Echoes collects drawings from the myriad periods of Kaluta's notable career and reveals the artist's unique passion for historical accuracy and unbridled fantasy, traits that have inspired more than one generation of artists and aficionados. Michael William Kaluta has been referred to as the artist's artist. He has earned that reputation by immersing himself in the worlds he draws, offering up his visions with painstaking detail -- from Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age through the noir era of The Shadow to the delightfully retro sci-fi worlds of Starstruck, and all places in between.

Echoes: The Drawings of Michael William Kaluta

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Vanguard Productions

Compilation of the legendary, San Francisco bay-area underground art magazine from award-winning, avant guard illustrator and art instructor, Barron Storey. This issue features notable contributors Dave McKean, George Prart, a selection of the highly coveted Barron Storey instructional notes, a piece by best selling author Neil Gaiman, Holocaust poetry by Gabor Barabas, Slidehouse Portfolio by Storey and Spurlock, Psychic Pedestrian by Bill Koeb, and more.

Barron Storey’s WATCH Annual

Pratt, George

McKean,Dave

Storey, Barron

Al Williamson Sketchbook

For fifty years, Al Williamson has epitomized artistic integrity. From his collaborations with Hogarth, Frazetta, Krenkel, Wood and Torres, to his award-winning Flash Gordon, often imitated Warren Magazines, to his classic Star Wars and Secret Agent newspaper strip art, Williamson's adventurous romantic work has consistently elevated the art of the comic strip to the level of Golden Age illustration and museum quality fine art. Vanguard Productions started publishing periodicals in 1991. The Al Williamson Sketchbook (1998) is Vanguard's landmark, first publication in the book format.

Al Williamson is a legendary fifty year veteran comic-book and adventure-strip artist. Williamson has glorified E.C.'s Weird Science, won awards for his Flash Gordon, and Marvel-ous inking, inspired a generation of imitators with his Creepy and Eerie magazine work, and has been universally recognized as the truly classic Star Wars comics artist. Williamson's sketches are the closest thing the artist has produced to traditional fine art. They are in many ways his purest work. The Al Williamson Sketchbook is the only major collection of these works. The book spans the artist's most intimate musings, revealing hundreds of unpublished works dating from his years of collaboration with Frazetta, Krenkel, Wood and Torres, through all the classic Williamson subjects: dinosaurs, alien landscapes, fantastic ruined cities, exotic women, Star Wars, and swashbuckling swordplay. J. David Spurlock is an illustrator, publisher, and historian of popular culture.

After decades of work in television and film, Dungeon of Harrow director Pat Boyette turned his back on the big screen and small, to reveal his unique sense of the macabre through surreal comic book stories. His work appeared frequently in Creepy, Ghost Manor, Unexpected, and The Witching Hour. Foreword by Alex Toth

Nightstand Chillers

Boyette, Pat

Legendary Batman and X-Men artist Neal Adams said, "If you're interested in getting to the thought process that has gone into the work that I have done, this could be just the sketchbook that does it for you. Here, if you like, you can climb down into my mind. Just watch the first step, it's a doosey." Vanguard enlisted Arlen Schumer to help compile the Adams Sketchbook. Schumer has proven to be a top Adams historian, following his definitive, Neal Adams: the DC Years for Comic Book Marketplace and his, Neal Adams: the Marvel Years for Comic Book Artist magazine.

Neal Adams: The Sketch Book

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Graphic Novels

A study of the art of cartoonist Wally Wood. It includes Wood's "Fireball XL-5" designs as well as production art for his unfinished collaboration with "Fritz the Cat", "Wizards", "Lord of the Rings", and "Cool World" film-maker Ralph Bakshi. There is an interview with Wood, along with insights from his closest colleagues; Mad Associate Publisher Joe Orlando; "Star Wars" and EC artist, Al Williamson; and more.

Wally Wood Sketchbook

Wood, Wally

A study of the art of Hall of Fame cartoonist Wallace Wood. Includes Wood's Fireball XL-5, Mars Attacks and Daredevil designs, as well as production art for his unfinished collaboration with Fritz the Cat, Wizards, Lord of the Rings, and Cool World filmmaker Ralph Bakshi. There is a rare interview with Wood, along with insights from his closest colleagues; MAD Associate Publisher Joe Orlando; "Star Wars" and EC artist Al Williamson; Jim Steranko and a foreword by W-B animation director Bruce Timm.

J. David Spurlock

Jeffrey Jones Sketchbook

Beautiful pen and ink sketches by renowned artist Jeffrey Jones, with a sprinkling of his painted work interspersed throughout. Interior is black and white, with rich color dust-jacket. Compiled with the help of George Pratt and David Spurlock, with an intro by Michael Friendlander. Includes a conversation with Jeffrey Jones and George Pratt.

Spurlock, J. David

Beautiful pen and ink sketches by renowned artist Jeffrey Jones, with a sprinkling of his painted work interspersed throughout. Interior is black and white, with rich color dust-jacket. Compiled with the help of George Pratt and David Spurlock, with an intro by Michael Friendlander. Includes a conversation with Jeffrey Jones and George Pratt.

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Echoes: The Drawings of Michael William Kaluta

Barron Storey’s WATCH Annual

Al Williamson Sketchbook

Al Williamson Sketchbook

Nightstand Chillers

Neal Adams: The Sketch Book

Wally Wood Sketchbook

Wally Wood Sketchbook

Jeffrey Jones Sketchbook

Jeffrey Jones Sketchbook