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Fables Covers: The Art of James Jean Vol. 1 | 
 enlarge | Authors: James Jean, Bill Willingham
Publisher: Vertigo
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 10541
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 1401215769
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781401215767
ASIN: 1401215769
Publication Date: November 18, 2008
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Wonderful collection of quality covers December 2, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R345NYKSUZGMFC This book contains the covers drawn by James Jean for Fables.
Each cover is printed, in high resolution, on semi-gloss high quality paper. The book itself if hardcover with a dust jacket. The art on the hard cover is slightly embossed with a sticker pasted at the centre.
There are 75 single issues and 11 wraparounds, a wonderful look at his creative style over the years.
Also included are the sketches James Jean did for his covers. The covers are sometimes accompanied by his thoughts or some quote from the comic.
At the end of the book is an interview conducted by Bill Willingham with James Jean. On the last two pages are photos of his work area. One of them shows the Eisner Awards he has put neatly on his shelves. Strangely, the interview and photos are printed on non glossy paper, which I think will turn yellow in the future.
This is a higly recommended book for fans of James Jean or Fables.
There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.
Beautiful November 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
James Jean has emerged as a superstar artist with a great following and this book is a great start to see some of his exemplary work. His lavish covers for the Vertigo series, "Fables," are always eye catching and it's great to see them all gathered here in one place.
The great thing about the book is that on one side you get part of the process he uses to get to the finished product such as preliminary sketches and drawings. My only complaint would be that Jean does some commentary on his covers for the trade paperbacks of the series, but he doesn't do any commentary on the individual covers. (Note: there is text accompanying the individual covers, but they are from the Fables treatment and Bill Willingham does a inteview with Jean at the end.) I would have really like to have read more than that. This book makes for a fine art book, and I guarantee that if you put it on your coffee table that anyone who comes over won't be able to resist picking it up.
James Jean Genius December 16, 2008
Very simply put this is an absolutely gorgeous book. Fantastic art presented with thumbnails, render sketch and finished piece, sometimes in a full spread. A must have if your a fan of Jeans art. The layout and design of this book is fantastic as well! I can't recommend or compliment it enough. Buy it now.
That's the way I like it December 17, 2008
Beautiful edition. The quality of paper/hard cover is just great. Stiched all together very solid so it wont fall apart just by turning pages. As for the content, everything is just as I expected -great reproductions of Jean's original art with small versions of initial sketches and in-progress phases included. Plus Interview with James as a bonus. Simply must-have for every illutration fan (not mentioning James Jean fans).
Beautiful book - a must have for James Jean (& Fables) fans. December 22, 2008
It took me a while to get it, but yesterday it finally arrived. This book is a wonder, it's nice and big, nice weight, excellent printing, colors, and paper quality. It looks so good, it's almost as if I had the original art in my hand. So there you have it: ever since I first read Fables, James Jean entered my list of favorite illustrators/artists, and by purchasing this book I hope I'm honoring his brilliant art (and contributing a bit to his pockets!)
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