Comics & Graphic Novels from J.C. Bell

GLENAT, 2013. 192 pp. [Heavy book. Shipping outside N. America will be very expensive.]. First This Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California, 1973. 471 pp. illus, catalog, biblio, index;; an ex-library copy with a library card pocket on the ffep and some markings, but overall a tight & relatively clean copy with fewer library markings than usually encountered, o/w a VG+ book; a massive, ground-breaking study of early graphic narrative. [An extremely heavy… Read more

Gananoque, Ontario: Shadow Press, 1980. One of 950 copies signed & numbered by Day. [97]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. Illus. by Gene Day. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

West Plains, MO: Gemstone Publishing, 2005. Jan. 2005, 80 pp, illus; includes articles on the Canadian pulp writer Charles Spain Verrall, the Green Hornet, William Gibson in the comics, and Mad's radio spoofs.. First Edition. Staple-bound. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Periodical.

Eclipse Books, 1985. 127 pp, illus, index. [97]. First Paperback… Read more

New York: DC Comics, 2005. [212] pp; bookstore label on front pastedown.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Los Angeles, California: Archaia, 2015. Unpaginated. … Read more

Vortex Comics, 1992. 215 pp; bookstore rubber-stamp on inside front cover, very light wdear. [97]. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very… Read more

Toronto: New American Library of Canada, 1966. Signet D2970, the less-common Canadian edition; reading creases to the spine, othefrwise a bright, tight copy. … Read more

Toronto: Descant Art & Letters Foundation, 2014. Special Issue on Canadian Comics, 258 pp, illus. … Read more

Luxurious Comic, 2000. Graphic narrative that unfolds, like a map. . First Printing. Folder. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hamilton: North End Books, 2018. One of 110 numbered copies (in slipcase) signed by the author and the Bell Features Artist Gerry Lazare; forewords by Lazare and John Bell, 320 pp, illus, notes, biblio. [Extra postage will be required for this heavy book.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto: Reg Hartt, 1985. 40 pp, Chester Brown art on front & back covers, also brief article on Brown, lots of great animation content, incl. an article on Al Aronowitz. [97] . First Printing. Staple-bound Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Chester Brown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Periodical.

San Francisco: Rip Off Press, 1973. 128 pp, illus; very light wear. … Read more

San Francisco: Viz, 2010. The first two volumes in the Black Edition series, printed in 2010-11, collecting the first four graphic novel editions.. First This Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ottawa: Glenn Lisle, 1977. 6 pp (3 loose sheets held together by a paperclip), this inaugural issue incl. a 2-page newsletter & two prints by Gene (one with a blank back; the other with advertising on the back). Rare.. First Printing. Disbound. Very Good+. Illus. by Gene Day. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Publications Classiques Internationales, 1958. French version of the Classics Illustrated adaptation of the Sea Wolf; shows some wear, price written on front cover. … Read more

New York: Tor Books, 2006. 192 pp, illus, notes. [18]. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Halifax, NS: Northern Star Press, 1978. Two issues of this Canadian SF, Fantasy, & comics magazine from 1978-79; contributors include Gene Day, Dave Sim, Spider Robinson, John Robert Colombo, John Bell, James De Mille, Harold R. Foster (letter), Roy Krenkel, George Freeman, Donald M. Grant, Charles R. Saunders, & others. [97]. First Printing. Staple-bound Wrappers. Fine. 4to - over… Read more

Quincy, MA: New England Comics, 1992. 66 pp. [97]. First Printing. Staple-bound. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"… Read more