Charles Vess
| Charles Vess | |
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Charles Vess in his studio, Green Man Press, in Abingdon, Virginia.
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| Born | June 10, 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist |
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Notable works
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The Book of Ballads and Sagas Sandman Stardust |
| Collaborators | Neil Gaiman, Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow, Charles de Lint |
| Awards |
Inkpot Award, 1990 Eisner Award, 1991, 1997, 2002 World Fantasy Award, 1991, 1999 Comic Creators' Guild, 1993 Silver Award (Comics Industry), 1995 |
| http://www.greenmanpress.com | |
Charles Vess (born June 10, 1951) is an American fantasy artist and comic-book illustrator who has specialized in the illustration of myths and fairy tales. His influences include British "Golden Age" book illustrator Arthur Rackham, Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, and comic-strip artist Hal Foster, among others. Vess has won several awards for his illustrations.
Charlies Vess began drawing comic art as a child. He graduated with a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 1974. While at VCU, Vess' comics appeared in the Fan Free Funnies, a comic tabloid published by the student newspaper. His first professional position was as a commercial animator for Candy Apple Productions in Richmond, Virginia, which he held for approximately two years.
In 1976 he moved to New York City and became a freelance illustrator. He contributed illustrations to publications including Heavy Metal, Klutz Press (now an imprint of Scholastic Press), and National Lampoon. One notable publication from this early period was The Horns of Elfland () published by Archival Press in 1979, which Vess wrote and illustrated.
From 1980-82 Vess worked as an art instructor at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. During that period, his work appeared in one of the first major museum exhibitions of science fiction and fantasy art, held at the New Britain Museum of American Art in 1980.
By the late 1980s Vess had found a niche in the world of fantasy comic art with publications such as The Raven Banner: A Tale of Asgard written by Alan Zelenetz and published by Marvel Comics in 1985, The Book of Night, published by Dark Horse Comics in 1987, and "The Warriors Three Saga" in Marvel Fanfare #34-37, 1987-88. He painted the cover of the debut issue of Web of Spider-Man (April 1985), wrote and drew a backup story in The Amazing Spider-Man #277 (June 1986), and crafted the Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth graphic novel (1990). In 1991 he illustrated the official comic-book adaptation of Steven Spielberg’s Hook and had an eleven issue run (#129-139) as cover artist of Swamp Thing by DC Comics in 1993.
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