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NewsThe latest news from Flesk Publications. William Stout Signing at Stuart Ng Books, Saturday August 28, 2010 from 2:00-4:00 PM!William Stout will be signing his latest book Hallucinations at Stuart Ng Books on Saturday August 28, 2010 from 2:00-4:00 PM! Stuart Ng Books will have copies of both the softbound edition and sold out hardbound edition of Hallucinations, as well as other books by Stout. For event directions and details you can visit the Stuart Ng Books website here. You can also click here for full details on the book. New Flesk Online Store For Ordering Books!The new Flesk Publications online store is now open for business! You can shop for our latest books and pay securely with a credit card 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The store will be made public through the home page of our website on August 23, 2010. Visit our shop by clicking here. Latest Flesk Titles in August 2010 Previews!Flesk Publications has three upcoming titles listed in the August 2010 Previews Catalog. Orders are due by August 14, 2010. See our full-page ad on page 285. The three titles are Xenozoic by Mark Schultz, Jungle Girls by Jim Silke and Inspirations by William Stout. Previews order codes are the following: AUG10 1027 – Xenozoic Complete Coll TP (page 284)
AUG10 1254 – Jim Silke Jungle Girls SC (page 338) AUG10 1255 – Jim Silke Jungle Girls LTD SGN HC (page 338)
AUG10 1261 – William Stout Inspirations SC (page 339) AUG10 1262 – William Stout Inspirations S&N HC (page 339) Illustration Magazine #30 Featuring Full-Page Flesk Advertisement!See our full-page Flesk ad in the new issue of Illustration Magazine. You can visit their website for ordering details and to see a digital version by clicking here. Tripwire #54 Summer 2010 Issue Features Four-Page Mark Schultz Interview and Xenozoic Preview!The latest issue of Tripwire Magazine is available. This summer 2010 issue features a four-page interview with Mark Schultz discussing his upcoming Xenozoic book with sample art. Mark also talks about his future plans and his thoughts on the recent loss of Al Williamson. There is also a one-page remembrance on Al Williamson on page 81. In addition, you can find our Flesk advertisement included within. For more information you can visit the Tripwire Magazine website by clicking here. Check out your local bookstore to pick up a copy. William Stout Book Signing at Dark Delicacies on August 7!Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA will be hosting a book signing promoting William Stout: Hallucinations on Saturday August 7. Full details can be found on the Dark Delicacies website. Flesk Exhibiting at Comic-Con! Booth #5019!Flesk will be exhibiting at Comic-Con International in San Diego this July 21-25. We will be located at booth #5019. This show will represent the debut of Al Williamson Archives Vol. 1. We will have copies of all of our titles and promotional fliers and pamphlets will be on hand for our fall releases. Mark Schultz will be signing at our booth each day as well as his own booth at 4901/4904, along with Gary Gianni. William Stout is just a few isles from us at booth # 4803/4805. Jim Silke is also nearby at booth # 4901/5000. Each of these fine gentlemen will be available to sign books and they will have original artwork for sale. Steve Rude is a guest this year. He will be doing a painting demonstration on Thursday from 1:00-3:00 in Room 18. Jim Silke’s Jungle Girls Book Details Now Online!The book details for Jim Silke’s Jungle Girls are now available on our website. Jungle Girls showcases 52 all-new, simply stunning Silke illustrations, supplemented by an extensive selection of movie stills and other rare images from private collections, all of them carefully chosen to further heighten the reader’s enjoyment. Both paperbound and limited signed hardbound editions will be available. Full details can be found by clicking here. William Stout Signing at Famous Monsters Convention on July 9-11, 2010!Stout will be attending the Famous Monsters Convention in Indianapolis this weekend. He will have art and books for sale, as well as be available for signing. Full details on the show can be found by clicking here. Harvey Dunn and The Legend of Steel Bashaw Books in Previews July 2010! Orders Due July 10th!Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West and The Legend of Steel Bashaw are listed in the July 2010 Previews Catalog. Orders are due by July 10. Previews order codes: JUL10 1228 -- Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West (page 348) JUL10 1275 – Legend of Steel Bashaw (page 355) William Stout: Hallucinations Now Available! Few Copies left of the Hardbound Signed Edition!Our latest book, Hallucinations by William Stout is here! There are two editions of this fantasy art book collection. The paperbound edition is $19.95 and the hardbound signed and limited to 500 copies edition is available for only $29.95. We have very few copies of the hardbound edition left. We have reserved a small batch for direct orders through Flesk. We will also have a few copies available at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Full details on the book can be found here. Click here for ordering information. Al Williamson (1931 – 2010)Al Williamson passed away the night of Saturday, June 12, with his wife, Cori and son, Victor by his side. Here’s to a great man, a brilliant cartoonist and a generous friend! He will be sorely missed. You can read the family press release by clicking here. William Stout: Hallucinations arriving mid-June! Now Accepting Pre-Orders!Hallucinations will be arriving at the Flesk warehouse in mid-June. The hardbound deluxe edition is limited to only 500 copies. This edition is already almost sold out! I have held back a few cases of books for direct sales through Flesk only. We will bring all remaining copies to the San Diego Comic-Con International, where we expect to sell our final copies. You can visit the book details webpage for more details. For ordering information, click here. Comic shops and bookstores will receive their copies on or around July 1. William Stout Book Signing at the George C. Page Museum in Los Angeles on June 19!William Stout will be making an appearance for MegaFauna Awareness Day at the George C. Page Museum in Los Angeles on June 19. Stout will have all of his latest books available for purchase and signing, including New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z. For full details about the event you can visit the museum website here. For a listing of where William Stout will appear next click here. William Stout Signing at the Pasadena Rock’n Comic Con 2010!William Stout is signing at the Pasadena Rock’n Comic Con this weekend. The show runs from May 28-30, 2010, at the Pasadena Convention Center. Full details can be found by clicking here. SCB Distributors at BookExpo America, Featuring Flesk Books!Flesk Publications is distributed to the trade by SCB Distributors. SCB is set up this week at BookExpo America. They will have copies of a few of our latest titles, as well as feature all of the other great publishers they distribute. Full details on BookExpo can be found by clicking here. The show runs from May 25-27, at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in NYC. James Bama Sketchbook Book Review on Lines and Colors!Charley Parker of Lines and Colors has written a review of our new book James Bama Sketchbook. He writes, “Underlying both phases of his career is Bama’s skill as a draftsman, and that aspect of his art is brought out beautifully in a new book from Flesk Publications.” You can read the entire book review by clicking here. And be sure to read his new blog posting every day for the latest in art news. For full details about James Bama Sketchbook, click here. William Stout at WonderFest May 15-16, 2010!William Stout is a guest at WonderFest this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky! WonderFest focuses on movie special effects, models and toys. You can find out more about the show by clicking here. San Diego Union-Tribune William Stout Interview and Article by Robert L. Pincus!Robert L. Pincus, the chief arts editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune, interviewed William Stout during his latest visit to the San Diego Natural History Museum on March 25. The result is a wonderful front-page article for the Sunday, April 25, 2010, newspaper. The full piece can be viewed online by clicking here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/25/jurassic-art/ The interview and article covers a wide variety of topics, including his involvement with the San Diego Natural History Museum as muralist for their “Fossil Mysteries” wing, and his latest projects and future goals. Al Williamson Archives Available to Order in Previews—May 2010!Al Williamson Archives Volume 1 is available to order on page 308 in the Comics section of the May 2010 Previews. You can also re-order our Al Williamson's Flash Gordon book in the same order form. The DCD order codes are as follows: MAY10 1032 Al Williamson Archives SC VOL 01 MAY10 1033 Al Williamson's Flash Gordon: Lifelong Vision of Heroic SC You can place your orders now through your local comic book shop. Visit the Previews website for more information here. Diamond orders are due May 15. William Stout Interview at Comic Book Resources!Alex Dueben has written an article on “The Many Careers of William Stout,” followed by an interview with Stout, available on the Comic Book Resources website. This informative article and interview covers Stout’s work in film, comics, and as a paleoartist and muralist. Furthermore, Stout discusses the story behind his books, Dinosaur Discoveries and New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z, and shares news on his upcoming fantasy art collections Hallucinations and Inspirations. There is also a good discussion focusing on his work ethic and diversity in selecting projects. You can read the interview at Comic Book Resources by clicking here. Flesk Publications Fall 