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Flesk Publications Exhibiting at Big Wow ComicFest! Mark Schultz Appearing! Premiering new Volumes of Mark Schultz Various Drawings and Al Williamson Archives!

Flesk Publications will be exhibiting at Big Wow ComicFest! (Formally known as Super-Con.) The event will be held at the San Jose Convention Center this weekend, May 21-22, 2011. Our booth number is 305. We will be sharing a booth with Stuart Ng Books.

Mark Schultz will be a guest at the show. He will have original art for sale as well as be available to sign your items. This is his only Bay Area appearance this year.

Jim Silke will also be a guest of the show. We will have copies of his new book Jim Silke’s Jungle Girls that you can get personalized. Silke will also have prints, books and original art for sale.

We will be premiering two new Flesk titles at the show. They are Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Five (Deluxe signed hardbound $34.95 and softbound $19.95) and Al Williamson Archives Volume Two (softbound $19.95). We will be honoring the pre-order price of $29.95 for the new Schultz deluxe edition at the show. This price is good until June 1. Plus we just received fresh copies of the previously sold out Xenozoic book by Mark Schultz. These three titles will arrive in the stores in mid-June. In addition we will have the Flesk exclusive Mark Schultz: Blue Book, a 16-page signed sketchbook for only $10.00.

Flesk will have a wide variety of all of the books we publish as well as free promotional material for upcoming titles such as Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm and The Art of Craig Elliott.

We look forward to seeing those who can make the show! If you are unable to attend you can visit the Flesk online store to order any of the items mentioned in this newsletter.

Full details and sample pages for all Flesk Publications titles and our most recent news can be found on our website. Additional information can be read on publisher John Fleskes’ blog. Flesk books can be purchased on our online store. Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Thank you for your support!

John Fleskes

Flesk Publications

www.fleskpublications.com

Links:
Big Wow! ComicFest website
Stuart Ng Books
Jim Silke’s Jungle Girls
Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Five
Al Williamson Archives Volume Two
Xenozoic
Mark Schultz: Blue Book

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Flesk Publications Report From WonderCon 2011!

This year marked our sixth year setting up at WonderCon in San Francisco on April 1-3, 2011. Plenty of guests, artists and stars converged at this enjoyable show to make it well worth the trip. Each year continues to grow in terms of attendance. Saturday was especially thick with people. The San Diego Comic-Con crowd comparisons were on many tongues. Friday still remains a somewhat calmer day where a person can still navigate through the show room without the body-to-body traffic.

Bruce Timm signing a fans Green Lantern shirt at the Flesk Publications booth at WonderCon. Photo by Josh Ford.
Bruce Timm signing a fans Green Lantern shirt at the Flesk Publications booth at WonderCon. Photo by Josh Ford.

Bruce Timm was kind enough to stop by and sign at our booth on Friday. We had promotional postcards that he was signing for our upcoming book, Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm. At the last minute I decided to print twice as many cards as I thought I needed. It turned out to be a good idea as we went through twice as many as I initially predicted.

If you are anxiously awaiting the Bruce Timm book details on our website please be patient. The reason why the information is not posted yet is because we are still going through all of the material for the book to determine the final imagery and page count. At the moment there is over 250 images selected with around 250 pages planned. This could grow.

At our Flesk booth we showcased our entire line of books for people to view. We also had promotional postcards for our upcoming releases The Art of Craig Elliott, Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Five and Al Williamson Archives Volume Two. Again, I was delighted and surprised at how many free postcards were passed out—more than twice the amount taken compared to last year.

William Stout was set up right next to us.
William Stout was set up right next to us.
Craig Elliott at his booth just down the aisle from us at WonderCon.
Craig Elliott at his booth just down the aisle from us at WonderCon.

Craig Elliott, Jim Silke and William Stout were all at the show. It was a pleasure to get to spend some time with all of them. Besides being available for autographs they all had originals for sale.

James Walker II helping at the Flesk Publications booth.
James Walker II helping at the Flesk Publications booth.

This year I had the help from regular James Walker II and newcomer Josh Ford at our booth. I go way back with these guys and am always appreciative to have the help from friends at the shows. Thanks guys!

Our pal Mary Ray at the Stuart Ng Books booth.
Our pal Mary Ray at the Stuart Ng Books booth.

The next show Flesk Publications will be exhibiting at is the Big-Wow! ComicFest in San Jose. Mark Schultz will be a guest. He couldn’t make WonderCon this year due to his teaching at the Savannah College of Art and Design. I’m thrilled he is able to squeeze in the Big-Wow! ComicFest show into his schedule. We will be premiering his new fifth volume of Various Drawings at the show!

Enjoy,

John

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications
Photographs and text © 2011 John Fleskes

Links:
WonderCon website
Big-Wow! ComicFest website

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Free Comic Book Day At Hijinx Comics in San Jose, CA!

