The Book of Ballads

"A cloth of rare delight." -- James Gurney, author of Dinotopia ."exquisitely detailed. Vess reaches the peak of his art, standing proudly with the 19th- and early 20th-century illustrators who influence him." ."exquisitely detailed. Vess reaches the peak of his art, standing proudly with the 19th- and early 20th-century illustrators who influence him." "A cloth of rare delight." --James Gurney, author of Dinotopia "This artist is keeping myth alive, and creating a magic all his own." --Terri Windling " A cloth of rare delight." --James Gurney, author of "Dinotopia," on "The Book of Ballads" " [Vess' s] exquisitely detailed art delightfully recalls the Pre-Raphaelites here, Aubrey Beardsley there and elsewhere Winsor McCay or Gustave Dore ... Here Vess reaches the peak of his art, standing proudly with the 19th- and early 20th-century illustrators who influence him." --"Publishers Weekly "on" The Book of Ballads " "If you're a fan of both traditional folk music and comic books, there's no way you should miss Charles Vess' "Book of Ballads,"" --Dirty Linen "Vess's work is as slyly subversive as the young Rossetti, Morris, and Burne-Jones . . . and it has captivated large audiences for many of the same reasons. By wedding mythic and folkloric material to a distinctly modern form of visual storytelling, this artist is keeping myth alive, and creating a magic all his own." --Terri Windling on" The Book of Ballads" "If you're a fan of both traditional folk music and comic books, there's no way you should miss [this]."