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Superheroes and Beyond
How to Draw the Leading and Supporting Characters of Today's Comics
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $21.99
Superheroes remain the most popular genre of characters in comics and comics-inspired movies. Superheroes & Beyond by Chris Hart shows aspiring artists how to create a huge array of original comic book heroes and villains. The characters found within these pages are broken down into step-by-step constructions that help the student... Read more >
How to Draw the Leading and Supporting Characters of Today's Comics
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $21.99
Superheroes remain the most popular genre of characters in comics and comics-inspired movies. Superheroes & Beyond by Chris Hart shows aspiring artists how to create a huge array of original comic book heroes and villains. The characters found within these pages are broken down into step-by-step constructions that help the student... Read more >
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The Manga Artist's Workbook
Easy-to-Follow Lessons for Creating Your Own Characters
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Non-traditional book, 160 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $15.99
Master the basics of the most popular style of cartooning with The Manga Artist's Workbook by Christopher Hart, a bestselling author in the field of art instruction. You'll learn the fundamental proportions of the manga face and figure, how to draw those large sparkling eyes, and how to create hairstyles and... Read more >
Easy-to-Follow Lessons for Creating Your Own Characters
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Non-traditional book, 160 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $15.99
Master the basics of the most popular style of cartooning with The Manga Artist's Workbook by Christopher Hart, a bestselling author in the field of art instruction. You'll learn the fundamental proportions of the manga face and figure, how to draw those large sparkling eyes, and how to create hairstyles and... Read more >
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Humongous Book of Cartooning
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $21.99
Chris Hart's Humongous Book of Cartooning is a great value book covering everything the beginner needs to master cartooning. It teaches how to draw cartoon people, fantasy characters, layouts, background design and much more. This latest cartoon title from Chris Hart, the world's bestselling author of drawing and cartooning books, packs a... Read more >
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $21.99
Chris Hart's Humongous Book of Cartooning is a great value book covering everything the beginner needs to master cartooning. It teaches how to draw cartoon people, fantasy characters, layouts, background design and much more. This latest cartoon title from Chris Hart, the world's bestselling author of drawing and cartooning books, packs a... Read more >
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Comic Book Design
The Essential Guide to Creating Great Comics and Graphic Novels
Written by Gary Spencer Millidge
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $24.95
With film adaptations of legendary comic books and graphic novels hitting the bestseller lists, the medium of comics has never been more popular. To create your own comic book or graphic novel, you need to know the techniques, rules, and tips exclusive to the comic trade.
In Comic Book Design, Gary... Read more >
The Essential Guide to Creating Great Comics and Graphic Novels
Written by Gary Spencer Millidge
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $24.95
With film adaptations of legendary comic books and graphic novels hitting the bestseller lists, the medium of comics has never been more popular. To create your own comic book or graphic novel, you need to know the techniques, rules, and tips exclusive to the comic trade.
In Comic Book Design, Gary... Read more >
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Get Animated!
Creating Professional Cartoon Animation On your Home Computer
Written by Tim Maloney
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $24.95
Includes bonus DVD! Turn great ideas into great animation . . . at home! Create great animation, get discovered on YouTube, get your own TV series, make lots of money . . . see how easy it is? Well, the part about creating great animation really is that easy, with the... Read more >
Creating Professional Cartoon Animation On your Home Computer
Written by Tim Maloney
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $24.95
Includes bonus DVD! Turn great ideas into great animation . . . at home! Create great animation, get discovered on YouTube, get your own TV series, make lots of money . . . see how easy it is? Well, the part about creating great animation really is that easy, with the... Read more >
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Manga for the Beginner
Everything you Need to Start Drawing Right Away!
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $21.95
Got manga? Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic... Read more >
Everything you Need to Start Drawing Right Away!
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $21.95
Got manga? Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic... Read more >
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How to Draw Stupid and Other Essentials of Cartooning
Written by Kyle Baker
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $16.95
Draw stupid, succeed big! Okay, dumdum. This one is pretty much idiot-proof. Even you should be able to figure out How to Draw, Stupid, and Other–what? No commas? Whoops, sorry. But How to Draw Stupid and Other Essentials of Cartooning is simple enough for even the simplest readers. Author Kyle Baker... Read more >
Written by Kyle Baker
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $16.95
Draw stupid, succeed big! Okay, dumdum. This one is pretty much idiot-proof. Even you should be able to figure out How to Draw, Stupid, and Other–what? No commas? Whoops, sorry. But How to Draw Stupid and Other Essentials of Cartooning is simple enough for even the simplest readers. Author Kyle Baker... Read more >
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Beasts!
