

Aller au bout de cette première année fera du bien , aux Etats-Unis et en Angleterre les vendeurs de livres traditionnels sont passés par une très mauvaise
année voyant leur nombre diminuer , même les magasins des grandes chaines continuent à fermer régulièrement . Autant dire qu'ouvrir un magasin specialisé sur les artbooks , sketchbooks et l'illustration etait un pari risqué .
Nous continuerons à faire de notre mieux pour vous offrir les meilleurs livres de ça et là dans l'espoir qu'ils vous interresseront , d'ailleurs n'hesitez pas à demander des commandes personnelles où à nous faire part de vos recommendations pour ce que l'on pourrais avoir en magasin .

J'en profite encore une fois pour remercier ceux parmi vous qui sont passés nous acheter des livres en 2011 et j'ai hâte de vous revoir en 2012 .

Jetons donc un coup d'oeil à ce qui est arrivé pour lancer cette nouvelle année !
A commencer par le plus gros livre que nous ayons reçu depuis un moment !

SAUL BASS A LIFE IN FILM & DESIGN

HC 428pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc

Laurence King Publishers

C'est dur à croire mais c'est la première monographie consacrer à ce colosse du design , une grande figure dont le sens original de l'esthetique et de la narration qui hante et influence les grands talents d'aujourd'hui.

Saul Bass a designé les logos de certaines des plus grandes entreprises des années 60 et 70 , alors que sont travail au cinema aller du design des affiches et story-board aux sequences d'ouverture des films .
Un livre important et vu le sujet avec un evident sens du design , c'est presque parfait même si plus d'exemples de son travail pour les entreprises aurait été bien et quelques images auraient pue être reproduites plus grandes mais avec près de 1500 images peut-être que je suis un peu pointilleux !

ILLUSTRATORS IN & OUT

SC 256pp Couleurr, Noir et Blanc

CYPI

Rencontrer certains des enfants de Saul - façon de parler - dans l'un des meilleurs livres sorti récemment sur les illustrateurs contemporains .
Ce livre pose d'interressantes questions sur les artistes de la scene internationnale et la vision de leur travail , particulièrement à propos de la difficulté entre travaux créatifs et commerciaux .

TAXIDERMIED: THE ART OF ROMAN DIRGE

HC 112pp Couleur, Noir et Blanc

Titan Books

Passez derrière le rideau et entré dans le sombre studio de Roman Dirge , créateur de cette mignone petite fille morte qu'est Lenore .
Oui ce sera macabre mais ce sera marrant et bizarre aussi ,les fans de Tim burton et Gris Grimly adoreront ce recueil.

Nous avons une collection grandissante de livres de ce genre qui plairaient aux amoureux du genre gothique .

DARE DETECTIVE THE SNOW PEA PLOY INTEGRAL

HC 208pp Couleur

Archaia

Voila un livre très agréable de Ben Caldwell , qui ressemble à un livre photos d'un dessin animé .
La glamoureuse Madame Bleu et ses hommes de main envahissent China Town et c'est aux defectueux detectives , Maria, Toby et Jojo de s'en occuper , d'une façon où d'une autre !
Nous avons également reçu de nombreux Sketchbooks de Ben , venez donc et voyez notre coin Caldwell sur la table des news .

JOHN BUSCEMA A LIFE IN SKETCHES

SC 104pp Noir et Blanc

Pearl Press

Le travail de John Buscema a créé un pont entre les grands artistes de strip tel que Alex Raymond ou Hal Foster et les artistes de comics d'aujourd'hui comme Stuart Immonen et Olivier Coipel.
Ses designs restent les versions definitives de beaucoup de grands personnages de Marvel , nous sommes donc ravis de vous proposer un important recueil de ses croquis .

Barbares glaciales , combattants du crime costumés et voluptueuses femmes fatales sont tous representés avec le style inimitable de Big John .

THE MASTERWORKS OF CHARLES M. RUSSELL

SC 304pp Couleur

University of Oklahoma Press

Comme l'autre geant du genre "Western" qui depeint des scenes des frontières de l'ouest americain Fred Remington, Russell réalisa que l'ouest changait rapidement à la fin du 19éme siècle début du 20éme siècle et voulait immortaliser sa splendeur sauvage , son dynamisme naturel et ses occupants ayant eté pacifiés et cloturés .
Les deux artistes ont une part importante dans la façon dont nous voyons le "Western" et dont il est representé , le réalisateur John Ford était un admirateur des deux artistes et ils ont certainement influencé le visuel de ses westerns .

Ainsi que Jean Giraud , les pages de Blueberry ne seraient pas le mêmes sans ces artistes .

