alanbrookland.com » dave mckean http://alanbrookland.com Random ramblings of a perturbed mind Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:12:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Graveyard Book (Subterranean Press) edition http://alanbrookland.com/2009/04/26/the-graveyard-book-subterranean-press-edition/ http://alanbrookland.com/2009/04/26/the-graveyard-book-subterranean-press-edition/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:58:50 +0000 Alan http://alanbrookland.com/?p=509 I was very excited yesterday as the postman delivered my long awaited limited edition copy of Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book, with artwork by Dave McKean.  Ive been a fan of Neil Gaiman’s books for ages and, unknowingly till recently, a fan of Dave McKean too, as I found a number of comics he’d illustrated that I’d already read once I picked up that he was the artist.

The new Subterranean Press edition is gorgeous so I couldn’t resist posting a few pictures:

An intriguing black cover

An intriguing black cover

Oh, ok, it was the wrong way up..

Oh, ok, it was the wrong way up..

Inside the slipcase

Inside the slipcase (Jungle Book style)

Photographic fold-out art

Photographic fold-out art

Signed by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean

Signed by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean

Gorgeous title page

Gorgeous title page

Rejected Covers

Rejected Covers

Rejected Wrap-around cover

Rejected Wrap-around cover

Spooky artwork

Spooky artwork

People who bought the book had the chance for their names to appear in the back to join the ghostly protectors of Bod in the graveyard..

Hey! Thats me!

Hey! That's me!

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