If you think Book Palace Books spoil us with their regular, beautifully put together illustrators magazine (Issue 44 is available now), then you’ll be blown away by The Illustrated History of Warren Magazines, the second volume in the illustrators Warren series, available soon.
Check out our quick video walkthrough, or the slideshow – warning, some adult comic imagery – below…
illustrators – The US Warren Artists introduced by film director Guillermo del Toro, is available to preorder now – a sumptuous, beautifully put together book, and an excellent opportunity to immerse yourselves in the history of the weird, warped, wacky and utterly wonderful house of Warren.
I don’t think it’s hyperbole on the part of Book Palace to describe this as “the ultimate guide to the US artists who made Warren’s monster mags the best in the business”. Who needs dumbbells when you have this when you have this kind of book to lift off your shelf?
With the aid of friends, family, fans, historians and the artists themselves, BPB have very definitely assembled a compelling stories of the talented team who worked throughout the golden years of Warren Publishing.
The book features an absolutely stunning roster of over US Warren Artists, including Neal Adams, Richard Corben, Gene Colan, Reed Crandall, Basil Gogos, Larry Ivie, Steve Ditko, Jerry Grandenetti, Billy Graham, Frank Frazetta, Russ Heath, Jeff Jones, Ken Kelly, Roy Krenkel, Gray Morrow, Vic Prezio, Bill Fraccio/Tony Tallarico, John Severin, Kenneth Smith, Tom Sutton, Angelo Torres, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Wallace Wood, Bernie Wrightson. And it presents them brilliantly, too, in my view.
As well as building into an indispensable reference library, illustrators gives readers an insight into the creative process, from the initial idea to the image potentially seen by millions.
• The Illustrated History of Warren Magazines is available to preorder now direct from Book Palace Books here
Author: Peter Richardson; Guillermo del Toro (foreword)
Artists: Numerous
Publisher: Book Palace Books, July 2024
Number of pages: 402
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9″ x 11″ (220mm x 285mm)
ISBN: 9781913548490
illustrators 44
The latest issue of illustrators is an absolute treat of a bookazine, spanning modern art (pop artist Dulk) to the classical (William Hogarth). Not ones to shy from difficult issues, there’s an article on AI, too, a subject that has left communities divided, especially when so much human art has been used, without permission, to “feed” its algorithms.
More like a book than a magazine, illustrators is a fantastic art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. With its unique blend of art and insight, it guides you through the stories behind the artists and their art, with features written by some of the leading authorities on this important art form.
In this issue:
• Spanish surrealist pop artist Dulk (Antonio Segura) and his animals in peril;
• Travel back three centuries to the biting satire and acute observation of William Hogarth;
• Enjoy the mystical and surreal world of Murugiah;
• The young Vietnamese artist YinXin He and her phantasmagorical images;
• Russ Manning Gallery of Tarzan and the Beastmaster.
Plus, will Artificial Intelligence (AI) replace artists?! Let’s hope not, eh?
Author: Diego Cordoba (Editor)
Artists: Dulk (Antonio Segura), William Hogarth, Murugiah, YinXin He, Artificial Intelligence, Russ Manning
Publisher: Book Palace Books, July 2024
Number of pages: 96
Format: Soft Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9″ x 11″ (216mm x 280mm)
ISBN: 9781913548544
• illustrators #44 is available here direct from Book Palace Books
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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