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Flesk Publications Books Breakdown 2002-2010!

The following details comprise a list of books I have published since starting Flesk Publications in 2002. I did this to document the month and year for each book release, and out of curiosity to see the number of books and total combined page count published each year. It was easy enough to write some extra details and post it on my blog in case others would find this information of interest.

Besides a jump between the total number of books I published in 2010 compared to 2009, a gain in the combined books total page count increased 33%. Here’s a break down.

2010 Flesk Titles

1. Blue Book by Mark Schultz, March 2010, 16-pages
2. James Bama Sketchbook, May 2010, 144-pages
3. Hallucinations by William Stout, July 2010, 48-pages
4. Al Williamson Archives, July 2010, 64-pages
5. The Legend of Steel Bashaw by Petar Meseldžija, October 2010, 64-pages
6. Inspirations by William Stout, November 2010, 48-pages
7. Xenozoic by Mark Schultz, November 2010, 352-pages
8. Harvey Dunn by Walt Reed, November 2010, 304-pages
9. Jungle Girls by Jim Silke, December 2010, 84-pages

Total 2010 page count is 1124 pages.

Now, let’s compare to the previous year.

2009 Flesk Titles

1. Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne adapted by Gary Gianni, January 2009, 64-pages
2. Prehistoric Life Murals by William Stout, February 2009 (indicia states January 2009, but it arrived in stores in February), 144-pages
3. Major Thrill’s Adventure Book by Gary Gianni, July 2009, 32-pages
4. Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Four, August 2009, 48-pages
5. Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon: A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic by Mark Schultz, June 2009, 256-pages
6. New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z by William Stout, December 2009, 64-pages
7. Dinosaur Discoveries by William Stout, December 2009, 144-pages

Total 2009 page count is 752 pages.

Going by the pages numbers, that’s a workload increase of 372-pages comparing 2010 to 2009, and an additional two books for 2010. I should note, books are worked on from anywhere from three months to four years. It’s not like the production of all of these books fit within an actual calendar year. As a publisher I am involved in all aspects of each book. There’s editing, reviewing the art scans on each page to make sure it meets my standards, in some cases designing the book myself, proofing, and all sorts of little things that need my attention. Increasing production by a 33% page count was a lot of hard work, but worth it. (I do have help. I don’t do this all alone. Bill Baker, Randy Dahlk, Dave Stier, Martin Timins and James Walker II all make solid contributions.)

2010 represents a pace I would like to continue. Ultimately, I would like to slowly increase the amount of books coming out each year. The quantity will be based on many factors including my budget, my time, the support from people buying our books, the economy, and those unknown factors that lurk up to challenge me.

I am already working on my 2011 schedule and firming up the details on a handful of projects with artists I am having the opportunity to work with for the first time, and those I have been fortunate enough to have worked with in the past. It seems my brain is always six months ahead of the actual real-time date. I will have some exciting news to share by March 2011, when I will have much of the new title details wrapped up. You will see more diversity to the line-up.

While I’m at it, here are the remaining books I have published over the years. (Note: I was laid-off from Sun Microsystems on January 29, 2009, which also marked the date I began working Flesk full-time. I was at Sun for 10 years. This explains the jump in new titles for 2009 and 2010.)

2008 Flesk Titles

1. The Prince Valiant Page by Gary Gianni, June 2008, 112-pages
2. Xenozoic Tales Print by Mark Schultz, July 2008, 1-page

Total 2008 page count is 113 pages.

2007 Flesk Titles

1. Mark Schultz: Various Drawings Volume Three, August 2007, 48-pages
2. Steve Rude: Artist in Motion by Steve Rude and John Fleskes, December 2007, 208-pages

Total 2007 page count is 256 pages.

2006 Flesk Titles

1. Mark Schultz: Various Drawings Volume Two, July 2006, 48-pages
2. James Bama: American Realist by Brian Kane, October 2006, 160-pages

Total 2006 page count is 208 pages.

2005 Flesk Titles

1. Mark Schultz: Various Drawings Volume One, July 2005, 48-pages

Total 2005 page count is 48 pages.

2004 Flesk Titles

1. Joseph Clement Coll: A Legacy in Line, July 2004, 208-pages

Total 2004 page count is 208 pages.

