Re: Illustrating Vance in the UK

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Posted by Ralph on February 18, 1998 at 17:55:11:

In Reply to: Re: Illustrating Vance in the UK posted by iotar on December 15, 1997 at 10:50:35:

: : I think the perfect artist to illustrate Vance is the French artist Jean Giraud ("Moebius"). He was one of the production artists for the "Fifth Element", but of course his work goes way back through "Heavy Metal Magazine" to the original French magazine "Metal Hurlant".

: : Giraud is clearly a Vance lover: I remember a black and white drawing by him (can't remember where), in which a man in Vancean garb waited in some kind of medieval/futuristic train station with a book sitting beside him marked "Tschai - J.V."

: I don't know if any of you are familiar with UK editions of Vance but I'd have to recommend the Granada edition of "Cugel's Saga", I can't remember the artists name and I'm at work. But it has a great Cugel in a multi-tiered black hat. The matching editions of "The Dying Earth" and "Eyes of the Overworld" are pretty funky too. Some of the 1970s Mayflower paperbacks are quite nice too, especially "Languages of Pao" which has a ringed planet in the background and a strange hand gesture in the foreground. I've seen very few of the US editions so it is difficult for me to compare.
: But I'd have to agree about Vance & Moebius, funny hats & all!
: The artist on the UK "Cugel" might be Tim White. Also check out the Coronet JV covers esp. the "Marune: Alastor" and the Demon Princes.
: Nice to find this place.
: Regards.
: IOTA.

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: : Giraud would be my first choice as designer for the Demon Princes movie series! Check out the covers of the French "J'ai Lu" Tschai editions on Remy's website for work in a similar vein. Great stuff which puts the American cheese on Tor's covers to shame.

The image is outstanding alright, however the author is the well known artist: Philippe CAZA.
Both Moebius and Caza have done many science fiction illustrations for French publisher Opta and many other. However Caza has remained a Science Fiction illustrator while Moebius is doing other things. Caza illustrates a lot of science fiction books with French Publisher J'ai lu.
Hope this helps.

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: : : I think the perfect artist to illustrate Vance is the French artist Jean Giraud ("Moebius"). He was one of the production artists for the "Fifth Element", but of course his work goes way back through "Heavy Metal Magazine" to the original French magazine "Metal Hurlant". : : : Giraud is clearly a Vance lover: I remember a black and white drawing by him (can't remember where), in which a man in Vancean garb waited in some kind of medieval/futuristic train station with a book sitting beside him marked "Tschai - J.V." : : I don't know if any of you are familiar with UK editions of Vance but I'd have to recommend the Granada edition of "Cugel's Saga", I can't remember the artists name and I'm at work. But it has a great Cugel in a multi-tiered black hat. The matching editions of "The Dying Earth" and "Eyes of the Overworld" are pretty funky too. Some of the 1970s Mayflower paperbacks are quite nice too, especially "Languages of Pao" which has a ringed planet in the background and a strange hand gesture in the foreground. I've seen very few of the US editions so it is difficult for me to compare. : : But I'd have to agree about Vance & Moebius, funny hats & all! : : The artist on the UK "Cugel" might be Tim White. Also check out the Coronet JV covers esp. the "Marune: Alastor" and the Demon Princes. : : Nice to find this place. : : Regards. : : IOTA. : : : : : Giraud would be my first choice as designer for the Demon Princes movie series! Check out the covers of the French "J'ai Lu" Tschai editions on Remy's website for work in a similar vein. Great stuff which puts the American cheese on Tor's covers to shame. : The image is outstanding alright, however the author is the well known artist: Philippe CAZA. : Both Moebius and Caza have done many science fiction illustrations for French publisher Opta and many other. However Caza has remained a Science Fiction illustrator while Moebius is doing other things. Caza illustrates a lot of science fiction books with French Publisher J'ai lu. : Hope this helps.

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