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Title:	Deus X Original Art:
Artist:	Stephen Bissette (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	670
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Added to Site:	10/29/2009
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Here's another rare piece of original art from one of my favorite book illustration gigs -- illustrating my pal Joe Citro's novel Deus X (1994).

This aspect of my career is unknown to most comics fans, though I've illustrated quite a few books over the past 20 years -- one or more a year!

My latest such project, The Vermont Monster Guide, which hit bookstores in New England in September 2009.

(Click this link for more info on that book and our fall tour!)

The Vermont Monster Guide is the latest of my many collaborations with novelist and New England folklorist Joseph A. Citro. Joe's also one of my best friends -- and Deus X holds a pretty special place in our hearts.

This particular piece of original art is one of a fair number of illustrations I did for Deus-X in its first edition (1994, Twilight Publishing). The subsequent printing doesn't sport my illustrations -- still, it's a terrific read, and my favorite of all Joe's novels.

Joe tackled something rare, frightful and incredibly ambitious with this magnum opus, worthy of the great Nigel Kneale (creator of Quatermass), I kid you not.

You can still find highly affordable copies of the rare Twilight Publications Bissette-illustrated hardcover signed-and-numbered edition online -- here's the abebooks.com link, check it out and don't dawdle if you're interested.

(The current unillustrated paperback edition is still available, published by University Press of New England's Hardscrabble Press imprint -- recommended!)

(For more info, check out Joe's own website, here!)

This particular piece of original has a note referencing the text quote from Joe's novel: the side note, written in my own hand, fully reads: "Illo. for manuscript pg. 323 - "It was easier to free her left hand."

This was drawn with brush, ink, white out on DuoShade board. With every book illustration project, I choose a different media to work in to establish a distinctive identity for the project. I had loved using DuoShade board -- an illustration board used since the early 1900s that had various tones imbedded in it, invisible until you brushed on the respective chemical that would bring out the line-cut reproducable pattern -- throughout my comics career, and chose Deus-X as my 'swan song' with this tool.

This illustration measures 6 3/4" x 10" image area, on a 8 1/2" x 11"+ piece of DuoShade Board that's still in excellent condition. However, the DuoShade chemical board has slightly discolored (they all do, over the years) and the gradations do fade over time; you'll have to be careful how you frame and display this, UV glass is recommended and you'll have to keep it out of direct sunlight. I always liked how the darker (cross-hatch) tone looked brown, and that tea-coloration is still evident in the original artwork. There's clean white border tape around the illustration to cleanly define the image area, and it still looks mighty sharp.

It can be yours for $125 plus shipping ($7.30 Priority Mail anywhere in the US, more for foreign shipment) -- first to email me at msbissette@yahoo.com wanting to buy wins it.

(Note: Another piece of original art from Deus X, "The Rapture's Come!", recently sold to a private collector -- click this link for a peek at the artwork and more information.)

[NOTE: Pulled from sale; now available for viewing only. Serious inquiries, feel free to email me at msbissette@yahoo.com]
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Artwork ©1994, 2009 SR Bissette, all rights reserved.

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Last Login:	May 2016
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