Nick Cardy: Behind The Art [Hardcover]

Eric Nolen-Weathington (Author), Nick Cardy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 18, 2008

Nick Cardy has been doing fantastic artwork for more than sixty years, from comics, to newspaper strips, to illustration. His work on DC Comics Teen Titans, and his amazing comics covers, are universally hailed as some of the best in the medium s history, but his Commercial Illustration work is just as highly regarded by those in the know. Now, this lavish full-color hardcover lets you see what goes on behind his amazing art! Nick has selected dozens of his favorite pieces from throughout his career and shows how they came to be in this remarkable art book. From the reams of preliminary work as well as Nick's detailed commentary, you will gain fascinating insight into how this great artist works, watching each step of the way as some of his most memorable images come to life! By Eric Nolen-Weathington and Nick Cardy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing (June 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893905993
• ISBN-13: 978-1893905993
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,066,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Look at an Underrated Talent!, March 7, 2009

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Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nick Cardy: Behind The Art (Hardcover)

Nick Cardy is one of the most underrated comic artists of all-time...period! While he should be mentioned in the same breath as guys like Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Jack Kirby, and other contemporaries, Cardy has never quite enjoyed the same notoriety. It could be that he toiled away on books that were never big sellers at DC such as Aquaman, The Teen Titans, and Bat Lash. Thankfully, TwoMorrows Publishing has given Cardy is due credit with an outstanding new book highlighting his career both in and outside of comics. You'll get the sense that Cardy was a guy who was perfectly comfortable doing a wide variety of illustration from newspaper strips like "Tarzan" in the 1950s to advertising and movie posters.

Cardy provides a veritable treasure trove of work from portraits of his wife from the 1940s, right up through oil paintings of Wild West themed works that are one of his main focuses today. Even at age 88 Cardy is still going strong, doing convention appearances and taking commissions from his fans. In2007 Nick did the cover to Alter Ego Magazine #65 as well as the Teen Titans Lost annual. Inside the hardcover book you'll see many pieces of classic Cardy art such as his cover to Teen Titans #16 (Vol. 1) and the Spectre #8 (vol. 1), but it's also filled with a ton of unpublished work and rough sketches as well. It's wonderful to see Cardy get such a fantastic collection dedicated to his work.

5.0 out of 5 stars Includes sketches and details on how each piece came to be, July 18, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nick Cardy: Behind The Art (Hardcover)

Nick Cardy has been doing fine fantasy art for over sixty years, contributing to comic books, newspapers and other sources. He's selected personal favorites from throughout his career, displays them in full-page color, and includes sketches and details on how each piece came to be in this outstanding survey, recommended for any library strong in graphic illustration and popular or comic book art.

5.0 out of 5 stars Nicky Cardy, a Comics genius, March 20, 2009

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Ubiratan L. D. Araujo "Bira cartoonist" (Campinas, Brasil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nick Cardy: Behind The Art (Hardcover)

Well, I've got speccialy happy when I openned my package from Amazon.
Nick Cardy: Behind The Art is a fantastic book. Yes, it has a lot of delightfull images b/w or full color, but the Eric Nolen text is real superb, as the Comics master works!