Dark Horse Comics is publishing Drawing Down the Moon: The Art of Charles Vess on 23 December. The book will collect decades of Vess’s work. Vess is “one of the most revered artists in the field of fantasy and comic art. The three-time Eisner Award winner has worked on some of the most recognizable comic properties of all time, including Jeff Smith’s Rose and Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, for which he and Gaiman shared the World Fantasy Award.”
The 200-page, hardcover book is listed at $39.99, “but as a special treat, Dark Horse is happy to announce that the entire book is now available on the company’s web site for collectors, art connoisseurs, and newly introduced fans to browse for free.”
Vess said “This book has taken a bit over two years from the completion of my initial layouts to actually seeing print. So, in an effort to make certain that you know that the book will indeed be available this December, we are giving you a sneak peak of the entire 200 pages.” Vess also said “there’s the unique opportunity to view all the projects that you’d never have a chance to see except in a book like this: a sixteen-foot bronze sculpture, event posters for local organizations, private commissions, and previously unpublished paintings done just for the pure pleasure of doing them.”
To page through the book online, see this page.