Knowing Darkness (Deluxe Limited Edition: Artists Inspired by Stephen King
by Frank Darabont (9781933618517)

Frank Darabont
Release Date: 30 November 2009
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Category: Popular Culture
Publisher: Centipede Press
ISBN: 9781933618517
ISBN-10: 1933618515

For over thirty-five years, the fiction of Stephen King has thrilled readers all over the world. Many of the genre's best artists have tackled his novels and stories, ranging from hardcover and paperback art to intricate limited edition paintings and drawings. For the first time, the best of this work has been assembled in one book Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 --a stunning, oversized, full-color tome with over four hundred illustrations. It includes 99 percent of all limited edition artwork ever published, many of the pieces previously available only as expensive collector's items. Artists include Michael Whelan, Don Maitz, J.K. Potter, Phil Hale, Dave McKean, Rick Berry, Drew Struzan, Mark Ryden, and dozens of others. The book also features a new introduction by director Frank Darabont (The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption).

In addition to the reprinted artwork, there are several new artworks created just for this book. For starters, Douglas Smith (artist for Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West) provides two color wood engraving interpretations of The Shining, and Michael Whelan delivers his penultimate statement on The Dark Tower. There's a lot more.

This is the ultimate art book dedicated to the supreme master of horror.

The deluxe edition is signed by 33 artists, and comes bound in a printed suede material. The book is printed on heavier, 200gsm art paper. It also ships with a bonus book of artwork 13 x 19 inches. The two books are enclosed in a giant traycase that is wrapped in printed suede.

From the publishers of A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft.

USD $995.00