Jeffrey Jones: The Definitive Reference
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Rating | : | 4.80 (557 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1934331554 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-08-12 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
As well as sci-fi and fantasy, Jones famously contributed to 1972-75 issues of National Lampoon with the innovative comics feature "Idyl," and was a member of The Studio in New York City with contemporaries, Barry Windsor-Smith, Bernie Wrightson, and Michael Wm, Kaluta. This is not an art monograph or biography but is a profusely illustrated reference book, gathering together the most detailed information on every known, first-publication image by Jones from magazines, books, comics, postcards, and every other artifact one can imagine -- the absolute completists' guide to Jeffrey Jones!. By the '80s Jones relocated to the Woodstock area to pursue Fine Art. Legendary artist Frank Frazetta once called Hugo Award and World Fantasy Award winner Jones "the great living painter.
Nice representation of Jeffrey Jones' art catalog- I wish some Nice representation of Jeffrey Jones' art catalog- I wish some pieces could have been full page But I guess if they did that it would have to be a bigger book---. "A "must" for any Jeffrey Jones fan! The cornerstone for any Jones collection." according to Beam Me Up. There are, to my mind, four essential books about Jeffrey Jones, whom Frank Frazetta called "the greatest living artist of our time." Two art collections and a sketchbook (with an extensive interview) are well worth your time; this book, though, is the cornerstone of any Jones collection, because with it, you can identify any known Jones work, from the most obscure flyer published in . "Depends on what you're looking for" according to wiredweird. This book seems like a "must" for any completist, collector, or scholar of Jones's amazing work. Seemingly every commercial work is named here, identified by title, venue, and date in this catalogue raisonné.But, if you're just looking for reproductions of this amazing artist's work, you won't find a lot. Quite a few works actually do appear between these covers, but reduced to