May 2024 – John Fleskes

May 9, 2024May 9, 2024

ElfQuest: The Complete Covers Kickstarter Campaign Coming on May 21, 2024 from Flesk!

Hi, everyone,

The countdown begins!

In just two weeks we will launch the ElfQuest Covers Kickstarter campaign from Flesk. Set your alarms to go off at 9:00AM PDT on May 21, 2024 to join the event.

This art book will come in two formats and compile every single ElfQuest comic-book cover created. All 300-plus covers are collected in an elegant design, each of which will include behind-the-scenes commentary or story insight.

We’ve put the same passion and care into these books that you can see in our previous ElfQuest and Wendy Pini collections from Flesk. These include The Art of ElfQuest, ElfQuest: The Art of the Story, and Line of Beauty: The Art of Wendy Pini.

We’re excited to share the full details about this book on launch day. We’re thrilled to celebrate this pioneering and epic fantasy series that has captured the minds of generations since 1978 with this new collection.

More details coming on the 21st!

Enjoy,

John

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May 7, 2024May 9, 2024

All of the Rachel and Terry Dodson Art Book and Print Packages Have Shipped!

Hi, everyone,

We are all caught up!

Vicky and I met up with Rachel and Terry Dodson over the weekend. The Dodsons signed all of the remaining items that we needed to wrap things up. We dropped off this last batch of books and prints at the US Post Office today. We’re happy to have all of your pledges out the door. We want to make sure all of your get your packages. We’re here and available for questions if you need anything.

We sincerely hope you are all happy with your goodies. We appreciate you all so much for making this book a success.

We have some extra copies of the Adventureman hardcover collections (Volumes One and Two) that are signed by Terry and Rachel. We’ll get these listed on our Flesk website next week so people can place an order if interested.

We’re getting started on a new book that collects Terry’s personal sketches. We hope to get it out in about a year from now. We have a Flesk newsletter that can keep you up to date on all of our future books. Here’s the link to join.

Enjoy,

John

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May 1, 2024May 9, 2024

New Editions of Pastoral and The Genesis Collection by J.A.W. Cooper Are Here!

Hi, everyone,

We’re thrilled to offer updated editions of Pastoral and The Genesis Collection by J.A.W. Cooper. Both art books are here at our Flesk warehouse and ready for immediate shipping.

These Cooper collections have long been out of print. Due to the ongoing requests we decided to bring these two books back! Cooper created new covers, we redesigned some pages, and also sprinkled in some new pieces. There are only 500 copies of the hardcover editions available. Over 400 images can be found between these two volumes.

Pastoral is a romp through subject matter that makes Cooper supremely happy. Expect humor, expect sensuality, expect chickens, expect all three in one image. If that sounds like a damn good time to you we think you will get along famously with Cooper. Pastoral is filled with their energetic, expressive pencil and ink drawings of wildlife and their stewards. Gouache works from Cooper’s travels and gallery paintings also appear.

The J.A.W. Cooper Genesis Collection compiles the drawings and paintings from the sold-out 2017 releases of Familiars, Flora and Fauna, and Viscera with a few extras thrown in.

This collection leads us on a journey into the violent, steaming innards of making art—raw, spontaneous and unfettered. Drawing on themes of the occult, the artist explores animals as allegories for the human condition—a physical projection of that which is clandestine. Cooper explores instinct and intuition as the spark of artistic creation, to delight the feral child at our core.

You can learn all about the books and place your order direct on our Flesk website.

Enjoy,

John

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