Artist Collections
Our artist collections feature the works of some of the brightest talents working in the comic, fantasy and illustration fields. We collaborate closely with each artist to bring you a book made with passion.
Pre-order ships October
-Direct from publisher price is $19.95 (cover price is $24.95)
-Includes signed 6 × 8 inch bonus print
-9 x 12”
-58 pages
-Paperback
-ISBN: 9781640411104
-Introduction by Schultz
-Includes 2 gatefolds
-Features 60 new pieces
A new collection of recent works by acclaimed illustrator and storyteller Mark Schultz! Manifest—epic scenes of science-fantasy adventure! Manifest—a volume spanning a galaxy of past and future worlds! Manifest—a majestic journey beyond space and time! You won't believe what your eyes make—Manifest!
Gathering artwork created over the last several years, Manifest showcases Mark Schultz's thrilling blend of pulp adventure, fantasy and science-fiction imagery. Rendered in graphite, carbon pencil and brush-and-ink, this collection offers a look into the artist's creative process, with many illustrations presented in penciled form alongside their completed inked versions. Two expansive gatefolds trace the development of a pair of major commissions through a sequence of preliminary sketches leading to the finished artwork.
Featuring illustrations created for comics, books and commissions, as well as a wealth of personal works, Manifest highlights Schultz's enduring passion for visual storytelling. Included are new scenes featuring Jack and Hannah from the beloved Xenozoic saga, explorations for future Storms at Sea adventures, and numerous previously unseen pieces inspired by the stories, genres and worlds that have fueled the artist’s imagination throughout his career.
About Mark Schultz
Since entering the world of cartooning in the mid-1980s with the science-fiction adventure series Xenozoic Tales, Mark Schultz has slowly but consistently produced a truly diversified body of work: He has produced illustrations for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories; scripted four years of Superman and currently scripts Prince Valiant; composed a science guide to genetics and DNA; created the Stormforce 10 adventure SubHuman with paleontologist Michael J. Ryan; and written the novella Storms at Sea, which he also illustrated. Currently, in his free moments, Schultz continues to work on a new Xenozoic graphic novel as well as a sequel to Storms at Sea. Flesk has been the artist’s publisher since 2005 and continues to regularly release collections of his sketches, commissions and personal works.
Pre-order ships October
-Includes signed 6 × 8 inch bonus print
-Limited to 800 signed copies
-448 pages
-7.5 x 10”
-Hardcover deluxe
-Quarter-bound with copper fabric
-Title on cover and spine stamped with copper foil
-Alternate cover
-ISBN: 9781640411098
-Features more than 420 works
-Contains an interview with Schultz
-Brush-and-ink and pencil pieces, plus oil paintings are included
-Collecting all five Carbon books
-Includes an additional 80 pieces not previously collected in the Carbon or Various Drawings series.
-Signed by Mark Schultz on bonus page
The complete five-volume Carbon series—ten years of pictorial experimentation and evolution—is collected here in a single mammoth volume!
Featuring more than 420 illustrations and drawings, Carbon Collected showcases the extraordinary imagination and artistry of Mark Schultz. Schultz has built a body of work that fuses adventure, science fiction, fantasy, mythology, natural history and visual storytelling with remarkable craftsmanship. Across its pages are daring heroes, prehistoric wonders, distant worlds, mythic landscapes and the beloved characters of Xenozoic, including Jack Tenrec and Hannah Dundee. From finished illustrations and paintings to concept designs, sketchbook pages and preliminary studies, this collection offers an intimate look into the creative process of one of comics’ and illustration’s distinctive voices.
Gathering the contents of Carbon Volumes 1 through 5, this edition traces Schultz’s artistic development through a decade of work, revealing both the consistency of his vision and his continuing exploration of technique, storytelling and design. Readers will discover artwork from Xenozoic, Storms at Sea, Paleonauts and numerous personal and commissioned projects, alongside rare archival material, developmental work and previously unpublished illustrations.
As a special bonus, this volume includes more than 80 pieces not previously published in the Carbon and Various Drawings collections, plus an introduction by Schultz and an exclusive interview in which the artist discusses selected works and the ideas, influences and creative decisions behind them.
A celebration of imagination, craftsmanship and artistic growth, Carbon Collected presents a broad survey of Mark Schultz’s diverse creations.
About Mark Schultz
Since entering the world of cartooning in the mid-1980s with the science-fiction adventure series Xenozoic Tales, Mark Schultz has slowly but consistently produced a truly diversified body of work: He has produced illustrations for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories; scripted four years of Superman and currently scripts Prince Valiant; composed a science guide to genetics and DNA; created the Stormforce 10 adventure SubHuman with paleontologist Michael J. Ryan; and written the novella Storms at Sea, which he also illustrated. Currently, in his free moments, Schultz continues to work on a new Xenozoic graphic novel as well as a sequel to Storms at Sea. Flesk has been the artist’s publisher since 2005 and continues to regularly release collections of his sketches, commissions and personal works.
Pre-order ships October
-Publisher direct price is $49.95 (cover price is $59.95)
-Includes signed 6 × 8 inch bonus print
-448 pages
-7.5 x 10”
-Hardcover
-ISBN: 9781640411081
-Features more than 420 works
-Contains an interview with Schultz
-Brush-and-ink and pencil pieces, plus oil paintings are included
-Collecting all five Carbon books
-Includes an additional 80 pieces not previously collected in the Carbon or Various Drawings series.
The complete five-volume Carbon series—ten years of pictorial experimentation and evolution—is collected here in a single mammoth volume!
Featuring more than 420 illustrations and drawings, Carbon Collected showcases the extraordinary imagination and artistry of Mark Schultz. Schultz has built a body of work that fuses adventure, science fiction, fantasy, mythology, natural history and visual storytelling with remarkable craftsmanship. Across its pages are daring heroes, prehistoric wonders, distant worlds, mythic landscapes and the beloved characters of Xenozoic, including Jack Tenrec and Hannah Dundee. From finished illustrations and paintings to concept designs, sketchbook pages and preliminary studies, this collection offers an intimate look into the creative process of one of comics’ and illustration’s distinctive voices.
Gathering the contents of Carbon Volumes 1 through 5, this edition traces Schultz’s artistic development through a decade of work, revealing both the consistency of his vision and his continuing exploration of technique, storytelling and design. Readers will discover artwork from Xenozoic, Storms at Sea, Paleonauts and numerous personal and commissioned projects, alongside rare archival material, developmental work and previously unpublished illustrations.
As a special bonus, this volume includes more than 80 pieces not previously published in the Carbon and Various Drawings collections, plus an introduction by Schultz and an exclusive interview in which the artist discusses selected works and the ideas, influences and creative decisions behind them.
A celebration of imagination, craftsmanship and artistic growth, Carbon Collected presents a broad survey of Mark Schultz’s diverse creations.
About Mark Schultz
Since entering the world of cartooning in the mid-1980s with the science-fiction adventure series Xenozoic Tales, Mark Schultz has slowly but consistently produced a truly diversified body of work: He has produced illustrations for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories; scripted four years of Superman and currently scripts Prince Valiant; composed a science guide to genetics and DNA; created the Stormforce 10 adventure SubHuman with paleontologist Michael J. Ryan; and written the novella Storms at Sea, which he also illustrated. Currently, in his free moments, Schultz continues to work on a new Xenozoic graphic novel as well as a sequel to Storms at Sea. Flesk has been the artist’s publisher since 2005 and continues to regularly release collections of his sketches, commissions and personal works.