Remington était le plus raffiné et académique des deux cependant le travail de Russell ne lui envie rien en terme de composition , lumière et narration .

Il a travaillé comme garçon de ferme dans un ranch et est aussi resté avec une partie de "Pieds Noirs" avant que leur dissolution ne fasse disparaitre leur traditions .

Aucun artiste ne pourra vous emmener aussi près de comment ce monde était que

Charles M. Russell et son magnifique livre qui est une démonstration de son talent prolifique .

Beaucoup de grands artistes ont depeint des scènes sur l'ouest et la vie en semi retraite , nous avons une merveilleuse selection de livres rares épuisés sur des artistes tels que Roy Andersen, John Clymer, Maynard Dixon, Harvey Dunn, Robert Lougheed, Frank C McCarthy et Harold Von Schmidt.

Nous avons reçu une collection de livres couvrant l'art hyper realiste du Japon dans les années 80 et 90 .

Nous avons aussi récuperé une selection de livres difficiles à trouver , sur l'incroyable Pierre Joubert .

La proche association de Joubert avec le mouvement Scout et le fait qu'il ait illustré de jeunes adultes et adolescents signifie qu'il a dessiné beaucoup de jeunes hommes s'amusant ensemble , ce qui en nos temps ciniques a evidemment provoqué certaines spéculations défavorables .

Personnellement je pense que quelqu'un avec quelque chose à cacher n'aurait pas peint ces images exubérantes , donc pouvons-nous juste apprécier le talent incroyable de Joubert pour la composition , la caractérisation et le drame superbement illustré dans ces fabuleux livres .

Gardons notre cynisme pour les politiciens, finaciers et économistes pronant l'austerité .

Finallement , un autre livre qui revient dans nos bibliotheques , le superbement illustré "Jordi Bernet, 50 Anos de Vinetas" présentant une rétrospective de 50 années de carrière , Jordi que nous avons croisé à notre visite annuelle au Fi Comic Festival à Barcelone .
Jordi est un de ces artistes si bon que tout le monde l'apprécie , son style est dramatique et intense , alors que sa narration est superbement structurée .

Restez au chaud et à bientôt !

THE FINALISTS!

2011-12-27T10:26:00.000-08:00

Well here's hoping your Christmas was all you hoped it would be.
So as we kill time waiting for 2012 to kick off and the good times to roll, we pay brief salute to the last titles to arrive here in 2011, the year we threw open our doors!

KRAZY KAT & THE ART OF GEOREG HERRIMAN

HC 176pp Color, Black + WHite,

Abrams.

A collection of essays and rare artwork celebrating the unique, whimsical talent of Krazy Kat creator George Herriman.

Genius and unique are terms too often and too easily bestowed by reviewers trying to put a favorable gloss on their subject but in the case of George Herriman they are fully merited.

HOT GIRLS COLD FEET: TERRY MOORE SKETCHBOOK

SC 60pp COLOR, Black + White

Abstract Studios

Terry Moore the creator of girl friendly fan favorite "Stangers in Paradise" presents a selection of convention commissions and sketchbook images for your delectation, most of them featuring pretty girls with colds, or is that just my reaction to the way he draws noses?
BTW couldn't get you a cover image the w.w.w. is only displaying the title page, still call in and we'll happily direct to you this cute little number.

BEN CALDWELL SKETCHBOOK # 14 & 15 AMAZONIA/DARE DETECTIVES

SC 80pp Black + White

Phew I'm exhausted having typed that title! OK this is obviously two books in one,

Ben hasn't released a sketchbook since 2007 clearly he's making up for it and so this a bumper collection of development work from his two most celebrated projects, the gorgeous Wonder Women piece from DC's outstanding Wednesday Comic anthology and his creator owned Dare Detectives.

(DC's Wednesday Comic is available here in both VO and VF, it's full of top creators delivering wonderful stories in a format bigger than anything seen before.
While Ben's two Dare Detective will be available next week in a brand new integral edition.)

If you aren't familiar with Ben's work then you are in for a treat as we received three other sketchbooks by this gifted draftsman and like Amazonia/Dare Detectives they're all signed by Ben.

We've also his dynamic retelling of Homer's sequel to his well received first effort the Iliad, the Odyssey.

This could be the curtain call for books received in 2011 and if it is then hopefully you are of the opinion that it's been a good year for beautiful books.

Take good care and we look forward to seeing you here soon,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

SEASON'S GREETINGS

2011-12-22T08:03:00.000-08:00

We're making this announcement a bit late because air lines and freight agents play fast and loose with freight at this time of year and our delivery for this week is much later than normal!
Still as we enter the home stretch to Christmas let me take this opportunity to wish all our customers and those of you who follow the Blog a stupendous Christmas and a very happy New Year.

