** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED **  The tangled web of vengeance, love, and loss woven by Spider-Man comics and films is explored in this collection of insightful essays by acclaimed writers of comics and science fiction. A variety of topics— from the... [More...]

Tara Chace is a spy - a Minder for Britain's Special Section. Her missions are dangerous, clandestine, and, more often than not, require a rather grey sense of morality. Greg Rucka is her writer - a prose novelist who has also lent his pen to several... [More...]

Featuring art never seen before the publication of the hardcover, unused and unfinished covers, and drawing upon ten years of sketchbooks, "The Art of Hellboy" provides the ultimate inside look at Mignola's design, storytelling, and color work.

The Harvey Award-winning cartoonist Peter Bagge remains one of the comics' industry's great crossover successes of the past decade, having sold more comics than any underground cartoonist through the 1990s to the present. After editing R. Crumb's Weirdo... [More...]

Essays that explore how comic books inspire films and create new realms of visual art

Babes, Beasts, and Brawn: Sculpture of the Fantastic is a definitive look into the creation of these powerhouse playthings, with hundreds of stunning color photographs and fascinating insights into Kiwus' creative process. Beyond the building of plastic... [More...]

Compiled by a veteran writer of the comic series, this collection of essays explores Batman’ s motivations and actions, as well as those of his foes. Batman is a creature of the night, more about vengeance than justice, more plagued by doubts than... [More...]

This 96-page full color trade paperback features many of the most hilarious exploits of Archie and Friends'from the "ME" decade, better known as the Eighties. Computers! New age music! Urban cowboys! Preppies! E.T.! Roller boogie! Michael Jackson! Cabbage... [More...]

Through brilliant art and they-were-there dialogue, famed graphic novelist Pekar, gifted artist Dumm, and renowned historian Buhle illustrate the tumultuous decade that first defined and then was defined by those who gathered under the SDS banner.