Pre-order ships October
-Publisher direct price is $39.95 (cover price is $49.95)
-Includes signed 6 × 8 inch bonus print
-448 pages
-7.5 x 10”
-Paperback
-ISBN: 9781640411074
-Features more than 420 works
-Contains an interview with Schultz
-Brush-and-ink and pencil pieces, plus oil paintings are included
-Collecting all five Carbon books
-Includes an additional 80 pieces not previously collected in the Carbon or Various Drawings series
The complete five-volume Carbon series—ten years of pictorial experimentation and evolution—is collected here in a single mammoth volume!
Featuring more than 420 illustrations and drawings, Carbon Collected showcases the extraordinary imagination and artistry of Mark Schultz. Schultz has built a body of work that fuses adventure, science fiction, fantasy, mythology, natural history and visual storytelling with remarkable craftsmanship. Across its pages are daring heroes, prehistoric wonders, distant worlds, mythic landscapes and the beloved characters of Xenozoic, including Jack Tenrec and Hannah Dundee. From finished illustrations and paintings to concept designs, sketchbook pages and preliminary studies, this collection offers an intimate look into the creative process of one of comics’ and illustration’s distinctive voices.
Gathering the contents of Carbon Volumes 1 through 5, this edition traces Schultz’s artistic development through a decade of work, revealing both the consistency of his vision and his continuing exploration of technique, storytelling and design. Readers will discover artwork from Xenozoic, Storms at Sea, Paleonauts and numerous personal and commissioned projects, alongside rare archival material, developmental work and previously unpublished illustrations.
As a special bonus, this volume includes more than 80 pieces not previously published in the Carbon and Various Drawings collections, plus an introduction by Schultz and an exclusive interview in which the artist discusses selected works and the ideas, influences and creative decisions behind them.
A celebration of imagination, craftsmanship and artistic growth, Carbon Collected presents a broad survey of Mark Schultz’s diverse creations.
About Mark Schultz
Since entering the world of cartooning in the mid-1980s with the science-fiction adventure series Xenozoic Tales, Mark Schultz has slowly but consistently produced a truly diversified body of work: He has produced illustrations for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories; scripted four years of Superman and currently scripts Prince Valiant; composed a science guide to genetics and DNA; created the Stormforce 10 adventure SubHuman with paleontologist Michael J. Ryan; and written the novella Storms at Sea, which he also illustrated. Currently, in his free moments, Schultz continues to work on a new Xenozoic graphic novel as well as a sequel to Storms at Sea. Flesk has been the artist’s publisher since 2005 and continues to regularly release collections of his sketches, commissions and personal works.
Pre-order ships October
-Publisher direct price is $44.95 (cover price is $49.95)
-Signed by Mark Schultz on bonus page
-Includes signed 6 × 8 inch bonus print
-ISBN: 9781640411128
-352 pages
-7.5 x 10 inches
-Hardcover
-Introduction by J.G. Jones
This 352-page Xenozoic book is a handy-to-hold collection of all the classic Xenozoic Tales comic stories written and drawn by Mark Schultz. This is a new printing with a new cover.
Welcome to the Xenozoic Age, a post-apocalyptic landscape where dinosaurs roam freely…and humanity is the endangered species!
“What a strange new world, to have such creatures in it!”
Forced into hiding by a global ecological cataclysm, humans emerge from their underground warrens half a millennium later to discover that the Earth has been totally transformed. All of the familiar flora and fauna are gone, replaced by a radically altered natural order populated by rampaging dinosaurs and strange new creatures. It takes guts, grim determination, ingenuity and a whole lot of old-fashioned luck just to survive, much less thrive, in this alien wilderness—all qualities that ace mechanic Jack Tenrec, lovely scientist Hannah Dundee and their friends possess in abundance.
But even the worthiest of these hardy souls are hard-pressed to surmount the obstacles presented by their new homeland. And when those trials are further compounded by the underhanded and selfish actions of the cutthroat human scavengers they encounter, even the best-equipped and bravest among them might not endure.
Xenozoic combines lush and richly realized ink-and-brush artwork with a pulp-fueled narrative to create an action-packed fantasy—an unrelenting adventure that also serves as a subtle cautionary fable concerning the unforeseen consequences that shortsighted present-day decisions might have upon future generations.
About Mark Schultz
Since entering the world of cartooning in the mid-1980s with the science-fiction adventure series Xenozoic Tales, Mark Schultz has slowly but consistently produced a truly diversified body of work: He has produced illustrations for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories; scripted four years of Superman and currently scripts Prince Valiant; composed a science guide to genetics and DNA; created the Stormforce 10 adventure SubHuman with paleontologist Michael J. Ryan; and written the novella Storms at Sea, which he also illustrated. Currently, in his free moments, Schultz continues to work on a new Xenozoic graphic novel as well as a sequel to Storms at Sea. Flesk has been the artist’s publisher since 2005 and continues to regularly release collections of his sketches, commissions and personal works.
Pre-order ships October
-Publisher direct price is $29.95 (cover price is $34.95)
-Includes signed 6 × 8 inch bonus print
-ISBN: 9781640410374
-352 pages
-7.5 x 10 inches
-Paperback
-Introduction by J.G. Jones
This 352-page Xenozoic book is a handy-to-hold collection of all the classic Xenozoic Tales comic stories written and drawn by Mark Schultz. This is a new printing with a new cover.
Welcome to the Xenozoic Age, a post-apocalyptic landscape where dinosaurs roam freely…and humanity is the endangered species!
“What a strange new world, to have such creatures in it!”
Forced into hiding by a global ecological cataclysm, humans emerge from their underground warrens half a millennium later to discover that the Earth has been totally transformed. All of the familiar flora and fauna are gone, replaced by a radically altered natural order populated by rampaging dinosaurs and strange new creatures. It takes guts, grim determination, ingenuity and a whole lot of old-fashioned luck just to survive, much less thrive, in this alien wilderness—all qualities that ace mechanic Jack Tenrec, lovely scientist Hannah Dundee and their friends possess in abundance.
But even the worthiest of these hardy souls are hard-pressed to surmount the obstacles presented by their new homeland. And when those trials are further compounded by the underhanded and selfish actions of the cutthroat human scavengers they encounter, even the best-equipped and bravest among them might not endure.
Xenozoic combines lush and richly realized ink-and-brush artwork with a pulp-fueled narrative to create an action-packed fantasy—an unrelenting adventure that also serves as a subtle cautionary fable concerning the unforeseen consequences that shortsighted present-day decisions might have upon future generations.
About Mark Schultz
Since entering the world of cartooning in the mid-1980s with the science-fiction adventure series Xenozoic Tales, Mark Schultz has slowly but consistently produced a truly diversified body of work: He has produced illustrations for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories; scripted four years of Superman and currently scripts Prince Valiant; composed a science guide to genetics and DNA; created the Stormforce 10 adventure SubHuman with paleontologist Michael J. Ryan; and written the novella Storms at Sea, which he also illustrated. Currently, in his free moments, Schultz continues to work on a new Xenozoic graphic novel as well as a sequel to Storms at Sea. Flesk has been the artist’s publisher since 2005 and continues to regularly release collections of his sketches, commissions and personal works.
Pre-Order ships toward the end of July.
The definitive first volume exploring the formative years and early comics career of legendary artist William Stout, told in his own words and artwork.
-Cover price is $69.95. Direct from publisher price is $59.00
-9 x 12”
-304 pages
ISBN: 9781640411043
-Signed by William Stout on a bonus signature page
-Limited to 1000 copies
-Written and narrated by Stout himself
-Over 75 comic pages and 370+ rare and personal works
-Covers his early years and formative artistic journey
-Documents his first professional assignments
-Features new portraits created just for this volume
- Highlights his work as an assistant to Russ Manning on Tarzan of the Apes
William Stout’s Comics, Volume 1 is the first installment in a three-volume celebration of the legendary artist’s comics career, focusing on his formative years and early professional work. Featuring more than 75 complete comic pages, over 370 comic-style illustrations and personal works, and rare historical photographs, this volume is a visual treat for his fans and comics historians alike.
