The Art of Charles Vess

Green Man Press is home to award winning illustrator and publisher Charles Vess. Charles’ delicate artwork has graced many comics and fantasy novels over the years, with a number of high profile collaborations with leading fantasy authors. His most well known collaboration is most notably with Neil Gaiman, on the graphic novel ‘Stardust’ (with the movie adaptation of course being released soon). The ‘Book of Ballads and Sagas’ series featured re-workings of traditional English, Scottish and Irish ballads illustrated by Vess and written by guest authors such as Jane Yolen, Charles de Lint, and Midori Snyder. Charles has also recently turned to sculpture, producing a statue based on Stardust for DC/vertigo (pictured above). If you have been bitten by the Stardust bug the original hardback graphic novel has just been reissued with lots more new material, and from June 1st to September 9th the William King Regional Arts Centre (Abingdon, VA) will be exhibiting ‘Stardust Rising: the Art of Charles Vess’.

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