Pure Imagination (comics)
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Pure Imagination is a comic book
, magazine, and comics-related book publisher run by Greg Theakston
since 1975.
While briefly doing some original comics in the 1990s, as well a publishing a few "girlie" magazines, its main focus has been in publishing books to preserve the great works of several comic arts. This has included the aborted "Complete Jack Kirby" series (only 5 produced), and the several "Reader" volumes that continue to this day. A new series they have is the "Edge of Genius", which focuses on the period in which the artist is coming into his own. They have also produced some CDs that reprint multiple editions of the Reader books.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
, magazine, and comics-related book publisher run by Greg Theakston
Greg Theakston
Greg Allen Theakston is an American comics artist and illustrator who has worked for numerous publishers. In addition to his many contributions to books and magazines, he is known for developing the Theakstonizing process used in comics restoration. He has used the pseudonym Earl P...
since 1975.
While briefly doing some original comics in the 1990s, as well a publishing a few "girlie" magazines, its main focus has been in publishing books to preserve the great works of several comic arts. This has included the aborted "Complete Jack Kirby" series (only 5 produced), and the several "Reader" volumes that continue to this day. A new series they have is the "Edge of Genius", which focuses on the period in which the artist is coming into his own. They have also produced some CDs that reprint multiple editions of the Reader books.
Comics
- Buried Treasure, three issues
- Doc Weird's Thrill Book, three issues, 1987-88
- Intense!, three issues, 1993
- Lone Ranger, one issue
- Pure Images, five issues
- Sky Masters, one issue, 1991
- Torchy, five issues and one Annual
Magazines
- Betty PagesBettie PageBettie Mae Page was an American model who became famous in the 1950s for her fetish modeling and pin-up photos. She has often been called the "Queen of Pinups"...
, nine issues and two Annuals (1987-93) - Buried Treasure, three issues (1986-87)
- Tease, nine issues, (1995-2003)
- The Neal AdamsNeal AdamsNeal Adams is an American comic book and commercial artist known for helping to create some of the definitive modern imagery of the DC Comics characters Superman, Batman, and Green Arrow; as the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates; and as a creators-rights advocate who...
Treasury V1&2 - Lou FineLou FineLouis Kenneth Fine was an American comic book artist known for his work during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books, where his quality draftsmanship became an influential model to a generation of fellow comics artists....
Comics Treasury, 1991 - The Frank FrazettaFrank FrazettaFrank Frazetta was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for work in comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers and other media...
Treasury - The Jack KirbyJack KirbyJack Kirby , born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium....
Treasury, V1&2 (1982) - The Wallace Wood Treasury
- The Berni Wrightson Treasury
- Johnny Comet
- The Rare Frazetta
- White Indian
- The Comic Strip Frazetta
- SimonJoe SimonJoseph Henry "Joe" Simon is an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s-1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics.With his...
& KirbyJack KirbyJack Kirby , born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium....
Classics 1- Stuntman, 1987
Books
- Forrest Ackerman's Wonderama Annual, 1993 ISBN 1-56685-001-0
- Vaughn BodeVaughn BodéVaughn Bodē was an artist involved in underground comics, graphic design and graffiti. He is perhaps best known for his comic strip character Cheech Wizard and artwork depicting voluptuous women. His works are noted for their psychedelic look and feel...
: Rare and Well Done, 2006 - The Best of Jack ColeJack Cole (artist)Jack Ralph Cole was an American comic book artist and Playboy magazine cartoonist best known for creating the comedic superhero Plastic Man....
, 2006 (Quality work from 1938-53) ISBN 1-56685-032-0 - Steve DitkoSteve DitkoStephen J. "Steve" Ditko is an American comic book artist and writer best known as the artist co-creator, with Stan Lee, of the Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange....
: Edge of Genius, 2009 - Steve Ditko Reader, 2002 (CharltonCharlton ComicsCharlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name in 1944. It was based in Derby, Connecticut...
work from 1954-60, 63) ISBN 1-56685-011-8 - Steve Ditko Reader v2, 2004 (Charlton work from 1957-59, 62) ISBN 1-56685-023-X
- Steve Ditko Reader v3, 2005 (Charlton work from 1954-59, 66) ISBN 1-56685-031-2
- Steve Ditko's The Thing, 2005 (all Ditko's work from The Thing!The Thing!The Thing! was a Charlton Comics horror title that ran 17 issues from 1952 to 1954. Its tagline was "Weird tales of suspense and horror!" After it was cancelled, it was retitled Blue Beetle ....