2003 Flesk Titles

1. Joseph Clement Coll: The Art of Adventure, July 2003, 168-pages

Total 2003 page count is 168 pages.

2002 Flesk Title

1. Franklin Booth: Painter with a Pen by John Fleskes, March 2002, 112-pages

Total 2002 page count is 112 pages. My first book!

That wraps up all of the books I’ve published to date. A total of 25 books and one print. I’m looking forward to adding more to this list this year!

Enjoy,

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

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Flesk Publications is pleased to announce Jungle Girls by Jim Silke!

The latest Flesk email newsletter was sent out today. I’ve posted it in this blog entry as well. If you would like to join our newsletter for future notifications, you can click here to add your email address. Jungle Girls and our other Flesk books can be purchased at our online store.

Enjoy!

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

Jungle Girls is a celebration of that impossible, loony, glorious nonsense that Jim Silke somehow finds essential!

Jungle Girls unleashes over fifty never-before-seen images of the fabulous and provocative female inhabitants of the fictional world’s steamier climes, all created by that renowned modern master of the pinup, Jim Silke.

This sumptuous volume celebrates literature’s original “natural woman” in all of her varied and glorious incarnations. From earthy jungle goddesses and sensual jungle queens to bedazzling slave girls and haughty harem damsels; from resplendent tropical tramps and beguiling dragon ladies to brazen, semi-clad barbarian babes to Silke’s versions of the modern, bold, daring and dangerous beauties that prowl his imagination. They’re all here—including H. Rider Haggard’s She, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Jane and Hedy Lamarr’s Tondelayo. Each and every one of these delectable and decidedly dangerous beauties has been wholly captured— heart, body and soul—by Silke’s lush lines and brush strokes.

Jungle Girls showcases 52 all-new, simply stunning Silke illustrations, supplemented by an extensive selection of movie stills and other rare images from private collections, all of them carefully chosen to further heighten the reader’s enjoyment. As with all Flesk Publications, each and every page of this book will be reproduced, presented and printed on the best-quality paper to meet the highest, most exacting of standards, all to ensure that Silke’s “Jungle Girls” are presented to their best advantage.

In a playful tone Silke often refers to his fascination with jungle girls as “nonsense.” “Nonsense has been with us since the first bad joke was told, so the Jungle Girl nonsense that charmed my life in the early 1940s might just appeal to today’s young people, after all the video games and movies they enjoy today are almost all absolute nonsense," jokes Silke.

In reference to the gorgeous models that inspire his art, Silke shares, “Thank God for beautiful women, particularly those that pose for me."

When confronted by the possibility of distributors and retailers finding the cover artwork for Jungle Girls a bit too revealing Silke explains, "Looking at the book, now that it’s printed, it occurs to me that I spent an awful lot of time placing strings of beads on my gorgeous brown skinned girls in precisely the right place so the book could get past the censors."

Jungle Girls is 84-pages with two gatefolds at 8.5 x 11”. The softbound edition is $24.95, ISBN: 978-1-933865-32-4.

The hardbound deluxe edition is limited to 500 copies with jacket. Exclusive to this edition is a bound in plate reproducing an unpublished illustration. Each copy is numbered and signed. The cover price is $44.95, ISBN: 978-1-933865-33-1. Only 100 copies of this edition are left for sale.

About Jim Silke

Jim Silke served as the Executive Art Director at Capitol Records. He is the creator and editor of the magazines Cinema and Movies International, novelist (the Death Dealer series), and screenwriter (Sahara, King Solomon’s Mines, Revenge of the Ninja, etc.). His books include, Bettie Page: Queen of the Nile, Bettie Page: Queen of Hearts, Bettie Page Rules and Pin-Up: The Illegitimate Art. Silke has won many awards, including a Grammy for the cover of Judy at Carnegie Hall, an Emmy citation for AFI’s James Cagney Life Achievement Award, and citations from The Society of Illustrators, and the Los Angeles Art Directors’ Club.

Full details and sample pages for Jungle Girls and all Flesk Publications titles and our most recent news can be found on our website, and on publisher John Fleskes’ blog. Jungle Girls and our other Flesk books can be purchased on our online store. Thank you for your support! Feel free to contact us with any questions and interview requests.