Written and narrated by Stout himself, the book traces his journey from childhood obsessions and early superhero creations to his time at the Chouinard Art Institute, where influential mentors helped shape his artistic voice. It explores his pivotal time as an assistant to Russ Manning on Tarzan of the Apes, the impact of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories, and Stout’s wide-ranging early output, from car and motorcycle comics to his unexpected entry as a sports cartoonist.
Also included are never-before-seen early drawings and superhero creations, new portrait drawings of his artistic heroes, and side-by-side comparisons of his earliest and recent works that reveal his remarkable evolution. This volume further documents his first professional assignments, from working as a Disneyland portrait artist and contributing to fanzines to creating comics forCYCLE-toons, rounding out this richly illustrated book.
Carefully crafted over ten years in close collaboration with William Stout, Volume 1 brings to life a cherished chapter in comics history and sets the stage for the volumes to come.
Pre-Order ships toward the end of July.
The definitive first volume exploring the formative years and early comics career of legendary artist William Stout, told in his own words and artwork.
-Cover price is $49.95. Direct from publisher price is $44.95
-9 x 12”
-304 pages
ISBN: 9781640411036
-Written and narrated by Stout himself
-75+ comic pages and 370+ rare and personal works
-Covers his early years and formative artistic journey
-Documents his first professional assignments
-Features new portraits created just for this volume
- Highlights his work as an assistant to Russ Manning on Tarzan of the Apes
William Stout’s Comics, Volume 1 is the first installment in a three-volume celebration of the legendary artist’s comics career, focusing on his formative years and early professional work. Featuring more than 75 complete comic pages, over 370 comic-style illustrations and personal works, and rare historical photographs, this volume is a visual treat for his fans and comics historians alike.
Written and narrated by Stout himself, the book traces his journey from childhood obsessions and early superhero creations to his time at the Chouinard Art Institute, where influential mentors helped shape his artistic voice. It explores his pivotal time as an assistant to Russ Manning on Tarzan of the Apes, the impact of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories, and Stout’s wide-ranging early output, from car and motorcycle comics to his unexpected entry as a sports cartoonist.
Also included are never-before-seen early drawings and superhero creations, new portrait drawings of his artistic heroes, and side-by-side comparisons of his earliest and recent works that reveal his remarkable evolution. This volume further documents his first professional assignments, from working as a Disneyland portrait artist and contributing to fanzines to creating comics forCYCLE-toons, rounding out this richly illustrated book.
Carefully crafted over ten years in close collaboration with William Stout, Volume 1 brings to life a cherished chapter in comics history and sets the stage for the volumes to come.
Fiendish Monsters: The Horror Art of Bruce Timm
-Cover price is $34.95. Direct from publisher price is $29.95
-9 x 12”
-80 pages
-Hardcover
-ISBN: 978-1-64041-099-2
-A Frightful collection of B.T.’s favorite horror-themed artworks
-Over 130 images spanning nearly 40 years of art
-Commentary by Bruce Timm guides you throughout the book
-Features personal pieces, commissions, and illustrations for fanzines and magazines
-Includes sketches, preliminaries, color comps, and finished ink and color works
-You get a special price and bonus 8.5 x 11” print when ordering the paperback direct from us
Enter the dark, gleefully twisted world of B.T. in Fiendish Monsters: The Horror Art of Bruce Timm!
This frightful collection showcases nearly forty years of the legendary artist’s favorite horror-themed artworks. Featuring more than 130 pieces, this volume opens the vault on Timm’s personal drawings and private experiments created purely for his own amusement. It also showcases rarely seen illustrations and contributions to fanzines, Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine, books, and more.
Guided by Timm’s candid commentary, readers are taken on a tour through his creative process. From rough sketches and preliminaries to fully finished ink and painted works. He reveals alternate designs never before shown, dives into his love of classic horror films and actors from his youth, and discusses how he refined certain pieces to their final, haunting arrangement.
Inside you’ll find rare spot illustrations, unpublished alternate versions, and experimental pieces, some of which pay homage to the artists who shaped his distinctive voice. Timm’s work sits in that irresistible sweet spot between realism and his iconic animated style, capturing everything from monsters to beautiful women with equal passion.
A celebration of one of his favorite genres and the sheer joy of drawing, this book invites you to step inside Bruce Timm’s shadowy playground of macabre moods, and ghastly delight.
Fiendish Monsters: The Horror Art of Bruce Timm
-Cover price is $24.95. Direct from publisher price is $19.95
-9 x 12”
-80 pages
-Paperback
-ISBN: 978-1-64041-100-5
-A Frightful collection of B.T.’s favorite horror-themed artworks
-Over 130 images spanning nearly 40 years of art
-Commentary by Bruce Timm guides you throughout the book
-Features personal pieces, commissions, and illustrations for fanzines and magazines
-Includes sketches, preliminaries, color comps, and finished ink and color works
-You get a special price and bonus 8.5 x 11” print when ordering the paperback direct from us
Enter the dark, gleefully twisted world of B.T. in Fiendish Monsters: The Horror Art of Bruce Timm!
This frightful collection showcases nearly forty years of the legendary artist’s favorite horror-themed artworks. Featuring more than 130 pieces, this volume opens the vault on Timm’s personal drawings and private experiments created purely for his own amusement. It also showcases rarely seen illustrations and contributions to fanzines, Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine, books, and more.
Guided by Timm’s candid commentary, readers are taken on a tour through his creative process. From rough sketches and preliminaries to fully finished ink and painted works. He reveals alternate designs never before shown, dives into his love of classic horror films and actors from his youth, and discusses how he refined certain pieces to their final, haunting arrangement.
Inside you’ll find rare spot illustrations, unpublished alternate versions, and experimental pieces, some of which pay homage to the artists who shaped his distinctive voice. Timm’s work sits in that irresistible sweet spot between realism and his iconic animated style, capturing everything from monsters to beautiful women with equal passion.
A celebration of one of his favorite genres and the sheer joy of drawing, this book invites you to step inside Bruce Timm’s shadowy playground of macabre moods, and ghastly delight.
The Art of Daniel Warren Johnson
Signed hardcover edition limited to 2000 copies
- 9 × 12”
- 288 pages
- Hardcover edition
- Signed by DWJ
- Limited to 2000 copies
- Variant cover of DWJ in his studio
- ISBN: 978-1-64041-102-9
- Highlighted with over 170 comic pages, covers and personal works
- Features over 220 sketches from DWJ’s personal sketchbooks
- Extensive Commentary by DWJ is included throughout the book
- All art has been reproduced from the original art
- Gain insight into how DWJ creates his characters
- Large panel details show DWJ’s linework up close
- Includes personal art done just for fun
The Art of Daniel Warren Johnson showcases the majority of DWJ’s kinetic career since his start in 2012. There are a multitude of sections covering his favorite comic-book covers and pages, along with rarely seen commissions and personal works, preliminaries and cover thumbnails. Full access was given to his personal sketchbooks, allowing for a deep look at over 200 sketches that are presented in a dynamic and exciting way.
This sizable book reveals great detail by sharing extended commentary covering DWJ’s thoughts and pathos for almost every piece. This collection has been methodically put together from the original art and through numerous interview sessions with DWJ over the span of four years. This is a highly collaborative book between Flesk and the artist. This team worked in unison on every aspect to bring you the works that DWJ was most excited to draw, that were the most challenging and that were the most rewarding. Each piece is perfectly curated to balance the artist’s wins and his struggles.
All the elements of his career and artistry are presented in a beautiful and organically designed volume to make you feel as if you are sitting alongside DWJ while he takes you through his first decade in the industry.
