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“If you’ll look again at any given Fables cover … in addition to being a compelling illustration that makes you want to read the story inside, it’s a story in itself.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Something a little different this time. This is a beautiful oversized, hardback book collecting James Jean’s<\/a> work as a cover artist on Fables<\/span>. The book collects covers from the main series (#1-10 and 12-75), standalone books (The Last Castle<\/span> and 1001 Nights of Snowfall<\/span>) and the wraparound covers for the first 10 trade paperback collections.<\/p>\n

The format of the book is pretty rigid. There is a double page spread for each single issue. The left hand page consists of preliminary sketches and paintings along with a relevant quote from the script for that issue and a thumbnail of the final cover as published. The right hand page is a full page reprint of the cover normally without logos, issue numbers, barcodes and other text or graphic elements unless these form an integral part of the design of the image.<\/p>\n

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The wraparound covers are treated slightly differently. These get 4 pages devoted to them. The first two have have the preliminary sketches, drawings and paintings with a thumbnail of the final cover and a short commentary from Jean himself on the cover. The next two pages is a reproduction of the cover alone without logos etc.<\/p>\n

It goes without saying that if you love Jean’s work then you will love this book. It shows which covers went through a number of iterations before settling on a final image and which seem to have been fully formed from the start. Amazing as the final covers are, some of my favourite illustrations are clean line drawings – the details are amazing and sometimes get lost in the colouring process. Visit his web site<\/a> which has lots of examples of his other work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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