Another in the popular line of Studio Ghibli artbooks which include interviews with & concept sketches by the director of classics such as Spirited Away & My Neighbor Totoro as well as finished animation cels from the movie Princess Mononoke was the first Hayao Miyazaki film to break out into the mainstream The journey from initial idea to the big screen is captured here in the hundreds of images from preliminary sketches to dynamic animation cels ...

For the first time ever the DEFINITIVE retrospective of Ramona Fradon's career will be presented in The Art of Ramona Fradon highlighting the magnificent career of this artistic legend with never-before-seen sketches Interviewed by comic book legend Howard Chaykin Fradon talks about her artistic career accomplishments & creations
- from her early days at DC in the 1950's to her later work on Marvel's The Cat & Fantastic Four & DC's Plastic Man Freedom Fighters Super Friends & more! Featuring a forward by Walt Simonson
- (well respected writerartist known for his work on The Mighty Thor X-Factor & many other titles)

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On the heels of seven straight box office hits " Ratatouille" continues Pixar's incredible run of success with the charming story of an ambitious rat (yes a rat!) whose delicate sense of smell & love for gourmet French food compel him to become a chef in the most famous restaurant in Paris
- against all odds & with plenty of madcap adventures along the way " The Art of Ratatouille" explores the artistic vision upon which the film was built with fascinating concept art including storyboards full-colour pastels pencil sketches maquettes & more Extensive"es from the artists & production team & a foreword by director Brad Bird (" The Incredibles") bring the art to life With more than 200 pieces of art & a great design this is the only adult tie in book for " Ratatouille" which is set for a June 2007 release
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Red Sonja has been untamed for 35 years & along the way there have been some great artists who have helped make her one of the most successful heroines Dynamite has created this very special book featuring Red Sonja & a selection of the exceptional artists who have depicted the She-Devil! Features the "sexy" art of Alex Ross Michael Turner Frank Cho Jim Lee Steve Mc Niven George Perez John Cassaday Michael Turner JG Jones Mel Rubi Neal Adams & so many others including unseen sketches & illustrations ...

John Marciari tells the story of the monuments artists & patrons of Renaissance Rome in this compelling book In no other city is the ancient world so palpably present & nowhere else is the mission of the church so evident At the same time as the humanists sought to preserve & recreate the ancient city giving it a new lease of life the popes dispensed patronage much as any other contemporary Italian ruler By adopting a chronological structure covering the period c 1300-1600 Marciari is able to explore the nature of Roman patronage as it differed from papacy to papacy He examines the city's extraordinary works of art in the context of the working practices competition & rivalries that made Renaissance Rome so magnificent ...

Star Wars The Force Awakens shattered box-office records as one of the highest-grossing films of all time & its eagerly awaited sequel Star Wars The Last Jedi is sure to do the same Written & directed by Rian Johnson (Looper The Brothers Bloom Brick) & production designed by Rick Heinrichs (Fargo The Big Lebowski The Nightmare Before Christmas Captain America The First Avenger) this chapter like every chapter before it owes its visual language & fully imagined cinematic landscape to an incomparable art department the Lucasfilm visualists The Art of Star Wars The Last Jedi explores their vision & illuminates their creative process in stunning detail Featuring concept art & costume sketches storyboards & blueprints fans will take a deep dive into the development of the fantastic worlds characters & creatures-both old & new-of The Last Jedi Featuring unforgettable art & exclusive interviews with the filmmakers this visual archive highlights moviemaking magic at its finest ...

The Celtic Pictish Anglo-Saxon & Viking peoples who inhabited the British Isles & Ireland from late prehistory to the Norman Conquest left a rich visual heritage whose influence continues to be felt This is the first book to present an illustrated overview of the early art of the British & Irish archipelago during one of the most formative periods in its history It explores the interaction between its inhabitants along with the formation of national & regional identities through the lens of visual culture Leading expert Michelle P Brown explains the historical context within which key artworks of the period were made & used ranging across works as diverse as the Book of Kells the Tara Brooch the Aberlemno Stones the Lindisfarne Gospels the Alfred Jewel & the Benedictional of St Ethelwold & examines the ways in which their complex imagery can be interpreted She also considers the impact of the art of this period upon the history of art in general helping to inform both the Carolingian renaissance the Romanesque & from the late nineteenth century the Arts & Crafts & Art Nouveau movements Fusing history art history archaeology & literary studies & fully illustrated throughout this is a ground-breaking guide to a fascinating & complex period in which northern Europe journeyed from late Antiquity into the Middle Ages ...

