Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Picture This Press | Publishers of Lost Art Books Dedicated to broadening the appreciation and understanding of the artists who work in the fields of illustration, cartooning, graphic arts, photography, and poster design ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://picturethispress.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [WordPress Resources at SiteGround](https://picturethispress.com/wordpress-resources-at-siteground/) - WordPress is an award-winning web software, used by millions of webmasters worldwide for building their website or blog. 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LOST ART BOOKS, the flagship series from Picture This Press, collects and preserves the works of illustrators and cartoonists from the first half of the 20th century. - [Our Books](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/) - RETAILERS: please enquire for terms - [Let It Bleed: Twenty Years of Concert Poster Design](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/let-it-bleed/) - [The Lost Art of Zim: Cartoons and Caricatures](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/the-lost-art-of-zim-cartoons-and-caricatures/) - HARD-WON WISDOM FROM A FOUNDING FATHER OF AMERICAN CARTOONING! Over 150 drawings and rare photos Foreword by Zim scholar Walter Brasch Biography from Zim Memorial Committee Excerpts from Zim’s other books Eugene ‘Zim’ Zimmerman pioneered the comically exaggerated “big foot” style of cartooning in America’s earliest humor magazines, Puck and Judge. After drawing tens of - [The Lost Art of Frederick Richardson](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/the-lost-art-of-frederick-richardson/) - A Talent That Transcends Time More than 100 rare illustrations Introduction by Ruth Berman and Martin Gardner Period profile of Richardson Like many of his contemporaries serving in the bullpen of a daily newspaper, Frederick Richardson was required to be a jack of all trades. As a staff artist for the Chicago Daily News in - [The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley — Volume 1](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/the-lost-art-of-heinrich-kley-volume-1/) - The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley Volume One collects hundreds of drawings from a wide array of sources. Neither volume overlaps with past books on Kley, as nearly none of these drawings have been collected and reprinted since their original publication a century or more ago. Both volumes also provide groundbreaking scholarship on Kley’s life and - [The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley — Volume 2](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/the-lost-art-of-heinrich-kley-volume-2/) - The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley Volume Two collects hundreds of paintings from a wide array of sources. Neither volume overlaps with past books on Kley, as nearly none of these drawings have been collected and reprinted since their original publication a century or more ago. Both volumes also provide groundbreaking scholarship on Kley’s life - [Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi — Volume 2](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/kremos-the-lost-art-of-niso-ramponi-volume-2/) - Volume 2: Curvaceous Color Foreword by Jerry Carr He worked under numerous names—Kremos, Niso, Nys O’Ramp—but he occupies a singular space as Italy’s cartooning Casanova, and he finally gets his due in this new two-volume set from Lost Art Books. From the mid-1940s through the early 1960s, Niso Ramponi’s work was everywhere, from collaborating with - [Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi — Volume 1](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/kremos-the-lost-art-of-niso-ramponi-volume-1/) - Volume 1: Bodacious Black & White Introduction by Mario Verger He worked under numerous names—Kremos, Niso, Nys O’Ramp—but he occupies a singular space as Italy’s cartooning Casanova, and he finally gets his due in this new two-volume set from Lost Art Books. From the mid-1940s through the early 1960s, Niso Ramponi’s work was everywhere, from - [The Lost Art of Matt Baker Volume 1: The Complete Canteen Kate](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/the-lost-art-of-matt-baker-volume-1-the-complete-canteen-kate/) - Collected for the first time! A slaphappy salute to a ‘good girl’ screwball All 22 beautifully restored stories in an oversized format Introduction by Steven Ringgenberg After honing his skills through the 1940s for several comics