How to Draw Fantastic Predators, Creepy Crawlies, and Cryptids
Written by Steve Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $19.95
The only book devoted solely to drawing the scariest animals on the planet. Things with big scary teeth: lions, tigers, alligators. Things with long slithery bodies: rattlesnakes, anacondas, pythons. Things that lurk under the water waiting to BITE your leg off: sharks, Portuguese man-o’-wars, piranhas. Things that look all mild-mannered but... Read more >
How to Draw Fantastic Predators, Creepy Crawlies, and Cryptids
Written by Steve Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $19.95
The only book devoted solely to drawing the scariest animals on the planet. Things with big scary teeth: lions, tigers, alligators. Things with long slithery bodies: rattlesnakes, anacondas, pythons. Things that lurk under the water waiting to BITE your leg off: sharks, Portuguese man-o’-wars, piranhas. Things that look all mild-mannered but... Read more >
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Draw Comics Like a Pro
Techniques for Creating Dynamic Characters, Scenes, and Stories
Written by Al Bigley
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $19.95
You want to draw comics like a pro? Now you can draw them better than a pro! Most comic artists today have drawn superhero after superhero, says author Al Bigley; they’ve almost forgotten how to draw without tons of overreaching, shading, and foreshortening. Draw Comics Like a Pro takes artists back... Read more >
Techniques for Creating Dynamic Characters, Scenes, and Stories
Written by Al Bigley
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $19.95
You want to draw comics like a pro? Now you can draw them better than a pro! Most comic artists today have drawn superhero after superhero, says author Al Bigley; they’ve almost forgotten how to draw without tons of overreaching, shading, and foreshortening. Draw Comics Like a Pro takes artists back... Read more >
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The Cartoonist's Big Book of Drawing Animals
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2008
Price: $21.95
All of Chris Hart’s how-to-draw titles are best-sellers. And the best-sellers among all of his best-sellers are the ones about animals. How to Draw Cartoon Animals, just one example, appears regularly on the BookScan Top 50 Art Books list, with more than 190,000 copies sold. Now The Cartoonist’s Big Book of... Read more >
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2008
Price: $21.95
All of Chris Hart’s how-to-draw titles are best-sellers. And the best-sellers among all of his best-sellers are the ones about animals. How to Draw Cartoon Animals, just one example, appears regularly on the BookScan Top 50 Art Books list, with more than 190,000 copies sold. Now The Cartoonist’s Big Book of... Read more >
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How to Draw Noir Comics
The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling
Written by Shawn Martinbrough
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $19.95
How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling is an instructional book based on the cinematic, high contrast noir style of acclaimed comic book and graphic novel illustrator, Shawn Martinbrough.
Martinbrough’s work has been published by DC Comics, Vertigo and Marvel Comics, illustrating stories ranging from Batman to... Read more >
The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling
Written by Shawn Martinbrough
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $19.95
How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling is an instructional book based on the cinematic, high contrast noir style of acclaimed comic book and graphic novel illustrator, Shawn Martinbrough.
Martinbrough’s work has been published by DC Comics, Vertigo and Marvel Comics, illustrating stories ranging from Batman to... Read more >
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Hi-Yah!
How to Draw Fantastic Martial Arts Comics
Written by Steve Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $19.95
You are ready, grasshopper. Ready to draw fantastic martial arts comics. Let Sensei Steve Miller guide you. Kung Fu Hustle. Kill Bill. Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan. The martial arts are all around us--and millions of children and adults prove that every day, by taking classes in karate, tae kwon... Read more >
How to Draw Fantastic Martial Arts Comics
Written by Steve Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $19.95
You are ready, grasshopper. Ready to draw fantastic martial arts comics. Let Sensei Steve Miller guide you. Kung Fu Hustle. Kill Bill. Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan. The martial arts are all around us--and millions of children and adults prove that every day, by taking classes in karate, tae kwon... Read more >
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Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist
How to Draw the New Streamlined Look of Action-Adventure Comics!
