Our Flesk 2024 to 2025 Book Release Schedule

New Flesk Books! Our schedule for over a dozen titles coming in 2024 through 2025.

Hi, everyone,

Vicky asked for me to map out a schedule for the rest of this year and into 2025 for her to see. I thought I would share all of these details with you at the same time. There is a lot of information here and I hope you will find this as helpful as Vicky does. After all, we’re all in this together. It’s always very clear to me that none of this could happen with you supporting us along the way.

We’re in an unusual position–one in which we are grateful for. We’ve never had this many books in a nearly completed stage before. We spent years putting these all together. We like to take our time, we never rush, and we let the books tell us when each is ready for the printer. I can safely announce the following books since most are either done, or almost completed.

Please continue to read below to learn about the next books with Arthur Adams, Jeffrey Alan Love, Tran Nguyen, Gary Gianni, Daniel Warren Johnson, and William Stout. The Flesk Direct date referenced is our estimated time when the book will ship to those who order direct from us on our website. This date may shift slightly, but my hope is not by much.

2024 Releases

Portfolio by Mark Schultz
Flesk direct ship date: October 1, 2024

This 432 page collection of Schultz art will be arriving at our warehouse toward the end of this month. We look forward to shipping your pre-orders at that time. All of the details about this book are shown on our website.

ElfQuest Covers 1978-2022
Flesk direct ship date: November 4, 2024

Collecting each ElfQuest comic book cover from the entire 46-year run, with the inside scoop on each one! We have the full details about the book editions on our website. The book has been printed and will be shipping to our warehouse from the printer soon.

Arthur Adams Preliminary Studies
Flesk direct ship date: December 2, 2024

Surprise! We have a new Adams art book done and on the press. Have you seen those beautiful blue pencil preliminaries that Arthur shares on his Instagram page once in a while? We grabbed a big stack of originals from his studio and made this 224 page 5 x 7.5″ book collecting a bunch of our favorites. This format is the same size as the easy to carry and hold Manga books that we enjoy so much. And almost all pieces are shown at the original size.

-Pre-order on our Flesk website in November (day to be announced later)
-Shipping begins on December 2nd
-Paperback Edition $24.95 cover price
-Hardcover edition with jacket $34.95 cover price
-The paperback Flesk direct price will be only $19.95 for the paperback and $29.95 for the hardcover.
-5 x 7.5”
-224 pages
-Hardcover copies will come signed!

2025 Releases

The following Flesk titles are scheduled for next year

The Last Battle at the End of the World by Jeffrey Alan Love
The all new graphic novel by the celebrated JAL! This moving story will come with an additional 48 pages of bonus material with sketches and commentary giving you insight into how this book was made.
Notes From the Shadowed City by Jeffrey Alan Love
New printing with 32 page bonus sketchbook and process section!
The Thousand Demon Tree by Jeffrey Alan Love
New printing with 32 pages bonus sketchbook and process section!

Flesk direct release date for all three titles: March 2025

We are releasing Jeff’s new book along with new printings of the sold out Notes From the Shadowed City and Thousand Demon Tree. During a visit to Jeff’s studio we had the chance to view his sketches and preliminaries. This inspired us to make process sections that take you into Jeff’s mind. We’ll be running a Kickstarter campaign for this trio. The launch date will be announced late this year.

Spectres by Tran Nguyen
An all new collection highlighting the painting studies by Tran. We are looking forward to sharing these treasures in this exciting new collection. This will be a 9 x 12″ hardcover book.
Ambedo by Tran Nguyen
This long sold out book had a much too small print run. We’re bringing this back with a new cover to re-highlight the first decade of Tran’s career. This will be a 9 x 12″ hardcover book.

Flesk direct release date: April 2025

Tran’s star continues to rise and we are honored to showcase her works in these two upcoming collections.

Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea Art Book–by Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni
Flesk direct release date: May 2025

With Mike’s support, we have finished working with Gianni on an updated trade edition of the Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea art book. This collection goes into great detail about how this comic was made. We’ve introduced some new insight and details that didn’t make it into the original edition. We originally advertised this book as a fall 2024 release, but solely due to our workload being a little heavier than expected, we ran out of time to get it out this year. We decided to push this book to next year when we can best promote it. This beautiful book is done and ready for the printer.