ABOUT DWJ
Daniel Warren Johnson is a Chicago-based comic-book writer, artist and illustrator. He has brought us Space-Mullet, Extremity, Murder Falcon, Do A Powerbomb! and The Moon Is Following Us, along with Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star, and a magnificent run on Transformers. He also was the artist for The Ghost Fleet, written by Donny Cates. And let’s not forget his short Deadpool, Wolverine and Superman stories, along with his many variant comic covers. DWJ’s high-quality output over his first decade in comics is nothing short of spectacular.
The Art of Daniel Warren Johnson
- Cover price is $49.95. Direct from publisher price is $44.95
- 9 × 12”
- 288 pages
- Paperback edition
- ISBN: 978-1-64041-101-2
- Highlighted with over 170 comic pages, covers and personal works
- Features over 220 sketches from DWJ’s personal sketchbooks
- Extensive Commentary by DWJ is included throughout the book
- All art has been reproduced from the original art
- Gain insight into how DWJ creates his characters
- Large panel details show DWJ’s linework up close
- Includes personal art done just for fun
The Art of Daniel Warren Johnson showcases the majority of DWJ’s kinetic career since his start in 2012. There are a multitude of sections covering his favorite comic-book covers and pages, along with rarely seen commissions and personal works, preliminaries and cover thumbnails. Full access was given to his personal sketchbooks, allowing for a deep look at over 200 sketches that are presented in a dynamic and exciting way.
This sizable book reveals great detail by sharing extended commentary covering DWJ’s thoughts and pathos for almost every piece. This collection has been methodically put together from the original art and through numerous interview sessions with DWJ over the span of four years. This is a highly collaborative book between Flesk and the artist. This team worked in unison on every aspect to bring you the works that DWJ was most excited to draw, that were the most challenging and that were the most rewarding. Each piece is perfectly curated to balance the artist’s wins and his struggles.
All the elements of his career and artistry are presented in a beautiful and organically designed volume to make you feel as if you are sitting alongside DWJ while he takes you through his first decade in the industry.
ABOUT DWJ
Daniel Warren Johnson is a Chicago-based comic-book writer, artist and illustrator. He has brought us Space-Mullet, Extremity, Murder Falcon, Do A Powerbomb! and The Moon Is Following Us, along with Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star, and a magnificent run on Transformers. He also was the artist for The Ghost Fleet, written by Donny Cates. And let’s not forget his short Deadpool, Wolverine and Superman stories, along with his many variant comic covers. DWJ’s high-quality output over his first decade in comics is nothing short of spectacular.
Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, The Making of the Comic Revealed by Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni—paperback edition with bonus print.
-Cover price is $34.95. Direct from publisher price is $29.95
-Comes with one 8.5 × 11” bonus print titled “The Woman in Black” by Gianni
-Book features a new cover drawing by Gianni
ISBN: 978-1-64041-094-7
-176 pages
-8.5 × 11”
-With French flaps
-Includes Mignola’s original script
-Gianni’s thumbnails, pencil preliminaries, and finished inked pages are highlighted
-Commentary by Gianni featured throughout the book
-An unprecedented look into how this comic was made
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy Into the Silent Sea is a glorious treatment showcasing Gary Gianni’s original artwork in an exquisite art book. This collection includes revealing commentary regarding how two legendary comic-book creators seamlessly developed this Hellboy sea saga from the core of an idea into a finished work of art. The combined talents of Mignola and Gianni are on display as the reader follows along the path of the creative process: The script, preliminary roughs, reference photos, completed pencil drawings and finished inks are all shared and discussed. The pencil drawings provide insight not only for the student but also for any fan who enjoys lavishly reproduced comic art. Gianni’s commentary and preliminary pages are intertwined to provide an light-hearted look into the creation of a comic story.
“Gary is a genius. And not just a regular kind of genius, but a very specific type of genius—the kind you think of when you want someone to draw and co-write a ghost and monster story that takes place on a ship and you want it to look like it was done in 1902. Come to think of it he’s the only guy you think of when you want something like that. He’s THAT kind of genius.”
—Mike Mignola
“After many years of talking about Moby Dick, the book and the film, Victorian ghost stories, comics, folklore and history in general, Mike Mignola, Hellboy and I embarked on graphic novel adventure entitled Into the Silent Sea. The story begins with Hellboy marooned in the Sargasso Sea and ends in that misty inexplicable realm where classic tales of horror usually wind up. I count myself among the many fans who wish Mignola will write and draw more Hellboy stories exclusively someday, but in the meantime, I hope our combined effort will thrill you a little and chill you a little…”
—Gary Gianni
Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea: The Making of the Comic Revealed by Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni—hardcover edition with 2 bonus prints.
-Cover price is $49.95. Direct from publisher price is $39.95
-Comes with two 8.5 × 11” bonus prints titled “The Woman in Black” and “The Breach at Midnight” by Gianni
-Features new cover drawing by Gianni
-ISBN: 978-1-64041-095-4
-176 pages
-8.5 × 11”
-With jacket and quarter-bound binding
-Spot gold color for title on front cover boards
-Includes Mignola’s original script
-Gianni’s thumbnails, pencil preliminaries, and finished inked pages are highlighted
-Commentary by Gianni featured throughout the book
-An unprecedented look into how this comic was made
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy Into the Silent Sea is a glorious treatment showcasing Gary Gianni’s original artwork in an exquisite art book. This collection includes revealing commentary regarding how two legendary comic-book creators seamlessly developed this Hellboy sea saga from the core of an idea into a finished work of art. The combined talents of Mignola and Gianni are on display as the reader follows along the path of the creative process: The script, preliminary roughs, reference photos, completed pencil drawings and finished inks are all shared and discussed. The pencil drawings provide insight not only for the student but also for any fan who enjoys lavishly reproduced comic art. Gianni’s commentary and preliminary pages are intertwined to provide an light-hearted look into the creation of a comic story.
“Gary is a genius. And not just a regular kind of genius, but a very specific type of genius—the kind you think of when you want someone to draw and co-write a ghost and monster story that takes place on a ship and you want it to look like it was done in 1902. Come to think of it he’s the only guy you think of when you want something like that. He’s THAT kind of genius.”
—Mike Mignola
“After many years of talking about Moby Dick, the book and the film, Victorian ghost stories, comics, folklore and history in general, Mike Mignola, Hellboy and I embarked on graphic novel adventure entitled Into the Silent Sea. The story begins with Hellboy marooned in the Sargasso Sea and ends in that misty inexplicable realm where classic tales of horror usually wind up. I count myself among the many fans who wish Mignola will write and draw more Hellboy stories exclusively someday, but in the meantime, I hope our combined effort will thrill you a little and chill you a little…”
—Gary Gianni
Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, The Making of the Comic Revealed by Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni. Publisher edition signed by Mignola and Gianni. Includes two signed bonus prints by Gianni. Limited to 150 sets.
-Special Publisher Edition
-Limited to 150 sets
-Signed by Mignola and Gianni on a 6 × 8” bookplate that is tipped into the book
-Comes with two 8.5 × 11” signed bonus prints titled “The Woman in Black” and “The Breach at Midnight” by Gianni
-Features a new cover drawing by Gianni
-176 pages
-8.5 × 11”
-With jacket and quarter-bound binding
-Spot gold color for title on front cover boards
-Includes Mignola’s original script
-Gianni’s thumbnails, pencil preliminaries, and finished inked pages are highlighted
-Commentary by Gianni featured throughout the book
-An unprecedented look into how this comic was made
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy Into the Silent Sea is a glorious treatment showcasing Gary Gianni’s original artwork in an exquisite art book. This collection includes revealing commentary regarding how two legendary comic-book creators seamlessly developed this Hellboy sea saga from the core of an idea into a finished work of art. The combined talents of Mignola and Gianni are on display as the reader follows along the path of the creative process: The script, preliminary roughs, reference photos, completed pencil drawings and finished inks are all shared and discussed. The pencil drawings provide insight not only for the student but also for any fan who enjoys lavishly reproduced comic art. Gianni’s commentary and preliminary pages are intertwined to provide an light-hearted look into the creation of a comic story.
