Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm [Paperback]

Bruce Timm (Author), Jim Steranko (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 10, 2012

In a radical departure from his previous work on animated films and comics featuring superheroes, the award-winning artist Bruce Timm presents an extensive survey of the many forms that his muse has assumed in his mind's eye. Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm showcases nearly 300 full-color, line and pencil images of partially clothed and nude women of almost every conceivable description and temperament, some accompanied by Timm's comments. Over 125 new images have been prepared especially for this handsome book. Timm explores the female form with absolute creative freedom, and pure personal expression is the result. The artist has granted Flesk Publications unprecedented access to his archives to provide the best representation of his private works. These rarely seen images span the last 15 years and are showcased in a single collection for the first time.

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About the Author

Bruce Timm is an Emmy Award-winning artist, writer, director and producer who has been working in the animation field for nearly three decades. The majority of his career has focused on the DC Animated Universe for Warner Bros. Animation. Beginning with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992, Timm's character designs and vision have had a substantial impact that redefined the genre of superhero animated TV shows and movies--an influence that continues to this day. His contributions include key roles working on the TV series Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond and Justice League. Timm has served as producer or executive producer for over a dozen animated films, including Wonder Woman, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, All-Star Superman and Batman: Year One. Timm also enjoys the occasional work in comics. He is the recipient of two Eisner Awards. His first was in 1994 for the art on Batman Adventures: Mad Love, which won for Best Single Issue. He contributes covers, pin-ups and stories to various titles as his time permits. Past contributions include Avengers, Batman Adventures, Captain America: Red, White and Blue, Conan, Harley and Ivy, Tom Strong's Terrific Tales, Vampirella and Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine. Bruce is currently working as executive producer on the new Green Lantern: The Animated Series and the upcoming film Justice League: Doom.

Jim Steranko is a controversial figure in contemporary culture, with multiple careers as an author, designer, musician, photographer, carnival fire-eater, publisher, male model, art director, escape artist, and illustrator. He created the first Modern Graphic Novel; collaborated with Francis Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas on their biggest hits; and, with Stan Lee, is critically acclaimed as one of the prime Architects of the Marvel Age of Comics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Flesk Publications (January 10, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933865407
• ISBN-13: 978-1933865409
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.9 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #467,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Simply beautiful January 28, 2012

By Robert Snow

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Massive oversize coffeetable book filled to the brim with gorgeous art. From rough sketches to markers to full paints, every page is a masterpiece. I am a massive Timm fan and this book blew my mind. It is worth every penny. The book is a little light on text, with no actual input from Timm himself, yet I couldn't bring myself to care, the art is so good. Heavy on the nudes but with a PG DC section, along with a horror/pulp section heavy on the Hammer films. Get the Bruce Timm Modern Masters from Twomorrows as a companion piece.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the purchase February 1, 2012

By Wat

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

These days I prefer most things in digital form, but the art book is one area where the physical form has significant advantages.

This paperback version is THICK and relatively large, but the real kicker is the print quality which is superb. You can really study the pencils/inks/colors of Mr Timm's work in great detail.

I will be revisiting this book many times in the near future. If you're on the fence about this purchase, I would recommend picking this up before it goes out of print. The initial run was sold out and prices rocketed to close to triple the cover price. As of this writing, Amazon has it back in stock for twenty dollars less than the cover price (fifty). This price won't last long. This looks like an expensive book to print so there is no chance they are overprinting this sucker.

That said, this book is actually well worth triple figures. I'm such a fan that I'm going to try to track down the hardcover edition which is even more expensive. An impressively gorgeous collection of work.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice book February 1, 2012

By Ralph Jenkins

Format:Unknown Binding

I ordered the signed and numbered hardcover directly from the publisher and I was very pleased with the book. It's an oversized hardcover with a slipcase (similar to DC's "Absolute" volumes). The book is mostly nudes in Timm's signature style, but there is a good amount of variety. DC girls Batgirl, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Batwoman, Supergirl and Poison Ivy make sexy but PG-rated appearances. There are also a few illustrations of the vampire women and monsters of Hammer films. This is a thick tome with one piece to a page, so you'll definitely get your fill of Timm "good girl" art. Highly recommended!