Illustration and commercial art

She was looking for wine.

The latest Album, Asterix and the White Iris, is now available!

Over the years, the companies have deployed an arsenal of schemes in an attempt to outmaneuver the competition, whether it be stealing ideas, poaching employees, planting spies, ripping off characters or launching price wars.

The First World War, a new low in the annals of armed conflict, coincided with a golden age for the relatively new art of advertising.

The First World War, a new low in the annals of armed conflict, coincided with a golden age for the relatively new art of advertising.

Jonny Hawkins offers more than 150 side-splitting cartoons that provide hilarious new perspectives on.

Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918 contain the names of 49,435 enlisted men who were killed in the First World War.

From ancient traditions of Indian art and handicraft, K.

Before the invention of photography, in the days when illustrated books were inordinately costly, one means of satisfying the universal human desire for pictures was the so-called "e;catch-penny.

This user-friendly guide from the 1930s offers aspiring cartoonists a wealth of practical advice.

This splendid archive of decorative ironwork designs, painstakingly reprinted from a rare French volume, includes 1,100 illustrations of elaborate motifs used to enhance such diverse architectural elements as doorway and balcony grilles, gates, garden seats, door panels, columns, and funeral monuments.

This design collection includes all 60 full-color plates from L'animal dans la dcoration, a rare turn-of-the-century portfolio by M.

Here is a nearly inexhaustible supply of copyright-free graphics filled with late 19th- and early 20th-century charm, ideal for a wide range of arts and crafts projects.

This well-known book was prepared a century ago by two British architects, and its reputation has grown steadily since.

This handsome collection of full-color vignettes, painstakingly culled from rare 19th- and early-20th-century chromolithographs, is the perfect resource for countless arts and crafts projects that require a maritime touch.

Written by an experienced teacher of cartooning, this volume combines The Secrets of Cartooning, the author's first and more elementary book, and The Art of Cartooning, his follow-up, in which he answered questions raised by readers of his earlier book.

With a little outside help, says veteran cartoonist Roy Paul Nelson, anyone with an interest in art can learn to draw humorous sketches.

An indispensable resource for anyone in need of avian art, this magnificent compendium comprises more than 600 royalty-free images.

A treasure for readers and book lovers of all ages, this dazzling children's alphabet is graced by the work of Edmund Dulac, a preeminent twentieth-century illustrator.

The truth about superpowers .

Alan Moore's Watchmen is set in 1985 and chronicles the alternative history of the United States where the US edges dangerously closer to nuclear war with the Soviet Union.

Alan Moore's Watchmen is set in 1985 and chronicles the alternative history of the United States where the US edges dangerously closer to nuclear war with the Soviet Union.

A unique reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comics An original American art form, comics thrill millions of people across the globe.

A unique reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comics An original American art form, comics thrill millions of people across the globe.

First published in 1999, Chambers explores English etching changed that radically during the nineteenth century.

First published in 1999, Chambers explores English etching changed that radically during the nineteenth century.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic games.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic games.

Swendly Benilia shares with us simple and tangible tips and tricks to understanding and drawing FORCE across hundreds of drawings full of dunamism and energy!

Swendly Benilia shares with us simple and tangible tips and tricks to understanding and drawing FORCE across hundreds of drawings full of dunamism and energy!

A textbook for learning 3d modeling fundamentals, this step-by-step lesson book develops the readers modeling skills through a series of modeling exercises creating modules for a medieval castle environment.

A textbook for learning 3d modeling fundamentals, this step-by-step lesson book develops the readers modeling skills through a series of modeling exercises creating modules for a medieval castle environment.

The world of manga (Japanese comics) has captured the imagination of artists, both aspiring and professional alike.

Magical Characters teaches readers how to draw in the whimsical and imaginative style of manga that has given rise to such fan favorites such as Sailor Moon and Naruto.

Fall in love all over again in volume one of the graphic novel adaptation of the global phenomenon AFTER!

The concluding volume in the story of Yaichi, his daughter Kana, and how their meeting Mike Flanagan - Yaichi's brother-in-law - changes their lives and their perceptions of acceptance of homosexuality in their contemporary Japanese culture.

In the early nineteenth century, the American commercial marketplace was a chaotic, unregulated environment in which knock-offs and outright frauds thrived.

A collection of canine humor by the artist ';who drew cartoons that hugged us back .

Everything you want to know about picture books can be found in this simple and straightforward guide.

This comprehensive collection of essays written by a practicing psychiatrist shows that superheroes are more about superegos than about bodies and brawn, even though they contain subversive sexual subtexts that paved the path for major social shifts of the late 20th century.

This beautiful collection of copyright-free clip art-all on the subject of books-can be used in producing flyers, posters, newsletters, bulletin boards, bookmarks, and dozens of other forms of visual communication.

This pioneering study presents an overview of the Mexican comic book industry, together with in-depth studies of the best selling Mexican comic books of the 1960s and 1970s.