SIGNED! STERANKO AND THE AMERICAN HERO 65 Paintings Butler Exhibit Cat 2nd ed
Manny's Vintage Mintage presents. The item for sale here is. JIM STERANKO AND THE AMERICAN HERO Butler Institute Exhibition Catalog. 65 full-color Steranko paintings contained with! THIS COPY HAS BEEEN SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED by STERANKO on the first inside page! I work with Steranko for many years; any who have come to chat with him at conventions have met me.
500 COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED OF THIS CORRECTED 2nd EDITION, and there will be no more made. YOU CAN TELL the 2nd edition copies by the fact that (see last two pics). The Captain America'Spirit Of America' painting now has 1979 as a date instead of 2002 on the first edition. The'Beware Domino Lady painting now has a date of 2003 instead of 1993 on the first edition.
There were also some corrections in the sequencing of paragraphs in Steranko's essays that have been corrected as well in this edition! Jim'Steranko And The American Hero' exhibition that ran from March 13 - May 29.
In Youngstown, Ohio, for which 400 copies of the exhibition catalog were printed. Those are now gone, and definitely collectors' items! This catalog contains FULL COLOR REPRODUCTIONS of 65 of his most famous fantasy paintings. Several previously unpublished in this quality or size. 8.5 x 11, 72 + covers (76 pages total).
These were the exact paintings that were on display during those three months. (see pics for some pages from the book). The Shadow - 20 of the 27 paintings done for the paperback reprints, all at full page size. Including the second painting for Green Eyes, not previously published. Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD. Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser. General Ursus, Taylor et al (Planet Of The Apes). Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbaccca (Star Wars). SEVERAL essays penned by the man himself. Legendary & Revolutionary Comic Artist and. Eisner HALL OF FAME (2006) inductee. On various aspects of his long career, including. In The Wake Of The Shadow.
Collaborating with Francis Ford Coppola. The Genesis Of Indiana Jones.
There has NEVER PREVIOUSLY been an art book of this type on STERANKO! The Butler ran out their copies back in May - EXTREMELY RARE! THIS IS A BRAND NEW COPY, NEVER READ!