John Romita’s The Amazing Spider-Man: Artist’s Edition in Stores February 1st!
Friday, Jan 27th, 2012
IDW and Marvel present classic stories, all scanned from original art
San Diego, CA (January
27, 2012)— JOHN ROMITA’S THE AMAZING
SPIDER-MAN: ARTIST’S EDITION is the next book in the
ongoing Artist’s Edition series from IDW Publishing.
Collecting six classic issues from Romita’s
stellar run on The Amazing Spider-Man, each and every page
scanned from the original art and presented at full size, the same
as it looked on Romita’s drawing table.
“It’s such a treat to put these books together and be
able to get up close and see pages by great artists, like John
Romita,” said Artist’s Editions Editor,
Scott Dunbier. “His work is so precise and
clean, he is one of the true masters of the Silver Age of
comics.”
As Harry Knowles of Aintitcool.com wrote, “Track this puppy
down–go down to your local comic shop and pre-order
it. You don’t want to try picking this up on the second
hand market.” John Romita’s The Amazing Spider-Man:
Artist’s Edition is in stores on February 1st.
What is an Artist’s Edition? Artist’s Editions
are printed the same size as the original art. While appearing to
be in black & white, each page has been scanned in COLOR to
mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual
original art—for example, you are able to clearly see
paste-overs, blue pencils in the art, editorial notes, art
corrections. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the
paper selected is as close as possible to the original art
board.
Previous
Artist’s Editions include DAVE
STEVENS’ THE ROCKETEER: ARTIST’S EDITION and
WALTER SIMONSON’S THE MIGHTY THOR: ARTIST’S
EDITION. The ROCKETEER ARTIST’S
EDITION won two Eisner Awards last year, for Best Archival
Project and Best Design.JOHN ROMITA’S THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ARTIST’S EDITION ($100, hardcover, black and white, 152 pages,) will be available in stores in February. ISBN: 978-1-61377-144-0.
Visit IDWPublishing.com to learn more about the company and its top-selling books.
About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The Transformers and G.I. JOE, Paramount’s Star Trek; HBO’s True Blood; the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO; Toho’s Godzilla; and comics and trade collections based on novels by worldwide bestselling author, James Patterson. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio; and is the print publisher for EA Comics.
IDW’s original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. More information about the company can be found at IDWPublishing.com.
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com.
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