May 2009 comics solicitations: Best of the rest

Along with our picks from Marvel and DC's solicitations for May, here are a few other items of interest. Click the titles to pre-order from Amazon.

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MILTON CANIFFS STEVE CANYON 1956 VOL 10

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STAR TREK KEY COLLECTION VOL 7

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FILMED IN SUPERMARIONATION HISTORY OF THE FUTURE
(W) Steven La Riviere For the first time, a complete history of the Gerry and Sylvia Anderson television productions which pioneered science-fiction special effects. Film historian Steven La Riviere, whose documentary about Supercar was the final word on the series, takes you behind-the-scenes and covers every aspect of the creation and production of such television shows as Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Secret Service, and Joe 90, as well as the Anderson's efforts from the beginning including Torchy and Four Feather Falls.

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GOD OF COMICS OSAMU TEZUKA
(W) Natsu Onoda Power, (A) Osamu Tezuka God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga is a critical biography and assessment of the Japanese innovator who made Manga mainstream with his character Astro Boy and his more than 150,000 pages of comics and animated films. This is the first critical examination of his entire body of work, ranking him as the single most important figure in Japanese post-World War II comics.

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JOE KUBERT HOW TO DRAW FROM LIFE
(W/A) Joe Kubert Joe Kubert - the legendary Hawkman, Tarzan, Enemy Ace, Batman, and Sgt. Rock artist and critically-acclaimed graphic novelist of Tor, Abraham Stone, Fax From Sarajevo, and Yossel - founded the first and only accredited school devoted solely to the art of cartoon graphics. Joe Kubert: How to Draw from Life, designed for mature art students, professionals and enthusiasts, presents a wealth of his own drawings from nude models spanning his years as an artist and art instructor. Subjects include gesture drawing, contour drawing, the figure in motion, short studies, long studies, drawing women, the figure in perspective, form and structure, anatomy, and lighting.

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