Hmm 2012 happens to be a year the Mayans had booked for cataclysm, the world as we know it ending but I'm not expecting the skies over Kansas to fill with rapturous bloated nudes floating to heaven, thankfully.
For sure this wont be an easy time for us, our empty leaders, political and commercial, are bereft of ideas and the will to address the issues afflicting us as the remote elite become more remote and more elite.
This will be a time for keeping ones spirits up and if we at Pulp's Art, Comics and Toys can assist with that then we're happy to do so.

One event shortly occurring in 2012 which I know will bring a fair bit of cheer will be the release of the gorgeous Flesk books, The Art of Craig Elliott and Naughty & Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm; so straight away - first week of January, John the publisher tells me - there are reasons to be cheerful!
And as the year progresses we'll continue bringing to you the best books on illustration and 2D entertainment art we can get our hands on, right up to Armageddon if that's what's going to happen.

So enough of this bipolar seesawing between gloom and cheer let's run through the new books in house this week.

CEDRIC DELSAUX DARK LENS

HC 118pp Color

Editions Xavier Barral

Familiar urban landscapes from right here on planet earth are populated with people and things from the Star Wars galaxy, in these atmospheric and compelling photographs by Cedric Delsaux.
These images prove the gigantic talent of the designers behind the SW films and also of Cedric Delsaux given their look of absolute authenticity.

(Yes it's not an illustrated book but a customer asked and we aim to please so here it is.)

GRIS GRIMLY'S ATRUM SECRETUM

HC 180pp Black + White

Baby Tattoo

Gris Grimly's punk goth aesthetic has been pleasing the terminally angry and despondent for several years now.

If you like Tim Burton's style you are pretty sure to like Mr Grimly's, so why not call in and take a peek at this very cool collection of his sketches.

This isn't the only book by Gris Grimly's work we have in stock as we've opened an account with Baby Tattoo, publishers of the visually weird and wonderful, here's a few more of their great books.

RAGNAR BIG CITY

HC 180pp Color

Baby Tattoo

Ragnar indulge's his passion for retro and pulp chic in this book of his development work for a future project pitting gorgeous gals in uniform against robots in a futuristic setting, which combines ultra modern designs with those recalling the 60s, get ready for Big City.

THE ART OF SKETCH THEATRE

HC 240pp Color, Black + White

Baby Tattoo

Sketch Theatre is the brain child of Alex Alvarez who wished to draw people's attention to the amazing array of opportunities for the visually gifted.

This book collects work by 50 professional creators who make a living from creating images, be it designing for films, games, fashion, advertising, etc.

TONY MILLIONAIRE 500 PORTRAITS

HC 192pp Black + White

Fantagraphics

The Maakies man offers us 500 pictures of the great and not so good, as well as some experience learnt the hard way while touring in Europe, fun all the way with the famous and infamous !

So this has been my last missive before Christmas but I'll be back between now and the New Year, here's hoping it'll be peace on earth and goodwill to all.

NEW THIS WEEK AT PULP'S ART DECEMBER 15

2011-12-15T07:44:00.000-08:00

A rich haul of books this week readers so without further ado let me introduce them to you.

QUELQUE PART CROMWELL ARTBOOK

HC 200pp Color, Black + White

Akileos

Designed to suit the furiously dynamic style of the artist, this book is a fitting tribute to the punk rocker artist, collecting rare and unpublished images spanning his career and as you'd expect grungy girls and fierce Indian warriors proliferate.

MATTHIEU FORICHON PAR ICI

HC 150pp Color, Black + White

Akileos

Another beautiful book from the publisher of the Cromwell homage noted above and also the team behind the stunning "Sketchy Past" and the delicious "Melange", the artbooks covering work by Peter de Seve and Dean Yeagle.

Par Ici is a loving look at Parisians by the artist Matthieu Forichon, who's work recalls the cool chic of Kiraz and the elegance of Tadahiro Uesegi.

Parisians and visitors can view and buy a selection of Matthieu's beautiful works at the friendly Galerie Arludik but hurry the show ends with the year on the 31st.

ASHLEY WOOD FAT TARINO

HC with Slipcase Color, Black + White

IDW

A terrifically tubby dollop of Mr Wood's high in saturates art, this magnificent book limited to just 500 copies collects the out of print Uno, Dos, Tres Tarino books featuring his signature Boiler Bots and knickerless ladies.

