Mark Schultz – författare

Charlotte is fifteen and grieving over the loss of her beautiful mother. Her relationship with her father is put to the test as she discovers sex, ambition and 'beauty products'. Inspired by Euripides but with its sights set firmly on contemporary America, A Brief History of Helen of Troy is an unsettling examination of complacency culture and the politics of beauty.

Come along on a tour through Mark Schultz’s fantastic universe!Mark Schultz continues to amaze! This fifth volume in his Carbon art-book series features new drawings and paintings, all created within the last two years. It’s a wide-ranging potpourri of commissions, book illustrations, concept designs, comics and personal work, brimming with the unique imagery and subject matter for which Mark is celebrated. His media include carbon and graphite pencils, brush and ink, watercolor and gouache. The images feature Jack and Hannah from his Xenozoic tales, two new Paleonauts funny-book stories, Stormforce 10 concept designs, preparatory work for his upcoming Storms at Sea sequel and an assortment of science-fantasy subjects drawn from the fictional worlds that inspired his career. Preliminaries are placed side-by-side with finished pieces to provide insight to the artist’s working process. With two big gatefolds unfolding to reveal epic scenarios, Carbon 5 is a deep dive into Mark’s ages-spanning imagination, showcasing his work as an illustrator, a cartoonist and a concept artist.

A compelling showcase spanning seventransformative years.During an impressive period—2005through  2012—Mark Schultz turned his attention to producing a body ofpersonal works and private commissions. The results, collected in the five VariousDrawings volumes, focused on subjects about which Schultz feels mostpassionate. Among them are characters and tableaux pulled from mythology,science-fantasy and pulp adventure, featuring steely warriors and femmefatales—his popular pulpette women included. Schultz's Xenozoic world isprofusely explored through a series of dynamic compositions with hisprotagonists, Jack and Hannah, placed in a variety of impossibly dangeroussituations. In addition to his self-generated pieces, there are many examplesof Schultz's commercial works done for comics, film and books, as well asrenderings of newly discovered dinosaurs and more.Portfolio compiles thedrawings found in the original five Various Drawings volumes as well asthe cover illustrations and special bookplates. Plus, an additional 160 pagesworth of material adds dozens of works not previously collected. Foundwithin are nearly 450 fully rendered drawings executed in brush-and-ink, carbonor graphite pencil. In addition, Schultz shows his process with a wealth ofpreliminary sketches done for a range of projects, including his Storms atSea illustrated novella. Add to this rare sketchbook material andSchultz’s increasing exploration of color-tinted imagery, and you have onefascinating and diverse portfolio!