View the Gary Gianni library of books on our website.

The Art of Daniel Warren Johnson
Flesk direct release date: August 2025

This book is amazing! Much of it is done and well mapped out. We originally planned on having this book come out in late-2024, but decided to push it to 2025 since DWJ has so much material from other publishers coming out in 2024. This gives us more time to fine tune this book by adding more commentary and recent art.

William Stout Comics
The big three-volume set that will total over 800 pages!
The Playing Card Art of William Stout
A two-volume set collecting Bill’s playing card art.

Flesk direct release date: October 2025

Five magnificent books packed with Stout art. In addition to hundreds of Stout pieces, the Comics collection has a substantial amount of text that shares stories about Bill’s career and those who he worked with. These legends include Harvey Kurtzman, Russ Manning, Bill Elder, and many more. We’ve been teasing this massive collection for years. It’s finally coming–next year! As a bonus, we have the two-volume playing card books to enjoy.

“Art of Bruce Timm” titles
A series of new books!

Flesk direct release date: To be determined

There are no B.T. titles or dates that we can announce at the moment. But rest assured that we are working with Bruce on a new series of books that collects his art. These are a blast to produce and we are eager to share the details once we are able to. We’ll reprint The Big Tease alongside the next new book.

Thanks for reading! We hope you are excited as we are about the new fifteen books that we have coming out between the remainder of 2024 and throughout 2025. We sure do appreciate you all for allowing us to make books for a living.

Enjoy,

John

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June 6, 2024June 12, 2024

June 2024 Flesk Book Updates

Hi, everyone,

We had a nice time visiting with William Stout, Bruce Timm, and Allen and Vicki Williams recently in Southern California. We met with all of them to say hello and to go over upcoming projects. Updates on each artist can be found below, along with some details on more upcoming titles.

William Stout

We have numerous books in the works with Bill. We are getting close to finishing his massive three volume William Stout Comics set. The three books come to over 750 pages combined. Volume one and two are designed. Volume three is mapped out and just needs to have the design finalized. We don’t have a release date set yet. We’ll be sure to make a big announcement when we are ready to start taking pre-orders. We also have The Playing Card Art of William Stout two volume set completely done. This set will be released sometime in the future.

Bruce Timm

We also have numerous new books in the works with Bruce Timm. We’re not ready to announce what any of them are yet. But trust us, you will be happy to hear what we will be releasing. The Big Tease and Naughty and Nice books will be reprinted in the future as well. A lot of B.T. is coming!

Allen Williams

What a joy it was to see Allen and Vicki. It was a delightful experience to work with the pair when we published Covenant: The Art of Allen Williams. We will have more books featuring Allen’s art in the future. Allen shared an idea with us that we are eager to support him with and publish.

Jeffrey Allen Love

Jeff’s new book, The Last Battle at the End of the World, is in the final stages of its design. Our goal is to launch a Kickstarter for this new graphic novel in August. We will also reprint Notes From the Shadowed City and The Thousand Demon Tree at that time. We’re very excited to release this new book along with his previous titles.

Tran Nguyen

We have a new book of Tran’s studies that is close to being done. We will release this collection along with a new printing of her previous art book collection, Ambedo.

Gary Gianni

The updated trade edition of Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea art book by Mike Mignola (plot and script) and Gary Gianni (art and script) is coming! This collection goes into great detail about how this 49-page comic was made. We’ve introduced new insight and details that didn’t make it into the original edition. It has been a lot of fun retooling this book to hit a new audience. We’ll share more details in the coming months.

Mark Schultz

The all new edition of Portfolio by Mark Schultz is coming this August. We will begin to take pre-orders in July. The original printing back in 2015 was 272 pages. This new version is 432 pages at 7.5 x 10″!

Portfolio compiles the drawings found in the original five Various Drawings volumes as well as the cover illustrations and special bookplates. Plus, an additional 160 pages worth of material adds dozens of works not previously collected in the Various Drawings or Carbon books. Found within are nearly 450 fully rendered drawings executed in brush-and-ink, carbon or graphite pencil.