“Gary is a genius. And not just a regular kind of genius, but a very specific type of genius—the kind you think of when you want someone to draw and co-write a ghost and monster story that takes place on a ship and you want it to look like it was done in 1902. Come to think of it he’s the only guy you think of when you want something like that. He’s THAT kind of genius.”
—Mike Mignola
“After many years of talking about Moby Dick, the book and the film, Victorian ghost stories, comics, folklore and history in general, Mike Mignola, Hellboy and I embarked on graphic novel adventure entitled Into the Silent Sea. The story begins with Hellboy marooned in the Sargasso Sea and ends in that misty inexplicable realm where classic tales of horror usually wind up. I count myself among the many fans who wish Mignola will write and draw more Hellboy stories exclusively someday, but in the meantime, I hope our combined effort will thrill you a little and chill you a little…”
—Gary Gianni
Jules Verne’s Twenty- Thousand Leagues Under the Sea adapted and illustrated by Gary Gianni. Hardcover graphic novel
This Deluxe book includes a signed and numbered signature page bound into the book and a tipped in 10 x 4.75 inch original piece of preliminary artwork used in the making of this book. The original artwork is affixed in the book on its own page. The artwork is done using pencil on premium art paper.
The classic Verne novel receives an exciting fresh visual approach allowing the reader to experience the story anew.
ISBN: 978-1-933865-08-9
64 pages
9 x 12 inches
Hardcover
Introduction by Ray Bradbury
Adapted by Gary Gianni
Colored by Jim & Ruth Keegan
2009, first edition
Flesk Publications is proud to present a graphic novelization of Jules Verne’s Twenty- Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by the celebrated illustrator and writer of books, comics, and comic strips, Gary Gianni. The Verne novel, which has been adapted into films and illustrated in numerous forms, receives an exciting fresh visual approach allowing the reader to experience the story anew. A life-long fan of Verne’s novel, Gianni proves the perfect foil for this visually stunning recreation, penned by the “Father of Science Fiction.”
Gianni’s adaptation preserves the sense of wondrous adventure, while sacrificing nothing by way of plot or the finer nuances of character. This finely distilled narrative combines skillfully rendered depictions of the men and the machines they command. Their encounters with astounding marvels and terrible monsters, above and below the waves, create a rich and rewarding reading experience unlike any other.
This oversized, hardbound volume will also include the full text of The Sea Raiders, a short story by H.G. Wells, accompanied by ten original illustrations created for this edition by Gianni. Jim & Ruth Keegan supply the colors.
Jules Verne’s Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea promises to be a book which will be treasured for years to come by readers of all ages.
About Gary Gianni
Gary Gianni has adapted and illustrated a wide variety of books, including John Henry, Kidnapped, Moby Dick, The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, The Complete Conan of Cimmeria, and more recently, Michael Chabon’s Gentlemen of the Road. His comic’s work includes Classics Illustrated, The Shadow, and The MonsterMen. He won an Eisner Award for his illustration of Heroes, a tale included in Batman: Black and White. Gianni currently serves as the illustrator of the Prince Valiant Sunday comic strip, an endeavor which also served as the subject of his recent book, The Prince Valiant Page.
About Jim & Ruth Keegan
Jim & Ruth Keegan have worked as storyboard artists, editorial cartoonists, book designers, and advertising illustrators. They currently create the ongoing, award-winning comic strip, The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob for Dark Horse, and have recently illustrated a two-volume The Best of Robert E. Howard set for Random House. Over the years they’ve also designed many publications for Gary Gianni, including Corpus Monstrum, which received a 2003 Eisner Award nomination for Best Publication Design.
Jules Verne’s Twenty- Thousand Leagues Under the Sea adapted and illustrated by Gary Gianni. Hardcover graphic novel
This Deluxe book includes a signed and numbered signature page bound into the book and a tipped in 10 x 5 inch original piece of preliminary artwork used in the making of this book. The original artwork is affixed in the book on its own page. The artwork is done using pencil on premium art paper.
The classic Verne novel receives an exciting fresh visual approach allowing the reader to experience the story anew.
ISBN: 978-1-933865-08-9
64 pages
9 x 12 inches
Hardcover
Introduction by Ray Bradbury
Adapted by Gary Gianni
Colored by Jim & Ruth Keegan
2009, first edition
Flesk Publications is proud to present a graphic novelization of Jules Verne’s Twenty- Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by the celebrated illustrator and writer of books, comics, and comic strips, Gary Gianni. The Verne novel, which has been adapted into films and illustrated in numerous forms, receives an exciting fresh visual approach allowing the reader to experience the story anew. A life-long fan of Verne’s novel, Gianni proves the perfect foil for this visually stunning recreation, penned by the “Father of Science Fiction.”
Gianni’s adaptation preserves the sense of wondrous adventure, while sacrificing nothing by way of plot or the finer nuances of character. This finely distilled narrative combines skillfully rendered depictions of the men and the machines they command. Their encounters with astounding marvels and terrible monsters, above and below the waves, create a rich and rewarding reading experience unlike any other.
This oversized, hardbound volume will also include the full text of The Sea Raiders, a short story by H.G. Wells, accompanied by ten original illustrations created for this edition by Gianni. Jim & Ruth Keegan supply the colors.
Jules Verne’s Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea promises to be a book which will be treasured for years to come by readers of all ages.
About Gary Gianni
Gary Gianni has adapted and illustrated a wide variety of books, including John Henry, Kidnapped, Moby Dick, The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, The Complete Conan of Cimmeria, and more recently, Michael Chabon’s Gentlemen of the Road. His comic’s work includes Classics Illustrated, The Shadow, and The MonsterMen. He won an Eisner Award for his illustration of Heroes, a tale included in Batman: Black and White. Gianni currently serves as the illustrator of the Prince Valiant Sunday comic strip, an endeavor which also served as the subject of his recent book, The Prince Valiant Page.
About Jim & Ruth Keegan
Jim & Ruth Keegan have worked as storyboard artists, editorial cartoonists, book designers, and advertising illustrators. They currently create the ongoing, award-winning comic strip, The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob for Dark Horse, and have recently illustrated a two-volume The Best of Robert E. Howard set for Random House. Over the years they’ve also designed many publications for Gary Gianni, including Corpus Monstrum, which received a 2003 Eisner Award nomination for Best Publication Design.
Jules Verne’s Twenty- Thousand Leagues Under the Sea adapted and illustrated by Gary Gianni. Hardcover graphic novel
This Deluxe book includes a signed and numbered signature page bound into the book and a tipped in 10 x 5 inch original piece of preliminary artwork used in the making of this book. The original artwork is affixed in the book on its own page. The artwork is done using pencil on premium art paper.
The classic Verne novel receives an exciting fresh visual approach allowing the reader to experience the story anew.
ISBN: 978-1-933865-08-9
64 pages
9 x 12 inches
Hardcover
Introduction by Ray Bradbury
Adapted by Gary Gianni
Colored by Jim & Ruth Keegan
2009, first edition
Flesk Publications is proud to present a graphic novelization of Jules Verne’s Twenty- Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by the celebrated illustrator and writer of books, comics, and comic strips, Gary Gianni. The Verne novel, which has been adapted into films and illustrated in numerous forms, receives an exciting fresh visual approach allowing the reader to experience the story anew. A life-long fan of Verne’s novel, Gianni proves the perfect foil for this visually stunning recreation, penned by the “Father of Science Fiction.”