COVER STORY: THE DC ART OF BRIAN BOLLAND

HC 208pp Color Black + White

DC Comics

Brian Bolland's style is one of the more distinctive and refined in the comic field but art this stylish doesn't come quickly, as a result - and rather like the subject of the last collection of DC cover art, Adam Hughes - his body of work consists chiefly of cover commissions and not sequential narratives, so let's be grateful the powers at DC saw fit to publish this book and this side of Christmas.

J SCOTT CAMPBELL'S FAIRYTALE FANTASIES CALENDAR 2012

Color

IDW

The incomparable J Scott Campbell once again illustrates a very round dozen of the leading ladies from Europe's favorite Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes.

There's absolutely nothing grim about these beauties who are certain to keep your spirits up through the coming year.

ROCKETEER ADVENTURES

HC 128pp Color

IDW

Some of the hottest talent in the comic field bring their skills to new tales of Dave Steven's much loved high flying character.

ART & MAKING OF STAR WARS THE OLD REPUBLIC

HC 160pp Color Black + White

Chronicle Books

Take a peek at how they brought this new game of the world's favorite sci-fi fantasy franchise to electrifying life.
Old Republic is set unsurprisingly in a galaxy far far away but this time even longer ago then the antics of Luke and Co., still no C3PO, chirping Ewokes or Jarring Jarring Binks.

By the way if you like Star Wars and science fiction we've recently had restocks of the Drew Struzan artbooks and the book of production art from the impressive District 9.

We also have these three new sketchbooks from Art of Fiction by animation professionals, you probably know each book has a sturdy board cover and is formatted somewhat like a real pocket sketchbook, each book runs to 60 pages of color and black and white art works in various states of finish.

Finally, I should have made mention of this book a few weeks ago when it arrived but with an exhibition and sale of Benjamin's work running at Galerie Daniel Maghen now isn't a bad time.

NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

HC 240pp Color, Black + White

Soleil

Hugo's celebrated work of gypsies, hunch backs and religious zealots in medieval Paris, or at least its first part is here accompanied by evocative illustrations by Benjamin Lacombe.

Hope to see you here at Pulp's Art very soon and thanks for reading.

10 SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!

2011-12-13T03:41:00.000-08:00

Hello readers, sorry to anyone who discovered we weren't open yesterday I had an unexpected run in with renal colic and there just wasn't time to organize cover to get the store open, please accept my apologies for this.

Still I'm back in the saddle and the store should continue to be open every day but Sunday from now till Christmas, so that's 10 days in which to get a wonderful book or two for yourself or somebody special.

We look forward to seeing you and hopefully serving you as we count down to Christmas, you support is greatly appreciated.

A science book at Pulp's Art?

2011-12-08T07:46:00.000-08:00

Not since Galileo has a scientist ticked off the church quite as much as Richard Dawkins author of such contentious books as " A Load of Godswallop!" and "God For Nothing!".
OK OK I'm kidding, he didn't write these books but he did pen "The God Delusion" a timely and trenchant examination of the role of religion in the human experience and an exposure of the flawed - in his view - thinking behind those championing opinions favoring creationism, the wisdom of the prophets and the existence of a benign creator.
Since the release of "The God Delusion" all sorts of people have leapt to the attack, fellow scientists who think without the divine the universe couldn't be and theologians who of course argue against a literal interpretation of the holy texts, such as Dawkins uses to diminish their power, though one wonders what theologians think is being sold to the various monotheistic faithful on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at their places of worship, it doesn't strike me that it's nuance!
Anyway, probably to reinforce his point Dawkins has written this accessible guide to how the universe works, how science has explained the mysterious which so perplexed our ancestors who thought to explain the inexplicable through religion, and it's illustrated by Dave McKean.
So, there it is finally no big mystery, Dave McKean is one of the great contemporary illustrators and this book is packed with his interesting images accompanying some enlightening text.

THE MAGIC OF REALITY

HC 272pp Color, Balck + White

Free Press

Gifts galore just through our door!

2011-12-06T10:09:00.000-08:00

Don't worry readers despite the closeness of Christmas I shan't be laying any rhymes on you beyond those announcing today's arrivals.

OK, I say Today's arrivals but I recognize I've been amiss in overlooking some books which arrived during my vacation and I'll be giving them a billing as well as the brand spanking new.

ART OF SPIDER-MAN CLASSIC

HC 240pp Color

Marvel Comics

Arguably the most popular character in the pantheon of US super heroes, Peter Parker aka the Amazing and Spectacular Spider-man has never wanted for great artists to bring his escapades to life.

This lavishly illustrated artbook showcases the great artists, the great moments and the great characters gracing his adventures down the years, from his debut courtesy of the peerless Steve Ditko to the equally unique style of today's custodian of the Spidey pencil Humberto Ramos.