Enjoy,

John

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August 12, 2022

Highlighting Bruce Timm! New Timm Books in the Works

Hi, everyone,

Back in June, Bruce Timm emailed me about a fresh stack of originals that he pulled together for me to scan for possible upcoming projects. When he mentioned that there was over 400 pieces we both got nervous about shipping them in the mail.

Vicky and I drove down to the LA area to scan and photograph the originals to make the process smoother. We arrived back home with enough material for three new Timm books. Pretty exciting!

This picture is of our makeshift office at the hotel. You can see a stack of originals on the scanner, and even more in the binder. There is another full binder that you can’t see in this picture. Bruce makes all of his art on standard copy paper. This is his favorite type of paper to work on.

Since this trip, Bruce has discovered more artwork. Another photography trip is in our future!

The first all-new book of three is planned for the fall 2023 at the earliest. I will share the details about exactly what each of these titles will focus on in the future. In the meantime, we hope you continue to enjoy The Big Tease and Naughty and Nice.

Enjoy,

John

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July 9, 2021July 25, 2021

Flesk July Update!

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.

Link to The Art of Tyler Jacobson Kickstarter campaign.

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.

Please feel free to visit our website to learn more about our most recent books.
https://www.fleskpublications.com/

Thanks to you all for keeping us busy.

Enjoy,

–John

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March 23, 2021March 25, 2021

The Big Tease by Bruce Timm–Low Stock Alert

Hi, everyone,

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.

Here’s the link with more information:

https://www.fleskpublications.com/bruce-timm

Enjoy,

John

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November 14, 2020November 25, 2020

New printing of Naughty and Nice by Bruce Timm is coming!

Back in 2012 we released Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm. The original printing is shown at left. The revised Big Pocket edition is shown at right. Both sold out quickly.

People have been asking for years if we would reprint this book. Well, good news, we will bring this book back back in print in the fall of 2021. We’re currently wrapping up 5 other books before we can turn our attention to Naughty and Nice.

We’ll be using the Big Pocket cover, which is our favorite image of the two options. The new printing will be 9 x 12″ and we will have a hardcover and paperback edition. More news about this coming in the spring of 2021!

Enjoy,

John

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November 13, 2020November 25, 2020

Bruce Timm Prints are Now Available!

We worked with Bruce Timm to select three of our favorite images found within the pages of The Big Tease to offer as 13 x 19″ prints.

Each print utilizes 300 gsm acid free matte paper and comes with an embossed “B.T.” on the lower right hand corner.

The best part is that the leaves do not appear on the actual print!

Here’s the link to learn more and to place your order.https://www.fleskpublications.com/bruce-timm

Enjoy,

John

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July 13, 2017October 5, 2018

Flesk Booth #5019 at San Diego Comic-Con! New Prints and Books!

Hi, everyone,

Come visit us at San Diego Comic-Con. Flesk booth #5019.

Arthur Adams, Daren Bader, Frank Cho, Terry Dodson, Craig Elliott, Lance HaunRogue, Richard Pini and Wendy Pini, Jim Silke, Gary Gianni, William Stout, Bruce Timm, and more artists who we’ve worked with will be there!

Daren Bader and Lance HaunRogue, the artist and writer of Tribes of Kai. Signing at the Flesk booth on Thursday from 2:00-3:00.

Richard Pini and Wendy Pini will be signing at our booth on Friday from 2:00-3:00. We’ll have copies of The Art of Elfquest, Elfquest: The Art of the Story, and Line of Beauty: The Art of Wendy Pini with us.

Debuting at our booth will be our new series of prints!

The new Wendy Pini prints are ready for San Diego Comic-Con! These fine art prints can only be purchased at our Flesk booth #5019. Each is made with the finest museum quality paper and archival inks, and made to the highest standard that you can expect from Flesk.

The new Bruce Timm prints are here and ready for San Diego Comic-Con! Flesk booth #5019 is the only place where you can get these official prints by Bruce Timm. There are 13 different prints available.

The art has been scanned from the original artwork, plus the paper and inks are museum quality, archival and will last longer than any of us! These are gorgeous! Bruce will be at the show where you can get them signed as well.

We’ll have free postcard giveaways and a full selection of our latest Flesk books.

See you there!

Enjoy,

John