This book evokes the art of fifteenth- & sixteenth-century Northern Europe in all its richness & splendour The works of Van Eyck Bosch Bruegel Durer & other masters are considered within the larger context of a changing society in which church & state Protestant & Catholic man & woman artist & patron independent mercantile city & noble chivalric court all played a part Craig Harbison considers these & many other facets of the Renaissance world drawing them together into a unified narrative that illuminates the complexity & brilliance of the art & its times ...

Experts in the ten major Pulp genres from action Pulps to spicy Pulps & more chart for the first time the complete history of Pulp magazines—the stories & their writers the graphics & their artists & of course the publishers their market & readers Each chapter in the book which is illustrated with more than 400 examples of the best Pulp graphics (many from the editors’ collections—among the world’s largest) is organized in a clear & accessible way starting with an introductory overview of the genre followed by a selection of the best covers & interior graphics organized chronologically through the chapter All images are fully captioned (many are in essence "nutshell" histories in themselves) Two special features in each chapter focus on topics of particular interest (such as extended profiles of Daisy Bacon Pulp author & editor of Love Story the hugely successful romance Pulp & of Harry Steeger co-founder of Popular Publications in 1930 & originator of the " Shudder Pulp" genre) With an overall introduction on " The Birth of the Pulps" by Doug Ellis & with two additional chapters focusing on the great Pulp writers & the great Pulp artists The Art of the Pulps covers every aspect of this fascinating genre; it is the first definitive visual history of the Pulps About the Author Douglas Ellis co-founded & co-organizes the Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention For many years his Tattered Pages Press published the pulp fanzine Pulp Vault as well as other books on the pulps He was one of the authors of The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps & has edited several pulp anthologies including the Best of Adventure series His book Uncovered The Hidden Art Of The Girlie Pulps an in-depth study of the spicy pulps & their art was named Fore Word Magazine‘s 2003 Popular Culture Book of the Year In 2013 Robert Weinberg Bob Garcia & he collaborated on The Collectors’ Book of Virgil Finlay a collection of Finlay’s gorgeous art Ed Hulse is widely acknowledged as being one of the leading pulp experts He has edited the pulppopular culture journal Blood &N Thunder for many years & has authored a number of books including the great Blood &N Thunder Guide to the Pulps & a recent book on The Shadow He & Douglas Ellis have been friends for many years Bob Weinberg Weinberg grew up reading & then collecting the science-fiction magazines of the late 1950s & owned (Bob passed this year) one of the largest collections of such publications in the world When he discovered the single-character hero pulps like the Shadow & Doc Savage his fate was sealed Along with fellow collector Lohr Mc Kinstry he published the first index to such magazines The Hero-Pulp Index In 1978 his book about the history of Weird Tales magazine The Weird Tales Story won the World Fantasy Award He continued to write & edit books about the Pulps over the next twenty-five years His Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors won the World Fantasy Award in 1988 It was also nominated for The Hugo Award (given by the World SF Convention) Weinberg also won the Lamont Award given every year by Pulpcon for work done in the Pulp field; the Sam Moskowitz Award for collecting Science Fiction (given by First Fandom) & a Special Award from the World SF Convention for his contributions to the SF field By the time Bob passed in summer 2016 he was owner of one of the world’s largest collection of Pulp magazines & was regarded as one of the leading experts on the genre F Paul Wilson (foreword) is an acclaimed author of sci-fi & horror thrillers many of which have been international bestsellers winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (2009) Prometheus Award for Best Novel (2009 2004) World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (2005) & more Wilson helped define the Horror genre with his international bestseller The Keep (1981) & is perhaps best-known for his ‘ Repairman Jack’ series Born in New Jersey Wilson has authored more than 50 novels & short story collections ...

For over 40 years Vampirella has been the muse for many artists in the comic industry & beyond Dynamite Entertainment brings forth a veritable museum of fine art masterpieces collected in this hardcover volume! Featuring a spectacular cover by the legendary Milo Manara this tome contains a retrospective of artists who have contributed the most memorable imagery of Vampirella with such names as Jose Gonzalez Adam Hughes Dave Stevens Jim Silke Jae Lee Joe Jusko Amanda Conner Mark Texeira Mike Mignola Mike Mayhew Joe Quesada Bruce Timm Arthur Suydam Dan Brereton Michael Golden J Scott Campbell & many more ...