Best Selling Books by Dave Stevens

The Rocketeer, by Dave Stevens, is a rollicking tribute to pulp novels and Saturday morning matinee serials. It follows the high-flying adventures of stunt pilot Cliff Secord and his girlfriend Betty, after Cliff finds a mysterious jet pack and takes to the sky. One of the most beloved comic series of all time, The Rocketeer has been completely remastered and is presented here with glorious all-new coloring for the first time.

Take flight with Cliff and Betty in this beautiful oversized collection that features the original complete comics saga! This long-out-of-print collection, and Eisner-award winner for best design, features the entire Rocketeer saga by Dave Stevens, plus more than 100 pages of supplemental material—sketches, prelims, and tons more—giving new insight into the artist’s thought processes as he was developing The Rocketeer! And all wrapped up in a lovely slipcase! Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer burst onto the shelves of comic book shops 40 years ago! This beautifully illustrated and charming story features the adventures of down-and-out stunt pilot Cliff Secord after he finds an experimental jetpack. With the help of his closest friend and confidante Peevy, and the support (mostly) of his beautiful girlfriend Betty, Cliff takes to the skies in 1938 Los Angeles. Intrigue abounds as Cliff finds himself fighting enemy spies and nefarious criminals, all the while trying to keep his personal life with Betty from being waylaid by his double-life as The Rocketeer!

Discover all the fun of classic comics in these stories, including Dave Stevens'' original masterpiece, featuring high-flying Indiana Jones-style adventures that mix pulp action, mystery, and danger! From its beginnings in comics to its big screen adaptation, The Rocketeer has captured audiences'' imagination with its blend of pulp thrills and classic adventure. Now, in these new IDW Classic Collections, read all of Dave Steven''s original comics plus the continuing adventures of Cliff, Betty, and Peevy from Rocketeer Adventures! Cliff Secord, a down-on-his luck pilot, is always looking for ways to make a fast buck. Discovering a stolen rocket pack could be the one thing that will turn his fortunes around...but will it? What follows are government agents, German spies, deception, danger, and adventure. This is the world of...The Rocketeer by Dave Stevens! Also included are the continuing adventures of Cliff in Rocketeer Adventures, the first time new stories were created involving Dave Stevens'' ace stunt pilot. Expanding on Stevens'' original masterpiece these 24 short stories continue where the original comics left off as Cliff, Betty, and Peevy fight off gangsters, Nazi spies, fake superheros, and more from some of the most talented creators in comics including Kurt Busiek, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Gibbons, Marc Guggenheim, Walter Simonson, Bruce Timm, Stan Sakai, John Byrne, Matt Wagner, and more! The Rocketeer: Thrills, Spills, and Chills includes over 350 pages of comics action in a convenient 6" x 9" format that lets you take the fun of reading wherever you want!

Ist es ein Flugzeug? Ist es ein Vogel? Ist es ein Supermann? Nein, es ist der Rocketeer! Cross Cult präsentiert DIE Pulp-Perle aus den 80er Jahren: THE ROCKETEER. Dave Stevens Opus Magnum erscheint als Gesamtausgabe im Albenformat - erstmals komplett auf Deutsch! Der moderne Comic-Klassiker im 30er-Jahre-Retrostil erzählt die Geschichte eines glücklosen Showpiloten, der durch den Fund eines Raketentriebwerks von einem Abenteuer ins nächste eilt. THE ROCKETEER vereint klassische Episodenfilme, Superhelden-Erzählung, Pin-Up-Optik und Agenten-Gadgets zu einem unwiderstehlichen Abenteuer, bei dem der Held mit nur allzu eigennützigen Motiven stets den Charme des Menschlichen behält. Wenige Titel haben es geschafft, das Flair einer ganzen Ära so konsequent in Bildern zu verdichten und trotzdem zeitlos zu bleiben. 30er-Jahre-Ästhetik trifft die Abenteuerlust der 80er; graphisch aufbereitet für das neue Jahrtausend. Damit bleibt Stevens Werk nach wie vor ein Titel, der viele Tugenden verbindet, aber nie Kompromisse eingegangen ist. Bekannt wurde THE ROCKETEER auch nicht zuletzt durch die "Wiederentdeckung" des 50er-Jahre-Pin-Up-Girls Bettie Page. Das Fotomodell zierte in den Nachkriegsjahren in den USA zahlreiche Junggesellenwände und Hochglanzcover. In den 60ern fast vergessen, erkor Stevens dann Anfang 1980 die Stilikone zur Referenz für seine weibliche Hauptfigur Betty Page. Damit sorgte er eigenhändig für eine Renaissance des Bettie-Page-Kults. Dave Stevens schrieb auch das Drehbuch zu der Verfilmung von THE ROCKETEER, die 1991 unter der Regie von Joe Jackson realisiert wurde. Cross Cult veröffentlicht THE ROCKETEER als stilvollen Hardcover im Albenformat mit rund 160 Seiten. Neben den beiden Hauptgeschichten findet sich ein neuer Prolog, der uns die Hauptfigur noch einmal privat näher bringt, ergänzt durch exklusives Bonus-Material, redaktionelle Seiten und eine umfassende Cover-Galerie. Und als wäre das nicht genug, erstrahlt Dave Stevens zeitlos brillantes Artwork komplett neu koloriert durch Laura Martin im Glanz seiner ursprünglichen Vision. Die US-Ausgabe dieser fantastischen Neu-Edition wurde 2010 bei den Eisner- und Harvey-Awards mit insgesamt vier der wichtigsten amerikanischen Comic-Auszeichnungen geehrt!

