JVJ Publishing is the name of my new imprint for ImageS and for my first book. I expect to be devoting more time to publishing as I transition away from my role as a bookseller. You can now order ImageS and Everett Raymond Kinstler: The Artist's Journey through Popular Culture - 1942-1962 on-line. Just visit the JVJ Publishing website.
Bud
Plant was my partner in Illustrated Books until November
30, 2005 and he owns another company in Grass Valley, California.
For the very best in current art and fantasy art books, calendars,
prints, cards, and more, check out his company's web site. Bud's
Art Books is the industry standard in variety,
quality, and service - since 1970!
For old illustrated books, visit Bud Plant & Hutchison Books or write to Anne Hutchison at hutchisonbooks@mac.com.
Illustration House is the premier
purveyor of original art by American Illustrators. Visit their
site for more Illustrator Biographies, auction and for sale information.
The Art Renewal Center
is the best site I've found on the web for those
of us who appreciate the quality and content of 19th Century Academic
art. I highly recommend that you spend some time
there, especially make the effort to read the "Philosophy"
pages and browse through the "Museum." I thought I'd
done a lot of work on my site, but I think these folks have me
beat.
Dan Zimmer and his brother,
Matt, publish a magazine devoted to classic illustration from
the 1930's to the 1950's. Check it out. Issue 22 was just published.
While
were on the subject of new magazines devoted to illustration,
check out the one I publish. The Vadeboncoeur Collection of ImageS.
Issues #1-10 are now available. #1 is 24 opages. 2-4 are 36 pages,
5 is 40 pages, and 6 & 7 are 44 9"x12" pages on
fine coated stock in full color. The first issue features 13 pages
of Heinrich Kley, most of it in color, plus Maxfield Parrish,
Arthur Rackham, Vernon Grant, Lee Conrey, T.S. Sullivant, Lawson
Wood and Alberto Vargas. Over 50 classic images from rare source
material you've probably never seen - and that's just #1!. There
are also four Black & White ImageS Annuals.
Get a complete preview
of all issues on
line. Or order at jvjpubs.com.
For a whirlwind exposure to
some of the greatest artists of the past, visit Shane Glines'
Cartoon
and Illustration Paradise. Shane is an artist who
loves the medium (and the female form) and is constantly adding
new material to his site. Bookmark it when you get there. You
won't regret it.
Mark Wheatley and the Insight
Studios Group create and publish art that isn't
afraid to wear its influences proudly on its virtual sleeve. From
their paean to the classic pulps, Titanic Tales, to their
recent book on the late Gray Morrow, et al, these folks are keepers
of the flame. Tell them we said, hi.
Find
out more about Tony DiTerlizzi at his website.
Do come back, though, ya hear?
Yo! Know Yoe? No? Go Yoe, yo-yo!
Want to check out a great store for modern
comics, alternatives and even a selection of Golden and Silver
Age, then try Lee's Comics.
, from Norway, runs the slickest Dave Stevens
page on the net. He's a fellow Elvis Presley fan.
Hot-shot ace illustrator, Paul
McCall wants you to come visit his website and
see what he's been up to lately.
Long-time friend John Pound, he of Garbage
Pail Kids, Mars Attacks
and now Meanie Babies
fame, just got his site up and running and he would love for you
to visit.
The
legendary Percy Crosby has his own site courtesy of his daughter,
Joan Crosby Tibbetts. Visit the Skippy site and see what's going
on.
Jessica Amanda Salmonson has
a site devoted to Antiquarian Supernatural Literature. It's called
and it's worth a look if you like "literary
ghost stories, Victorian science fiction, Yellow Nineties Decadence,
H. Rider Haggard & haggardesque "Lost Race" novels,
Marie Corelli & other occult romancers, swashbuckling historical
romances, classic detectives," etc.
Mike
Weaver is a fantasy/fine artist with a nice website devoted to
his art, which has a strong Romantic sense to it. Some interesting
sketches, too. He's done work for Wizards of the Coast
and White Wolf. Take a look - but do come back now, ya
hear?
One
of the earliest and most famous American illustrators was Felix
Octavius Carr (F.O.C.) Darley. This site devoted
to him provides an important look at what was happening in the
field of illustration before Pyle. It's an extensive site, so
take your time when you visit.
Chuck Lukacs
describes himself as "a struggling freelance illustrator."
His work has style and polish and he does bookbinding as well.
He and his wife operate as Earthenwood Studio. Melanie does beautiful
beads and jewelry. Check it out. You might like them, too.
- a collection of fantasies, daydreams, and nightmares rendered
in ink, paint, and electrons. The gallery is home to a small number
of artists and illustrators whose work lies - more or less - within
the realms of fantasy and science fiction. Ian
Brooks is our contact there. Tell him we sent you.
Jackie Baldwin claims that
she sells stories and that the 750 plus images she showcases on
her Story-Lovers site are just there
for show. We know better, however. You can get notecards, notepads,
postcards, stationery, envelopes, bookplates and even business
cards with any of those hundreds of images on them. Funny, she
doesn't offer any ONLY with stories...
Terri Windling's
site explores the denizens and depictors of myth. A great place
to learn more about all aspects of faery. Terri is an artist herself
and also co-editor with Ellen Datlow of the annual Year's Best
Fantasy and Horror collections from St. Martins Press.
Ed Nudelman of 
wrote a biography
and a bibliography of Jessie Willcox Smith and specializes in
her art and rare editions of her works. Visit his site for samples
of her work and other rare and unusual tomes from the late 19th
century.
Kandice McCallum is Lady
Bluestocking and she makes and sells facsimile
dust jackets for Victorian and early 20th Century books. She specializes
in the popular fiction of the day and offers illustrated jackets
with art by Howard Chandler Christy, Harrison Fisher, Frank Craig,
Charles Dana Gibson, etc.
nocloo.com is run by Minh Lai and he
is dedicated to reproducing all the plates in books illustrated
by the classic Golden Age illustrators. He has scanned images,
from the first editions, by Rackham, Dulac, Nielsen, Parrish,
Clarke and many others. Except for the annoying and distracting
"watermark" that he uses on the images, his scans are
excellent and provide a chance to view the contents of some very
rare books.
For an in-depth
look at books and illustrations devoted to The Arabian Nights
Entertainments, I recommend Rob Hafernik's site, Arabian
Night Books. Wander through the site and discover
just how many (and how many GREAT) illustrators produced a version
(or two) of these marvelous stories.
Everything Graphic Designs, from 24/7 graphic design services
to "What is graphic design?" Wander around forever in
this very dense site that continues to grow. Visit Graphic Designs HQ
for all your GD needs.
The folks at the Norman
Lindsay Gallery have a new website. Check it out
and tell 'em Jim sent you.
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