j. angielski
Stan: bdb
Autor: Blexbolex
Wydawnictwo: Enchanted Lion
Cena okładkowa: $34.95

It's a graphic novel! It's an art book! It's an action-packed fantasy adventure from French visionary Blexbolex, for readers young and old.
"An exploration of the magic and difficulty of childhood, the wonders of the imagination, and the unique properties of books themselves, The Magicians is another utterly surprising gift from the singular mind of Blexbolex. You'll want to read it again and again." --Brian Selznick, author & illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Big Tree

In the corner of a quiet, long-abandoned house, something is bubbling up and protesting. Suddenly, out from their hiding spots burst three young shapeshifting magicians--an elephant, a blackbird, and a human girl--each of whom embarks on their own journey. But a fierce young Huntress and a mechanical lion-dragon named Clinker are hot on their trails... and won't rest until every last magician is vanquished.

Fans of Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's work or The Wizard of Oz will feel right at home in the pages of The Magicians, with its fabulously eclectic characters and entertaining, suspenseful, dreamlike story inspired by video games, science fiction, fantasy, and fairy tales. Magic is the beating heart of this multi-world universe--the magic of nature, the magic of childhood, the magic of creativity and imagination. Here, Blexbolex celebrates the mysterious, beautiful mess of life.

Every gorgeous page features a silkscreen-style illustration that brilliantly layers three Pantone spot colors, in a festive palette that suggests "vintage circus." From the heavy cardstock binding with French flaps, to the bronze metallic endpapers, to the book's paper evoking that of classic comic books, Blexbolex carefully selected the materials that would best realize his vision. The result? A visually stunning work of art.

Blexbolex is an award-winning French graphic artist living in Berlin. Enchanted Lion Books has previously published English translations of four of his picture books, including People, Vacation, and two New York Times Best Illustrated selections: Seasons and Ballad.

A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of 2023 - A Kirkus Best Book of 2023 - A Booklist Editors' Choice - Selected for the Wall Street Journal Holiday Books Gift Guide, Publishers Weekly's Holiday Gift Guide, and A Room of One's Own's Holiday Catalog - A Moonbow Best Children's Book of 2023 - A 100 Scope Notes Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Book of 2023 - A Publishers Weekly Big Indie Book of the Fall

"With an almost monastic commitment to creating images that feel both universal and deeply personal, Blexbolex has swerved in the course of his career from wild, aggressive mark-making to a pure distillation of forms. He has relentlessly followed a muse that has surely been an exhausting alchemical pursuit. The result is this generous story that trusts the reader's youthful intuition that the solidity we perceive in the modern world is only one layer, and it's tissue paper thin, like the brilliant, kinetic illustrations themselves. As with all great kids' stories, The Magicians is really about remembering the things we were born knowing and taught to forget. Blexbolex strives to remember the essence of everything."--Jacob Covey "Fantagraphics creative director"

NOTE: Folding pages are part of the design.