FAIRY TALES OF OSCAR WILDE
P.Craig Russell
One of comic art’s most respected and pioneering artists, well known for his opera adaptations and beautiful fantasy work, P. Craig Russell is in the process of adapting Oscar Wilde’s famous fairy tales in a series of landmark volumes.
PARENTS’ CHOICE AWARD 1994, 1995
Eisner award winner “Best Artist”; Harvey award winner “Best Graphic Album”.
“Russell matches Wilde’s literary skills with artistic talent.” Publishers Weekly
“An attractive introduction to Wilde’s tales.” Booklist
“Russell’s dramatic style makes them more accessible.”
School Library Journal
“Exquisitely illustrated.” Tony Isabella
“I Cannot praise these books enough. Perfect for a child’s library although I suspect most adults will find them irresistible for themselves.”
Memphis Commercial Appeal-Scripps Howard papers
Signed & Numbered editions: quarterbound in real cloth, tipped-in sheet with special art signed by Russell.
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Vol. 1: The Selfish Giant and The Star Child: 81/2x11, 48 pp., full color, jacketed hardcover, $15.95, ISBN 1-56163-056-X

Vol. 2: The Young King and The Remarkable Rocket: 81/2x11, 48 pp., full color, jacketed hardcover, $15.95, ISBN 1-56163-085-3

Vol. 2: Signed & Numbered edition: Limited to 500, $45, ISBN 1-56163-099-3

Vol. 3: The Birthday of the Infanta: 81/2x11, clothbound jacketed, 32pp., full color: $15.95, ISBN 1-56163-213-9

Vol. 3: Signed & Numbered edition: Limited to 300, $50, ISBN 1-56163-214-7

THE FAIRY TALES OF OSCAR WILDE, Vol.4
P. Craig Russell
The next volume in the prize-winning and greatly acclaimed complete adaptations of Wilde’s tales presents “The Devoted Friend” on what constitutes real friendship, and “The Nightingale and the Rose” a stirring story of sacrifice to love with a cruel twist.
"Wilde isn't blatanly jeering at hypocrites or credulous fools in these stories. He is, however, suggesting that even the most genuinely beautiful surfaces shouldn't be trusted. Russell catches this mood perfectly, not trying to overshadow Wilde but merely helping him do his disturbing work. Russell's exquisite art has a supple ink line that's never fussy."
-Publishers Weekly-starred review
"This is easily the best volume of Russell's Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde to date. It's easy to see why people who create art hold his work in such regard."
-Greg McElhatton, ICOMICS
"Grade: A-" -Comics Buyers Guide
"They're actually subversive satires that vary from the wickedly funny to the curiously bittersweet." -Jeff Kapalka, Syracuse Post-Standard
"Lush color and a balanced mix of figurative styles provide readers with the opportunity to engage immediately and completely with the two stories included in this volume."
-Booklist
"The illustrations are colorful and exquisite, both stories demonstrate Wilde's gift for obvious irony and provide excellent lessons for readers of any age."
-Bloomsburg Review
"These are not saccharine, happy-ending stories; Wilde's acid wit gives them an edge. Russell's depiction is extraordinary, the art's lyrical splendor and gorgeous colors capturing the story."
-Library Journal
81/2 x 11, full color, cloth bound jacketed book, $15.95, ISBN 1-56163-391-7. Sold out!

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Vol. 4: Paperback: 81/2x11, 32pp., full color trade pb., $7.95, 1-56163-392-5

RECOMMENDED BY PARENTS' CHOICE '98
THE JUNGLE BOOK
Rudyard Kipling
Adapted by P. Craig Russell
One of Russell's best noted achievements, his adaptation of stories from Kipling's "Jungle Book" are at long last available in one beautiful full color trade paperback with flaps. This collection consists of "The King's Ankus" and "Red Dog" both published initially by Eclipse now reshot in larger format and with added pages plus the new adaptation of "The Spring Running" which pre-serialized in ComicsLit magazine in B&W, now in full color.
8x111/2, 88pp., full color trade pb. with flaps: $16.95
ISBN 1-56163-152-3
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