Carsten Laqua: Vom Simplicissimus bis Superman
(- Comicplakate aus einskommanullfünf Jahrhunderten)
2000 published by the author himself, booklet for an exhibition about comic and caricature posters, A 5, 16 pages (!), 26 images, mint condition, German text
Euro 2.- ($ 2)
Karlheinz Borchert / Carsten Laqua: Mit Tarzan und Snoopy ins Wochenend
(- Comic-Beilagen amerikanischer Zeitungen 1900 - 1950)
1993, exhibition catalog, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, A 4, 44 pages, 50 b/w and 6 four color images, like new, German text
Euro 10.- ($ 12)
Gottfried Helnwein: Wer ist Carl Barks
Neff Verlag, 1993, 296 pages; great book about Barks' Duckburg Universe, hundreds of beautiful and funny pictures show details- and the genius of Barks' work, an interview, analyses of Barks as an artist and author in German language, perfect condition
- normal edition (softcover) € 19,- ($ 21)
- hardcover edition, signed by Helnwein, lim. to 1,000 ex. € 65,- ($ 72)
That's Fumetti! - Italian Comics at the San Diego International Comic Con
Epierre, Milano, 1998, 76 pages
Italian artists and publishers are being introduced to the American comic market plus a long article about Italian comic history with many pictures, Englisch text!
€ 10.- ($ 12)
Comicfest München: future is now
2000, 60 pages
convention program with short articles about recent comic publications, many pictures, German text
€ 8.- ($ 8)
Coulton Waugh: The Comics
New York, 1947, 360 pages, first edition, without dustjacket, early and important work about the American newspaper comics, average condition
€ 50.- ($ 57)
Lancelot Hogben: From Cave Painting to Comic Strip - A History of Human Communication
1949, 288 pages, 231 illustrations, with dustjacket
- first edition, New York, Chanticleer Press € 89,- ($ 98)
- British fisrt edition (published at the same time), London, Max Parrish & Co € 89,- ($ 98)
Fred Feld: Jeder kann zeichnen!
ca. 1920's, very little text, in German, about learning how to draw
"Fred Feld, der humorvolle Zeichner verrät auf 16 fröhlichen Seiten eine Fülle zeichnerischer Kniffe nach seiner Schnell-Methode. In zwei Stunden lernen auch Sie lebendig zeichnen - Wie noch nie!"
- nice example € 15,- ($ 17)
- nice example but some little dirt on cover € 10,- ($ 11)
P. Richards: Zeichner und "Gezeichnete" - Aus den Erinnerungen eines amerikanischen Zeichners und Journalisten
1912 (!), Reflektor-Verlag, Berlin, covering reports on 190 pages about curiosities (boxing, varieté, trails etc.), personal meetings with V.I.P.s (Mark Twain) and an article about the American newspaper comic sections, illustrated with drawings and fotos, in German language!
1.) complete and in good shape..... € 65,- ($ 72)
2.) complete but with missing end papers (which were blanc anyway)..... € 45,- ($ 50)
Gérard Blanchard: La Bande Dessinée - Histoire des Histoires en Images de la Préhistoire à nos jours
1969, Limbourg (B), paperback, 304 pages, tear and broken in spine but in general nice, French language
€ 30.- ($ 36)
Scott McCloud: Reinventing Comics - How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form
additional thoughts from the author of Understanding Comics, HarperCollins, 2000, about 250 pages written as a comic, English text
€ 13,- ($ 14)