STAR GAZING, a statue designed and sculpted by Charles Vess, with a fairy piper and several animals surrounding Yvaine at a pool of water.

Stardust — What's Next?

What's Next?

• Vess just finished a full sculpture scene of Stardust - with a fairy piper and several animals around a pool of water - which will be available in select stores in August.
• Vess's Green Man Press is offering a handsomely produced boxed set of fine art prints from selected Stardust images. These illustrations are in a limited edition of 300 and signed by both Vess and Gaiman.
• DC Comics is publishing an Absolute Stardust edition as well as a boxed set of notecards and two posters. They also are producing four busts of Stardust characters - Yvaine, Tristan, Primus (one of the major lords of Stormhold), and one of the Lillum witches.
• Drawing Down the Moon, The Art of Charles Vess is set for an August 2007 release from Dark Horse Books. The 200-page, hardcover art book will cover Vess's more than 30 years as a painter and illustrator.

Publicity, Publicity, and More Publicity

• Modern Masters Vol. 11 (Feb. 2007), a 120-page trade paperback with color, included a career-spanning interview with Vess and tons of artwork, including a large gallery section with many rare and unpublished pieces.
• Entertainment Weekly magazine (April 2007) featured Stardust in a "Special Double Issue" with Spider-Man 3 on the cover.
• Stardust: The Film Companion (July 2007) by Stephen Jones, has an introduction by Gaiman and contains photos, cast interviews and the movie's screenplay.
• Starlog will include an interview with Vess in the July/August 2007 edition (#357). The monthly science-fiction film magazine is available at newsstands and in bookstores.
• Beginning in September, Realms of Fantasy, a fantasy fiction magazine, will have an ongoing feature gallery of stories by writers (Holly Black, Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Hand, etc.) based on unpublished paintings by Vess.

To keep up with Vess and his ongoing projects, visit his website often: www.greenmanpress.com

For a look at the creative process that went the sculpture, visit
http://greenmanpress.com/news/archives/105#comments

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