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Illustrating VanderMeer
Which came first; the story or the illustration? When you think about the illustrated stories that you’ve read, whether they have been in the form of a graphic novel, a picture book, or comic strip–you might ask yourself this question. In an exploration of the collaborative process between an ...
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 3)
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 3)
sfsignal.com — Short fiction anthologies come in many flavors: some contain original fiction and some are comprised of reprints;... they can be themed or non-themed; they may restrict themselves to a certain sub-genre of speculative fiction... But one thing they all ... (more) MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short ...
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 2)
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 2)
sfsignal.com — Short fiction anthologies come in many flavors: some contain original fiction and some are comprised of reprints;... they can be themed or non-themed; they may restrict themselves to a certain sub-genre of speculative fiction... But one thing they all ... (more) MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short ...
The Sofanauts No 27
sofanauts.com — Guests this week on the Sofanauts are: Jeremy Tolbert (http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/) Jeff VanderMeer ...... (more) The Sofanauts No 27
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Illustrating VanderMeer: A Pain in the Ass, But Someone Has to Do It
Ecstatic Days — (The original hardcover dustjacket for the edition of City of Saints & Madmen that put me on the map; larger version here, with detail in my photostream.) From the Plymouth State Library page (more info there): Which came first; the story or the illustration? When you think about the illustrated stories that you’ve read, whether they have been in the form of a graphic novel, a picture book, or comic strip–you might ask yourself this question. In an exploration of the collaborative process between an ...

Life of Book, Sound of Finch, Meer of Vander
The Mumpsimus — ... Finally, if you're in the Plymouth, New Hampshire area between October 15 and November 23, stop by the Lamson Library & Learning Commons at Plymouth State University, where the exhibit "Illustrating VanderMeer: A Glimpse Into the Collaborative Works of Author, Jeff VanderMeer and Illustrator, Eric Schaller" will be on display (contrary to what the site says, though the majority of the books included are from my collection, some of them are Eric's). The big event will be the evening of Monday, November 23, when Eric and Jeff will both be in attendance, and there ...

Eric Schaller and the Art of Illustrating VanderMeer
The Mumpsimus — New Hampshire is a small state, so we only have a few daily newspapers. We're most notorious for the Union Leader, but the state paper that's won a Pulitzer (among other awards) is the Concord Monitor. And today the Illustrating VanderMeer exhibit that I helped put together at Plymouth State University got a big feature story in the Monitor, with a particular focus on New Hampshire's own Eric Schaller. The web version has the full text, but I was blown away when I opened up the paper and saw it was almost the entire front page of the arts ...

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