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| Author | Greg Preston |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Books |
Publication date | July 31, 2007 |
| Pages | 216 |
| ISBN | 9781593075613 |
The Artist Within: Portraits of Cartoonists, Comic Book Artists, Animators and Others is a coffee table book consisting of a photographic series of portraits of popular culture artists within their creative studio workspaces, by American photographer and author Greg Preston. [1]
The Artist Within was first conceived when photographer Greg Preston's love of illustration & fantasy art and a suggestion from cartoonist Scott Shaw! fermented into Preston's project of photographing artists within their studios. [1] The 15 year long project brought together over 200 influential cartoonists, comic book artists, animators, and other fantasy illustrators into hard-bound book collection of black and white portraits of artists in their studios. Some of those featured include: Will Eisner, Carl Barks, Frank Miller, Al Hirschfeld, Chuck Jones, Joseph Barbera, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Moebius, Cathy Guisewite, Berke Breathed, R. Crumb, the Hernandez brothers, Alex Ross, Todd McFarlane, Walt and Louise Simonson, among many more. [1]
The Artist Within: Portraits of Cartoonists, Comic Book Artists, Animators and Others was published by Dark Horse Books on July 31, 2007. [1] A companion book The Artist Within: Behind the Lines: Book 2 ISBN 978-0692917565 was published in 2017. [2] [3]
Portraits from The Artist Within project have been seen during the Academy Awards & Eisner Awards. [4] Preston's The Artist Within portrait of artist Marie Severin was used by publications such as The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and NewsDay to announce her passing. [5] [6] [7]
William Erwin Eisner was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Harold Rudolf Foster, FRSA was a Canadian-American comic strip artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip Prince Valiant. His drawing style is noted for its high level of draftsmanship and attention to detail.
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Colleen Doran is an American writer-artist and cartoonist. She illustrated hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books and magazines, including the autobiographical graphic novel of Marvel Comics editor and writer Stan Lee entitled Amazing Fantastic Incredible Stan Lee, which became a New York Times bestseller. She adapted and did the art for the short story "Troll Bridge" by Neil Gaiman, which also became a New York Times bestseller. Her books have received Eisner, Harvey, Bram Stoker, Locus, and International Horror Guild Awards.
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Scott Joseph Shaw, often spelled Scott Shaw! and Scott Shaw? in Rick and Steve, is an American cartoonist, animator, and historian of comics. Among Shaw's comic-book work is Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, and Simpsons Comics. He was also the first artist for Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series.
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