2010 Catalog Available Online!The new Flesk 2010 fall catalog is now available online! Included within is full details and sample art for all of our titles. You can download the latest catalog from the home page of our website, or click here to view it now. William Stout: Hallucinations and James Bama Sketchbook Available to Order in Previews—April 2010!Both William Stout: Hallucinations and James Bama Sketchbook: A Seventy-Year Journey, Traveling From the Far East to the Wild West are available to order on pages 336 and 337 in the Books section of the April 2010 Previews. The DCD order codes are as follows: APR10 1183 James Bama Sketchbook 70 Year Journey SC APR10 1191 William Stout Hallucinations SC You can place your orders now through your local comic book shop. Visit the Previews website for more information here. William Stout Appearing at Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, April 24-25, 2010!William Stout is a guest at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on April 24-25, 2010. Stout will be available for signing and have original artwork for sale. For direction and details, visit the show website here. For more William Stout appearances, click here. Mark Schultz Blue Book Now Available! Free Shipping Offer Good Until April 15!Mark Schultz Blue Book is now available. Contained within is an assortment of Schultz’s preliminary drawings in blue pencil form for Storms at Sea and miscellaneous pieces culled from his personal sketchbook. This paperbound collection is 16-pages at 5.5 x 8.5″ in full color. Blue Book is limited to 1000 numbered copies, each signed by Schultz. This item is only available through Flesk. Click here for ordering details. Gary Gianni at C2E2, April 16-18, 2010!Gary Gianni will be signing at C2E2, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, on April 16-18, 2010. To learn more about the event and for directions, click here. William Stout at Chiller Theatre, April 16-18, 2010!William Stout is a guest at the Chiller Theatre, the toy, model and film expo, on April 16-18, 2010! Stout will be available for signing and have original artwork for sale. The show will be held in Parsippany, NJ. For full event details, visit the show website here. William Stout at Monsterpalooza in Burbank, April 9-11, 2010!William Stout will be appearing at Monsterpalooza in Burbank on the Spril 9-11, 2010 weekend. Stout will be available for signing and have original artwork for sale. For more information visit the Monsterpalooza website here. Interview with Petar Meseldžija!Flesk Publications is pleased to announce we will be publishing Petar Meseldžija's book, The Legend of Steel Bashaw (click to see the details on this book), this fall 2010. This interview covers what The Legend of Steel Bashaw is about, and about Petar's painting techniques and about himself. Read the interview by clicking here. John Fleskes Joins the Spectrum Advisory Board!Flesk Publications president and publisher, John Fleskes has joined the Spectrum Advisory Board. The mission of Spectrum is to promote the fantastic arts and provide an annual showcase for contemporary artists. The Spectrum Advisory Board consults with the directors, Arnie and Cathy Fenner, on a wide variety of topics, discussing concerns that crop up through the year, all with the intent of making Spectrum the best possible showcase for the creative community. Other board members are: Rick Berry, Brom, Mark Chiarello, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon, Harlan Ellison, Irene Gallo, Bud Plant, Tim Underwood, and Michael Whelan. You can read the official announcement at the Spectrum website here. Flesk, Mark Schultz, Jim Silke and William Stout Exhibiting at WonderCon!Flesk Publications will be exhibiting at WonderCon in San Francisco on April 2-4 at booth #1019. Mark Schultz will be at our booth all three days. William Stout will be right next to us at booth #1021. Also, Jim Silke will be in artists’ alley at table #AA031. We will have books available, plus each artist will be signing and have original artwork for sale. We will also have our friend Manuel Auad of Auad Publishing at our Flesk booth with an assortment of his titles, including the new Frank Brangwyn portfolio. We will have previews and promotional material for our summer and fall titles, including news of our upcoming book Jungle Girls by Jim Silke! We look forward to seeing you at the show. For full details and directions you can visit the WonderCon website here. See the New Flesk Advertisement in Illustration Magazine #29!Illustration Magazine #29 is now available. This issue includes a feature-length article on pulp artist H.J. Ward by David Saunders. You can get your copy direct from the Illustration Magazine website here, or from Bud’s Art Books here. Also, be sure to check out our Flesk advertisement on page 15. William Stout Book Signing at the San Diego Natural History Museum!William Stout will be signing books at the San Diego Natural History Museum on March 25, 2010 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. This