Jusko and Golden Round Up Great Art for Calgary!
Expo to Feature Exclusive 2009 Artbook!
Calgary– Western Canada’s largest comic and entertainment expo, the Calgary Expo, has really roped in some great talent this year, and will be featuring most of ‘em in their exclusive 2009 Artbook, available at the show, April 25 and 26th! Among those gladly corralled for the event are artist’s Joe Jusko and Michael Golden.
Joe Jusko is undoubtedly one of the best known Fantasy artists in the world today, having worked for almost every major comic book publisher, producing hundreds of images for covers and interiors. His work has appeared on paperbacks, calendars, posters, t-shirts, toys and innumerable trading cards, most memorably the multi award winning 1992 Marvel Masterpieces Cards.
In addition to his work at Marvel, Joe has produced art for many other companies, including DC Comics, Crusade Comics, Innovation Comics, Harris Comics, Wildstorm Comics, Top Cow Productions and Byron Preiss Visuals, to name just a few.
His recent work includes a fully painted graphic novel based on Lara Croft, the heroine from the Tomb Raider video game series, which recently won a Certificate of Merit from the prestigious Society of Illustrators, miscellaneous cover paintings for ‘The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles’, ‘Vampirella’ , and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, among others. His new “Art of Joe Jusko” book, has just been released by Desperado Publishing, as well!
His work has earned him myriad awards and honors, including two “Favorite Painter” Wizard Fan Awards, multiple trading card awards, a Golden Lion Award from the Burroughs Bibliophiles and a Chesley Award nomination for best cover in 2001.
Joe’s original paintings are held in collections worldwide.
Michael Golden has long been known as one of the best storytellers in comics, influencing countless artists via his work on ”The ‘Nam,” “Micronauts,” “G.I. Joe Yearbook,” “Batman,” and “Dr. Strange, ” among much more!
His recent work can be seen with covers on “Heroes for Hire,” “Exiles,” “Demon’s Regret” and just this month on “Uncanny X-Men #507.” In addition, Vanguard Production’s recently released top selling art retrospective “Excess: The Art of Michael Golden,” written by Renee Witterstaetter, has sold out and gone into a second printing with a new Vampirella cover!
Golden has served as an Editor at DC Comics as well as Senior Art Director at Marvel Comics, and has worked on scores of movie production projects, including some currently in development. His art has been the focus of gallery shows in places as diverse as Gijon and Barcelona, Spain, New York, Antwerp and Brussels, while his class on storytelling has been conducted from Spain to Brussels to Canada and the United States.
This year will also see the release of Michael’s new sketchbook, “Dangerous Curves,” from Eva Ink Publishing. A perfect match for last years sketchbook, “Heroes and Villains.”
Both Jusko and Golden are also the subjects of DVD’s from Woodcrest Productions and Eva Ink in the “Creator Chronicles” series. Both featuring extensive interviews with the creators and in-depth tutorials! A must have for fans of both artists!
Continuing with their 4th edition, the Calgary 2009 artbook will feature 55 pieces of original art from many of the shows amazing guests! These artbooks are in full color, hardcover and limited to 850 copies, with a discounted price of only $25! In addition to Golden and Jusko, the book features work from Frank Cho, Darwyn Cooke, Terry Moore, Dave Johnson, Laurie B!, DPI Studios, Mike Allred, Ruben Procopio, Omar Dogan, and many more!
So don’t miss this opportunity to lasso one of these great books for your very own, and meet the creative talents as well!
For more information go to: www.calgaryexpo.com
For more information on Michael Golden and his work, or for “Creator Chronicles: Joe Jusko,” contact: www.evaink.com
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