Flesk Publications News and Updates
The latest issue of Sci Fi magazine features a noteworthy book review by Michael Marano on Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon: A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic.
Marano writes, “The glory of Williamson’s Flash Gordon work is a sense of the epic that comes through in each stroke.”
This October 2009 issue is available now from wherever magazines are sold. Also, you can visit their website here for more Sy Fy news.
John
John Fleskes
Flesk Publications
Flesk Publications will be exhibiting at San Diego Comic-Con International at booth #5019. The show runs from July 22-26.
We will have three new titles debuting at the show! They are:
Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon: A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic. Collecting acclaimed illustrator Al Williamson’s complete works on Flash Gordon in a luscious oversized collection. The $44.95 hardback edition is already sold out! I have reserved a small supply just for the show. These will go quickly. A $29.95 softbound edition is also available.
Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Four. Highlighting the latest work by this Eisner and Harvey Award winning artist, featuring beautiful new works. Both $19.95 softbound, and $29.95 limited signed hardbound are available.
Major Thrill’s Adventure Book by Gary Gianni. A striking collection showcasing Gianni’s diversity. This 32-page saddle-stitched special will only be available direct from us, either at the show, or through the mail. Only $15.00! In addition, we will be giving away an oversize Gianni poster with every Gianni book sale at the show. This is a show special only.
Gary Gianni, Jim & Ruth Keegan, Mark Schultz, and William Stout will be signing at our booth at select times. We will have the times posted at our booth during the show. Each artist will also be exhibiting, and selling original art, during all five days. Gianni, the Keegan’s, and Schultz are at booth #4902. William Stout is at booth #4803. Also, Steve Rude will be at booth #1737.
Gary Gianni is a Comic-Con guest this year. He will be featured in a special spotlight on Saturday from 12:30-1:30 in Room 4. He has invited his friends Mike Mignola and Geoff Darrow to join him in a chat discussing comics, books, and movies.
In addition, we will have all of our titles on hand. This includes our recent books William Stout: Prehistoric Life Murals, and Jules Verne’s Twenty-Thousand Leagues under the Sea adapted by Gary Gianni.
Our favorite pal, Randy Dahlk, will be at our booth this year, along with a handful of unique show exclusives based on the Mark Schultz’s Xenozoic Tales. This includes t-shirts with new Schultz art, and other surprises.
We are also hosting a few exciting signings in conjunction with our neighbor at the show, Stuart Ng Books. We will be having Peter de Seve signing his Spectrum 16 Call for Entires Poster from 4:00-6:00 on Friday. Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin / Creaturebox will be signing their new books on Saturday from 4:00-6:00. Then, animation legend Eric Goldberg will be signing his new sketchbook on Sunday from 12:00-2:00. Again, this all happens at our booth 5019, and Stuart Ng Books is making this happen.
Feel free to stop by Thursday or Friday to talk with Aaron and Gabriel from SCB Distributors, a full-service distributor of Art, Illustration and Pop Culture titles to the book trade. Flesk is distributed by SCB Distributors and I highly recommend them. If you are seeking book distribution, come by early to make an appointment to talk with Aaron or Gabriel.
For those who will be in attendance at Comic-Con, see you at the show! If you can’t make it, give us a call to place your orders. All pre-orders for our three new summer titles get free shipping if ordered by July 15th.
Thanks!
John
John Fleskes
Flesk Publications
I’ve been following the work of Terry Dodson for over ten years now. During that time, I’ve watched him grow, and become more of his own, into a confidant and inspirational artist.
He has drawn a string of consistently well-embellished comics, including a Storm mini-series (1996), and Pryde and Wisdom (1996), then a run on Generation X (1998-2000). Harley Quinn (2000-02), Spider-Man and the Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do, Trouble (2003), Marvel Knights Spider-Man (2004), and Wonder Woman (2006), all followed. Currently, he is doing terrific work on Uncanny X-Men, as well as many covers for Marvel. Most of these are available in easy to find trade collections. His wife, Rachel, beautifully inks his work.
My favorite work of Dodson’s is his Songes: Caroline. The first volume was published in 2006, along with a sketchbook with related material in 2007, by the French publisher Les Humanoides Associes. This material is absolutely stunning. You can see a preview of the interior pages, and purchase copies from Stuart Ng Books here.
Dodson had a gallery show at the Galerie du 9eme art in Paris that ran from June 4-10, 2009. They have many of the pieces that were on display at the exhibit on their website here. Take a look at the great watercolor drawings!
Terry will be exhibiting at the Comic-Con International in San Diego this July 23-26 at booth 4706. He will have copies of his latest sketchbook, Bombshells Volume 4, and original artwork for sale.
Terry has a blog chronicling his work on Uncanny X-men and other various projects, here. There is new artwork, step-by-step sections, and prelims, all with accompanying commentary.