publishers, Matt Baker’s tremendous talents came to fruition at St. John Publications, where his realistic style was showcased in - [The Lost Art of Ray Willner: The Adventures of Robin Hood](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/the-lost-art-of-ray-willner-the-adventures-of-robin-hood/) - All 14 stories collected for the first time Introduction by Joseph V. Procopio Career-spanning bonus gallery Ray Willner was a casualty of the culture wars. With a comics career dating to 1939, Willner produced impressive work for publishers small and large throughout the 1940s. By 1949 he landed one of the only steady gigs in - [The Incomplete Art of “Why Things Are”](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/the-incomplete-art-of-why-things-are/) - Art by Richard Thompson Foreword by Joel Achenbach • Edited by Michael Rhode The Richard Thompson Library, Volume 1 Before the incalculable capacity of the Internet to answer nearly any question put to it while allowing a legion of pedants to hold forth without constraint, getting the facts of the matter took some effort. Just - [The Lost Art of Kreigh Collins Volume 1: The Complete Mitzi McCoy](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/the-lost-art-of-kreigh-collins-volume-1-the-complete-mitzi-mccoy/) - Edited and restored by the artist’s grandson, Brian E. Collins, with an introduction by Eisner Award-winning author Frank M. Young, and an Afterword by comics columnist Ed Catto. Lost Art Books launches the initial volume in a new series devoted to underappreciated illustrator and comic artist Kreigh Collins (1908-74), collecting for the first time his - [Shop](https://picturethispress.com/shop/) - [Thank You for Your Order](https://picturethispress.com/thank-you-for-your-order/) - Thanks for your order! We will get our warehouse working on fulfilling it right away. We appreciate your support of our efforts to put beautiful books out in the world and in your hands! Please don't hesitate to contact us at joseph.procopio@picturethispress.com with any questions. - [About Us](https://picturethispress.com/about-us/) - PICTURE THIS PRESS is dedicated to broadening the appreciation and understanding of the artists who work in the fields of illustration, cartooning, graphic arts, photography, and poster design. LOST ART BOOKS, the flagship series from Picture This Press, collects and preserves the works of illustrators and cartoonists from the first half of the 20th century. - [The Lost Art of E.T. Reed: Prehistoric Peeps](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/the-lost-art-of-e-t-reed-prehistoric-peeps/) - When Dinosaurs Ruled The Comics! More than 100 rare illustrations Introduction by comic artist/scholar Stephen Bissette Biography by cartoon historian Mark Bryant Interview with Reed It was in 1893 that cartoonist and caricaturist E.T. Reed stumbled upon the comic goldmine of throwing prehistoric men and dinosaurs into anachronistic situations. The mayhem that naturally ensued-sea serpents - [News & Reviews](https://picturethispress.com/about-us/news-reviews/) - Washington City Paper “Think Holiday Thoughts” — Lost Art of Frederick Richardson (December 7, 2010) Illustration Magazine Review: Zim, Reed, and Richardson books (Winter 2010) “Heinrich Kley: Exploring the Enigma” article by Joseph Procopio (Fall 2012) Today’s Inspiration “Illustration From an Earlier Age” Lost Art Books launch coverage (November 29, 2010) “The Lost Art of - [Press Releases](https://picturethispress.com/about-us/press-releases/) - “Picture This Press Debuts With Three Books” — press release PDF (10/18/2010) “Renowned artist Heinrich Kley’s Life and Work Celebrated in New Two-Volume Set” — press release PDF (9/24/2012) “Matt Baker’s Canteen Kate Collected for First Time in Volume One of New Series Debuting at Small Press Expo 2013″ — press release PDF (8/9/2013) “Lost - [Interviews](https://picturethispress.com/about-us/interviews/) - Washington City Paper “Meet a Local Comics Publisher: A Chat with Joe Procopio” (September 9, 2010) University of Dayton Quarterly “Superhero of Lost Art” (Profile, Summer 2011) Bethesda Magazine “In Two Worlds” (Interview, July/August 2014) Small Press Expo 2015 Interview by SPX staffers Joe Mochove and Rusty Riley with Lost Art Books founder Joseph Procopio - [Forthcoming Titles](https://picturethispress.com/our-books/forthcoming/) - The Lost Art of Dan Smith Another book years in the making, Lost Art Books is proud to officially announce our most ambitious project yet, The Lost Art of Dan Smith. 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