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John Fleskes Interview at Comics Bulletin by Jason Sacks!

I recently had the pleasure of talking with Jason Sacks at Comics Bulletin.com. We spoke about William Stout and my passion for his art, as well as my working relationship with him. It was a fun experience. The interview has just been posted on the Comics Bulletin website. You can read it here. Thanks to Jason for the great questions and for taking his time to put the piece together.

Enjoy,

John

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

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Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter by James Gurney Book Review!

With the holidays behind us, this is an excellent time to focus on a good book for yourself. I recommend James Gurney’s new book, Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter.

Within this book Gurney explores how our visual perceptions perceive color and light given various situations, and how to master these combinations to elicit the proper mood and atmosphere into a work of art. Along with his previous book, Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist, Color and Light is broken down into a coherent structure with succinct dialog and numerous examples to illustrate each topic.

Chapters within examine sources of light, light and form, elements of color, paint and pigments, color relationships, visual perception and much more.

I found myself intrigued by the examples of light and color and how they change and morph depending on the surrounding colors. I learned that many of the examples covered are things I took for granted before. I never fully realizing how correlations between the sky, ground, and surrounding structures, both man made and natural, play important roles in the way colors are emitted. I had ideas of how color worked before, but with this book’s articulate reasons, it proved I had much to learn.

I read one or two topics within the book an evening over the last month to allow my brain to fully absorb each. I find this book fascinating. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not an artist, but I am passionate about photography, as well as being an art book publisher. I find art books help me a great deal in improving my photography, as well as producing better art books. Besides these two, I’ve long taken a great interest into the various approaches of creative people. My point being, you don’t have to be an artist to benefit from this book.

Outside of all the beautiful art within Color and Light, you will get a better understanding of how smart Gurney works to achieve a finished painting, making him the exceptional painter that he is.

Color and Light is a 224-page softcover book with over 300 illustrations in full-color running $24.99. You can get signed copies direct from James Gurney’s website here. You can also read Gurney’s daily blog here.

Enjoy,

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

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Jim Silke’s Jungle Girls Has Arrived!

This is a quick note that Jim Silke’s Jungle Girls has arrived at our warehouse. I’ve added the book to the Flesk store. Jim is signing the deluxe hardbound copies today. All deluxe orders will begin shipping tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 21).

The softbound edition will begin hitting stores in about a week. An official press release will go out right after Christmas. We’ll be shipping Monday to Thursday this week, then taking Friday and Saturday off for Christmas, then right back at it all next week.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Best,

John

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

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Unk! by Petar Meseldžija! Petar Now Taking Commissions!

I just received the original art for a commission from Petar Meseldžija titled “Unk!” Needless to say, I’m a satisfied customer. I laughed for quite some time when I first saw the piece. Petar told me he experimented with this drawing in using more tones than he normally has in the past. I love what he did.

My only direction to Petar was the elements I wanted in the piece. I asked for a tree (he does amazing trees), a giant, noble hero type and a woman. As far as the composition and direction I gave him no feedback. I’m not an artist, so why limit him with my imagination.

I’ve seen people give artists lengthy instructions and even stick figure sketches showing what they want for a commission. I would never do this. To me, when you commission and artist to do a drawing or painting you are not only getting an artists original work, but their creativity and imagination. I do everything possible to keep myself out of it. I’ve heard the argument that if you are going to pay money for a personal commission (and at times this can be a substantial amount) that they want to get exactly what they want. I understand this, but it isn’t my style. Outside of the subject matter, I don’t want exactly what I want, I want exactly what the artist envisions. (Art for publication is a different matter, as there are certain factors and goals in mind that an art director will want met. That’s another topic.)

Another thing is I want to make sure the subject matter is something the artist will get excited about, pushing them to do their best work, with creative freedom.

Petar has posted some notes, the initial sketch and big views of the art on his latest blog, which you can read here.

Thanks to Petar for doing this beautiful drawing for me! Oh, and by the way, Petar is taking on commissions. You can contact at petarmeseldzija@planet.nl for inquiries and pricing.

Enjoy!