Hijinx owner Neil Farris welcoming people to Free Comic Book Day at his store on May 7, 2011.
Hijinx owner Neil Farris welcoming people to Free Comic Book Day at his store on May 7, 2011.

This Saturday from 11:00AM to 2:00PM I will be at Hijinx Comics in San Jose, CA for Free Comic Book Day. I’ll have a variety of books for sale and free promotional material. I plan on bringing some dinged books at a reduced price. This is a terrific way to sample our books!

Alex Sheikman will also be there at the same time. Alex is the artist of Robotika published by Archaia. Alex also did the artwork for the Dark Crystal free comic book that will be available on Saturday. He will also be showing originals for his upcoming Dark Crystal graphic novel.

Hijinx Comics will be offering a store-wide sale. Plus, there will be coupons available for the Thor movie at Camera Cinemas in Los Gatos and other interesting things for all.

Hijinx is located in the Willow Glen area of San Jose. This shop carries a wide variety of superhero and independent comics and graphic novels.

See you there!

John

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications
Photographs and text © 2011 John Fleskes

Links:
Hijinx website and directions
Alex Sheikman blog

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Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Five and Al Williamson Archives Volume Two are Coming June 1, 2011!

Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Five and Al Williamson Archives Volume Two have been printed and are in transit to our warehouse. They are now available for pre-order at our online store. All orders will ship on June 1, 2011.

We will be receiving the books just in time for the Big Wow! ComicFest event at the San Jose Convention Center on May 21-22. Mark Schultz will be a guest at the show. I’m excited about premiering these two terrific books at Big Wow! where you can get Mark to sign your copies. I’ll post more details as the show approaches.

Enjoy,

John

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

Links:
Pre-order these books at our Flesk Publications Online Store
Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Five details and sample pages
Al Williamson Archives Volume Two details and sample pages
Big-Wow! ComicFest information

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Spectrum 18 Artist List Announced!

The Spectrum website has posted the artist names list for those selected by the 2011 jury for inclusion in Spectrum 18. I’m pleased to see Flesk regulars Petar Meseldžija, Mark Schultz, Jim Silke and William Stout all included! There are also many of my favorites in there like Bill Carman (who did the Spectrum 18 Call For Entries poster), Frank Cho, Donato Giancola, Rebecca Guay, Michael Wm Kaluta, Gregory Manchess and Shelly Wan, to name a few.

Brom and James Gurney continue to slug it out as the only two artists to be in every volume of Spectrum!

Visit the Spectrum website for the full list!

Enjoy,

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

Links:
Spectrum 18 Artist List

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Flesk Publications at WonderCon, Booth #709! Meet Bruce Timm, Craig Elliott, Jim Silke and William Stout!

Bruce Timm Naughty and Nice promo postcard available at WonderCon
Bruce Timm Naughty and Nice promo postcard available at WonderCon

I’m getting ready for WonderCon. We’ll be at booth #709. I sent out an email newsletter today with all the details. I’m including it below.

If you want to be added to our Flesk email notification list, click here.

To read the current newsletter online, and all of our past newsletters, click here.

Enjoy!

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

Flesk Publications will be exhibiting at WonderCon running from April 1-3, 2011 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco—booth #709. This is a great place to see our entire line of books, meet artists, ask questions about future projects and pick up promotional material.

On hand will be certain books that are only available direct through Flesk, such as the signed and limited 16-page sketchbook, Mark Schultz Blue Book. Also, Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West by Walt Reed, both the hardbound edition and the deluxe limited edition will be on hand. These two titles cannot be found in the book trade. We will also have deluxe-signed editions for many of our books including Jim Silke’s Jungle Girls, and other low stock items that are out of print. These can also be found on our Flesk online store by clicking here.

Stop by and pick up our free promotional postcard for Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm, the new book coming this fall. We will be hosting a special signing with Timm. A signing schedule will be posted at our booth on the first day of the show.

We will also have free postcards to promote Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Five, Al Williamson Archives Volume Two and The Art of Craig Elliott, all coming this summer 2011.

Additional artist’s appearing at WonderCon that we have published, or are developing books on, are Craig Elliott, William Stout and Jim Silke.

William Stout will be directly next to us at booth #711. He will have original art, books, prints and calendars and be available to sign your items.

Jim Silke will be located in Artists’ Alley at table #AA031. He will have original art, prints and books available, and happy to sign your copies of Jungle Girls!

Craig Elliott, the subject of a forthcoming art collection from Flesk, will be present at his Craig Elliott Gallery, booth #723. He will have prints of his fine art, originals, books, cards, jewelry and other items available.

Our friends at Stuart Ng Books will be near us again at booth #713.

Flesk Publications goal is to continue promoting the arts through quality collections. We produce art books on illustration, comic art, graphic novels, fine art and fantasy, with a strong focus on individual artist collections.

