We’re almost sold out of the paperback edition of Xenozoic by Mark Schultz. We are printing more copies for our distributor to restock the book stores. More copies are coming later this year.
We have just a few boxes left direct from our Flesk website, including some of the hardcover signed copies.
You can learn more about the book and see sample pages here:
A graphic novelization of Jules Verne’s Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by the celebrated illustrator and writer of books, comics, and comic strips, Gary Gianni. The classic Verne novel receives an exciting fresh visual approach allowing the reader to experience the story anew. Twelve years after its initial release, Gianni’s visual adaptation remains one of our favorite Flesk titles.
We have a few cases of the book left at a special price of $14.95. Learn more about the book here:
It has been quite the week! Here’s a breakdown of some of the things that we have accomplished this week.
Thanks to Kathy and Vicky, plus our summer helper Rachel, all of the Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm and Pencil and Ink by Frank Cho books have been packed. The last of the U.S. orders ships today. The international orders all go out early next week.
Vicky and I worked with Tyler Jacobson to build and launch his art book Kickstarter campaign that went live last Tuesday. It’s been amazing to see so much support for Tyler.
I’ve been working with an artist and writer to finish a new book that is going to the printer today. This is an unannounced project with two new people who I have never worked with before. I’ll share the news about who they are and what the book is in the coming months.
Kathy even managed to squeeze in some Arthur Adams scanning.
I’d say we have had a productive week!
Next week we will continue to work on Tyler’s book, plus we have another book that has not been announced that is almost done. I’m also starting to think about getting started on the next Al Williamson book. There’s plenty going on to keep us going throughout the summer.
This is a brief overview of our year and what you can expect to see from us.
I’ll start with the photo. It was taken during a visit to the Al Williamson studio a few years back. Being able to see the “Savage World!” original art was a special moment. Especially while the pages were resting on Al’s drawing table.
Here’s a shipping update on the Williamson and Mark Schultz books.
If all goes well, we will have Al Williamson: Strange World Adventures, Carbon 4 by Mark Schultz, Xenozoic by Mark Schultz and the Al Williamson and Mark Schultz Astounding Sketchbook next week. The books are still at the port waiting to be offloaded from the shipping vessel. We will begin shipping our Kickstarter pledges and Flesk online pre-orders just as soon as they arrive.
As for our next wave of Flesk books, we have five other books at the printer. These include The Drawings of Edwin Austin Abbey, Covenant: The Art of Allen Williams, new books with Frank Cho and Gary Gianni, and a new printing of the Bruce Timm Naughty and Nice collection. Once the books have been printed and are being shipped to us I’ll reveal more and open them all up for pre-orders. We would like to see how the shipping transit times are looking before we announce the release dates.
In the meantime, we are working on the new Franklin Booth book, two new Arthur Adams books, three new William Stout books, plus we are wrapping up two books by a pair of new artists. Then we have the J.A.W. Cooper book to start in June, plus two other new artists who we will start working with in the summer. Then we will have more books featuring Mark Schultz and Al Williamson to work on for 2022. There’s more, but this is what we can share to date.
For the rest of 2021 we do not have any plans to exhibit at any shows. This includes the San Diego November show that we will skip. We will start fresh with events in 2022. Until that time we will continue to make the best books that we can.
We sent Covenant to the printer last week! We are about 2 weeks behind schedule, but it is for a good reason. Allen decided that he wanted to create a handful of new drawings just for this book. The extra two weeks gave him the time to make two new drawings that we are featuring in the bonus section of the hardcover edition. The book really looks amazing and we can’t wait for you to see it.
At the moment the printer is making the proofs that I will review next week. Once they are approved the book will be ready for the press. I’ll keep you updated throughout the various stages. Thanks again for supporting us with this book.
The Big Tease by Bruce Timm is sold out from our distributor. We still have some copies of the paperback and the exclusive Flesk direct hardcover on our online store.
These three volumes of Spectrum will sell out this year.
Spectrum 21–Our distributor is down to the last 11 copies of the paperback and we have a few cases available on our Flesk online store. The hardcover is totally sold out. Cover by Rebecca Guay.
Spectrum 23–Our distributor is down to the final cases of the paperback and hardcover editions and we have a few cases available on our Flesk online store. Cover by Android Jones.
Spectrum 24–Our distributor is totally sold out of the hardcover and paperback editions and we have a few cases of both bindings available on our Flesk online store. Cover by Iain McCaig.
Also, our distributor is sold out of the paperback and hardcover of Spectrum 27. We have limited copies of the hardcover on our Flesk online store.
Learn more and order at a special price on our Flesk website:
This is one of my favorite drawings by Franklin Booth. We’ll be reprinting the Franklin Booth: Painter with a Pen book that I published back in 2002. I’ll release it in early 2022 to coincide with our Flesk 20th anniversary. I pulled out my disk drive from 2003 to refresh myself with the book. I discovered that I have a full folder of images that I had sorted and organized for a second booth book. I even found a correspondence that I had with one of his students (who was 93 at the time) and his niece (his brothers daughter) who both provided me with personal stories to share in a future book.
From the looks of things this will be a completely revised edition that will add an extra 100 pages with new essays and details about Booth. I handed over the book to Kathy to work on yesterday who is prepping the new images and organizing the book. I’ll completely redesign the book as well since I get bored with the idea of simply doing a reprint. I’ll keep you all updated!
Coming soon! Al Williamson: Strange World Adventures, Carbon 4 and Xenozoic by Mark Schultz! Our printer samples arrived and the books look beautiful! These three titles are at the Hong Kong port waiting for a vessel to become available. The ports are currently jammed. Just as soon as we have a confirmed booking I will post an update with the arrival time at our Flesk warehouse.