Gianni’s adaptation preserves the sense of wondrous adventure, while sacrificing nothing by way of plot or the finer nuances of character. This finely distilled narrative combines skillfully rendered depictions of the men and the machines they command. Their encounters with astounding marvels and terrible monsters, above and below the waves, create a rich and rewarding reading experience unlike any other.
This oversized, hardbound volume will also include the full text of The Sea Raiders, a short story by H.G. Wells, accompanied by ten original illustrations created for this edition by Gianni. Jim & Ruth Keegan supply the colors.
Jules Verne’s Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea promises to be a book which will be treasured for years to come by readers of all ages.
About Gary Gianni
Gary Gianni has adapted and illustrated a wide variety of books, including John Henry, Kidnapped, Moby Dick, The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, The Complete Conan of Cimmeria, and more recently, Michael Chabon’s Gentlemen of the Road. His comic’s work includes Classics Illustrated, The Shadow, and The MonsterMen. He won an Eisner Award for his illustration of Heroes, a tale included in Batman: Black and White. Gianni currently serves as the illustrator of the Prince Valiant Sunday comic strip, an endeavor which also served as the subject of his recent book, The Prince Valiant Page.
About Jim & Ruth Keegan
Jim & Ruth Keegan have worked as storyboard artists, editorial cartoonists, book designers, and advertising illustrators. They currently create the ongoing, award-winning comic strip, The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob for Dark Horse, and have recently illustrated a two-volume The Best of Robert E. Howard set for Random House. Over the years they’ve also designed many publications for Gary Gianni, including Corpus Monstrum, which received a 2003 Eisner Award nomination for Best Publication Design.
Jules Verne’s Twenty- Thousand Leagues Under the Sea adapted and illustrated by Gary Gianni. Hardcover graphic novel
This Deluxe book includes a signed and numbered signature page bound into the book and a tipped in 10 x 4.5 inch original piece of preliminary artwork used in the making of this book. The original artwork is affixed in the book on its own page. The artwork is done using pencil on premium art paper.
The classic Verne novel receives an exciting fresh visual approach allowing the reader to experience the story anew.
ISBN: 978-1-933865-08-9
64 pages
9 x 12 inches
Hardcover
Introduction by Ray Bradbury
Adapted by Gary Gianni
Colored by Jim & Ruth Keegan
First edition, 2009
Flesk Publications is proud to present a graphic novelization of Jules Verne’s Twenty- Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by the celebrated illustrator and writer of books, comics, and comic strips, Gary Gianni. The Verne novel, which has been adapted into films and illustrated in numerous forms, receives an exciting fresh visual approach allowing the reader to experience the story anew. A life-long fan of Verne’s novel, Gianni proves the perfect foil for this visually stunning recreation, penned by the “Father of Science Fiction.”
Gianni’s adaptation preserves the sense of wondrous adventure, while sacrificing nothing by way of plot or the finer nuances of character. This finely distilled narrative combines skillfully rendered depictions of the men and the machines they command. Their encounters with astounding marvels and terrible monsters, above and below the waves, create a rich and rewarding reading experience unlike any other.
This oversized, hardbound volume will also include the full text of The Sea Raiders, a short story by H.G. Wells, accompanied by ten original illustrations created for this edition by Gianni. Jim & Ruth Keegan supply the colors.
Jules Verne’s Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea promises to be a book which will be treasured for years to come by readers of all ages.
About Gary Gianni
Gary Gianni has adapted and illustrated a wide variety of books, including John Henry, Kidnapped, Moby Dick, The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, The Complete Conan of Cimmeria, and more recently, Michael Chabon’s Gentlemen of the Road. His comic’s work includes Classics Illustrated, The Shadow, and The MonsterMen. He won an Eisner Award for his illustration of Heroes, a tale included in Batman: Black and White. Gianni currently serves as the illustrator of the Prince Valiant Sunday comic strip, an endeavor which also served as the subject of his recent book, The Prince Valiant Page.
About Jim & Ruth Keegan
Jim & Ruth Keegan have worked as storyboard artists, editorial cartoonists, book designers, and advertising illustrators. They currently create the ongoing, award-winning comic strip, The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob for Dark Horse, and have recently illustrated a two-volume The Best of Robert E. Howard set for Random House. Over the years they’ve also designed many publications for Gary Gianni, including Corpus Monstrum, which received a 2003 Eisner Award nomination for Best Publication Design.
Ambedo by Tran Nguyen
The cover price is $49.95. The publisher direct price is $39.95.
ISBN: 978-1-64041-096-1
192 pages
9 × 12 inches
Hardcover
Features over 130 artworks
Gold spot color used for interior text
Gold foil for Ambedo title on cover
Gold gilt edges
“Ambedo is a collection of all of the sweat and tears I shed into the first decade of my career. It’s a recording of my progression as an artist in terms of style, technique and personal narrative. I very much hope that you like the sweat and tears that are sprinkled onto each page.” --Tran Nguyen
Ambedo is stunning hardcover art book that collects over 120 paintings and drawings by this award-winning illustrator and fine artist. This second edition of Ambedo, Tran's first art book, is offered with a new cover.
Ambedo is a luxurious hardcover book that collects the very best paintings and drawings by Tran Nguyen completed from 2009 to 2018. It showcases her sensuous and personal work that was done for gallery exhibitions, as well as her advertising, book and editorial illustration projects completed as a freelance artist. Over 120 paintings are featured along with nearly a dozen preliminary sketches. An introduction by Tran opens the book, followed by her brief intimate commentary for each of her solo and group show chapters.
Tran’s paintings are created with a soft, delicate quality using colored pencil and acrylic on paper. She’s most known for her paintings of whimsical women and melancholic landscapes, which often possess an air of fantasy and surrealism.
ABOUT TRAN
Trân Nguyễn is a Vietnamese freelance artist currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for her book illustrations and fine art, which focus on figurative art, nature and the intricacies of the human condition.
Her work is painted traditionally with acrylics and colored pencil on watercolor paper, and it possesses an air of fantasy and surrealism. She has collaborated with clients such as Penguin Random House, Disney, Wizards of the Coast and Smithsonian magazine to bring their stories to life. More of her work can be found at www.mynameistran.com.
Spectres by Tran Nguyen
The cover price is $49.95. The publisher direct price is $39.95.
ISBN: 978-1-64041-097-8
160 pages
9 × 12 inches
Hardcover
Features over 110 artworks
Metallic blue spot color used for interior text
Metallic blue foil for Spectres title on cover
Blue gilt edges
Spectres is a curated collection of over 110 small artworks made in the past decade. Each painting is a means of exploration—a study whose purpose is to develop a deep understanding of new media. The works depict loosely rendered female portraits or, on seldom occasions, animals. They were created without the restraints imposed by extensive preliminaries that Tran often adheres to as part of her standard illustration process. This study series started out as an outlet for trying new ideas, materials, color palettes and substrates, without the looming pressure of perfection or deadlines. They fulfill Tran's need to be adventurous, which allows her to stumble with her brushstrokes and evolve as an artist.
The time spent with each piece was brief—to capture the fleeting moments of her artistic curiosity. This series has helped Tran to freely discover unconventional and unique methods of art-making, which has been incorporated into her gallery and illustration work. This includes the application of pressed flowers and embroidery. What began with a few small-scale portrait paintings has become the stepping stones to hone the technical skills that inform her larger pieces. The works in this book serve as guides into Tran's artistic exploration.
ABOUT TRAN
Trân Nguyễn is a Vietnamese freelance artist currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for her book illustrations and fine art, which focus on figurative art, nature and the intricacies of the human condition.
Her work is painted traditionally with acrylics and colored pencil on watercolor paper, and it possesses an air of fantasy and surrealism. She has collaborated with clients such as Penguin Random House, Disney, Wizards of the Coast and Smithsonian magazine to bring their stories to life. More of her work can be found at www.mynameistran.com.
