A revised edition of the now sold-out and sought-after Full Coverage book. Over 200 pages extensively documenting all 33 back pieces from start to finish, with photos by Max Dolberg and NSK, an exclusive essay by the Master Horiyoshi III and introductory text by Adrian Lee. Full Coverage expands On the Suits Made to Fit project, which documented the bodysuit tattoo designs of NSKolectiv. Full Coverage is the next practical extension of that project. Whereas Suits Made to Fit was essentially an e

This lavish softcover art collection contains a decade's worth of illustrator Michael Manning's perversely beautiful portraits. Dominatrixes, dancers, fetish models, contortionists, and other real-life muses are reinterpreted through the artist's elegant line work as powerful and profoundly sensual beings who give free reign to their erotic desires. Introductions by Midori and Patrick Califia. Black & white and color.A porno universe in which I would kill to live, if only for one day. -Lily Bura

At the gala launch party of porn publisher Ted Calderone's new erotic magazine, sexy models serve delicious appetizers -- but a murderer has spiked one tray with poison mushrooms, death caps. A controversial investigative reporter eats them and dies. Local newspaperman Ed Rosenberg was standing next to the victim when he swallowed the poison, and gets sucked into the murder investigation. Softcover edition.An intriguing whodunit plot. Makes excellent use of the author's in-depth knowledge of his

Plastic Antinomy Magazine is a quarterly art publication dedicated to bring focus, coherence and well deserved attention to the SF/Oakland visual arts scenes by talking about them in direct, honest and hopefully entertaining reviews, interviews and articles. Not everybody will like what they have to say. Good. If we all share one opinion or are afraid to say otherwise, neither the arts scene nor the artists grow. It is antinomy, the paradox of opinion, that encapsulates that very idea. In this i

Paper dolls featuring the Cockettes, the legendary San Francisco psychedelic drag queen troupe of the late 1960s. Chris Kilo as The PhantomMartin Doin' the Varsity Drag Dusty Dawn as Queen of the Sea Daniel Ware as Hairum Scarum Link as Roumanian Rhapsody Lindon Bebe Mbutu as Black Fire plus Sweet Pam, Scrumbly, Pristine Condition, Bobbie Cameron Marquel, Fayette, Goldie Glitters, and more. Dress them in glam outfits, or keep them stripped down to their even more glamorous skivvies. Black and

"The first in a three-volume series, The Art of Herge

A horror-comedy manga about two blue-collar factory workers and jiu-jitsu experts who deal with a zombie uprising in Tokyo. When the story begins, Fujio and Mitsuo dream of training in martial arts overseas and becoming famous. When they accidentally kill their overbearing boss, they bury him at a man-made garbage mountain known as Dark Fuji, where tons of rotting garbage have been contaminated with industrial waste which, naturally, transforms the bodies of the dead into ravenous, flesh-eating

"The world's first publication on the art of Chinese skin illustration-a unique and stimulating book on the elusive and secretive Chinese world of permanent body illustration. With over 250 original images, showing the proud wearers of body art, this book takes the reader on a journey through China. From the mountains of Yunan, where the ethnic tribespeople still maintain their tradition of marking the face with butterfly designs that they believe will transport them to heaven in the afterlife

"Tony Fitzpatrick spins magical tales from his own history and that of his beloved city Chicago via drawing-collages, vivid combinations of drawing, text and applied elements like matchbooks, postcards, gambling slips and ballgame stubs. This is the third and final installment in the series on Chicago, the culmination of Tony Fitzpatrick's interpretations of his hometown. Along with the first two volumes, we see a full vision as Fitzpatrick intended it. Co-Published with La Luz de Jesus Press. "

In internationally recognized tattoo artist, Scott Harrison is infamous for his peculiar cartoon imagery and lack of finesse. He has tattooed all over the US, as well as Europe and Japan. His clients have included such diverse celebrities as Master P, Kiki Smith, Tony Fitzpatrick, and a good chunk of the cast of Miami Ink.Scott Harrison is the hyperactive love child of Aubrey Beardsley and Basil Wolverton. Imagine, if you can... Definitely not for the faint of heart. -Thomas Woodruff

Chris Mars' painting style, examples of which graced all of his album covers, is marked by nightmarish landscapes and grotesque, distorted figures. He draws inspiration from his older brother's struggle with schizophrenia. ...From my hands, my mission: To free the oppressed to champion the persecuted, and the submissive to liberate through revelation the actualized Self in those proposed by some to have no self at all. It's in every single one of us, somewhere underneath that word on our che

Dying of Thirst catalogs Gary Baseman's solo show, I Melt in Your Presence, at Modernism Gallery in San Francisco. Baseman's paintings reflect an oozing, sexual frenzy and dripping, cream-filled energy. This full-color, large-format, hardcover collector's edition features beautiful reproductions of Baseman's artwork. It includes nude studies in mixed media, and paintings such as Dripping With Desire, The Hills of Creamy Goodness, Dying of Thirst, The Battle for Independence and Creamy Fulfillm

Leading British Tintinologist and journalist, Michael Farr, presents his choice of the dozen most important and colorful characters from The Adventures of Tintin in Tintin & Co., revealing their origins, inspirations, and the source of their enduring fascination. This handsome, lavishly-illustrated volume takes a closer look at the remarkable cast that enriches the adventures.

"Mysterium Fidei, Mystery of Faith, is Daniel Martin Diaz's newest collection of art. His painting, prints, and drawings are inspired by devotional folk art, which he blends with archaic imagery and old-world aesthetics, immersed in the passionate imagery of his religion, especially the Old Testament. The rich earth tones and artificially decayed sepia backgrounds are warm and sensual, inviting the viewer into a dark but comforting other-world that recalls both Giotto and Dali. "

The hilarious spaghetti-and-meatball style caricature art of Basil Wolverton has been a huge influence on art luminaries such as Robert Crumb, Ed Big Daddy Roth, Robert Williams, Drew Freidman, and others. This is the first time that the work of one of comicdom's major legacies has been presented in a fine art tome.I hate this cliche, but it's true, Basil Wolverton's art BLEW MY MIND!!! He's the main inspiration for me to do what I do AND the first to appreciate the beauty in ugliness... I even

A literary and artistic exploration of human sexuality -- and a fun dirty book, featuring today's smartest, raunchiest, funniest, filthiest, most beautiful, and most arousing adult comics! The wide variety includes work that's kinky and vanilla, sweet and perverse, and straight, lesbian, and gay.Work by: Belasco, Marzia Borino & Mauro Balloni, Susannah Breslin, Katie Carmen, Cephalopod Products, Daniel Clowes, Vince Coleman, Colleen Coover, John Cuneo, Dave Davenport, El Bute, Jessica Fink, Elle

A looking glass into the everyday violence that supports the current power structure, Tragic Kingdom prescribes a glitter-coated pill to ease the swallowing. The effect of the pill once digested, however, depends upon the viewer. This large, lavishly produced hardcover serves as the catalog for Camille Rose Garcia's first solo museum show outside of Los Angeles. Tragic Kingdom surveys her work with an emphasis on her most recent creations, showcasing paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, prints, and