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $19.95
Maybe you’ve noticed. Today’s superheroes and action heroes aren’t as brawny and muscular as they used to be. In fact, almost all the characters in comic books and on TV have a fresh, new look—simplified, streamlined, edgier, with a hint of anime/cartoon design, and appealing to kids and adults alike. Now... Read more >
How to Draw the New Streamlined Look of Action-Adventure Comics!
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $19.95
Maybe you’ve noticed. Today’s superheroes and action heroes aren’t as brawny and muscular as they used to be. In fact, almost all the characters in comic books and on TV have a fresh, new look—simplified, streamlined, edgier, with a hint of anime/cartoon design, and appealing to kids and adults alike. Now... Read more >
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Manga Mania Magical Girls and Friends
How to Draw the Super-Popular Action Fantasy Characters of Manga
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
Sailor Moon. Card Captor Sakura. Magical Girl Rayearth. They’re magical girls, and they’re some of the biggest names in manga. Magical girls, ordinary schoolgirls given superpowers, are hugely popular in Japan and the United States. Now Christopher Hart shows fans everywhere how to draw these manga shoujo faves. Faces and body... Read more >
How to Draw the Super-Popular Action Fantasy Characters of Manga
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
Sailor Moon. Card Captor Sakura. Magical Girl Rayearth. They’re magical girls, and they’re some of the biggest names in manga. Magical girls, ordinary schoolgirls given superpowers, are hugely popular in Japan and the United States. Now Christopher Hart shows fans everywhere how to draw these manga shoujo faves. Faces and body... Read more >
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Zap!
How to Draw Fantastic Sci-Fi Comics
Written by Bryan Baugh
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, Predator, The Matrix - part of the appeal of great science fiction is its distinctive look. Now, with Zap! How to Draw Fantastic Sci-Fi Comics, artists everywhere can learn to create their own sci-fi realities and to draw space heroes and heroines, intergalactic villains, robots, spaceships... Read more >
How to Draw Fantastic Sci-Fi Comics
Written by Bryan Baugh
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, Predator, The Matrix - part of the appeal of great science fiction is its distinctive look. Now, with Zap! How to Draw Fantastic Sci-Fi Comics, artists everywhere can learn to create their own sci-fi realities and to draw space heroes and heroines, intergalactic villains, robots, spaceships... Read more >
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How to Draw Hip Hop
Written by Damion Scott and Kris Ex
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
Hip-hop is more than baggy jeans and explicit song lyrics. It’s a cultural force that influences everything we see and everything we hear. Now two masters of hip-hop have joined forces to create one remarkable book: How to Draw Hip-Hop. Damion Scott, a noted hip-hop artist, and Kris Ex, an internationally... Read more >
Written by Damion Scott and Kris Ex
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
Hip-hop is more than baggy jeans and explicit song lyrics. It’s a cultural force that influences everything we see and everything we hear. Now two masters of hip-hop have joined forces to create one remarkable book: How to Draw Hip-Hop. Damion Scott, a noted hip-hop artist, and Kris Ex, an internationally... Read more >
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Creating Characters with Personality
Written by Tom Bancroft
Introduction by Glen Keane
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
From Snow White to Shrek, from Fred Flintstone to SpongeBob SquarePants, the design of a character conveys personality before a single word of dialogue is spoken. Designing Characters with Personality shows artists how to create a distinctive character, then place that character in context within a script, establish hierarchy, and maximize... Read more >
Written by Tom Bancroft
Introduction by Glen Keane
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
From Snow White to Shrek, from Fred Flintstone to SpongeBob SquarePants, the design of a character conveys personality before a single word of dialogue is spoken. Designing Characters with Personality shows artists how to create a distinctive character, then place that character in context within a script, establish hierarchy, and maximize... Read more >
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Mythology
The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross
Written by Alex Ross
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $29.95
THE EISNER AWARD-WINNING, NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING MYTHOLOGY IS HERE IN PAPERBACK, IN AN EXPANDED EDITION WITH 32 NEW PAGES.
Mythology returns, in a newly expanded paperback edition of the book Entertainment Weekly awarded a grade of A, saying: “Alex Ross brings to his work an unparalleled sense of the real. His heroes–both super... Read more >
The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross
Written by Alex Ross
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $29.95
THE EISNER AWARD-WINNING, NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING MYTHOLOGY IS HERE IN PAPERBACK, IN AN EXPANDED EDITION WITH 32 NEW PAGES.
