Cuphead Fans Can Save $40 On Official Limited-Edition Art Book
Cuphead fans can get a fantastic deal on a limited-edition art book at Amazon. Published by Dark Horse last November, The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Deluxe Edition is on sale for $59.70 (was $100). The $40 discount is the best yet, but it probably won't be available for long. At the time of writing, 11% of units have been claimed.Keep in mind that the Deluxe Edition for the original Cuphead art book has been out of print for years and is listed for rather high prices on the reseller market. It's unlikely that more copies of The Delicious Last Course Deluxe Edition will be printed once existing copies sell out at major retailers. The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Deluxe Edition (Hardcover) $59.70 (was $100) | Limited Quantities See at Amazon The Deluxe Edition comes with a foil slipcase, a ribbon bookmark, and three acetate cells in a portfolio that matches the display case. Alternatively, you can get the standard edition hardcover for $24.78 (was $40).Fans can also save big on the standard edition hardcovers of the original Art of Cuphead and The Art of The Cuphead Show, which chronicles the making of wonderful Netflix animated adaptation.The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last CourseStandard edition (Hardcover) -- $24.78 ($40)Deluxe Edition (Hardcover) -- $59.70 ($100)Kindle ebook (Digital) -- $24The Art of The Cuphead Show (Hardcover) -- $31.56 ($50)The Art of Cuphead (Hardcover) -- $27.55 ($50)Editor's Note: This article was originally published as an exclusive preview of the first few pages from The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course. I've looked flipped through the full Deluxe Edition hardcover. My takeaway? Cuphead fans are in for a treat. You can check out the sample pages below to get an idea of what to expect. See all Cuphead books at Amazon The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Standard EditionThe Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course is a 272-page oversized hardcover focused exclusively on Cuphead's brilliant 2022 DLC (Delicious Last Course). The book takes fans on a frame-by-frame journey through the expansion's seven bosses and The King's Leap challenge arena. Delicious Last Course also introduced Ms. Chalice as a playable character and numerous new NPCs who will likely be featured in this art book.If you've played Cuphead, you know the level of detail on display in each of the game's inventive boss battles. The DLC actually has as many frames of animation as the base game, despite it only comprising about 25% of the full Cuphead experience. The Art of Cuphead, which focuses on the base game, is a fascinating, must-have book for fans, so we'd expect The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course to provide a similarly insightful look inside Studio MDHR's creative process.Along with frame-by-frame animation of the bosses from The Delicious Last Course, the book contains early concept art as well as unused ideas. See at Amazon If you haven't checked out the art book for the base game, you can save about $23 off its list price at Amazon. The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Deluxe EditionThe Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Deluxe Edition features a mint-green foil-stamped slipcase, a fold-out portfolio case with a trio of acetate cells, and a ribbon bookmark.Both physical editions have 272 pages, so the preview pages shown below will match your copy of the book when it arrives. See at Amazon Page 12"We knew from the beginning that Ms. Chalice had to stand alongside Cuphead and Mugman as an iconic part of a trio. This meant meticulous iteration on her character expressions, including the existence of an 'evil form--Ms. Malice!" Page 13"Unlike Cuphead and Mugman, Ms. Chalice only takes corporeal form within a level. These character intro concepts from Animation Supervisor Hanna Abi-Hanna illustrate the challenge of capturing Chalice's emergence from the Astral Plane." Page 16"Through Ms. Chalice's animations, we wanted to capture the wide-eyed ingenue that was prototypical of the 1930s cartoon female lead. At the same time, we wanted her movements to imbue her with the sense of grit determination, and impishness common in other

