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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorKrazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman
George Herriman, Patrick McDonnell, Karen O'Connell, Georgia Riley de Havenon · 224 pages
How About Never—Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons
Bob Mankoff · 285 pages
"Memoir in cartoons by the longtime cartoon editor of The New YorkerPeople tell Bob Mankoff that as the cartoon editor of The New Yorker he has the best job in the world. Never one to beat around the bush, he explains to us, in the opening of this singular, delightfully eccentric book, that because he is also a cartoonist at the magazine he actually has two of the best jobs in the world. With the
Jane Austen Cover to Cover: 200 Years of Classic Book Covers
Margaret C. Sullivan
Jane Austen’s six novels are true classics, still immensely popular some 200 years after their first publication. But although the celebrated stories never change, the covers are always different. Jane Austen Cover to Cover compiles two centuries of design, from elegant Victorian hardcovers and the famed 1894 “Peacock” edition to 1950s pulp, movie tie-in editions, graphic novels, foreign-langua
The Case of Beasts: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Mark Salisbury · 158 pages
"Take a front-row seat and witness the filmmaking magic that brought J.K. Rowlings script for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them to the screen. Explore the realm of fantastical creatures that roam the wizarding world and discover the magical cast of characters in pursuit of them.."--Page 4 of cover.
The Art and Making of Arcane
Elisabeth Vincentelli · 225 pages
The Steampunk Bible
Jeff VanderMeer, S.J. Chambers · 224 pages
Steampunk -- a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture -- is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more. The Steampunk Bible is the first compendium about the movement, tracing its roots in the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells through its most recent expression in movies such as Sherlock H
Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions
Guillermo del Toro, Marc Scott Zicree
David Bowie Is...
Victoria Broackes, Geoffrey Marsh · 320 pages
David Bowie is a pioneering artist and performer whose career has spanned nearly 50 years and brought him international acclaim. He has sold over 140 million albums, and been cited as a major influence on contemporary artists and designers working across the creative arts.
The Art of the Hunchback of Notre Dame
Stephen Rebello · 194 pages
The Lord of the Rings: The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
Gary Russell · 208 pages
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
Stan Lee, John Buscema · 160 pages
The Art of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith
J.W. Rinzler, George Lucas · 272 pages
The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Phil Szostak · 253 pages
"Step inside the Lucasfilm art departments for the creation of fantastical worlds, unforgettable characters, and unimaginable creatures. [This book] will take you there, from the earliest gathering of artists and production designers at Lucasfilm headquarters in San Francisco to the fever pitch of production at Pinewood Studios to the conclusion of post-production at Industrial Light & Magic"--Ama
Face Paint: The Story of Makeup
Lisa Eldridge · 240 pages
"Make-up, as we know it, has only been commercially available in the last 100 years, but applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the oldest global social practices. Lisa Eldridge, one of the world's foremost make-up artists--with a very large and loyal public following of her own--has written the first real history of the subject. Face Paint will explore the reasons behind make-up's
Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe
Tim Leong · 192 pages
The comic book universe is adventurous, mystifying, and filled with heroes, villains, and cosplaying Comic-Con attendees. This book by one of Wired magazine's art directors traverses the graphic world through a collection of pie charts, bar graphs, timelines, scatter plots, and more. Super Graphic offers readers a unique look at the intricate and sometimes contradictory storylines that weave their
The Art of How to Train Your Dragon
Tracey Miller-Zarneke
Harry Potter: Film Wizardry
Brian Sibley · 159 pages
Immerse yourself in the world of the spectacular Harry Potter film series, and learn why Yule Ball ice sculptures never melt, where Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts are really "minted," how to get a Hippogriff to work with actors, the inspiration behind Hogwarts castle, and why Dementors move the way they do. Written and designed in collaboration with the cast and crew that brought J.K. Rowling's cele
The Complete Phantom of the Opera
George C. Perry, Jane Rice · 171 pages
Eclipse: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz
The Book of Kells: An Illustrated Introduction to the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin
Bernard Meehan · 95 pages
The Book of Kells is the most spectacular of a group of manuscripts created in Ireland and northern Britain between the seventh and tenth centuries, a period when Irish monasticism was in the vanguard of Christian culture. Its earliest history remains controversial but it was in the keeping of the monastery of Kells, Co. Meath, for most of the Middle Ages - hence its name - and has been in the lib
Wicked: The Grimmerie
David Cote, Stephen Schwartz, Joan Marcus, Winnie Holzman · 183 pages
A companion volume to the hit Broadway musical set in Oz recounts the exploits of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda, the good witch, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the musical and its creation, profiles of cast and crew, anecdotes, and the show's libretto.
Wall and Piece
Banksy · 207 pages
From the Publisher: Graffiti artist Banksy decorates streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cities throughout the world. His identity remains unknown but his work is witty, subversive and prolific. And now, he's put together the best of his work in a fully illustrated color volume.