P. Craig Russell Video Blog #3: The Making of Oscar Wilde’s Fairy Tales V. 5: The Happy Prince
February 21, 2012 by Craig Russell
There’s Never Enough Time
February 17, 2012 by Craig Russell
Exclusive First Look from OSCAR WILDE'S FAIRY TALES V. 5; THE HAPPY PRINCE By P. Craig Russell
Funny how one project can spin off into another entirely unrelated project.
I’ll be attending MoCCA Festival 2012 on April 28th and 29th as a guest of honor. It came about after our publisher, Terry Nantier asked if I would attend to help promote the fifth volume of our Oscar Wilde Fairy Tale series.
When I agreed he then suggested me to the organizers of the convention as the artist to do their promotional poster. They in turn asked me if I would like do it. I agreed.
I had to set aside a project I was nearing completion on, a 174 page script and layout adaptation of Lois Lowry’s The Giver, to attend to the poster. I thought it would take about three days but worked on it for seven instead.
Ironically my third day into it I had to set the poster aside for a day in order to produce the endpapers and back cover for the Oscar Wilde book.
Endpaper designs for THE FAIRY TALES OF OSCAR WILDE V.5: THE HAPPY PRINCE
Russell’s new Oscar Wilde volume for April!
February 15, 2012 by NBM
Here’s what we’ve got being solicited this month in comics bookstores to come in April. The main news is the much awaited 5th volume in P. Craig Russell’s adaptations of The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde. Started in the early nineties, this was a pioneer in kids’ comics! And this story is VERY timely in this election year, relating to the 1% vs. 99% issue…
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
Vol.5: The Happy Prince
P. Craig Russell
The Happy Prince is arguably the most famous and well loved of Oscar Wilde’s nine fairy tales, rivaled only by The Selfish Giant. It is also a very timely tale at a time of controversy over the increasing chasm between rich and poor…The Happy Prince has lived a life of opulence but has died young and his soul inhabits a beautiful ruby encrusted statue covered all over in gold leaf. From his perch high above the city he is witness to all the poverty, misery, and hopelessness in which his people have been living. When a small barn swallow in flight to the warm south ahead of the approaching winter stops to rest upon the statue the Happy Prince prevails upon him to delay his travels in order to remove his gold leaf a piece at a time and shower it upon the poor citizens. Out of love for the Happy Prince the swallow does his bidding. As the days pass the Prince’s beauty is stripped away and as winter sets in the bird’s fate is sealed. In the spring the townspeople finding only a dull statue with a broken lead heart and a dead bird consign the worthless objects to the ash heap. Only an emissary of God recognizes them as the most valuable treasures of the city and brings them to the gardens of heaven.
8 ½ x 11, 32pp., full color jacket hc: $16.99, ISBN 978-1-56163-626-6
And see the previous volumes, some of which are going back to press on the occasion of this release!
And right here on this blog, Craig has been posting videos of his makling this book as well as posts showing more.
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The Diary of Molly Fredrickson: Peanut Butter, vol.6
Cornnell Clarke
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8 ½ x 11, 48pp., full color trade pb.: $11.99 ISBN 978-156163-6853
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NEW FROM PAPERCUTZ
SYBIL THE BACKPACK FAIRY #2 “Amanite”
Michel Rodrigue, writer
Manuela Razzi and Antonello Dalena, artists
Nina loves having her fairy friend Sybil around – she’s the only person who can see or hear Sybil and the two have formed a special bond. When Sybil unexpectedly disappears, a new fairy named Amanite mysteriously appears to take her place. Amanite tricks Nina into following her to a magical underwater world, where Nina is transformed into a tiny mermaid at the mercy of hungry sea monsters. How will Nina survive without her friend Sybil?
8 x 10, 48pp., full-color hardcover: $11.99
ISBN 978-1-59707-305-9
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED DELUXE #8 “Oliver Twist”
By Charles Dickens
Olivier Deloye, artist
Adapted by Loïc Dauvillier
Charles Dickens social novel comes to Classics Illustrated Deluxe in an extra-sized volume that features more comics pages than previous volumes. Dickens surrounds the serious themes of his novel with sarcasm and dark humor, making the quirky yet powerful art of Olivier Deloye a great fit for this adaptation of one of the greatest literary works of the past 200 years.
6 ½ x 9, 240pp., full-color paperback: $19.99
ISBN 978-1-59707-307-3
6 ½ x 9, 240pp., full-color hardcover: $24.99
ISBN 978-1-59707-308-0
Disguised as a cute animal story…
February 14, 2012 by NBM
Caught this one a bit late admitedly, from Library Journal on Bubbles & Gondola:
“A delightful and well-executed story recommended to those needing a spiritual lift or creative inspiration… fresh, quirky perspective.”
Another review for this in School Library Journal:
“Disguised as a cute animal story, Dillies’s substantive tale of writer’s block, social anxiety, and the magical and restorative powers of allowing oneself to take a break and have fun proves striking it its visuals and narrative.
Dillies and his publishers have used some very physical choices here to show the magic Charles finds as he steps outside, makes friends, allows himself to delight in things as winsome as soap bubbles and a hot air balloon.”
Little Nothings get more comments:
“Lewis Trondheim plays up his own foibles to masterful comedic effect.” says Playback:Stl.
P. Craig Russell Video Blog #2: The Making of Oscar Wilde’s Fairy Tales V. 5: The Happy Prince
February 14, 2012 by Craig Russell
Little Nothings webcomic 2/13
February 13, 2012 by trondheim
Sweet Anticipation
February 10, 2012 by Craig Russell
This is like waiting for Christmas to come.
That period leading up to the publication of the piece one spent so much time and labor on feels like unwrapping a brightly colored package on Christmas morning. I’ve already experienced it 31 times over as I opened the emailed j-pegs from colorist Lovern Kindzierski of the 30 individual pages plus the cover.
The VERY FIRST look at a completed sequence from THE HAPPY PRINCE
Then there’s the last minute shopping: prepping the artwork to provide the endpaper image and producing the montage image for the back cover.
Last minute details.
Sneak Peak of the Back Cover For THE FAIRY TALES OF OSCAR WILDE V. 5: THE HAPPY PRINCE
Welcome to Craig Russell!
February 7, 2012 by Terry
A belated welcome to Craig Russell to our blog! We’ve got a series of fascinating videos/interviews of him working specifically on his next Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, the 5th volume with the Happy Prince, coming out in April and to be premiered at MoCCA in NY end of April. We’ll post one a week of those and also have him comment in regular blog entries on his work.
The book is being solicited for now at comics stores.
We’re also busy at the office working on putting together the book to go out to the printer tomorrow. The artwork is stunning and Lovern Kindzierski’s colors just beautiful! Lovin’ every minute.
P. Craig Russell Video Blog #1: The Making of Oscar Wilde’s Fairy Tales V. 5: The Happy Prince
February 7, 2012 by Craig Russell
Little Nothings webcomic 2/6
February 6, 2012 by trondheim
