ECHOES : The Drawings of MICHAEL WILLIAM KALUTA (Signed & Numbered Ltd. Edition w/ Original Sketch)

KALUTA, MICHAEL WM. : CHADWICK, PAUL (commentaries) : GAIMAN, NEIL (introduction)

ISBN 10: 1887591133 / ISBN 13: 9781887591133

Published by Vanguard Productions, Lebanon, NJ, 2000

About this Item

HB - Signed & Numbered Ltd. Edition # 566 of 1000 (with signed original ink sketch) - FINE/FINE - Echoes collects drawings from the myriad periods of Kaluta's notable career and reveals the artist's unique passion for historical accuracy and unbridled fantasy, traits that have inspired more than one generation of artists and aficionados. Michael William Kaluta has been referred to as the artist's artist. He has earned that reputation by immersing himself in the worlds he draws, offering up his visions with painstaking detail -- from Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age through the noir era of The Shadow to the delightfully retro sci-fi worlds of Starstruck, and all places in between. Seller Inventory # 007494

Bibliographic Details

Title: ECHOES : The Drawings of MICHAEL WILLIAM ...

Publisher: Vanguard Productions, Lebanon, NJ

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: KALUTA, MICHAEL WILLIAM

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Echoes collects drawings from the myriad periods of Kaluta's notable career and reveals the artist's unique passion for historical accuracy and unbridled fantasy, traits that have inspired more than one generation of artists and aficionados. Michael William Kaluta has been referred to as the artist's artist. He has earned that reputation by immersing himself in the worlds he draws, offering up his visions with painstaking detail -- from Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age through the noir era of The Shadow to the delightfully retro sci-fi worlds of Starstruck, and all places in between.

Review:

"Vanguard's production-values (in) ECHOES has an edge over NBM's WINGS... tone like the luster of glazed oil paintings." -- Kenneth Smith, THE COMICS JOURNAL, Special #3 (Winter 2003)