Spectres by Tran Nguyen
ISBN: 978-1-64041-098-5
Signed by Tran Nguyen
Housed in an elegant slipcase
Limited to 500 copies
160 pages
9 × 12 inches
Hardcover
Features over 110 artworks
Metallic blue spot color used for interior text
Metallic blue foil for Spectres title on cover
Blue gilt edges
This deluxe edition includes a bound in signature page that reproduces a recent painting that is not shown in the regular edition.
Spectres is a curated collection of over 110 small artworks made in the past decade. Each painting is a means of exploration—a study whose purpose is to develop a deep understanding of new media. The works depict loosely rendered female portraits or, on seldom occasions, animals. They were created without the restraints imposed by extensive preliminaries that Tran often adheres to as part of her standard illustration process. This study series started out as an outlet for trying new ideas, materials, color palettes and substrates, without the looming pressure of perfection or deadlines. They fulfill Tran's need to be adventurous, which allows her to stumble with her brushstrokes and evolve as an artist.
The time spent with each piece was brief—to capture the fleeting moments of her artistic curiosity. This series has helped Tran to freely discover unconventional and unique methods of art-making, which has been incorporated into her gallery and illustration work. This includes the application of pressed flowers and embroidery. What began with a few small-scale portrait paintings has become the stepping stones to hone the technical skills that inform her larger pieces. The works in this book serve as guides into Tran's artistic exploration.
ABOUT TRAN
Trân Nguyễn is a Vietnamese freelance artist currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for her book illustrations and fine art, which focus on figurative art, nature and the intricacies of the human condition.
Her work is painted traditionally with acrylics and colored pencil on watercolor paper, and it possesses an air of fantasy and surrealism. She has collaborated with clients such as Penguin Random House, Disney, Wizards of the Coast and Smithsonian magazine to bring their stories to life. More of her work can be found at www.mynameistran.com.
The Last Battle at the End of the World by Jeffrey Alan Love
Each order comes with an exclusive 8.5 x 11" signed print. (One per order.)
Deluxe edition signed by Jeffrey Alan Love
Limited to 1000 copies
The cover price is $49.95. The publisher direct price is $44.95.
ISBN: 978-1-64041-089-3
128 pages
9 × 12 inches
Hardcover
Graphic novel
On the eve of the last battle at the end of the world, two brothers are sent to retrieve a legendary warrior-king who promised to return one day at earth's time of greatest need.
This first edition includes a 48-page behind the scenes section that features sketches and commentary revealing how Jeffrey Alan Love created The Last Battle at the End of the World.
This deluxe hardcover version comes with an orange quarter binding (custom material wrap to spine area that extends into the front and back covers) and comes signed by Jeffrey Alan Love.
The Last Battle at the End of the World by Jeffrey Alan Love
Each order comes with an exclusive 8.5 x 11" signed print. (One per order.)
The cover price is $34.95. The publisher direct price is $29.95.
ISBN: 978-1-64041-083-1
128 pages
9 × 12 inches
Hardcover
Graphic novel
On the eve of the last battle at the end of the world, two brothers are sent to retrieve a legendary warrior-king who promised to return one day at earth's time of greatest need.
This first edition includes a 48-page behind the scenes section that features sketches and commentary revealing how Jeffrey Alan Love created The Last Battle at the End of the World.
The Thousand Demon Tree: Expanded Edition by Jeffrey Alan Love
This book comes signed by Jeff while supplies last.
The cover price is $34.95. The publisher direct price is $29.95.
ISBN: 978-1-64041-093-0
128 pages
9 × 12 inches
Hardcover
This expanded edition includes a 32-page behind the scenes section that features sketches and commentary revealing how Jeffrey Alan Love created The Thousand Demon Tree.
Drawn into a strange quest by a bird and a sword, a lone warrior travels across a silent landscape of smoke and dirt and bone. Transformed by what he encounters along the way, he searches for the Thousand Demon Tree, and the hope of a new world that lies beyond it.
The Thousand Demon Tree is a wordless graphic novel with printed cover boards.
Praise for The Thousand Demon Tree
“In Notes From the Shadowed City, Jeffrey Alan Love presented the reader with a myriad of haunting moments, each contributing to the sense of an overarching history. With The Thousand Demon Tree, we experience one such moment—extrapolated and expanded to an epic scale—no less enigmatic but now with dynamic, cinematic scope. Love is an inky David Lean, no less!”
—Duncan Fegredo
“Jeffrey Alan Love is a genius of stark black-and-white and the power of silence. The Thousand Demon Tree is the best kind of epic—one with action, atmosphere, monsters, a world mythos and plenty of room for the reader to dream into it.” —Jeffrey Ford
“Once again Jeffrey Alan Love demonstrates his mastery and complete grip of the imagery of the quest. The cinematic sense of the extended journey and its loneliness is very witty and effective. I love the fact that the story is silent—a song without words.”
—John Harris
“Much has been said of Love’s art. It is by turns haunting and elegiac. His storytelling is masterful as well. The Thousand Demon Tree is more of an experience than a read: It’s dreamlike, yet gritty and profound. It’s also mournful, yet cyclical—a study of mortality in a limited palette, with stark yet archetypal figures moving with great purpose. Love’s work takes an honored place on my walls and on my shelf.”
—John Hornor Jacobs, author of The Incorruptibles and Southern Gods
“A graphic narrative in its purest form—strong images, visual rhythms, shapes, marks, a sense of motion close to animation—creating a timeless fable.”
—Dave McKean
“Who needs a thousand words when a picture can tell the same story? And Jeffrey’s pictures do that and more. This is another ambitious, beautiful and engrossing book that sweeps you up in its bold, inky world.”
“Wonder how sequential art would have looked if Ingmar Bergman had made comics instead of films? Jeffrey Alan Love’s The Thousand Demon Tree is the answer.”
—John Picacio
“Two quick takes regarding The Thousand Demon Tree: 1) Jeffrey Alan Love is one hell of a storyteller. He has created a rich, emotional, totally immersive epic composed completely of imagery. And 2) any serious student of design should be paying attention. I know I am!”
—Mark Schultz
“Jeffrey Alan Love’s The Thousand Demon Tree is absolutely stunning. It’s a wordless graphic novel. Each image, each page, each spread speaks volumes, from the faintest whisper to a deafening roar. It’s magical.
“I’ve been reading and re-reading it, and I cannot get enough. It’s one of those rare pieces of art that somehow feels like it has always been there, inside all of us, waiting to be experienced. It’s that primal, that universal.
“This is one for the ages.”
—Bill Sienkiewicz
“Jeffrey Alan Love’s The Thousand Demon Tree is breathtaking in its simplicity and power. Being immersed in the silent narrative is like taking part in the most vivid and disturbing of nightmares—but in a good way! A book that I’ll most certainly go back to again.”
—Thomas E. Sniegoski, New York Times best-selling author of The Fallen series and the Bone: Quest for the Spark trilogy
“The Thousand Demon Tree is incredible. What Jeffrey Alan Love has done with this book is to firmly cement himself as one of the most important artists making ominous and fantastical narrative work today.
Full of shadows and terror and razor-sharp edges, this gorgeous book will sweep people into its dark and paralyzing world.”
—Gerard Way
Notes From the Shadowed City: Expanded Edition by Jeffrey Alan Love
This book comes signed by Jeff while supplies last.
The cover price is $29.95. The publisher direct price is $24.95.
ISBN: 978-1-64041-092-3
192 pages
6 x 9 inches
Hardcover
This expanded edition includes a 32-page behind the scenes section that features sketches and commentary revealing how Jeffrey Alan Love created Notes From the Shadowed City.
