Year: 1980
Publisher: Dragon´s Dream / Putnam
ISBN: 9063326211 (UK) / 0825695511 (US)
Content: 96 pages with colour and b/w paintings
Long before Ian Miller became one of the most sought-after illustrators for Games Workshop, he already made himself a name in the field of illustration with his unique style. Illustrating mostly darkish tales from the likes of Mervyn Peake, Edgar Allen Poe, Stephen King or James Herbert, he invented an almost meticulous drawing style, inking his way with billions of tiny lines through the etching deep, dark shadows of horror and fantasy. To my mind there´s only one other well-known illustrator with similar approaches, Brad Holland from the USA.
(Well, and Bosch and Albrecht Dürer, of course :) But despite the subject, I guess I´ll stay with the living here...)
I first saw Ian´s work in the collective "Realms of Fantasy" where he was assigned to illustrate Titus Groan, I believe. He stood out from the other illustrators, his art was so unique and visually challenging, that I put his artbooks inmediately on the top of my "most wanted" list :)
Among Green Dog Trumpet, this book collected the best of the first part of his career. A very rare volume, one of the last books ever being published by Dragon´s Dream. You might still find a copy on the net, especially since there has been an US edition by Putnam too. Oh, and don´t forget to check out Ian Miller´s website :)
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