New Releases by Dean Mullaney

This lavishly illustrated biography documents the life and art of one of the most significant comics and animation artists of all time. In comic books, Alex Toth was the foremost proponent of modern design and composition. Starting in 1950, his work influenced almost every one of his contemporaries and has continued to work its magic on the generations that followed. In animation, his 1960s model sheets for Hanna-Barbera are still passed around as swipe sources from animator to young animator in the 21st Century. Now in paperback, this biography was compiled with complete access to the family archives and with the full cooperation of Toth''s children, this biography features many rare comics pages, photographs, and drawings. It also reproduces 20 complete stories, including a previously unknown and unfinished story from 1950, most printed from the original artwork. Updates include clarification on Toth''s early married life in the 1950s and the first appearance of the recently disovered final page that completes the special section collecting Jon Fury, the comic strip Toth created in the army, a prize long sought by even the most ardent Toth collectors. Winner of the Harvey Award for Best Biographical Book.

A companion to the three-time Eisner-winning Alex Toth: Genius series, this blockbuster collection is full of rarely seen stories and artwork by the legendary artist. Alex Toth''s significance to comics and animation art cannot be overstated. During his career, he was the comic industry''s foremost proponent of modern design and composition. Starting in 1950, his work influenced almost every one of his contemporaries, and has continued to work its magic on the generations that followed. In animation, his 1960s model sheets for Hanna-Barbera are still passed around as swipe sources from animator to young animator in the 21st Century. Included are complete stories from the 1950s and beyond, recently discovered color animation storyboards and presentation drawings, sketches and doodles, industrial comics, and individual pages from obscure comics and magazines. It''s a treasure trove that makes a fitting companion to the Eisner Award-winning Alex Toth: Genius trilogy.

The Eisner Award-nominated, Harvey Award-winning, critically lauded Alex Toth biography series by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell is now available as a handsome slipcase set. Including Genius, Isolated; Genius, Illustrated; and Genius, Animated, this lavishly illustrated series includes the first biography of this giant of the illustration and animation fields, and has been compiled with full access and cooperation of Toth''s children. From his life story and work of the early 1960s through Toth''s rising profile in the television animation field, Genius Collected provides an unprecedented look at one of the most important illustrators of the modern age. A must-have for the artist or comics fan in your life.

Presents a collection of the artist''s cartoon artwork, including sketches from such television shows as "Space Ghost," "Jonny Quest," and "Thundarr the Barbarian," complemented with biographical and trade information.

Looks at the life of the artist from the 1960s through to his death in 2006, with sketches, illustrations, complete comic stories, and examples of his animation work from this period.

He''''s been called "The Rembrandt of the Comic Strip" and the "Greatest Generation''''s Cartoonist-in-Chief." No comics artist has so heavily influenced his medium and no cartoonist has seen more imitators than Milton Arthur Caniff, the creator of Terry and the Pirates, Male Call, and Steve Canyon. While these three classic newspaper strips have been reprinted, until now, the immense talent behind them has never been afforded a large-scale art monograph dedicated to his entire career. Produced with full access to Caniff''''s extensive personal archives at The Ohio State University, and with the cooperation of the Caniff estate, this oversized book reproduces from the original artwork hundreds of comics, illustrations, pencil sketches, and drawings — including many not previously reprinted. In addition to the three famous comic strips, represented are his childhood drawings, the beginnings of his career as a newspaper cartoonist, his significant contributions to the 1940s war effort, as well as his continuing relationship with the Air Force, Boy Scouts, and other organizations. CANIFF is the definitive visual biography of one of the most influential and revered artists of the American 20th Century.

Presents a biography of the artist''s life and explores his career as a cartoonist and comic book illustrator with such publishing houses as Western, Dell, and National Periodicals, along with a compilation of some of his work.