Category: Reviews
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Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper
Kazu Kibuishi, who I have mentioned before, both in reference to his wonderful online comic Copper (also here), and as the primary force behind the Flight comics anthologies, has been hard at work for the last two years on a graphic novel project that has finally been released. Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper is the…
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Steve Rude: Artist in Motion
I received a copy of Steve Rude: Artist in Motion from Flesk Publications. Flesk is a small specialty art book publisher that was the subject of one of my first posts on lines and colors in which I praised their terrific collections of the work of pen and ink greats Joseph Clement Coll and Franklin…
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Chris Ware – The Acme Novelty Date Book Volume Two
Chris Ware, who I wrote about here and here, has just released The Acme Novelty Date Book, Volume Two: 1995-2000. For those of you who are only familiar with Ware’s precise, carefully controlled marvels of precision comic art, these two volumes are something else altogether. Basically they’re sketchbooks, not that different in essence from sketchbooks…
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Art of War: Eyewitness U.S. Combat Art From the Revolution through the Twentieth Century
For the benefit of those in other parts of the world, I’ll mention that today is Veterans Day here in the U.S., a day set aside to remember and honor those who have served in the military over the history of the country; though particular attention is given, as it should be, to those involved…
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Spectrum 14
There are a number of illustration annuals, showcasing the editors’ choices for notable contemporary illustration. I look forward to several of them, The Society of Illustrator’s Annual, for example, but for many years (14 to be exact) my favorite illustration annual has been Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, edited by Cathy Fenner and…
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BibliOdyssey (the book)
Ephemera is defined as printed or written material that isn’t intended to be preserved. Magazines and newspapers, for example, are meant to be transitory, disposed of once read (the pile of National Geographics in your grandfather’s attic notwithstanding.) Even many books are meant to be ephemeral; computer instruction manuals, for example, are out of date…