, plus Charlton 1957-60) ISBN 1-56685-028-2 - Big Book o' Ditko, 2010 ISBN 9781566850605
- Will EisnerWill EisnerWilliam Erwin "Will" Eisner was an American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an...
: Edge of Genius 2007 ISBN 1-56685-037-1 - The Eisner Shop
- Lou FineLou FineLouis Kenneth Fine was an American comic book artist known for his work during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books, where his quality draftsmanship became an influential model to a generation of fellow comics artists....
Reader, 2003 (Flame, Doll Man, Uncle Sam, Ray, Black Condor work) ISBN 1-56685-025-8 - Lou Fine Reader v2
- The Comic Strip Jack KirbyJack KirbyJack Kirby , born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium....
, 2006 (Syndicated work 1936-39) ISBN 1-56685-028-2 - Complete Sky MastersSky MastersSky Masters of the Space Force was an American, syndicated newspaper comic strip created by writer Dave Wood and penciler Jack Kirby, featuring the adventures of an American astronaut.-Conception:...
of the Space Force, 2000 ISBN 1-56685-009-6 - Complete Jack Kirby
- Volume 1: 1917-40, 1997 ISBN 978-1-56685-006-3, 1-56685-006-1
- Volume 2: September 1940 to March 1941, 1997 ISBN 978-156685-007-0, 1-56685-006-3
- Volume 3: March - May 1947, 1998 ISBN 1-56685-008-8
- Volume 4: June - August 1947, 2001 no ISBN
- Volume 5: September-October 1947, 2007 ISBN 1-56685-006-6
- Jack Kirby's Heroes & Villains, Black Magic Edition, 1994
- Jack Kirby Reader, 2003 (1937-53, 55, 60 work from Prize, Harvey, Charlton) ISBN 1-56685-016-9
- Jack Kirby Reader v2, 2004 (1940, 47-49, 52, 56-57) ISBN 1-56685-026-6
- Joe KubertJoe KubertJoe Kubert is an American comic book artist who went on to found The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman...
Reader, 2011 ISBN 9781566850636 - Miss Fury, 2008
- Parade of Pleasure, 2010 ISBN 9781566850834
- Thrill Book, 2004 (50s horror & SF comics) ISBN 1-56685-015-0
- Torchy
- Torchy, v2, 2009 ISBN 9781566850575
- Alex Toth in Hollywood
- Alex Toth in Hollywood, v2, 2010 ISBN 9781566580827
- Alex TothAlex TothAlexander Toth was an American professional cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but is known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His work included Super Friends, Space Ghost, The...
Reader, 2005 - Alex Toth Reader v2, 2005
- Alex Toth: Edge of Genius v1 2007 (1947-52, Famous Funnies, Standard Comics) ISBN 1-56685-037-1
- Alex Toth: Edge of Genius v2, 2008
- Al WilliamsonAl WilliamsonAlfonso "Al" Williamson was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western and science-fiction/fantasy...
Reader - Al Williamson: Forbidden Worlds, 2009 ISBN 9781566850810
- Basil WolvertonBasil WolvertonBasil Wolverton was an American cartoonist, illustrator, comic book writer-artist and professed "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People who Prowl this Perplexing Planet", whose many publishers included Marvel Comics and Mad.His unique, humorously grotesque drawings have elicited a...
Reader, 2003 ISBN 1-56685-017-7 (Powerhouse PepperPowerhouse PepperPowerhouse Pepper is a fictional, comic-book humor character who appeared in comics published in the 1940s by Timely Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics...
stories) - Basil Wolverton Reader v2, 2004 (work from 1942-54) ISBN 1-56685-027-4
- Basil Wolverton: Agony and Ecstasy, 2007 (reprints from "The Bible Story" v1-6) ISBN 1-56685-041-X
- Wallace Wood Reader, 2004 (1951, 56, 64, including Captain Science) ISBN 1-56685-028-2
- Wallace Wood's Wayout, 2005 (wash illos for GalaxyGalaxy Science FictionGalaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L...
, 58-60, 65 and ifIf (magazine)If was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. Quinn hired Paul W. Fairman to be the first editor, but early circulation figures were disappointing, and Quinn fired Fairman after only three issues. Quinn then took over the...
60, 68) ISBN 1-56685-028-2 - Wild Wood, 2010
- Wallace Wood: Edge of Genius, 2009