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.
The Vadeboncoeur Collection of ImageS. Issues
#1-11 have been published in color. #1 is 24 pages. 2-4 are 36
pages, 5 is 40 pages, and 6 through 11 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 five issues of Black & White ImageS (#1 is
96 pages, the rest 112 each). Get a complete preview
of all issues on
line. Or order at jvjpubs.com.
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, write to Anne Hutchison at hutchisonbooks@mac.com.
It's taken me far too long
to add my favorite publisher to my links page. Flesk
Publications is the brainchild of John Fleskes
who is publishing some of the best books on illustration and comics
around. Currently available are books on Franklin Booth, Joseph
Clement Coll, James Bama, Mark Schultz, Steve Rude, and William
Stout. Tell him that Jim sent you.
My sister-in-law, Neva, has
just opened a shop on the Etsy site to market her unique jewelry.
Her company is Imagine MDD. If you tell her that
I sent you, she'll offer a 10% discount on any purchase of $40
or more. She's a nice lady and does beautiful work. Check it out.
Illustration
House is the premier purveyor of original art by
American Illustrators. Visit their site for more Illustrator Biographies,
auction and for sale information.
You might also check out Taraba
Illustration Art. Fred Taraba is an old hand at
buying and selling illustrations and has recently branched out
on his own. He's an old friend and will be happy to discuss any
artwork that you might have for sale or that you might want to
purchase.
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 26 was just published.
Another friend and publisher,
Manuel Auad of Auad Publishing has books on Franklin
Booth, Alex Toth, Jordi Bernet and just recently reprinted a deluxe
edition of Frank Brangwyn's The Way of the Cross portfolio. He's
currently hard at work on a book on Robert Fawcett.
Have
too many books or magazines or prints or drawings and can't figure
out how to deal with them? My friend Jeri Dansky Professional Organizer
works with clients around the world to help them straighten out
their "stuff." Maybe she can help YOU.
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.
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.
Check it out. You might like it, 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.
The folks at the Norman
Lindsay Gallery have a new website. Check it out
and tell 'em Jim sent you.
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