| Charles Vess' Book of Ballads & Sagas Contributor(s): Vess, Charles (Author), Gaiman, Neil (Author), de Lint, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1782763325 ISBN-13: 9781782763321 Publisher: Titan Comics OUR PRICE: $25.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels |
| Dewey: 741.597 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.8" W x 10.3" (1.50 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A brand-new collection of the Eisner Award-winning series This award-winning compendium of English and Scottish fairy tales and folklore returns to print in a sumptuous new collection Beautifully illustrated by Charles Vess and featuring adaptations by Neil Gaiman - Vess' collaborator on the hugely successful Stardust - and a host of famous fantasy writers, this new edition also boasts never-before-seen art and an amazing gallery of sketches - Charles Vess and legendary fantasy author Neil Gaiman were artist and writer respectively on Stardust, the acclaimed illustrated novel turned into a hugely successful movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. - Includes contributions from World Fantasy Award winner Charles de Lint (Moonheart; The Cats of Tanglewood Forest illustrated by Charles Vess]); acclaimed fantasy writer Emma Bull (War for the Oaks; Bone Dance) and New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb (The Ballad of Frankie Silver; St. Dale; She Walks These Hills) - Includes an extensive gallery of never-before-seen sketches and colour art by Charles Vess. - Outsized special Art Edition of the collection also available Each ballad is a little gem sparkling with restored vitality. It is all here: lust and humor, ghosts and demons, passion and terror, all the things that keep us up at night. What more could the fantasy reader desire? - SciFiDimensions Here Vess reaches the peak of his art, standing proudly with the 19th- and early 20th-century illustrators who influence him. - Publishers Weekly |