Day of the Dead—When Two Worlds Meet, 2004
For years, Curt photographed In Oaxaca with artist Lissa Jones. They collaborated in a series of painted photographs with Day of the Dead imagery.
Curt Fukuda met anthropologist Dr. Shawn Haley through Lucero Topete, director of the Instituto Cultural de Oaxaca. In 1997, Lucero suggested that Shawn and Curt collaborate on a book covering El Día de los Muertos in Oaxaca. Seven years later, the book became a reality. The main text was written by Shawn and the majority of the 200 photos were by Curt.
Day of the Dead—When Two Worlds Meet is the first time that the public can view unpainted versions of Curt's photos. The book also includes photographs by Shawn, Lissa Jones, Ellie Haley-Braun, and Monica Smith. The is published by and available through Berghahn Books.

Video Watchdog Magazine, issue 63, September 2000
After three years of research, including interviews conducted in Paris, France, Don Hood and Curt put together an article on Marius and Daniel Lesoeur, the producers behind Eurociné Productions. Although Eurociné has produced films since 1937, it's really only the Eurociné films of the 1960's and 1970's that have a cult following. Using directors of unique visions like Jess Franco and Jean Rollin, Eurociné turned out such wild films as Female Vampire, Zombie Lake, and The Awful Doctor Orloff.
For years, rumors and myths have been the only information available on Eurociné. Don and Curt's article finally sheds light on the personalities behind all the eccentric Eurociné productions. Their interview reveals Marius and Daniel Lesoeur to be men of charm and humor, not the slimy pornographers that the public supposed them to be.
Due to space limitations, only a small portion of the original interview was published in Video Watchdog. The full uncut version will appear on this Web site in the near future.
Video Watchdog, issue 63 can be ordered from the publishers, Tim and Donna Lucas, 1-800-275-8395.

The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra, 2nd Edition, 2000
Sun Ra scholars Robert Campbell and Chris Trent wrote this monumental chronological overview of one of the most creative and elusive figures in jazz.
Curt has been a fan of Sun Ra's music since the late 1960's. His first attendance at a Sun Ra concert was in Santa Cruz, CA in December, 1974. For some odd reason, Curt brought along a cheap cassette tape recorder and recorded the entire concert. A copy of this tape, along with other information, was given to researcher Robert Campbell to provide an account of Sun Ra's activities at the end of 1974. Campbell has generously acknowledged Curt's contribution to the book.
The Early Recordings of Sun Ra can be ordered through Cadence Jazz Books.

The Collectible G.I. Joe, 1999
G.I. Joe collector and Hasbro Product Manager, Derryl DePriest, and Curt met at the San Diego Comic Book Convention in 1996. In 1998, Derry invited Curt to do the photographs for a book on G.I. Joe. The publisher waited until two weeks before Christmas to approve the budget for the photographs, and then asked that all images be delivered before the holiday. So for 8 days in a freezing garage, Derryl and Curt photographed nearly 200 images for the book. Derryl constructed the marvelous sets, and provided all the G.I. Joe figures and accessories. Two wonderful sky backgrounds were painted by Monica Limas, who assisted Curt on many assignments from 1998 through 1999.
The book sold out shortly after being released to book stores in October, 1999.

Cuentos de el Día de los Muertos, 1997
William Ward introduced Curt Fukuda to Salvador Gonzalez in 1993. The next year, Salvador and his wife, Colleen, curated an exhibition of photos by Lissa Jones and Curt Fukuda at Folk Arte, their gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1994, Salvador propsed collaborating on a bi-lingual book of Día de los Muertos folk tales. He and Curt decided to self-publish the book.
Curt was fortunate to enlist the talents of artist, Veronica Ramirez, to design the book and Salvador got artist, Nina Vivian Huryn, to do the illustrations. Monica Smith did the editing, even edited some of the Spanish lanuage text. Both Monica and Curt re-wrote the English text so the writing flowed better.
In 1997, the book was printed by Serge Printing in San Carlos, CA. Monica and Curt put boxes of the book in the trunk of their car and toured the Bay Area, trying to get bookstores to carry the book.