Dave McKean followers can be in for a deal with this 12 months as Dark Horse Books have introduced Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKean – a complete assortment of the artist’s physique of work November 29, 2023.
Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKean can be a slipcase field set of two status hardcovers displaying work from throughout the multimedia British artist’s profession – together with by no means earlier than seen behind the scenes supplies for a lot of of his comics works. Coming in at 600 pages and befitting its status manufacturing values it should retail for $149.99.
According to Dark Horse:
“Dark Horse Books presents the first complete assortment of work from legendary artist Dave McKean in Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKean, a beautifully-designed set of two hardcover volumes with satin ribbon bookmarks, housed collectively in a surprising slipcase displaying new unique paintings by McKean.
“This assortment options McKean’s work from Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, Mirrormask, Arkham Asylum, Cages, Black Dog, Raptor, and lots of extra iconic photographs from trendy comics, literature, movie, and music. The books additionally embrace never-before-seen bonus materials with commentary by Dave McKean together with a foreword by David Boyd Haycock.
“Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKean will span 600 pages, with the set measuring 10.5 x 14”. It will arrive in bookstores November 28, 2023 and comedian outlets November 29, 2023. It is now obtainable to pre-order for $149.99 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your native comedian store and indie bookstore.”
Dave McKean is a multimedia and multidisciplinary artist primarily based in the UK who first burst onto the comics scene alongside Neil Gaiman with 1987’s Violent Cases. Across his profession McKean has utilised numerous strategies to supply artwork – of which illustration is only one facet. His most up-to-date work consists of the graphic novel Raptor (2021); illustrations for SF Said’s youngsters’s guide Tyger (2022); and Prompt, a 2022 revealed book-length visible discourse on the controversial topic of machine-generated (usually known as AI) artwork.
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