John

John Fleskes
Flesk Publications

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Announcing Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West by Walt Reed from Flesk Publications!

Flesk Publications is pleased to announce the availability of Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West by Walt Reed. The introduction is by Lynn Verschoor, director of the South Dakota Art Museum. This is the definitive book on this powerful painter, illustrator, and teacher!

Harvey Dunn was one of twentieth century America’s most powerful illustrators, painters and teachers. This comprehensive volume covers a major portion of his illustrations and paintings for the first time. Content includes illustration art, pioneer and western works, and his powerful World War I pieces inspired by his battlefield sketches. Also included are the rarely seen nudes, portraits, and murals. Paintings from museums and private collections showcase the full range of this talented American artist.

For this book, many original paintings were tracked down and re-photographed in order to reintroduce the work of this important artist. Until now, most of Dunn’s paintings and illustrations have been unavailable to the public in their original form.

Locations of pictures in public collections are listed, as are the original publication dates and places. Additionally, a section is devoted to the artist’s working and teaching methods. Also included is a reprinting of Dunn’s “An Evening in the Classroom,” compiled from notes made during critiques, passing on his inspirational teaching philosophy. A comprehensive list of Dunn’s students with sample art is included as well.

This massive collection features 294 color and 73 black and white plates within 304 pages. The book dimensions are 12.5” x 9.75”. Two editions are available; A hardbound with jacket (ISBN: 978-1-933865-19-5) with a cover price of $50.00 and a Deluxe Limited hardbound with slipcase (ISBN: 978-1-933865-20-1) with the cover price of $125.00. Sample pages for the book are available on the Harvey Dunn book featured page on the Flesk website. Visit the Flesk online store to order, or view our contact page for more options. This book is not available to the book trade, including Amazon. For individual store orders, please contact John Fleskes for details.

Deluxe Edition Details (View multiple pictures of the Deluxe Edition at the Flesk website)

This special edition is limited to 350 copies in slipcase, signed by the author and specially bound and numbered. It contains the proof of an undated photo of Harvey Dunn. It also contains the image of Dunn’s previously unpublished experimental painting “Romance,” from the 1920s. Only 100 copies will be for sale through Flesk. The remaining copies will be reserved for the South Dakota Art Museum and Illustration House, NYC.

Praise For Harvey Dunn

“N.C. Wyeth, my father, was a great friend of Harvey Dunn and thought highly of his work—I feel the same way and think his work is very powerful.”

—Andrew Wyeth
Chadd’s Ford, PA

“South Dakota has every reason to be proud of Harvey Dunn. Born and raised in a homesteading family, he painted an authentic and artistic record of the settlement of our great state that will continue to inspire us for generations to come.”

—M. Michael Rounds
Governor, State of South Dakota

“We take great pride in our native son Harvey Dunn and have had the privilege of knowing his work intimately through the Museum Collection. Now we can share that pride with the rest of the country through the handsome reproductions of his work in this volume. After this introduction we invite you to visit us in person.”

—Lynn Verschoor
Director, South Dakota Art Museum

“I had always been drawn to Howard Pyle and his outstanding disciples, but my first introduction to Harvey Dunn’s paintings was a revelation; dramatic and colorful, combined with a dedication to truth and I am proud to have his work in my collection.”

—Richard Kelly
The Kelly Collection of American Illustration

“This work definitively brings to light the life and art of one of this nation’s greatest painters, illustrators and teachers. Dunn believed in the usefulness of pictures and that their primary motive was to convey feelings that is universal to all mankind.”

—George Fernandez
Professor, SUNY—Farmingdale

About Walt Reed

In 1974 Walt Reed founded Illustration House, Inc. Reed was part of the instructional staff of the Famous Artists School. There he worked with some of America’s most prominent illustrators, including Norman Rockwell, Stevan Dohanas, Robert Fawcett and Albert Dorne. His previous books include, The Illustrator in America, Harold von Schmidt Draws and Paints the Old West, Great American Illustrators, and The Art of Tom Lovell. Reed was editor for North Light Publications in 1972-1976. He designed the Bicentennial 50 State Flag stamps and has been a consultant on several subsequent stamp projects.

