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Preview: Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artisan Edition

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Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artisan Edition

(W) Will Eisner (A/CA) Will Eisner
In Shops: May 31, 2023
SRP: $39.99

Will Eisner’s work on The Spirit was, in its way, as groundbreaking as Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. Both artistic achievements rewrote the book on sequential storytelling and had lasting impacts on all that followed them. Featured within these pages are 17 Spirit stories all from Eisner’s peak period, 1946-1950, generally regarded as his best work on The Spirit. An Artisan Edition collects stories, covers and pages that have been reproduced from the original art. While appearing to be in black and white, these images have been scanned in color, allowing the reader to view them as closely as possible to the original art. Ink gradients, blue pencil, corrections, and more are all clearly visible, all the wonderful subtle nuances that make original art so special and unique.

Will Eisner's The Spirit Artisan Edition

Preview: John Buscema Silver Surfer Artisan Edition

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John Buscema Silver Surfer Artisan Edition

(W) Stan Lee (A/CA) John Buscema
In Shops: Mar 30, 2022
SRP: $39.99

Considered by many to be one of the pinnacles of Silver Age comic book art-now presented in IDW’s critically acclaimed Artisan Edition format. You’ve never truly seen Buscema’s art until now!

John Buscema’s innovative drawing on Marvel’s Silver Surfer is presented in IDW’s Artisan Edition format, collecting three complete issues ( #5, #6, and #8) from the acclaimed original run written by Stan Lee.

An essential component of The House of Ideas, John Buscema’s talented hand graced the pages of Marvel’s most iconic characters for over four decades, working on The Avengers, Thor, The Fantastic Four, and The Amazing Spider-Man just to name a few.

As with all Artisan Edition books, nearly every page in this volume has been scanned from the original art, enabling the reader to clearly see all the little nuances that make original art unique and fascinating-blue pencil notations, margin notes, whiteout, and so much more. This is a must-have for all fans and students of classic comic art!

John Buscema Silver Surfer Artisan Edition

Preview: Steranko Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD Artisan Edition

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Steranko Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD Artisan Edition

(W) Jim Steranko (A/CA) Jim Steranko
In Shops: Sep 29, 2021
SRP: $39.99

Previously presented in the much-acclaimed Artist’s Edition format, and winner of an Eisner Award, now you can appreciate this historic run of comics in the new Artisan Edition format.

In the mid-1960s, Jim Steranko burst into the Marvel Age of comics in a BIG way, and the innovative, cinematic techniques he introduced in his brief tenure at The House of Ideas stand to this day as a high-water mark in the history of graphic storytelling. More than any other series, Steranko is most associated with Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. This Artisan Edition collects the first 12 stories of Steranko’s run, from Strange Tales #151-162, as well as his covers from these issues. Additionally, there will be a select number of extras presented. And, as usual, nearly all the pages have been scanned from the original art, from Steranko’s private archives.

Story and art by Jim Steranko with additional script by Stan Lee and Roy Thomas. Additional Layouts by Jack Kirby.

Steranko Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD Artisan Edition

Preview: John Romita’s Amazing Spider-Man Artisan Edition

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John Romita’s Amazing Spider-Man Artisan Edition

(W) Stan Lee (A/CA) John Romita
In Shops: Apr 14, 2021
SRP: $39.99

Jazzy John Romita was for many the definitive artist on the Amazing Spider-Man. His sleek line work brought the web-slinger to life for a generation of fans. This volume collects issues 67, 68, 69, 71, 75, and 84 in their entirety. Additionally there is a beautiful gallery section of Romita extras.

Like all of IDW’s award-winning Artist Edition style books, each page has been painstakingly scanned from the original art to ensure the finest possible reproduction, mimicking the experience of seeing Kirby’s hand-drawn pages-it’s the next best thing owning the art! While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art-for instance, corrections, blue pencils, paste-overs, all the little nuances that make original art unique.

John Romita's Amazing Spider-Man Artisan Edition