Mythology returns, in a newly expanded paperback edition of the book Entertainment Weekly awarded a grade of A, saying: “Alex Ross brings to his work an unparalleled sense of the real. His heroes–both super... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Mythology
The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross
Written by Alex Ross
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $75.00
THE EISNER AWARD–WINNING, NATIONALLY BEST--SELLING MYTHOLOGY IS HERE IN AN EXPANDED LIMITED HARDCOVER EDITION WITH 32 NEW PAGES.
Mythology returns, in a newly expanded edition of the book Entertainment Weekly awarded a grade of A, saying: “Alex Ross brings to his work an unparalleled sense of the real. His heroes–both super and... Read more >
The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross
Written by Alex Ross
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $75.00
THE EISNER AWARD–WINNING, NATIONALLY BEST--SELLING MYTHOLOGY IS HERE IN AN EXPANDED LIMITED HARDCOVER EDITION WITH 32 NEW PAGES.
Mythology returns, in a newly expanded edition of the book Entertainment Weekly awarded a grade of A, saying: “Alex Ross brings to his work an unparalleled sense of the real. His heroes–both super and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Manga Mania Bishoujo
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
This books shows aspiring artists exactly how to handle anatomy and muscles, hands and nails, seductive outfits, extreme hairstyles, body language and facial expressions -- everything you need to draw these powerful women of fantasy. Read more >
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
This books shows aspiring artists exactly how to handle anatomy and muscles, hands and nails, seductive outfits, extreme hairstyles, body language and facial expressions -- everything you need to draw these powerful women of fantasy. Read more >
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The Education of a Comics Artist
Visual Narrative in Cartoons, Graphic Novels, and Beyond
Edited by Michael Dooley and Steven Heller
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
Read more >
Visual Narrative in Cartoons, Graphic Novels, and Beyond
Edited by Michael Dooley and Steven Heller
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
Read more >
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Cartoon Cool
How to Draw the New Retro Characters of Today's Cartoons
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2005
Price: $12.95
Love that Sponge Bob? Always lurking in Dexter's lab? Wishing for Fairly Odd Parents? Millions of fans watch these shows avidly, often solely for their zingy, stylized look and hip visual jokes. Now there's a drawing book just right for everyone who admires that quirky style: Cartoon Cool. Top-selling author Christopher... Read more >
How to Draw the New Retro Characters of Today's Cartoons
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2005
Price: $12.95
Love that Sponge Bob? Always lurking in Dexter's lab? Wishing for Fairly Odd Parents? Millions of fans watch these shows avidly, often solely for their zingy, stylized look and hip visual jokes. Now there's a drawing book just right for everyone who admires that quirky style: Cartoon Cool. Top-selling author Christopher... Read more >
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Manga Mania Video Games
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $19.95
This latest entry in Christopher Hart's wildly popular Manga Mania series provides aspiring manga artists with the expertise they need to master basic manga drawing skills, and serves as a guide to developing characters and worlds for the video game environment. Young artists will learn how to draw manga characters that... Read more >
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $19.95
This latest entry in Christopher Hart's wildly popular Manga Mania series provides aspiring manga artists with the expertise they need to master basic manga drawing skills, and serves as a guide to developing characters and worlds for the video game environment. Young artists will learn how to draw manga characters that... Read more >
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Scared!
How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comic Characters
Written by Steve Miller and Bryan Baugh
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $19.95
SCARED! How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comic Characters is a response to the rise in interest in the horror genre in film, comics, and graphic novels. Readers are given a brief history of horror comics-like EC, Vertigo, and DC Comics-and the influence of legendary horror genre artist Bernie Wrightson, before all... Read more >
How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comic Characters
Written by Steve Miller and Bryan Baugh
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $19.95
SCARED! How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comic Characters is a response to the rise in interest in the horror genre in film, comics, and graphic novels. Readers are given a brief history of horror comics-like EC, Vertigo, and DC Comics-and the influence of legendary horror genre artist Bernie Wrightson, before all... Read more >
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Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy
The Ultimate Reference Guide for Comic Book Artists
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2004
Price: $19.95
This drawing tutorial from best-selling author Christopher Hart shows artists how to draw exaggerated musculature of super-sized figures in action poses. Read more >
The Ultimate Reference Guide for Comic Book Artists
Written by Christopher Hart
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2004
Price: $19.95
This drawing tutorial from best-selling author Christopher Hart shows artists how to draw exaggerated musculature of super-sized figures in action poses. Read more >
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