NEW AT PULP'S ART OCTOBER 31

Hello readers, 1st of November tomorrow so the shop will be shut but we'll be back to sell you books on Friday, who knows maybe you'll want some of this week's new arrivals.

if you weren't already aware of the proximity of the holidays then several of this week's releases will get the old sleigh bells ringing in ones memory banks, because the season to be jolly is always signaled by the release from publishers of deluxe editions like these.

This is exactly what I'm on about, a classic but in a bigger and better edition,

 MOEBIUS LE GARAGE HERMETIQUE

HC 120pp Black + White

Humanoides

One of the master's most celebrated stories is now in available in a deluxe and numbered limited edition, reprinted in close to it's original size so you can really appreciate the amazing work of Moebius.

Few people could match Moebius for the exotic and esoteric nature of his work when he chose to give his creative impulse absolute freedom but one who could was his friend Jodorowsky, how's this for odd?

MOEBIUS & JODOROWSKY GRIFFES D'ANGE

HC 72pp Black + White

Humanoides

Disturbingly weird erotic encounters are served up in one of the more extreme and challenging collaborations - even by the standards of these artists - by the highly respected artist and writer team.

Jodorowsky can even subvert a genre as grounded as the western, as he does in this title richly deserving of the deluxe treatment,

BOUNCER LUXE

HC 120pp Black + White

Humanoides

Families don't come any more dyfunctional than that which nurtured the eponymous hero of the Bouncer series, meet his ma and her murderous progeny in the story arc which introduced us to the deadly one armed minder.
Francois Boucq's black and white art work looks amazing in this format, which in size is close to the original page.

To another odd genius now,

GAINSBOURG EN BANDE DESSINEE

HC 248pp Color

Soleil

My French partner would insist upon Gainsbourg's genius but being a Brit I simply saw a creepy little feller being inappropriate with his daughter Charlotte and only knew of one rather tediously repetitive song by him.

Then I saw "Gainsbourg - Vie Héroique" and couldn't fail but be impressed and  started to listen to the songs, so OK now I get it, he was a creepy little feller but also sensitive, smart and talented.

That talent is celebrated here by the best BD artists, visually interpreting his songs, je'taime!

For those who like their festivities with lots of pudding, might I suggest,

FRIPON INTEGRAL

HC 304pp Color, Black + White

Humanoides

An orgy of naughty tales by some of the best talents around in one hefty tome.

Given the size of the book and the nature of its contents , one way or another you'll end up with an ache in your arm!

Another naughty classic to round out this selection of gift ideas just released, or re released,

CABANES & FOREST LE ROMAN DE RENART

HC Black + White

Humanoides

Very French humor in these bawdy tales from the early 80s of a crafty and seemingly irresistible lecher and his cuckolded victims by two colossi of BD Jean-Claude Forrest and Max Cabanes.

A new and excellent version of a classic now,

JACK LONDON'S LE LOUP DES MERS PAR RIFF REB

HC 136pp Color

Noctambule

Following the critical and commercial success of his adaptation of  "A Bord de L'Etoile Matutine", Riff Reb returns to a classic novel with again a nautical theme and a larger than life sea captain.

In Jack London's Sea Wolf, which Riff is adapting here, the bookish Van Weydon through misfortune finds himself in the company and at the mercy of Wolf Larson, a brutal bully, even if a literate one.

What follows is an existential story wrapped up in the trappings of an adventure. 

Another adaptation by R.R. which does the source material full justice and leaves me wishing his editor would steer him towards adapting Conrad's brilliant "Heart of Darkness".

OK we chart a different course now and land ho in the fantasy realms of,

ELYSIUM ART OF DAARKEN

HC 200pp Color

3D Total

Daarken is a freelance artist usually working in the field of fantasy gaming and on such licenses as Magic The Gathering and Worlds of Warcraft.

If you like tusked orcs, pointy eared elves and armoured champions then you are in for a treat as this book features the last four years of the popular fantasy artist's output.

Fantasy of an altogether different sort now, as we buzz off to the..

CHARLES BURNS THE HIVE BOOK PLATE EDITION

HC 56pp Color

Pantheon

The continuation from "X'ed Out" of Charlies' latest David Lynchesque creepy classic, a story populated by an assortment of grotesque and inadequate characters, all served up in CB's clear, confident, flat, positively Belgian style, predictably certain to be a critics choice.

LORE COMPETE PROSE PB

SC 284pp Color, Black + White

IDW

OK this isn't the actual cover because that's just a pretty non descipt black rectangle with the words "Lore" on it.

What you need to know is this is a serious fantasy novel about a secret society, a reluctant hero and the odd creatures they are meant to police.

The ever helpful Ashley Wood has provided panel and spot illustrations to accompany the stirring prose of T.P. Louise, and the book is in development as a major movie.

Fantagraphics are doing us a favor by reprinting the glorious EC Comics in compact, affordable editions specific to an artist or theme, here are the first two.

CAME THE DAWN

HC 208pp Black + White

Classic stories, over 24 of them all illustrated by Wally Wood from the horror and suspense lines of EC, "Tales From the Crypt", "The Haunt of Fear" and "Crime Suspense Stories", including the classic story "Confession" which came in for a severe criticism in the hysterical critique of comics "Seduction of the Innocent".

Wood was one of the most appreciated artists in the extraordinary EC talent pool, perhaps on account of his versatility, there wasn't a genre Wood didn't master.

(N.B. Wally Wood's Artist Edition is still available from Pulp's Art in a new printing, which reprints several classic tales from his tenure at EC, including several of his seminal science-fiction stories.)

CORPSE ON THE IMJIN

HC 240pp Black + White

The second book in Fantagraphics' salute to EC collects the war stories from "Two-Fisted Tales" and "Frontline Combat" penned by one of the medium's greatest talents Harvey Kurtzman.

This collection includes stories written and illustrated by Kurtzman as well as stories illustrated by the most gifted artists of the era including Wally Wood, Jack Davis and Alex Toth, in addition all 23 of Kurtzman's dynamic covers are reproduced in color and again essays contextualize the importance and impact of these works.

Kurtzma's war stories marked a departure from the traditional war stories of the period in that they jettisoned cliche to focus on the humanity of the protagonists.

Until next week be safe.