is to coincide with the new exhibit “Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries.” For directions to the museum, and for more details, click here. For a complete list of 2010 William Stout appearances, click here. William Stout Painting in Group Exhibit at Gallery Nucleus!William Stout’s painting “Jabberwock” is currently on display at Gallery Nucleus for their “Curiouser and Curiouser: Inspired by Alice in Wonderland” group exhibition. The event runs until March 29. Visit the Nucleus website for directions and more information by clicking here. The gallery is located in Alhambra, CA. John Fleskes On the Spectrum 17 Jury!Flesk Publications publisher John Fleskes was among the five-member jury for Spectrum 17. Bill Carman, Iain McCaig, Rebecca Guay and Kerry Callen made up the remaining four jurors. Photos of the event held on February 27 are posted on the Spectrum website. The Gold and Silver Award winners have also been announced and can be viewed here. William Stout Lecture at the Fullerton Museum Center on March 6, 2010!William Stout will be making a special appearance at the Fullerton Museum Center in Fullerton, CA on March 6. He will be giving a lecture at 7:00 PM. This will be in conjunction with the exhibit “CineSaurus: The History of Dinosaurs in the Movies.” Details and directions can be found by visiting the Museum website by clicking here. Flesk and Mark Schultz Guests at Stripbeurs Breda in the Netherlands!Flesk and Mark Schultz will appear at the Stripbeurs Breda show in the Netherlands. The event runs from March 6-7. Flesk will be exhibiting with an assortment of our books. We will also debut the new sketchbook, Mark Schultz Blue Book that weekend. Full details about the show can be found by clicking here. Mark Schultz's Xenozoic Tales and Other Stories is on Facebook!Mark Schultz and Xenozoic Tales is on Facebook! Become a fan, share your passion, and learn about the latest Schultz news at his authorized Facebook page by clicking here. A special thank you to Fred Perry for creating and maintaining the page! Dinosaur Discoveries Book Review in Prehistoric Times #92!William Stout’s Dinosaur Discoveries and New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z are featured in the book review section of Prehistoric Times #92. Prehistoric Times is the magazine for dinosaur enthusiasts and collectors of related merchandise. You can pick up your copy of the magazine at their website by clicking here. "William Stout: From Antarctica to Zombies" Gallery Show and Signing!A 50 work retrospective exhibition spanning all facets of William Stout's career will be held at the Laguna College of Art and Design from February 18–March 11, 2010. William Stout Lecture: 6:00–8:00 PM – March 4, 2010. The Laguna College of Art + Design is located at 2222 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651. You can call for details at 949/376-6000, or visit their website here for news and directions. William Stout Book Signing At Stuart Ng Books, Saturday, February 13!William Stout will be signing at Stuart Ng Books on Saturday, February 13, from 2:00-4:00 PM. Stuart will have copies of Bills new books, Dinosaur Discoveries, New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z, and his previous release, Prehistoric Life Murals, available. For directions and to view an online catalog of books available from Stuart Ng, you can visit his website by clicking here. William Stout Book Signing at Hi De Ho Comics and Books With Pictures, February 27!William Stout will be signing at Hi De Ho Comics and Books With Pictures on Saturday, February 27. Dinosaur Discoveries, New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z, and his previous release, Prehistoric Life Murals, will all be available. For directions you can visit their website by clicking here. SF Signal Book Review: Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon!Jeff Patterson wrote a book review on Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon at the SF Signal website. He writes, “The subtitle of this volume is ‘A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic,’ and this book delivers on every page.” And, “The reproductions are state of the art. There are pages scanned so well you can actually see the brush strokes from the inking process.” The full book review can be found by clicking here, and the main website by clicking here. Dinosaur Discoveries and New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z Book Reviews by Michael Ryan on Palaeoblog!Michael Ryan writes the following about Dinosaur Discoveries, “Both books benefit from the fact that Bill is (1) an exceptional anatomist and artist, and (2) he has thoroughly researched each animal by going to the primary literature.” The full book review can be found by clicking here, and the main Palaeoblog site can be found here. Michael also has a second and more pop culture and comic book oriented blog called Atomic Surgery, which can be enjoyed by clicking here. 2009 News2008 News2007 News2006 and older News |