You can keep up to date on the latest Flesk news through publisher John Fleskes’ blog, our Flesk news page, and order all of our books online at the Flesk store. Feel free to contact us with any questions and interview requests.

We all look forward to seeing you at the show!

Best,

John

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications
P.O. Box 3174
Santa Cruz, CA 95063
info@fleskpublications.com
www.fleskpublications.com
Flesk store: fleskpublications.com/shop
(408) 206-2346
Monday through Friday
11:00AM to 6:00PM PST

Links:
WonderCon website
William Stout website
Jim Silke website
Craig Elliott website
Flesk Publications upcoming events

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Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art Of Bruce Timm—The Cover Revealed!

This fall 2011 I will be publishing a collection showcasing the women of Bruce Timm. I am thrilled to reveal the cover for the first time. Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art Of Bruce Timm will be a in a large 9 x 12 in. format with both a softbound and hardbound edition. We’re still working on the page count and details and should have the full specifications and description up on the Flesk website in a month or two.

It has been a pleasure to work with Bruce in finalizing this cover. He wanted a sixties retro paperback feel to the cover, and we went through a number of fun designs before arriving at this winner. It’s always a joy to work with an artist to find a look and feel that satisfies them. I want each book I publish to serve as an extension of the artist. The cover is an integral part of this and allows for a theme for the book. Therefore it is important for me to glean as much feedback as possible from an artist to learn how they envision their art to be shown. Fortunately, Bruce was more than willing to express his opinions in a clear and constructive manner to get not only his art, but also his aesthetics into the book cover and interior designs as well.

I’ll have a free 5 x 7 in. promotional postcard for the Bruce Timm book available at WonderCon this April 1-3, 2011. We’ll be at booth #709, right next to William Stout and Stuart Ng Books. Check out the back of the card below!

Bruce Timm “Naughty and Nice” book postcard available at the Flesk Publications booth #709 at WonderCon.
Bruce Timm “Naughty and Nice” book postcard available at the Flesk Publications booth #709 at WonderCon.

Enjoy,

John

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

Links:
WonderCon website
Future William Stout appearances
Stuart Ng Books

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Meet Gary Gianni at C2E2, March 18-20, 2011!

Gary Gianni is a special guest at this years Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, running from March 18-20, 2011 at the West Building at McCormick Place.

Gianni will have original art for sale, as well as copies of his latest books from Flesk Publications, Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Prince Valiant Page and Major Thrill’s Adventure Book. In addition, he will have Into the Land of Shadows, a privately printed collection of two years worth of Prince Valiant strips that is only available direct from Gianni.

Gary Gianni has adapted and illustrated a wide variety of books, including John Henry, Kidnapped, Moby Dick, The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, The Complete Conan of Cimmeria, and Michael Chabon’s Gentlemen of the Road. His comic’s work includes Classics Illustrated, The Shadow, and The MonsterMen. He won an Eisner Award for his illustration of “Heroes,” a tale included in Batman: Black and White. Gianni currently serves as the illustrator of the Prince Valiant Sunday comic strip.

You can also find Gary’s brother, artist Thomas Gianni, in Artist Alley.

Enjoy,

John

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

Links:
Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo website
Gary Gianni website
Gary Gianni books from Flesk Publications

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Flesk Publications Exhibiting at WonderCon 2011, Booth #709!

Once again, Flesk will be exhibiting at WonderCon running from April 1-3, 2011 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This is a great opportunity to stop by and flip through our entire line of books, ask questions about future projects and pick up promotional material. We’ll have a new promo postcard flier for Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm that you can only get at WonderCon.

We will have certain books only available direct through Flesk, such as the signed and limited 16-page sketchbook, Mark Schultz Blue Book. Also, Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West by Walt Reed, both the hardbound edition and the deluxe limited edition will be on hand. This title cannot be found in the book trade. We will also have deluxe signed editions for many of our books including Jim Silke’s Jungle Girls, and other low stock items.

Artist’s in attendance at WonderCon that we have published books on are William Stout and Jim Silke. Mark Schultz will not be able to make the show this year due to his teaching an illustration class for the semester at the Savannah College of Art and Design. But, do not worry; Schultz will be a guest at Super-Con, the Big-Wow! ComicFest at the San Jose Convention Center on May 21-22, 2011.

William Stout will be directly next to us at booth #711. He will have original art, books, prints and calendars and be available to sign your items.

Jim Silke will be located in Artists’ Alley at table #AA031. He will have original art, prints and books available, and happy to sign your copies of Jungle Girls!

Our friends at Stuart Ng Books will be near us again at booth #713.

I’ll have more details as we get closer to the show!

Enjoy,

John

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

Links:

Future events where you can see Flesk Publications
WonderCon website
Future William Stout appearances
Stuart Ng Books
Big Wow ComicFest, SuperCon