From the same people who brought you the Eisner award-winning Rocketeer Complete Adventures! For several years, Dave Stevens self-published four sketchbooks to sell at the San Diego Comic Con. These were very limited editions and are now highly sought-after collectibles. This volume collects the entire contents of those four sketchbooks, plus approximately 100 additional pieces that have never before been published. As with any sketchbook, the drawings in this volume are of varying stages of completion. They are a reminder that a piece of art is not full-born on the paper but rather is the product of hard work and sweat by the artist. These sketches, layouts, illustrations and portraits offer a unique behind-the-scenes glimpse of Dave Stevens'''' tremendous facility with pencil, pen and brush, and how special a talent he was.

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the debut of The Rocketeer in comics with this beautiful book showcasing the art of one of comics'' masters! In April of 1982, The Rocketeer debuted as a backup feature from Pacific Comics. From those humble beginnings the artistry of Dave Stevens caught the imaginations of countless readers and became a worldwide sensation, even being turned into a big-budget feature film! And in 2009 when IDW launched its award-winning Artist’s Edition series, The Rocketeer was the inaugural release, even winning a coveted Eisner Award that year. The book quickly sold out and went into a second printing. Now, more than 10 years later, The Rocketeer is soaring back with a new 40th anniversary printing. As with all Artist’s Editions, the art reproduced in this book has been meticulously scanned from the original art. Readers will be able to peruse these pages and see all the quirks and nuances that make original art so unique—blue pencil notations, white out, gradients in the ink, and so much more. Unless you were looking over Dave’s shoulder as he painstakingly drew these pages, this is your best chance to see the art of The Rocketeer as close to the originals as possible!

Brush with Passion charts the career of Dave Stevens, one of the most beloved and influential of all comic illustrators. He discusses his beginnings as a comic artist, the struggle to bring The Rocketeer to the big screen, his work as a storyboard artist for Raiders of the Lost Ark and Michael Jackson''s "Thriller" video, and other career highlights. Equally renowned as a pin-up artist, Stevens also recounts his friendship with reclusive model Bettie Page. Along with a wealth of iconic paintings and previously unpublished artwork, the book features commentary by comic book greats Todd Schorr, Richard Hescox, Michael William Kaluta, and William Stout.

Young TJ started life in North Texas, during a dust-bowl time, when life was at its hardest. He must leave home at an early age to survive. He works at different jobs and experiences many difficult times that test his values. As he becomes a man and finds his way in life, TJ meets the girl of his dreams but he also becomes the target of greed and murder. With the help of his friends and adopted family, TJ overcomes the evil of Rodney Crisp, his ill-gotten partner. Rodney wants TJ killed so he can take over the mining operation. No matter what happens in TJ''s life, his roots run deep and he sticks to the honest, hard working values his parents instilled in him; and the reward for this is a family and happiness.

After stunt pilot Cliff Secord finds a mysterious jetpack and becomes the Rocketeer, he tries to survive despite being hunted by government agents and Nazi spies.