"The Art of Frank Cho presents Frank's first full career overview in this 20-year retrospective featuring over 400 pieces of art. They include his early student works, personal paintings and a section on his creator-owned properties, followed by an extensive overview of his adventure and superhero work completed for the major and independent comic publishers. Frank provides fresh commentary throughout to reveal insight into his art. An interview covers his recent projects with a revealing look at his working process. Frank picked many of his favorite comic covers and interior pages to share for this book. Preliminary pencil sketches from his archives are revealed for the first time. A range of art shows the finished inks direct from the original art as well as final published colored versions. Step-by-step stages are included for selected works, showing the initial concept to the final form for reproduction. Extensive scanning and photography of the originals has been done over the course of a year to provide the best reproductions possible. Art examples are highlighted from Frank's creator-owned properties, such as Jungle Queen, Liberty Meadows, Skybourne and Zombie King. Other features include behind-the-scenes selections from his titles in development, such as Autumn, Fight Girls, Guns and Dinos, War Wytch and World of Payne. The best of his recent Baker Street Irregulars Sherlock Holmes journals material is also included"--
The Art of Frank Cho presents Franks first full career overview in this 20-year retrospective featuring over 380 pieces of art. They include his early student works, personal paintings and a section on his creator-owned properties, followed by an extensive overview of his adventure and superhero work completed for the major and independent comic publishers. Frank provides fresh commentary throughout to reveal insight into his art. An interview covers his recent projects with a revealing look at his working process. Frank picked many of his favorite comic covers and interior pages to share for this book. Preliminary pencil sketches from his archives are revealed for the first time. A range of art shows the finished inks direct from the original art as well as final published colored versions. Step-by-step stages are included for selected works, showing the initial concept to the final form for reproduction. Extensive scanning and photography of the originals has been done over the course of a year to provide the best reproductions possible. Art examples are highlighted from independent comics, along with Franks creator-owned properties, such as Jungle Queen, Liberty Meadows, Skybourne and Zombie King. Other features include behind-the-scenes selections from his titles in development, such as Autumn, Fight Girls, Guns and Dinos, War Wytch and World of Payne. The best of his recent Baker Street Irregulars Sherlock Holmes journals material is also included.
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Flesk will be exhibiting and promoting their full line of books at the following events.
SHM Con, San Jose, CA, February 15, 2020 San Diego Comic Fest, San Diego, CA, March 5-8, 2020. Meet Richard and Wendy Pini, William Stout Spectrum Awards Ceremony, Kansas City, MO, March 20, 2020 Planet Comicon/SFAL,Kansas City, MO, March 20-22, 2020 Comic-Con International, San Diego, CA, July 22-26, 2020, Meet Frank Cho, Bruce Timm, Gary Gianni, William Stout LightBox Expo, Pasadena, CA, September 11-13, 2020 Baltimore Comic Con, Baltimore, MD, October 2020. Meet Frank Cho Student outreach at San Jose State University Animation/Illustration department, fall 2020, San Jose, CA Student outreach at Academy of Art University Illustration Department, spring and fall of 2020, San Francisco, CA
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Frank Cho on Instagram: @frankchoartist Frank Cho on Facebook: Frank Cho Flesk Publications website: fleskpublications.com Flesk Publications on Facebook Flesk Publications on Instagram: @fleskpublications Publisher blog with extended articles: johnfleskes.com Publisher John Fleskes on Facebook Spectrum Fantastic Art website: spectrumfantasticart.com Spectrum Fantastic Art on Facebook Spectrum Fantastic Art Live event and awards ceremony website: spectrumfantasticartlive.com Spectrum Fantastic Art Live on Facebook Spectrum Fantastic Art on Instagram: @spectrumfantasticart
Frank Cho never had any formal training in art but taught himself to write and draw by reading art books and comics. He launched the comic strip Liberty Meadows on March 31, 1997. Cho was later recruited by Marvel Entertainment. He has worked on many top-tier books at Marvel, including Spider-Man, The Mighty Avengers, Hulk, X-Men, Shanna the She-Devil and Savage Wolverine. Most recently Frank has received acclaim for his Harley Quinn covers for DC. He also works on his creator-owned projects, such as Fight Girls, Skyborne and World of Payne with famed novelist Thomas Sniegoski. John Fleskes is the president and publisher of Flesk Publications. He has published dozens of books featuring some of the top contemporary and most revered artists in the field. Fleskes has contributed to numerous books as writer, editor and designer. Frank Cho never had any formal training in art but taught himself to write and draw by reading art books and comics. He launched the comic strip Liberty Meadows on March 31, 1997. Cho was later recruited by Marvel Entertainment. He has worked on many top-tier books at Marvel, including Spider-Man, The Mighty Avengers, Hulk, X-Men, Shanna the She-Devil and Savage Wolverine. Most recently Frank has received acclaim for his Harley Quinn covers for DC. He also works on his creator-owned projects, such as Fight Girls, Skyborne and World of Payne with famed novelist Thomas Sniegoski.
