Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Music hall magic
Here's a look at one of Martin McKenna's spectacular widescreen paintings for the Mirabilis Gazetteer. This was the way we originally planned to tell the Mirabilis story in the days before a comic strip was ever discussed, as a kind of multi-stranded global weave of stories with artwork by Martin and Leo. In short, a Dinotopia-style art book. We even had a firm publication date of September 2009 before the DFC came along and distracted us - and, while working on the graphic novels is a lot of fun, in retrospect we might have been better off starting with the Gazetteer. (20/20 hindsight, what a superpower!) Anyway, we've been dusting it off and there really is rather a lot of juicy artwork just crying out to be seen, so we've decided to get the Gazetteer back on track for publication next year. Watch out for more sneak peeks.
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Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I'm already very excited to see this published. Just fantastic!
ReplyDeleteLorenzo!
Thanks, Lorenzo! Between Martin, Leo and Nikos it should be a gorgeous beastie and no mistake.
ReplyDeleteGosh! This is all sorts of YUM.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning painting! There's an amazing 3D quality to this particular painting by Martin. Just wonderful and a fantastic hint at the truly enchanting (as well as unnerving) world of Mirabilis.
ReplyDeleteMore please!!!
yep, looks amazing -- the book sounds like a terrific idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words, gentlemen. Much appreciated!
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