The focus on this instalment will be on upcoming art books!
You'll see that I'll try to include a little order code with most items (ex:JUL200019). Show some love to your retailer and use those codes when you can, it saves a lot of time on the data entry end of things.
ZAWA ZAWA TREASURED ART WORKS ASHLEY WOOD BILINGUAL ED
(A) Ashley Wood
This comprehensive collection of the best of Ashley Wood's work covers nearly 400 "treasured" art works in a range of media, from his oil paintings, sketches and drawings, to his package and figurine designs. These works have either been unpublished or have only been available in previous exhibition catalogues. Inspired by Osamu Tezuka and Nobuyoshi Araki, Wood is in constant motion developing new epic stories and expanding universes populated with his designs and creations for toy lines, comics, video games, film, and music.
JUL201348
Why this caught my eye:
$35 us a pretty great price for a nice Ashley Wood artbook, especially for a lot of material that was generally unavailable.
SICK TATS FLASH QUARANTZINE ANTHOLOGY ONE SHOT
(W) Rosemary Valero O Connell, Liz Suburbia, Kelsey Wroten, Jenn Woodall, Ivy Atoms, Alec Robbins, James The Stanton, Jensine Eckwall (A) Rosemary Valero O Connell, Liz Suburbia, Kelsey Wroten, Jenn Woodall, Ivy Atoms, Alec Robbins, James The Stanton, Jensine Eckwall (CA) Michael Sweater
Silver Sprocket's best artist buds made a full color quarant-zine of tattoo flash art with contributions from thrity of the most exciting indie comic artists around. Includes Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, Liz Suburbia, Kelsey Wroten, Jenn Woodall, Ivy Atoms, Hyena Hell, Nicole Goux, Caroline Cash, Becca Tobin, Alec Robbins, and Ashley Robin Franklin.
AUG201580
Why this caught my eye:
I'm generally all about supporting Silver Sprocket these days, plus there's some great artists involved in this package. You can order it directly from them here.
FASHION ILLUSTRATION OUTFIT OF DAY SC
(A) Various
Fashion illustration is a new genre in the Japanese illustration scene, offering the most up-to-date, modern and practical styles for everyday. This book introduces 40 up-and-coming illustrators from Japan who are becoming popular on social media, including DaisukeRichard the author of Kikanetsu published in June 2019. Filled with loads of cool, stylish coordinates and color patterns, this guide offers a whole new way for discovering new trends in fashion. Find your own outfit of the day! AUG201964
Why this caught my eye:
They had my curiosity at 'Fashion illustration is a new genre in the Japanese illustration scene'. Did a quick search for the one artist they list in the solicit, DaisukeRichard, and I really like their style.
FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF TIMOTHY TRUMAN HC
(W) Joe Lansdale (A/CA) Timothy Truman
A career-spanning collection of art from Grimjack co-creator Timothy Truman. This full-color hardcover focuses on Truman's wide range of work, including pieces from western, fantasy, and science fiction genres. Primarily pulling from his catalog of roleplaying game covers and illustrations, comic book covers and interior art, and book illustrations, Truman has worked for nearly every modern comic book publisher, including Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse. Truman's frequent collaborator, Joe R. Lansdale, provides an introduction.
AUG201274
Why this caught my eye:
I missed this solicit the first few times I went over the catalog and just now stumbled on it. Truman's been so prolific over the years that it would seem difficult to truly capture enough of his material, but this sounds like a nice HC. The odd thing is I can't even find it on the publisher's website, so no idea on the page count. For $40 I would hope it's chunky, and most other Clover publications have been decent packages.
DARK CRYSTAL BESTIARY HC
(W) Adam Cesare (A) Brian Froud
The Dark Crystal Bestiary is the definitive in-depth exploration of the flora and fauna found in the world of Thra. Created by Jim Henson for his 1982 puppet masterpiece, Thra is a remarkable realm in which all living things are connected and the lines between animal, vegetable, and mineral are blurred - rocks can sing and trees can walk! For the first time, this deluxe volume delves into the many creatures, plants, and beings created for the Dark Crystal universe, from the original film through to the expanded universe of novels and comics, and Netflix's TV series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
AUG201436
Why this caught my eye:
I'm a fan of cool fantasy bestiaries and Dark Crystal, so this is an easy one.
That does it for this chunk of books!