Full details and sample pages for Flesk Publications titles and our most recent news can be found on our website, and on publisher John Fleskes’ blog. Thank you for your support. Feel free to contact us with any questions.

John Fleskes

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

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New Publisher “Picture This Press” Releases Three New Titles in Thier “Lost Art Books” Series!

I received the following press release from Joe Procopio announcing his foray into the publishing world. His company Picture This Press has debuted three new titles as a part of their Lost Art Books series.

Joe’s efforts are a welcome addition to any collector of early 20th century illustration and cartoons, as well as an important part of preserving artists of the past for recognition and rediscovery. I am excited by this news of a new company dedicated to preserving this field I am so passionate about. Good luck Joe! — John Fleskes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 28 2010
Contact: Joe Procopio, joseph.procopio@lostartbooks.com, (240) 643-8714
To download a PDF of this press release: http://tiny.cc/w9tma

New publisher Picture This Press debuts with three titles on forgotten masters of graphic art
Lost Art Books series devoted to preserving early 20th century illustration and cartoons

SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND–Picture This Press, a new publishing house devoted to the graphic arts, has simultaneously released its first three volumes in its Lost Art Books series, an imprint that focuses on the illustrators and cartoonists who were nationally known figures in their day but have since slipped into obscurity. After several years of laying the groundwork for the press’ launch, gathering a vast library of material and developing a significant network of outside resources, The Lost Art Books imprint made its public debut last month at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, joining the ranks of independent publishers passionate about these past masters of illustration and cartoon art.

The Lost Art of Zim–Cartoons and Caricatures revives for modern audiences the hard won wisdom of a founding father of American cartooning, Eugene ‘Zim’ Zimmerman. This centennial edition collects material from America’s earliest correspondence course on how to be a cartoonist. More than a simple collection of “how to” lessons, Zim outlines an entire philosophy of life for would-be cartoonists, sage advice from decades of experience. The book is rounded out with an introduction by Zim scholar Walter Brasch and a rare biography on the artist’s life.

The father of caveman-and-dinosaur comics gets the deluxe treatment in The Lost Art of E.T. Reed–Prehistoric Peeps with a comprehensive introduction by artist/writer Stephen Bissette (Swamp Thing). This strip, which first appeared in Punch magazine, was the first to stumble upon the comic goldmine of throwing prehistoric men and dinosaurs into anachronistic situations. It became hugely influential, and a clear line can easily be drawn from Reed’s Prehistoric Peeps straight through the decades to television’s The Flintstones. Reed deserves further celebration for the remarkable draftsmanship he brought not only to Prehistoric Peeps but also to the cartoons he produced as a parliamentary caricaturist and social satirist, all of which are examined in this volume, the first of its kind ever devoted to Reed and his work.

A neglected master draftsman finally receives the attention he deserves in The Lost Art of Frederick Richardson. This volume presents over a hundred illustrations from his prolific final years as a newspaper artist for the Chicago Daily News. All that is known about Richardson’s life can be found in the introduction by fantasy writer Ruth Berman and well-known mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner. This collection-the first of its kind in well over a century-will leave modern readers wondering what today’s newspapers might be like if they aspired to this level of enchantment and artistry.

Picture This Press founder Joseph Procopio along with his co-publisher Ellen Levy have a combined 35 years of publishing experience, having worked as editors and writers and directed publications departments for a variety of organizations. Matching this level of expertise with their passion for the material will result in many more books aimed at introducing modern readers to these great artists of the “golden age” of cartooning and illustration.

About Picture This Press is dedicated to broadening the appreciation and awareness of the artists who work in the fields of illustration, cartooning, graphic arts, photography, and poster design.

Lost Art Books, the flagship series from Picture This Press, collects and preserves the works of illustrators and cartoonists from the first half of the 20th century. Too many of these artists have gone under appreciated for too long, with much of their work uncollected or unexamined for decades, if at all. The Lost Art series of books aims to preserve this cultural heritage by re-introducing these artists to new generations of working artists, historians, and admirers of things beautiful.

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Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West by Walt Reed! Deluxe Edition Details and Pictures Available on Flesk Website!

