NEW AT PULP'S ART JANUARY 24

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 

SEASON'S GREETINGS

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.