DEFINITIVE FLASH GORDON & JUNGLE JIM

HC 176pp Color

IDW

The first in a four volume series faithfully reprinting all of Alex Raymond's Sunday Comic Strip Pages from the 1930's featuring Flash Gordon and the lesser known companion piece also by Raymond, Jungle Jim.

It's inspiring to see the refining of Raymond's draftsmanship as it occurred during the creation of these classic strips.

GRAFF WARS

HC 192pp Color, Black + White

Kontur Forlag

Joy, a book about the marriage of Star Wars and Graffiti and not about angry tennis champions from beyond the Rhine. OK I'm perhaps not the man to positively review a book of this sort however I will concede that Graffiti does occasionally have merit and George Lucas has certainly changed the face of cinema and the genres of science fiction and fantasy.

Anyway, this is a visual feast for those who like the antics of creative urban tykes and intergalactic types - er what was that about rhymes again?

THE FUTURE OF EROTIC FANTASY ART

HC 192pp Color, Black + White

Harper Design

I'd hazard a guess that the future of erotic fantasy art is smuttier sirens, naughtier nymphs, more graphic goblins, etc.. and this cheeky compilation would appear to back me up, filled as it is with all of the above and more erotic twists on fantasy themes.

SHIGENORI SOEJIMA ARTWORKS

SC 160pp Color, Black + White

Udon Entertainment

A gorgeous book celebrating the artistic talent of Shigenori Soejima by collecting his best work from the Persona games as well as art from Stella Deus and Momorio Taisen Pairon.

MONSTERS & DAMES 2011

HC 64pp Color

Brandstudio Press

Each year the fabulous artists attending Seattle's Emerald City Comic Convention enter a piece into this annual collection and based on the theme of girls and monsters.

Artists featured include Geoff Darrow, Eric Canete, Bruce Timm, Frank Cho so do check it out.

BLACK SMOKE WHITE LIES

HC 48pp Color Balck + White

Brandstudio Press

Bad boy Tyson McAdoo presents a selection of images featuring the kind of tattooed temptresses who would intimidate lesser men than your intrepid reviewer, me I'm intrigued too see as much as these vixens wish to reveal of their true natures.

ECHO NOUVEAU

HC 100pp Color

Echo Chernik

This handsome tome collects 15 year's work by Echo Chernik, and we mean work, not just her finished pieces but she discusses honestly and humorously just what it takes to be a leading commercial artist.

As well as featuring her Art Nouveau influenced finished art, there's development pieces and a few nice shots of her perfectly formed models, as well as all sorts of tips and advice to the seasoned pro and the debutante.

LIMAN SKETCHBOOK SIGNED & NUMBERED

SC 48pp Color, Black + White

Comix Buro

Here's a collection of artwork from another lady artist heavily influenced by the artists of the Belle Epoch and the Art Nouveau movement.

Ingrid Liman is a mistress of the elegant and erotic, loose yourself for a few precious moments in her seductive stylish art.

VALP SKETCHBOOK SIGNED & NUMBERED

SC 48pp Color, Black + White

Comix Buro

Take a peek at the fabulous and till now unpublished art of the young Swiss miss behind Delcourt's hit fantasy series Ashrel, as she let's us in on her sketchbook studies.

FAVOLE INTEGRAL

HC with Slipcase 272pp Color

Milady

In one book you have all the hugely successful illustrations of sultry Vampires and Goths - all dripping mascara, pin prick teeth, cascading hair entwined with red roses, standing around ruins and grave yards yes - by the Queen of the genre, Victoria Francés, accompanied by the sad stories which inspired them.

Certain to delight the many fans of the Gothic Romance/Horror sub genre popularized by Twilight and the work's of Anne Rice.

Aurore

HC 56pp Color

Soleil

We simply love the books coming from Soleil's imprint Métamorphose, just consider they've dropped the sumptuous Daisies by the incomparable Claire Wendling on us and followed it up with the sublime Yaxin Le Faune by Vey and the supremely talented Arenas and now they're laying on us another tour de force and again by a Spanish artist and on occasion an animator, like Arenas, we're delighted to announce, Aurore by Enrique Fernandez!

A fabulous story set among the aboriginal people of a fantasy far North, perhaps Siberia, a heroine with her lupine companion defies demons in this enchanting tale.

LA MARCHE DU CRABE TOME 2

HC 240pp Color

Soleil

Another Soleil imprint publishing fantastic books is Noctamble and their latest is the second book in the amusing trilogy in which the dynamics of aquatic life mirror our own.

