Illustrated Books
Our passion for illustrated books is highlighted in these collections. The narrative and imagery are sewn together to bring fresh stories to life that are accompanied by luscious illustrations.
Barren Lands by Brynn Metheney
Signed Edition
-Hardcover Edition
-ISBN: 978-1-64041-077-0
-9 x 12”
-112 pages
-Signed bonus page is bound in and features an additional printed image
-Printed on 160 gsm matt paper
-Includes over 80 drawings and paintings
-Spot gloss applied to title on front of jacket and spine
Barren Lands is a humble love letter to the region, where the author and artist Brynn Metheney was born and raised. She shines light—and wonder—on those deserts, which continue to inspire and surprise her.
Metheney has included notes and observations about these oddities and seasonal incidents from her personal experiences. They include encounters that hinge on disbelief—passed down to her by family members and reclusive locals, about creatures unknown by the public. This is a marvelous look at hidden wonders that only a desert rat with a long history in the region could share. Metheney’s words and pictures will spark the imagination with secret revelations that blur the lines between fantasy and reality and are sure to entertain anyone with a curious mind. Barren Lands will alter your perception of this seemingly sterile landscape and help you see its rich abundance of life—or possibly warn you to stay in the city! Full-color paintings and drawings are featured throughout this heavily illustrated guide.
Brynn Metheney is an artist inspired by tall tales and the natural world. Her work focuses on the nuances of evolution and folklore and where nature and humans fall in between. She also loves a good monster story. She has worked in the film and publishing industries for over a decade for the likes of A24, HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Animation, Sony Pictures, EuropaCorp, Disney, Dreamscape Immersive, Reel FX, Wizards of the Coast, Tor Books and more. Her work also has been featured in numerous publications, podcasts and magazines, including Tor, Spectrum Fantastic Art, Imagine FX Magazine and the “Yes Have Some” podcast.
Barren Lands by Brynn Metheney
-Paperback Edition
-ISBN: 978-1-64041-076-3
-9 x 12”
-112 pages
-Printed on 160 gsm matt paper
-Includes over 80 drawings and paintings
Barren Lands is a humble love letter to the region, where the author and artist Brynn Metheney was born and raised. She shines light—and wonder—on those deserts, which continue to inspire and surprise her.
Metheney has included notes and observations about these oddities and seasonal incidents from her personal experiences. They include encounters that hinge on disbelief—passed down to her by family members and reclusive locals, about creatures unknown by the public. This is a marvelous look at hidden wonders that only a desert rat with a long history in the region could share. Metheney’s words and pictures will spark the imagination with secret revelations that blur the lines between fantasy and reality and are sure to entertain anyone with a curious mind. Barren Lands will alter your perception of this seemingly sterile landscape and help you see its rich abundance of life—or possibly warn you to stay in the city! Full-color paintings and drawings are featured throughout this heavily illustrated guide.
Brynn Metheney is an artist inspired by tall tales and the natural world. Her work focuses on the nuances of evolution and folklore and where nature and humans fall in between. She also loves a good monster story. She has worked in the film and publishing industries for over a decade for the likes of A24, HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Animation, Sony Pictures, EuropaCorp, Disney, Dreamscape Immersive, Reel FX, Wizards of the Coast, Tor Books and more. Her work also has been featured in numerous publications, podcasts and magazines, including Tor, Spectrum Fantastic Art, Imagine FX Magazine and the “Yes Have Some” podcast.
Includes over 100 finished pencil drawings by Gary Gianni
Designed and edited by Marcelo Anciano
112 pages
6.25 x 9.5 inches
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-64041-052-7
The Call of Cthulhu, as illustrated by Gary Gianni, is a fusion of cinematic design, the graphic novel and illustrated books. Over a hundred finished pencil drawings with color pieces enhance and bring to life the work of two visionaries—Lovecraft and Gianni—in an extraordinary feat of storytelling and art.
Written in 1928, H.P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu defined the ancient gods as dark creatures who came from the stars and ruled the world before mankind. When these ancient ones awaken, humanity is plagued by a nightmare of terrors etched upon an epic backdrop. The author’s concept deeply redefined the horror story with this thrilling, dense mystery that spawned a virtual genre.
The artist Gary Gianni and designer Marcelo Anciano both felt that Lovecraft’s short story presented an opportunity to visually expand the Cthulhu Mythos and push the boundaries of illustrated books. Intense and fast-paced, the tale enabled them to explore graphic storytelling and illustrate the text in a unique way. It was a personal project for Gianni, who drew upon his decades of experience in illustrating numerous books and graphic novels.
H.P. Lovecraft’s original text has been revised in this book to exclude racial terms.
About H.P. Lovecraft:
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was responsible for creating the Cthulhu Mythos, a cycle of loosely related stories concerning “the Great Ones.” These are cosmic beings who took up residence on Earth long before humans inhabited the planet. Now they awaken to wreak havoc upon mankind. Born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft was a sickly child whose parents died insane. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence Tribune. Between 1908 and 1923, he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine, among others. He died in Providence—in poverty—on March 15, 1937. After his death, his colleagues August Derleth and Donald Wandrei collected Lovecraft’s stories and made arrangement for their publication. These writings have had a great impact on modern popular culture and have influenced and inspired many other writers, including Robert E. Howard, Clive Barker, Stephen King and Neil Gaiman.
About Gary Gianni:
Gary Gianni began as an illustrator for Chicago newspapers and as a reporter/sketch artist for television. He has illustrated books by authors ranging from Melville and Verne to Michael Chabon and Ray Bradbury. Gianni spent several years illustrating the stories of Conan, Solomon Kane and Bran Mak Morn in a series of books by R.E. Howard. In comics, he worked on Batman, The Shadow, Hellboy and his own creation, Monstermen. For almost a decade, he produced the syndicated newspaper comic strip Prince Valiant. Gianni also created drawings and paintings for George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire epic novels. Currently he is finishing the illustrations for Neil Gaiman’s Death and Honey.
About Marcelo Anciano:
Marcelo Anciano has been producing limited-edition books for decades. He was pivotal in instigating the current fashion of small press books with Wandering Star publications and the Robert E. Howard library of classics, reprinted as trade paperbacks by DelRey/Random House and translated worldwide. Authors like George R.R. Martin and Neil Gaiman and artists like Gary Gianni and Greg Manchess have asked Anciano to design fine editions of their work.
During the formation of the music videos during in the 1980s, Anciano directed over 100 music videos and commercials. For a decade, he worked with talents as diverse as Duran Duran, Peter Gabriel, Little Richard and Arnold Schwarzenegger, often designing their visual look and marketing. He also has produced and written a number of feature films—including Modesty Blaise, Solomon Kane and Semana Santa—but his passion has always been fine books.
Anciano notes that his collection of books actually has caused his house to become destabilized.
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