Notes From the Shadowed City is the travelogue of a young man who sets off on a journey to research magical swords. He finds himself stranded in a land he does not know and enters a city with no name over which looms an ominous floating citadel. As he seeks a way home, he fills his notebook with drawings and observations of his life in this strange place. It is full of masked swordsmen, cities that walk, ancient gods, swords made from petrified trees and dragons that move mountains. There’s also a mysterious woman who captures his heart.
From the imagination of award-winning artist Jeffrey Alan Love comes this illustrated tale of swords and magic, memory and loss, and the overwhelming desire to find a way home no matter the cost. His first book detailing this fantastic journey, Notes From the Shadowed City is told through small moments that create a larger narrative. Love employs his renowned artistry to create a heavily visual narrative boasting more than seventy illustrations, and every spread features his art along with handwritten text—a captivating journal entry that expands into a visual symphony. As you follow in the footsteps of this young man, you’ll be intrigued to seek out the Shadowed City.
Praise for Notes From the Shadowed City
"A wonderfully strange and atmospheric journey." — Joe Abercrombie
"Digs right down to the roots of fantasy, clears away everything unnecessary and comes up with something vivid and fresh." — Peter Higgins, author of The Wolfhound Century trilogy
"Jeffrey Alan Love, writing as an endlessly fascinated amnesiac, fills his notebook with fragments of observation, pieces of behaviour, gods, strangeness and charm, in a desperate attempt to make sense of it all. To create a kind of personal Tarot out of these icons and wastrels." — Dave McKean
"Jeffrey Alan Love's Notes From The Shadowed City, with its unique style of illustration and imagination, is a mythic tale with all the dread, beauty, and cryptic mystery of a dream." — Jeffrey Ford
"This book is pure joy, beautiful to look at, magical and funny. The balance between the writing and the images is perfect. Practically every page seeps with a mythic imagination, leaving us space to dream on our own. Wonderful!" — John Harris, artist
"What is there to say? Jeffrey Alan Love is just plain brilliant." — Mike Mignola
"Love's strange imagery comes in like transmissions from an arid, alien landscape. The message is ancient, the script encoded, the picture is dusty and bold. Most highly recommended." — Paul Pope
"Jeffrey Alan Love is the honest to God absolute Real Deal." — Bill Sienkiewicz
"Haunting, mysterious, and timeless, Notes from the Shadowed City takes us on a journey through the Stygian landscapes of our dreams and nightmares." — Brom
"Notes from the Shadowed City is a monolithic, playful, exquisite tour de force. Beautifully designed and constructed, it's a masterpiece of considered restraint." — Sean Phillips
"In Notes from the Shadowed City, Jeffrey Alan Love creates a delicate, dark, and beautifully illustrated tale. Conjuring medieval knights, winged riders, and magic swords, these modern day illuminations take the reader on a journey through a shadow-realm of moons and mysteries. A book full of gloom and wonder." — Gerard Way
Arthur Adams Preliminary Studies
Signed by Arthur Adams inside the book
Hardcover with jacket edition
-224 pages
-5 × 7.5”
-ISBN: 978-1-64041-091-6
The Most Colossal Book of Preliminaries of All Time!
Arthur Adams is known as one of the top comic book artists of the day. Arthur makes three to six studies using blue pencil prior to making a finished cover. These sketches are then tucked away in his files and rarely seen by the public.
Over 250 pieces are collected in this volume. All art has been reproduced direct from the originals. Each piece is shown at the actual size.
Arthur’s ideas are boundless as the creative spirit pours from his mind to delineate worlds, figures, and to sort our compositions. Any one of these unused pieces can be taken to the finished form.
This handy sized book is easy to take with you anywhere for inspiration and enjoyment.
Arthur Adams Preliminary Studies
Signed by Arthur Adams inside the book
Paperback edition
-224 pages
-5 × 7.5”
-ISBN: 978-1-64041-090-9
The Most Colossal Book of Preliminaries of All Time!
Arthur Adams is known as one of the top comic book artists of the day. Arthur makes three to six studies using blue pencil prior to making a finished cover. These sketches are then tucked away in his files and rarely seen by the public.
Over 250 pieces are collected in this volume. All art has been reproduced direct from the originals. Each piece is shown at the actual size.
Arthur’s ideas are boundless as the creative spirit pours from his mind to delineate worlds, figures, and to sort our compositions. Any one of these unused pieces can be taken to the finished form.
This handy sized book is easy to take with you anywhere for inspiration and enjoyment.
Portfolio: The Complete Various Drawings by Mark Schultz
Hardcover signed deluxe edition
-432 pages
-7.5 x 10”
-Limited to 1000 signed copies
-ISBN: 978-1-64041-082-4
-Quarter-bound with copper fabric
-Title on cover and spine stamped with copper foil
-Alternate cover
-Features nearly 450 drawings
-Brush-and-ink and pencil pieces, plus oil paintings are included
-Collecting all five Various Drawings books
-Highlighted with an additional 160 pages worth of material not previously collected
A compelling showcase spanning seven transformative years.
During an impressive period—2005 through 2012—Mark Schultz turned his attention to producing a body of personal works and private commissions, focusing on subjects about which he feels most passionate. Among them are characters and tableaux pulled from mythology, science-fantasy and pulp adventure. In addition, there are many examples of Schultz’s commercial works done for comics, film and books.
Portfolio compiles the drawings found in the original five Various Drawings volumes as well as the cover illustrations and special bookplates. Plus, an additional 160 pages worth of material adds dozens of works not previously collected in the Various Drawings or the Carbon book series. Found within are nearly 450 fully rendered drawings executed in a variety of media. In addition, Schultz shows his process with a wealth of preliminary sketches done for a range of projects, including his Storms at Sea illustrated novella. Add to this rare sketchbook material and Schultz’s increasing exploration of color, and you have one fascinating portfolio!
Pre-order ships October
-Direct from publisher price is $34.95 (cover price is $39.95)
-Includes signed 6 × 8 inch bonus print
-Signed by Schultz on bonus page
-9 x 12”
-58 pages
-Hardcover with jacket
-Limited to 800 copies
-ISBN: 9781640411111
-Introduction by Schultz
-Includes 2 gatefolds
-Features 60 new pieces
A new collection of recent works by acclaimed illustrator and storyteller Mark Schultz! Manifest—epic scenes of science-fantasy adventure! Manifest—a volume spanning a galaxy of past and future worlds! Manifest—a majestic journey beyond space and time! You won't believe what your eyes make—Manifest!
Gathering artwork created over the last several years, Manifest showcases Mark Schultz's thrilling blend of pulp adventure, fantasy and science-fiction imagery. Rendered in graphite, carbon pencil and brush-and-ink, this collection offers a look into the artist's creative process, with many illustrations presented in penciled form alongside their completed inked versions. Two expansive gatefolds trace the development of a pair of major commissions through a sequence of preliminary sketches leading to the finished artwork.
Featuring illustrations created for comics, books and commissions, as well as a wealth of personal works, Manifest highlights Schultz's enduring passion for visual storytelling. Included are new scenes featuring Jack and Hannah from the beloved Xenozoic saga, explorations for future Storms at Sea adventures, and numerous previously unseen pieces inspired by the stories, genres and worlds that have fueled the artist’s imagination throughout his career.
About Mark Schultz
Since entering the world of cartooning in the mid-1980s with the science-fiction adventure series Xenozoic Tales, Mark Schultz has slowly but consistently produced a truly diversified body of work: He has produced illustrations for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories; scripted four years of Superman and currently scripts Prince Valiant; composed a science guide to genetics and DNA; created the Stormforce 10 adventure SubHuman with paleontologist Michael J. Ryan; and written the novella Storms at Sea, which he also illustrated. Currently, in his free moments, Schultz continues to work on a new Xenozoic graphic novel as well as a sequel to Storms at Sea. Flesk has been the artist’s publisher since 2005 and continues to regularly release collections of his sketches, commissions and personal works.