By the amazingly talented and hard working - and we suspect hard partying -animator and comic artist Arthur de Pins, Le Marche Du Crabe is derived from an award winning animated short.

CIXI DE TROY TOME 3

HC 48pp Color

Soleil

The latest adventure of the seductive Pirate and thief, Cixi, set in the fantasy realm of Troy, story boarded by Vatine, finishes by Floch.

We also have the deluxe black and white version which is larger, runs to 64pp and includes Vatine's original story boards.

As tempting as it is I won't be making any gift suggestions for the holiday season.
I believe the nature of illustrated books is that just about anyone with the gift of sight can find a book on our shelves from among the thousand plus we stock which would appeal to them, which they'd be grateful to receive or content to offer as a gift.

THE LONG WAIT IS OVER!

2011-12-02T09:03:00.000-08:00

Hello readers good news the Brandstudio Press books finally arrived this morning, we've books by comic artists J Scott Campbell and Phil Noto and animation artist Brett Bean, each book is printed in a sturdy hard cover in ravishing full color and looks as good from the cover to the last page, check out the gallery of covers below but before I go here's an important announcement.

We have a sample of each of these new Flesk Publications for you to examine and if inclined to reserve, Naughty & Nice: The Goodgirl Art of Bruce Timm and The Art of Craig Elliott, both books look fantastic but you don't have to take my word for it call in and take an advance peek for yourself!

OK as promised a gallery of covers for those Brandstudio Press books received today:-

nice eh? OK have a great weekend.

2011-11-30T10:10:00.000-08:00

Hello readers it's good to be back - though another week in the Philippines wouldn't have gone amiss - still, duty and the siren call of beautiful books both called so here I am.

Recently a friend - to whom I'm most grateful - convinced me to commence reading the Song of Fire & Ice saga by George R. R. Martin, which as well as being a hugely ambitious and utterly compelling fantasy to rival anything in that field is also a successful game license for Fantasy Flight Games and now an Emmy award winning series from the masters of television drama HBO.
We now have two art books derived from the books and games available in the store as well as stocking several collections of fantasy art which reference the various treatments of this engrossing saga.

LE TRONE DE FER: ART ET ILLUSTRATIONS

HC 188pp Color, B+W

Soleil

This books boasts nearly as many artists as the original story has characters including fantasy heavy weights John Howe, Charles Vess and Donato Giancola.

In a medieval setting the great houses of the Kingdom embark upon " A Game of Thrones" using political intrigue and brute force to place their claimant on the Iron Throne.

This is the first book in a series of artbooks collecting images from the games and the novels, we have a very limited number of the second artbook as well but in English.

Dynamite have recently started a comic adaptation of Martin's masterpiece but the magnificently illustrated BD series from Soleil, Servitude, is strikingly similar in it's rich imagining of warring cultures and characters, the third volume in the series has just been released to an appreciative audience.

SERVITUDE TOME 3: L'ADIEU AUX ROIS

HC 72pp Color

Soleil

While we're on the subject of magnificently illustrated fantasies we're very pleased to announce the third and final chapter in Alex Alice's superb Siegfried saga.

SIEGFRIED 3: LE CREPUSCULE DES DIEUX

HC 80pp Color

Dargaud

As perfectly pitched as the singers of Wagner's Opera of the same myth, Alex Alice captures all the drama and majesty of this much loved story and delivers a rousing finale to his magnificent rendition of this European epic.

And so to another epic series but this one drawing on historical facts rather than mythology but again with a Teutonic flavor - don't be thinking beer and sausages though!

LES AIGLES DE ROME 3

HC 60pp Color

Dargaud

Enrico Marini is putting some fine looking flesh on the historical bare bones of Rome's Iraqi moment, when for no great strategic or commercial gain she marched three legions into the Teutoburg forest and promptly lost them in ambush to the Roman educated son of a German chief, Arminius.

Marini is having great fun depicting the brutality and decadence at the heart of the Roman Empire in scenes which recall HBO's hit series Rome.

OK to draw a line under this comparing comic book stories to TV series I'll quit once I've mentioned this book which looks every bit as cool as "Madmen".

RICHARD STARK'S PARKER: THE MARTINI EDITION

HC with Slipcase 360pp Color

IDW

Critically acclaimed comic art treatments of Richard Stark's respected crime novels " The Hunter" and "The Outfit" featuring the anti hero Parker by the original author and the style conscious sensational comic artist, Darwyn Cook.

This large format collection includes 72pages of rare and unpublished work as well as the three published stories.

