Illustration Magazines

Included in the category:

Illustration Magazine - The magazine on classic American illustration. Every issue is a collector's item!
Illustrators Quarterly - This British knockoff of Illustration covers British and American illustrators past and present.
Communication Arts
Step-By-Step Graphics - During the 1980s and 1990s, this design magazine offered articles on contemporary illustrators as well as the Methods of the Masters series on classic illustrators.
Images - Jim Vadeboncouer's collection of turn of the century color illustration.
Black & White Images - Jim Vadeboncouer's companion collection focused on pen & ink illustrators.

 
Limited to 150 hardcover copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, London, Book Palace, 2023, 1st revised, 9781913548117, 11.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 152 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This revised hardcover edition is limited to just 150 copies and comes with six color prints of classic Warren covers - each reshot from the original...

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Images #11
  $25.00
In stock
VF, Jim Vadeboncoeur, 2009, 1st, wraps

"The Goldberg Collection of Images." Guest Editor Susan Goldberg shares some of her illustration collection. Artists include: Lawson Wood, Heinrich Lefler...

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Images #8
  $30.00
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Limited to 2000 copies, Very Fine, Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. / JVJ Publishing, Palo Alto, CA, 2007, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 44 pages, color, softcover, wraps

Filled with art from the pages of obscure and rare books, magazines, calendars and ephemera from American and European Fin de Siecle primary sources. 17...

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Infinity #4
  $50.00
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Fine (slightest wear, very clean and flat), Gary Berman / Adam Malin, Flushing / Freeport, NY, 1972, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 84 pages, black & white illustrations, softcover, color wraps, English

Gary Berman and Adam Malin's comic art fanzine consistantly published some of the top artists in comics. This issue features art by Richard Corben (color...

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Juxtapoz #133: Vol. 19, No. 2
  $6.00
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Near Fine (corner bent otherwise new and unread), High Speed Productions, San Francisco, 2012, 1st, 10.5 inches, 8.25 inches, 160 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: The February issue of Juxtapoz features a cover story on Melbourne-based fine artist, Jeremy Geddes. Interviewed by fellow Australian...

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Print XLI:III
  $12.00
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VG+, 1987, 1st, wraps

Gottfried Helnwein, Istvan Banyai, Raymond Loewy.

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Print XLIX:III
  $10.00
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VG+, 1995, 1st, wraps

Article by Chip Kidd on some of his more challenging book jacket designs (17 illustrations). Portfolio: Lisa Desimini book jacket artist.

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Print XLVIII:VI
  $15.00
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NF, 1994, 1st, wraps

A Print Parody Issue: Hoping for the Millennium.

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Print XXXIX: VI
  $5.00
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VG+, 1985, 1st, wraps

This issue contains a 24 page parody of the magazine within its own pages.

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RetroFan #17
  $10.00
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Very Fine, TwoMorrows, Raleigh, NC, 2021, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 84 pages, color illustrations throughout, Softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: Dark Shadows' Angelique, Lara Parker, sinks her fangs into RetroFan #17 in an exclusive interview. Plus: Rankin-Bass' Mad Monster...

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Print run of 1000 copies, Very Fine, Spectrum Fantastic Art, Overland Park, KS, 2022, 1st, 12 inches, 12 inches, 80 pages, color illustrations throughout, Softcover, wraps, English

It's a printed art journal in a huge 12 x 12 inch format. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Made in the USA. No advertising. No online or electronic...

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Print run of 1000 copies, Very Fine, Spectrum Fantastic Art, Overland Park, KS, 2023, 1st, 12 inches, 12 inches, 88 pages, color illustrations throughout, Softcover, wraps, English

It's the printed journal of fantasy art--a "fanzine"   in a huge 12 x 12 inch format. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. The centerpiece of...

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Step-By-Step Graphics V14, #2
  $5.00
In stock
VG+, 1998, 1st, wraps

"Design Process Annual 1998." Illustration, Self-promotion, Identity, Video, Invitations, etc. Unlike other annuals, every piece has the artist/designer's...

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Step-By-Step Graphics V6, #5
  $10.00
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NF, 1990, 1st, wraps

Stimulating New Thinking with Type. The Magic of Metallic Inks (with fold-out-poster). Restoring a Legacy Through Identity. 3-D Realism Meets the Surreal....

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Very Good (well worn), Step-By-Step Graphics, Peoria, IL, 1998, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 136 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, softcover, color wraps, English

Methods of the Masters: Vladimir and Georgii Stenberg (12 pages). Cover and article on Stephan Daigle (8 pages). Michel Canetti (10 pages). Art - Not Words:...

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Very Good+ (moderate reading wear), Step-By-Step Graphics, May/June 1998, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 134 pages, color and black & white, softcover, color wraps, English

Methods of the Masters: Felix O. C. Darley - Commercial Illustration. Cover and article on Patrick Arrasmith. Learning the Hard Way - designers at Camare's...

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Very Good+ (moderate reading wear), Step-By-Step Graphics, September/October 1998, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 138 pages, color and black & white, softcover, color wraps, English

Cover and article on Illustrator Paul Davis. Expanding into a Niche - Leslie Evans Design Associates (Timex packaging). Inciting Response - Gregory...

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Very Good (well worn), Step-By-Step Graphics, Peoria, IL, 1998, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 138 pages, color and black & white, softcover, color wraps, English

Cover and article on Illustrator Paul Davis (12 pages). Expanding into a Niche - Leslie Evans Design Associates (Timex packaging). Inciting Response -...

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Very Good (well worn), Step-By-Step Graphics, Peoria, IL, 1999, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 134 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, softcover, wraps, English

Methods of the Masters: Arthur William Brown (10 pages). Bill Ersland (12 pages). Designers James Sheehan and Art Chantry create posters for Hempfest (12...

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Very Good+ (moderate reading wear), Step-By-Step Graphics, July/August 1999, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 132 pages, color and black & white, softcover, color wraps, English

Methods of the Masters: Orson Lowell. Cover and article on Illustrator Simms Taback. The Long and Rewinding Road - Miriello Grafica. Talent Pool -...

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Very Good (well worn), Step-By-Step Graphics, July/August 2000, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 114 pages, color and black & white, softcover, color wraps, English

Methods of the Masters: Will Crawford - ink flowed freely. Cover collage by Micheal Bartalos. Color and Line Collide by Michael Bartalos. Typecasting - Paul...

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The Illustration Collector #34
  $20.00
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Very Fine, Illustration House, 1996, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 32 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

Pulp and paperback art. 120 pieces fully described (with prices) and reproduced from the original art.

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