There is also a comprehensive gallery of his art online at the Comic Art Fans website here.
Check out all of these links. They are worth the time. Enjoy!
John
John Fleskes
Flesk Publications
The latest issue of The Vadeboncoeur Collection of ImageS is now available! Issue #11 is guest-edited by Susan McKinsey Goldberg wtih most images reproduced from the original art! Extra-fine screenless Stochastic printing. With stunning, full-page illustrations from the originals by Edmund Dulac, René Bull, A.B. Frost, Willy Pogany, J.C. Leyendecker, Honor C. Appleton, Kay Nielsen, Lawson Wood, Norman Price, George Studdy, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Harry Rountree, Warwick Goble, and others. Plus obscure material from rare books by such artists as Heinrich Lefler & Joseph Urban, Thomas Mackenzie, Charles Edouard de Beaumont and Umberto Brunelleschi.
I’m a fan of all issues of ImageS, but I have to admit this latest collection is one of my favorites. Many of the reproductions are from original art, with stunning printing. Both Jim and Susan arranged an enjoyable assortment of art. You can purchase a copy direct from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. at his JVJ Pubs website for $25.00. I will also have copies of this issue, plus ImageS back issues, available at my Flesk booth #5019 at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
By the way, if you enjoy illustration, check out Jim’s 105 illustrator biographies online at his bpib.com website, here. Enjoy!
John
John Fleskes
Flesk Publications
Comic-Con International in San Diego is almost here! The show will run from July 22-26. Our booth number is 5019! We are in the same location as in the past two years and look forward to your visit.
We will have three new titles debuting at the show! They are:
Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon: A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic. Collecting acclaimed illustrator Al Williamson’s complete works on Flash Gordon in a luscious oversized collection. The hardback edition is already sold out! My initial store orders have exceeded the 1000 copy hardbound print run. I have reserved copies just for the show and direct orders through us. These will go quickly.
Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Four. Highlighting the latest work by this Eisner and Harvey Award winning artist, featuring beautiful new works.
Major Thrill’s Adventure Book by Gary Gianni. A striking collection showcasing Gianni’s diversity. This 32-page saddle-stitched special will only be available direct from us, either at the show, or through the mail. Only $15.00!
Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz will be signing Thursday through Sunday at select times. We will have the times posted at our booth during the show.
In addition, we will have all of our titles on hand. This includes our recent books William Stout: Prehistoric Life Murals, and Jules Verne’s Twenty-Thousand Leagues under the Sea adapted by Gary Gianni. Stout will also be at the show and available to sign his books.
Our favorite pal, Randy Dahlk, will be at our booth this year, along with a handful of unique show exclusives based on the Mark Schultz’s Xenozoic Tales. This includes t-shirts with new Schultz art, and other surprises.
Feel free to stop by Thursday or Friday to talk with Aaron and Gabriel from SCB Distributors, a full-service distributor of Art, Illustration and Pop Culture titles to the book trade. Flesk is distributed by SCB Distributors and I highly recommend them. If you are seeking book distribution, come by early to make an appointment to talk with Aaron or Gabriel.
For those who will be in attendance at Comic-Con, see you at the show! If you can’t make it, give us a call to place your orders. All pre-orders for our three new summer titles get free shipping if ordered by July 15th.
Thanks!
John
John Fleskes
Flesk Publications
As of this week, my first two books, Franklin Booth: Painter with a Pen and Joseph Clement Coll: The Art of Adventure, are both sold out. The last few copies were purchased this week. I don’t have any plans to reprint them.
The Franklin Booth book was my first title. It still has a lot of meaning to me, as at the time, I never suspected its completion would lead to my becoming a publisher. I had the simple goal in mind of putting out a collection on an artist I remain passionate about. I started Flesk Publications as a means to self-publish my own title, but didn’t really have a plan beyond the single book.
With the release of Painter with a Pen in April 2002, and the immediate and encouraging reception it received, it didn’t take me long to begin researching material on Joseph Clement Coll. I knew Coll was one of the stellar pen and ink adventure artists from the early 1900’s. Doing a book on his work was an obvious choice. I didn’t spend much time, if any, debating who I would focus on next. With the help of Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr, Bud Plant, and Walt and Roger Reed at Illustration House, I didn’t foresee finding enough material to do two volumes. It just goes to show how quickly plans can change through the course of a project.
The Art of Adventure came out in the summer of 2003, following by A Legacy in Line in the summer of 2004. By the way, the paperback version of my second Coll book, A Legacy in Line, is sold out. The hardback is still available.
Thanks to everyone for making these three books a success. Your support has helped to produce our books on James Bama, Mark Schultz, Gary Gianni, Steve Rude, and William Stout!
John
John Fleskes
Flesk Publications