MARVEL ART OF JOHN ROMITA JR

HC 240pp Color B+W

MARVEL

From one great stylist to another, John Romita Jr followed in his farther's foot steps and started drawing for Marvel Comics.

30 years later he's still going strong with a distinctive and dynamic style perfectly suited to telling tall tales of super beings and tough guys.

I'm going segue crazy today folks as I now lead us from one artistic dynasty to another.

LUCA NINE THE DE NOIX

SC 104pp Color B+W

LES REVEURE

Luca Nine is a chip off the old block, every bit as talented and as enamored of the deranged as dear old dad, Carlos.

A series of vignettes featuring a cast of bizarre characters in a surreal urban setting. The colors and layout remind one of Chris Ware's work but if he were under the influence of some serious drugs or alcohol rather than serious melancholia.

We're big fans of the Nine clan here at Pulp's Art where you can find plenty of books from Nine senior.

OVERKILL THE ART OF TOMER HANUKA

HC 104pp Color

Ginko Press

You may not recognize the name but you probably clocked the style, Tomer provided the cover image for the initial collection of Juxtapoz Illustration.

He's one of those artists who really does convey a story in a single image, yet that hasn't stopped him from moving about between editorial illustration and animation work.

JUXTAPOZ ILLUSTRATION 2

HC 208pp Color B+W

Ginko Press

A selection of the better contemporary artists strut their stuff in this second shinier collection from the flag ship magazine of low brow and pop surrealist art, Juxtapoz.

BTW the latest issues of Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose are in stock, allez!

ROBERT CRUMB THE COMPLERE RECOD COLLECTION

HC with slipcase 96pp Color B+W

W.W. Norton

Everyone in the bizz knows about Bob's love of wholesome old time melodies or if not then his absolute loathing of most modern music.

This is a nice collection of the master's illustrations for record sleeves and music promotions celebrating his love of authentic unpretentious sounds.

No real segue here except for the quality of the draftsmen concerned,

ANDREW LOOMIS FIGURE FOR ALL IT'S WORTH

HC 208pp B+W

TITAN BOOKS

A facsimile edition of the seminal work from the 40s on figure drawing by the master draftsman Andrew Loomis, you won t find a better manual for the concise instruction or refined illustrations accompanying the text.

SETTING THE SCENE

HC 270pp Color B+W

Chronicle Books

A profusely illustrated and comprehensive guide on how animators go from A to Z, Fraiser MaClean conducted interviews with pros to bring the student and the pro alike an indispensable guide on how to structure and execute scenes for animated films.

ART OF PIXAR

HC 320pp Color B+W

Chronicle Books

A celebration of the first 25 years of Pixar aniamtion art, this lavish book features all the gorgeous color scripts for the studio's feature films and shorts to date, as well as production and development art.

This is the book fans of animation art have been waiting for and being an equal opportunity book shop we have it available in English and French editions.

ART OF PUSS IN BOOTS

HC 144pp COLOR B+W

Insight Editions

Our amigos at Dreamworks Animation studios may not get the critical praise of their competitors at Pixar - though after Cars 2 critics might like to ponder their Pavlovian tendencies - but their films are serious commercial hits and so if they care about meaningless comment they might "cry all the way to the bank".

Anyway this nice artbook looks at the serious lifting behind Dreamworks' latest film to clean up at the box office, a prequel to the Shrek films featuring the popular swashbuckling feline, Puss in Boots.

EXPOSE # 9

SC 240pp Color

Ballistic Publishing

Another bumper collection of the best artwork digitally created anywhere by a stellar cast of international super talented technocrats between intense bouts of gaming.

SPECTRUM #18

SC 304pp Color B+W

Underwood Books

Each year for the past 18 Arnie and Cathy Fenner, ably assisted by the ever changing juries, have served up the best in contemporary fantasy art and each year the books get bigger and better.

Fabulous stuff, well except for those images which look like doctored photos of the artists family and friends but happily there are never too many like this.

Feed your imagination and indulge your passion for the fantastic with this stunning collection of 2010's best fantasy art.

THE DYNAMITE ART OF ALEX ROSS

HC 328pp Color B+W

Dynamite

Dynamite publish a diverse range of comic books covering just about every genre in the action cannon, from sword and sorcery, western, jungle adventure, crime, horror, science fiction, fantasy, espionage to of course super heroes and there go to artist for inspirational covers is industry legend Alex Ross.

This is a rich comprehensive collection of the covers Alex has produced for the company and in addition you get previously unpublished studies and development work along with a commentary from the main man himself, a sure fired hit if ever we saw one.

