Keegan, Jim and Ruth - MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION: JAMES PATRICK KELLY Cover
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Jim & Ruth Keegan pencils and inks; wraparound cover; 2016; image size 19" x 13"
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Jim & Ruth Keegan pencils and inks; wraparound cover; 2016; image size 19" x 13"
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Jim & Ruth Keegan pencils and inks; wraparound cover; 2016; image size 19" x 13"Depicting Jim Keegan’s iconic work for the long ago sold-out limited-edition Masters of Science Fiction hardcover (over 700 pages). Published in April 2016 as the wrap-around cover to the crème de la crème collective works from James Patrick Kelly’s career in science fiction. Extraordinary!
The art is accomplished in ink over graphite on paper and measures approximately 20.5 x 15 inches. The artists signed the work in the lower right margin. The art is in excellent condition.
James Patrick Kelly (born in 1951), is an American science fiction author who has won the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. His fiction has been translated into twenty-two languages. He writes a column on the internet for Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine and is on the faculty of the Stonecoast Creative Writing MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine.
From a private collection.
Images of the published cover are for reference only.
Read More about this piece at earthshinestudios.com
Artist Information
Jim Keegan is an American artist and illustrator as well as a lifelong fan of comics. As a child, he was fascinated with Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts and tried to learn everything he could about the artist’s process. He was also heavily influenced by; E.C. Segar, Roy Crane, Milton Caniff and Hal Foster. In the world of comics, artist such as Steve Ditko’s Spider-Man through the more modern works of John Byrne and Frank Miller also spoke to him. Ruth Keegan is an American artist who met Jim Keegan in art school. She states that Jim was the first person she ever met who liked comics. She grew up in a very small town and comic books were really hard to find. As with Jim, she was a fan of Peanuts as well as of Mad Magazine.
Jim & Ruth Keegan pencils and inks; wraparound cover; 2016; image size 19" x 13"Depicting Jim Keegan’s iconic work for the long ago sold-out limited-edition Masters of Science Fiction hardcover (over 700 pages). Published in April 2016 as the wrap-around cover to the crème de la crème collective works from James Patrick Kelly’s career in science fiction. Extraordinary!
The art is accomplished in ink over graphite on paper and measures approximately 20.5 x 15 inches. The artists signed the work in the lower right margin. The art is in excellent condition.
James Patrick Kelly (born in 1951), is an American science fiction author who has won the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. His fiction has been translated into twenty-two languages. He writes a column on the internet for Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine and is on the faculty of the Stonecoast Creative Writing MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine.
From a private collection.
Images of the published cover are for reference only.
Read More about this piece at earthshinestudios.com
Artist Information
Jim Keegan is an American artist and illustrator as well as a lifelong fan of comics. As a child, he was fascinated with Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts and tried to learn everything he could about the artist’s process. He was also heavily influenced by; E.C. Segar, Roy Crane, Milton Caniff and Hal Foster. In the world of comics, artist such as Steve Ditko’s Spider-Man through the more modern works of John Byrne and Frank Miller also spoke to him. Ruth Keegan is an American artist who met Jim Keegan in art school. She states that Jim was the first person she ever met who liked comics. She grew up in a very small town and comic books were really hard to find. As with Jim, she was a fan of Peanuts as well as of Mad Magazine.