Thomas Kinkade: Heaven on EarthThomas Kinkade, known as the Painter of Light, has become one of the most avidly collected, financially successful, and controversial painters in history. In this book, author, performance artist and curator Jeffrey Vallance creates a multifaceted examination of Thomas Kinkade as an artist and cultural phenomenon. Co published with Grand Central Art Center.

This is less street-arty and more designer-y than the previous one

In this issue: Mark Ryden

this book presents a sweeping look at today's most progressive graphic trends

and the devastating effects of war with Iraq

this series documents with painful accuracy the mechanisms and protagonists of the "triangular trade" of sugar and tobacco for human lives

Gilbert Shelton

" "Uncle Bob's Mid-Life Crisis

Intimacies covers the entire career of pro-sex feminist photographer Tee Corinne

Cold War meets Bettie Page

52 designers and firms are listed alphabetically

an autobiographical diary comic that portrays Trondheim at a crossroads: after reaching the height of commercial success in middle age

lifting them from the confines of the Comics Code to the rank of recognized art form