STREET FIGHTER IV & SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV OFFICIAL COMPLETE WORKS

SC 176pp Color B+W

Udon Entertainment

A welcome addition to Udon's fine collection of books celebrating the work of Capcom's talented team of artists who imbue their games with such dynamic characters and dramatic settings.

The Official Complete Works series looks at the visual work in developing and promoting the characters and environments for the games.

AMAZING EVERYTHING THE ART OF SCOTT CAMPBELL

HC 128pp Color

Insight Editions

Yeah this is the other Scott Campbell but like the other other Mr Campbell a fine artist but different, very different.

This Mr Campbell was recently featured in an expo at the Arludik Gallery here in Paris, he's a master of the whimsical, the cute and the clever and I'd guess he's really smart as well as really nice.

Of course being clever and nice doesn't pay the bills so Scott works in the fields of illustrated books for children, game design and animation.

If you want books by the other Mr Campbell the J Scott one well we're crossing our fingers and hoping his new books will arrive in the shop before the weekend.

Meanwhile I'm coping with jet-lag and now really tired from reviewing these great books and thinking up segues and witticisms in presenting them to you.

I hope you enjoyed my efforts and hope to see you here in the store soon, where you'll be relieved to know we've summoned the sparky to expel the gloom that had the back of the store gloomier than a morgue.

NEW AT PULP'S ART NOVEMBER 3

2011-11-03T11:02:00.000-07:00

Hello readers, I'm about to take a 3 week break and head off to the sun but before I go let me give you the low down on our latest arrivals.

OK, what say we start with a big one,

DISNEY STUDIO LAYOUT & BACKGROUND

HC 274pp Color, Black + White

Disney Editions

Carrying on from the previous books Story, Animation and Design, this is the latest volume to mine the rich vein of artwork Disney has locked in their vaults.

From the castle, cabin and forest of Snow White through to the environments of the more recent animated releases, this is a fascinating visual trip into the vital settings which make the character's antics credible.

ANDREW LOOMIS DRAWING THE HEAD & HANDS

HC 160pp Black + White

Titan Books

A companion volume to his seminal "Figure Drawing For All It's Worth" by one of the artists ' artist.

Let the extraordinarily talented Andrew Loomis show you how an expert approaches nailing excellence in draftsmanship when it comes to drawing hands and heads.

MICHAEL CHOQUETTE SOMEDAY FUNNIES

HC 216pp Color

ABRAMS

So besotted with the Summer of Love was Michael Choquette that he spent the next decade chasing the best comic artists of the time round the world and asking them for a piece celebrating the era of anti establishment, of tuning in and dropping out.

He then spent the next 3 decades wondering what the heck to do with these marvels - as hippies do - but finally here they are collected in a book.

And we do mean the best artist of the era and from both sides of the Atlantic, mainstream and underground, 169 of 'em including Eisner, Kurtzman, Swarte, Underzo and Kirby.

INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC ART OF INOVATION

HC 360pp Color

Abrams

Pamela Glintenkamp has conducted so much research into the subject and so many interviews with staff that she probably knows more about Lucasfilm than George himself!

Anyway Pam presents a heavily illustrated and comprehensive history of the films the studio has participated in, from the obvious inclusions of the special effect laden epics so beloved of Telerama's critics, to the team's occasional forays into subtle and classic films which just needed an innovative technical tweak to enhance a moment or two.

So, I'll be back at the end of the month relaxed and rested and ready to blow all that away as Pulp's Art strives to bring you the best in illustration, gearing up for Christmas and the new year.

While I'm away do please check out the store and our Blog for new arrivals, because there'll be an art book for Spielberg's Tintin film, a parcel of new titles from Brandstudio press, including the much anticipated new J Scott Campbell books as well as some from Phil Noto, there'll be a visual celebration of Pixar's first 25 years, Ballistic's Expose # 9 and more wonderful sketchbooks from Art of Fiction.

DUSTIN NGUYEN SIGNING AT PULP'S ART

2011-10-28T05:03:00.000-07:00

In association with our brothers and sisters at Pulp's Comics, Pulp's Art is delighted to announce, DC & Wildstorm Comic's super star artist Dustin Nguyen will be signing books and prints here at Pulp's Art, 6 rue Dante, on November 3rd between the hours of 14.00 and approximately 19.00.

On the morning of the third and during the lunch break customers will be able to buy a sketchbook, graphic novel or print by Dustin which will entitle them to a numbered ticket, then at shortly after 14.00 hrs Dustin will begin signing your purchase hopefully in the order in which the items were sold and the tickets awarded.

Ideally we'd like to be able to follow the sequencing of the tickets and we respectfully request that people with a ticket don't all leave returning for a signature at 18.30 because that wont work out.