Harvey Dunn deluxe edition book with slipcase.
Harvey Dunn deluxe edition book with slipcase.
Harvey Dunn deluxe edition book bonus spread, signed by Walt Reed.
Harvey Dunn deluxe edition book bonus spread, signed by Walt Reed.

Harvey Dunn: Illustrator and Painter of the Pioneer West by Walt Reed has just arrived at our warehouse. All pre-orders are currently being filled and will ship this week.

For those interested in the deluxe edition, I’ve taken photos of the book and put them on the Harvey Dunn book description page on the Flesk website. Just click on the small picture of the deluxe edition, which will show you five big views.

It’s a handsome package. Besides the slipcase, the book has been upgraded with a cloth binding and includes an onlay of Harvey Dunn’s “The Homesteaders” painting from 1908 on the cover. The difference between this and the trade edition is that the trade has a jacket and arlin binding with no onlay.

The special edition is limited to 350 copies in slipcase, signed by the author and specially bound and numbered. It contains the proof of an undated photo of Harvey Dunn. It also contains the image of Dunn’s previously unpublished experimental painting “Romance,” from the 1920s. Only 100 copies will be for sale through Flesk. The remaining copies will be reserved for the South Dakota Art Museum and Illustration House, NYC. The price is $125.00. These are not available to the book trade or specialty shops.

For more details and sample pages, please visit our Flesk Harvey Dunn webpage here.

Enjoy!

John Flesk
Flesk Publications

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Flesk Publications Presents William Stout’s Inspirations! Invite the fair women of fantasy into your life. Your world will be the better for it.

Flesk Publications is pleased to announce their new release, Inspirations by William Stout!

Inspirations focuses on Stout’s loving portraits of the women of the fantastic realms. Be they winged and magical fairy folk, or half-fish and sweetly salted mermaids, they are here. They and dozens more await the intrepid reader in these pages, each of them as fair, fierce and fascinating—and as terribly dangerous and impossible to hold—as her companions.

William Stout provides insight into the works found within. "Inspirations is a much more personal book than its previous companion volume Hallucinations. I worked from live models for almost every one of the pictures in Inspirations. The models added an enormous amount to each piece, ultimately giving the illustrations much more depth and substance than if I had just drawn the figures out of my head.”

Every one of these stunning visions is captured in ink-and-watercolor to best reveal the very life and likeness of the subjects in their full-blooded beauty. Stout goes on to explain, “The influences of my favorite early 20th Century children’s book illustrators are woven all throughout the images contained within Inspirations. I consider this book a tribute to them and their enormous talents.”

In many ways, William Stout: Inspirations is the twin of William Stout: Hallucinations. Both volumes present images rendered by the award—winning, well-traveled artist during his recent tour of the lands of literature, myth and popular imagination. Both books share a format. And both act as brilliant showcases for a living master of his craft, working at the height of his powers, and in what is arguably his most popular style.

And, as is true of every release from Flesk Publications, the greatest care has been taken to achieve the highest reproduction quality of these muses—these dearest of William Stout’s Inspirations.

Inspirations is 48-pages at 8.5” x 11” containing 50 illustrations. The softbound edition includes French flaps. The cover price is $19.95. The hardbound edition includes a jacket with a new piece of art created for the back cover, which is a variation of the art found on the reverse of the softbound edition. This hardcover is limited to 500 copies with a cover price of $29.95. Exclusive to this edition is a bound in plate reproducing an unpublished illustration. Each copy is numbered and signed. This edition is sold out from the publisher. Those interested can visit www.williamstout.com for availability of a deluxe copy.

William Stout is one of America’s foremost fantasy and film artists, dinosaur muralists and illustrators. Stout’s dinosaur illustrations have appeared in The Little Blue Brontosaurus, which formed the basis of the enormously popular The Land Before Time animated series. Stout has contributed to over thirty films including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and Walt Disney’s Dinosaur. He was a designer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth. His previous books include, The New Dinosaurs, Prehistoric Life Murals, New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z and Dinosaur Discoveries. His pictures were an acknowledged inspiration for Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. Stout has been awarded the Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators.

William Stout is available for interviews.

Full details and sample pages for Flesk Publications titles and our most recent news can be found on our website, and on publisher John Fleskes’ blog. Thank you for your support. Feel free to contact us with any questions.

John Flesk

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