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Akihiro Yamada Shunya Yamashita Yann

Jian Yi Yoann Chic Young

Akihiro Yamada. YAMADA AKIHIRO: A COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS. [SN21114X] $60

Japan: 2004. 4to (11-13"), 152pp, 80 color pages and 72 b&w pages, softcover wraps. VF/VF.

Akihiro Yamada is an author, manga artist, and designer/illustrator for video and RPG games. His artwork is absolutely beautiful. This volume features a wide array of drawings and styles. Artwork for book covers, RPG games, comics, etc. Beautiful ink and watercolor drawings. Beautiful lyrical artwork, very European in style. Text in Japanese.

Akihiro Yamada. WORLD OF YAMADA AKIHIRO. [SN19368X] $60

Japan: Softbank, 2003. 4to (11-13"), 120pp, 72 color pages and 47 b&w pages, softcover wraps. VF/VF.

Akihiro Yamada is an author, manga artist, and designer/illustrator for video & RPG games. His artwork is absolutely beautiful. This collects his artwork & design work for the RPG game Mystic Ark. Pre-production paintings and drawings, character designs, and miscellaneous designs. Beautiful pen & ink drawings with subtle coloring. Beautiful lyrical artwork, unlike any other Japanese artist, very European in style. It also contains a folded full-size poster of the cover illustration. Text in Japanese.

Akihiro Yamada. YAMADA AKIHIRO: RAHXEPHON ART WORKS. [SN19388X] $50

Japan: Softbank, 2004. 4to (11-13"), 128pp, 32 color pages and 96 b&w pages, softcover wraps. VF/VF.

Akihiro Yamada is an author, manga artist, and designer/illustrator for videos and RPGs. His artwork is absolutely beautiful. This art collection is divided into four sections: illustrations, character designs, other designs, and early works. Beautiful lyrical color artwork. Beautiful pen and ink drawings. For the animated TV series and film. Very European in style. Text in Japanese.

Shunya Yamashita. WILD FLOWER: SHUNYA YAMASHITA ILLUSTRATION 2. [SN24913X] $60

Japan: 2008. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 128pp, color illustrations, softcover wraps. VF/VF.

Yamashita is a video game character designer & illustrator in the mold of Hyung-tze Kim and Hakua Ugetsu but Yamashita’s art is softer and cuter. He is increasingly known for his pin-up style drawings of women (a line of statues and PVC figures based on his character designs appear regularly in Previews). This is his second collection of illustrations (we carried his first, Sweet Dreams, a few years ago). Unpublished Works. Figures. Video Games. Card Games. Web & T-Shirts. Magazines & Books. Monochrome Illustrations. This book is 90% girls. "Cute & Funny & Erotic!!" Minimal text in Japanese.

Yann; Jean Leturgie; Simon Leturgie. SPOON & WHITE T1: REQUIEM POUR DINGOS. [SN26239] $30

Marcinelle: Dupuis, 1999. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 46pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. NF (covers lightly rubbed, corners sharp).

The original edition of this long-running series.

Yann; Jean Leturgie; Simon Leturgie. SPOON & WHITE T2: A GORE ET A CRIS. [SN26240] $30

Marcinelle: Dupuis, 2000. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 46pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. NF (covers lightly rubbed).

The original edition of this long-running series.

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola says, "This series is fantastic!"

Yoann. Omond, Eric. LA VOLEUSE DU PERE-FAUTEUIL INTEGRALE. [SN23903X] $60

Paris: Dargaud, 2007. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 140pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

All three volumes in one! Text in French.

Yoann. Omond, LA VOLEUSE DU PERE-FAUTEUIL 1 - L'HOMME MYSTERE. [SN23085X] $26

Paris: Dargaud, 2002. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF. Beautiful artwork - loose, lively, and full of charm.

From the publisher:

"Do burglary, love and politics work well together?" This is the (still prevalent) question that this album, in a great tradition of the serial stories, tries to answer. The story is set in a country quite similar to France, the Navarin, during a period similar to the early 20th century. There is a democratic government, with a president – Honorin Rouflaquet – and a backward-looking cabinet. In the salons, the aristocrats are rather modernist. The Great Cause is an ultra conservative secret political movement that wants to impose a dictatorship and the Rebellious are against all forms of power. Amidst all this, there is Ariane Liftier, a young lady of good upbringing (in reality, her parents were smugglers) who is fascinated by the exploits of the "mystery man," the thief of the modernist baronesses, whose exploits the journalist André Valentin (who is in fact a woman) narrates every day. Ariane is so fascinated that she’ll end up becoming "the thief of Old Man armchair," in an attempt to seduce this "mystery man." A fantasy-romantic story, completely crazy, with some remarks "off" that make a very good pastiche of the great masters of the serial stories. Drawing that’s quick, elegant and full of movement." Text in French.

Yoann. Omond, E. LA VOLEUSE DU PERE-FAUTEUIL 3 - LA MAISON DE PENITENCE. [SN22504X] $26

Paris: Dargaud, 2005. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

The finale of this three-part series. Text in French.

Yoann. Trondheim, Lewis. FENNEC. [SN23437X] $25

Paris: Delcourt, 2007. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 32pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

Short comic strips about a wily desert fox working his way up the food chain. Snakes, anteaters, eagles, pangolins, hyenas, hippos, lions, gorillas. Fantastic animal character design and watercolor artwork by Yoann. Text in French.

Yoann. Omond, Eric. PARIS STRASS. [SN23058X] $25

Paris: Fluide Glacial, 2006. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

A collection of two- to four-page stories about celebrities and Paris Strass, a celebrity press reporter/photographer. Lots of nudity, sex, scandal, depicted in the most good-natured way (à la Little Annie Fanny). I love Yoann's loose lively art style, and here we can see his female figures. Text in French.

Preview the opening pages

Yoann. Vehlmann, Fabien. LES GEANTS PETRIFIES. [SN22722X] $36

Paris: Dupuis, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 64pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. VF.

"Une Aventure de Spirou et Fantasio." A special one-shot album featuring two classic characters in a grand adventure. A Caribbean setting, a sunken treasure hunt, submersibles and diving gear, how cool is that?

Reminiscent of an Uncle Scrooge or Asterix adventure where essentially comic characters are involved in a "straight" storyline. Fred Blanchard designed the vehicles (his specialty). Yoann's style is tighter and more controlled here: excellent stuff. Text in French.

Chic Young (with Alex Raymond). BLONDIE VOL. 1 1931-1932. [SN17102] $60

Paris: Futuropolis, 1982. 1st. Oblong 4to (11-13” wide), 128pp, b&w, hardcover boards. Fine/NF.

One of the few collections of the pre-marriage period of this classic strip. This volume features Blondie's romantic adventures with a succession of suitors (including Dagwood). Alex Raymond assisted Young during this period. Reproduced in a nice large format, three strips per page.

French text.