THE ART OF NEIL GAIMAN & CHARLES VESS' STARDUST

From Charles Vess’s personal archive, a breathtaking collection of his illustrations, sketches to stunning paintings, for the acclaimed masterwork written by Neil Gaiman. An elegant and lavish coffee table book revealing the origins, processes, and brilliant final paintings produced for the award-winning fantasy novel Stardust written by Neil Gaiman, which went on to become a graphic novel, again drawn by Vess, and then a wonderful 2007 film. The film starred an ensemble cast including Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Ricky Gervais, Jason Flemyng, Rupert Everett, Peter O'Toole, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Robert De Niro, with narration by Ian McKellen. "Written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany." From the moment Gaiman asked Vess to join him on the project, through the layouts, concept illustrations, pen-and-ink drawings, and breath-taking paintings — printed in an oversized format and including works from before they were adjusted to fit the text. Includes work for all of the different editions, and even the ultra-rare portfolio A Fall of Stardust with contributions from an amazing group of illustrators: Mike Mignola (Hellboy), William Stout, Geoff Darrow, Jill Thompson, Terri Wendling, Terry Moore, Bryan Talbot, Gary Gianni, P. Craig Russell, Paul Chadwick, Stan Sakai and Sergio Aragones. And Tony DiTerlizzi (the red witch, pictured here)!