Cuphead fans can get a fantastic deal on a limited-edition art book at Amazon. Published by Dark Horse last November, The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Deluxe Edition is on sale for $59.70 (was $100). The $40 discount is the best yet, but it probably won't be available for long. At the time of writing, 11% of units have been claimed.
Keep in mind that the Deluxe Edition for the original Cuphead art book has been out of print for years and is listed for rather high prices on the reseller market. It's unlikely that more copies of The Delicious Last Course Deluxe Edition will be printed once existing copies sell out at major retailers.
The Deluxe Edition comes with a foil slipcase, a ribbon bookmark, and three acetate cells in a portfolio that matches the display case. Alternatively, you can get the standard edition hardcover for $24.78 (was $40).
Fans can also save big on the standard edition hardcovers of the original Art of Cuphead and The Art of The Cuphead Show, which chronicles the making of wonderful Netflix animated adaptation.
- The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
- Standard edition (Hardcover) -- $24.78 (
$40) - Deluxe Edition (Hardcover) -- $59.70 (
$100) - Kindle ebook (Digital) -- $24
- Standard edition (Hardcover) -- $24.78 (
- The Art of The Cuphead Show (Hardcover) -- $31.56 (
$50) - The Art of Cuphead (Hardcover) -- $27.55 (
$50)
Editor's Note: This article was originally published as an exclusive preview of the first few pages from The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course. I've looked flipped through the full Deluxe Edition hardcover. My takeaway? Cuphead fans are in for a treat. You can check out the sample pages below to get an idea of what to expect.
The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Standard Edition

The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course is a 272-page oversized hardcover focused exclusively on Cuphead's brilliant 2022 DLC (Delicious Last Course). The book takes fans on a frame-by-frame journey through the expansion's seven bosses and The King's Leap challenge arena. Delicious Last Course also introduced Ms. Chalice as a playable character and numerous new NPCs who will likely be featured in this art book.
If you've played Cuphead, you know the level of detail on display in each of the game's inventive boss battles. The DLC actually has as many frames of animation as the base game, despite it only comprising about 25% of the full Cuphead experience. The Art of Cuphead, which focuses on the base game, is a fascinating, must-have book for fans, so we'd expect The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course to provide a similarly insightful look inside Studio MDHR's creative process.
Along with frame-by-frame animation of the bosses from The Delicious Last Course, the book contains early concept art as well as unused ideas.
If you haven't checked out the art book for the base game, you can save about $23 off its list price at Amazon.
The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Deluxe Edition

The Art of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Deluxe Edition features a mint-green foil-stamped slipcase, a fold-out portfolio case with a trio of acetate cells, and a ribbon bookmark.
Both physical editions have 272 pages, so the preview pages shown below will match your copy of the book when it arrives.
Page 12

"We knew from the beginning that Ms. Chalice had to stand alongside Cuphead and Mugman as an iconic part of a trio. This meant meticulous iteration on her character expressions, including the existence of an 'evil form--Ms. Malice!"
Page 13

"Unlike Cuphead and Mugman, Ms. Chalice only takes corporeal form within a level. These character intro concepts from Animation Supervisor Hanna Abi-Hanna illustrate the challenge of capturing Chalice's emergence from the Astral Plane."
Page 16

"Through Ms. Chalice's animations, we wanted to capture the wide-eyed ingenue that was prototypical of the 1930s cartoon female lead. At the same time, we wanted her movements to imbue her with the sense of grit determination, and impishness common in other characters from the era."
Page 17

This page shows frame-by-frame animation cells of Ms. Chalice crouching.
Page 18

"As with Cuphead and Mugman, Ms. Chalice needed her very own 'death ghost'--the sprite which players see after your character has lost their last hit point..."
Page 19

"Pictured above, the unique frames of Ms. Chalice's death ghost as it floats tearfully off screen, illustrated by Animation Supervisor Hanna Abi-Hanna."
The Art of the Cuphead Show

Last September, Dark Horse published The Art of the Cuphead Show, a 256-page hardcover book examining the creation of Netflix's great animated series that ran for three seasons in 2022. We previewed The Art of the Cuphead Show before its publication, so you can check out a few pages from that book, too.
Amazon is selling the hardcover edition of The Art of the Cuphead Show for $31 (was $50).