Modern Masters

A series charting the life and explaining the work of modern artists Picasso, Matisse, Dali and Warhol, and looking at their influence on contemporary art, design and architecture.

A series charting the life and explaining the work of modern artists Picasso, Matisse, Dali and Warhol, and looking at their influence on contemporary art, design and architecture.

A series charting the life and explaining the work of modern artists Picasso, Matisse, Dali and Warhol, and looking at their influence on contemporary art, design and architecture.

A series charting the life and explaining the work of modern artists Picasso, Matisse, Dali and Warhol, and looking at their influence on contemporary art, design and architecture.

A world famous grandmaster explains the modern style of attacking chess to amateur chess players. Jan Timman teaches how to build up an advantage in the game and how to convert that advantage into an aggressive strategy and into great attacking moves. He has selected the most instructive attacking games of great players like Kasparov, Topalov, Karpov, Shirov, and Judit Polgar in order to explain to amateur chess players the basic ideas of modern attacks and their successful execution.

Eric Powell is a sick, sick man. Sick… but brilliant. How else would he have been able to come up with a concept like The Goon - a smarter-than-he-looks brute raised by carnies, who runs the city's underworld while protecting it from being overrun by zombies? How could anyone not love that idea? Now's your chance to take a look inside the sick mind of this Modern Master, courtesy of co-authors Jorge Khoury and Eric Nolen-Weathington. Through a career-spanning interview and heaps of fantastic artwork, including rare and unseen treasures from Powell's personal files, this book documents his amazing career and details his creative process - it even includes a gallery of commissioned pieces in full-color. Experience the work and wonder of this master of modern comic art: Eric Powell!

Ron Garney knows how to tell a story on the comics page. He can draw cinematic blockbuster action with the best of them, as his iconic runs on Captain America, Wolverine, and Weapon X will attest. But he also excels at depicting the quiet moments. There is emotional nuance in his work, which elevates every story he illustrates. Join authors George Khoury and Eric Nolen-Weathington-along with Jason Aaron, Tom Palmer, Alex Ross, and friends-as they present the art and career of Ron Garney, Modern Master! This book documents his stellar career by virtue of an exhaustive interview with Garney, where he explains his creative process, and presents a wealth of rare and unseen art, including a gallery filled with drawings from his private sketchbooks, many in full-color. Like never before, this book lets you experience the work and wonder of this master of modern comic art: Ron Garney!