J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule

I am a HUGE fan of J Scott Campbell and own all of his prints (including all of his Fariy Tale prints), all of his sketchbooks, and all of his hard cover books. Not to mention most of his comic covers signed. If your all about the artwork and getting the best pictures that you can of Campbell's work, one might find this book a bit disappointing. The book centers on the first 10 years of Campbell's career (1994-2004) and while there is a lot of great artwork covered in here, with much of it being older sketchings and many of which are new and haven't been published in book form before, what really makes this book so special and ultimately stand out from all of the other J. Scott Campbell books released thus far is the sheer amount of writing and commentary. In my opinion, Richard Starkings interview and the huge amount of information contained in here makes this the best book released to date, that is of course if you have just as much interest in reading about the artist himself, and the work that he did in that 10 year period, as you do seeing pictures of Campbell's work.At 256 pages, its more than double the size of most of the other Campbell hard cover books and as a fan that already owns all of the other hard cover books, part of me was worried that a good portion of this book would just wind up being images already presented in other books. Fortunately, that is deifnitely not the case as there is a lot of artwork in here that is not covered by his other hard cover books. I buy a LOT of comic related art books and this is ultimately one of the more unique artbooks released onto the market over the last 5+ years as it ultimately contains FAR more information than most art books do. I guess that can either be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on just what your looking for. Again, if all your after is a tomb of Campbells artwork, presented in full page presentations, your ultimately going to be disappointed, but if your a big fan of Campbell and have as much iterest in the artist himself and the work he did during that 10 year period as you do his artwork, your going to find this book an absolute thrill to read through.Bottom line - this is definitely a book aimed at the more die hard Campbell fan. Again if your just after books that conatin his full color artwork, in full page spreads, then your best bet is sticking with the 7-8 hardcover books he already has on the market, but if your a big fan of Campbell and want as much information as artwork and love sketchbook style art, than this book definitely becomes a must buy!! Honestly, I wish we would see this style artbook FAR more often. It really is a breath of fresh air in its overall approach and style.5 Stars

If you're a fan of J. Scott Campbell, this is an absolute "MUST HAVE" addition to your collection. Unlike his comic books where it's fictional tales or his sketchbooks which are just illustrations and pretty pictures, this book here has a lot of substance in terms of an in depth look at the comic book creator, J. Scott Campbell with an insightful interview by Richard Starkings. It's historical and epic! I just ordered it, or rather pre-ordered it, and received it only to be awe-stricken by the contents. It has some early work, including childhood art drawings as well as unpublished and rare art from the beginning of his career through 2004.J. Scott Campbell is one of today's hottest artists, and some consider him a relatively new artist, but he's been a working artist for over 20 years and this book captures the first decade of his professional portfolio from the beginning and his origins starting out. He's hit his stride in the recent past decade and hasn't even pinnacled yet, with growing popularity and gaining a larger fan base. He's best known for his cover artwork lately more so than his sequential story telling (interior art), but had done excellent work with "Gen13" and creating "Danger Girl" - - his work has been used for Disney licensed products as well, so he's transcended just the comic book industry and medium.This is a great book to own, it's so enjoyable to read and look at the artwork, so is to me, a complete book where I look forward to seeing the next release showcasing his work from 2005 onward...

Purchased this hoping it would be a collection of vintage JSC art. It does have some neat childhood and early artwork from Campbell but if you are looking for new art, you might be disappointed. Most of the art has been presented in other formats and 95% of it is b/w except some meager images at the end that don't even show Campbell's best work. The bright spot of book is the stories about his early Image days and his journey into comics. If you want to know more about the man and his creations it's worth a read but if you are looking for new or rare drawings it's not in here.

Features a good number of works by J. Scott Campbell. Love the art work, but be aware this is less a book about the art than it is the story of the man. Still well written, though, and entertaining as well. Done in interview style mostly.

I love all things J. Scott Campbell. This was a great addition to my collection of his works. He is so talented and this is a great compilation of his artwork through the ages and shows how his style has developed and evolved.

Haven't gotten it yet but I love J Scott Campbell!

KILLER!!!!!thats all i got say. ts a KILLER book

Excellent for following along Campbell's artistic progress. Thanks a lot!

Perfect! shame it wasnt in colour though

Hojas papel plastificadas, pasta dura, aproximadamente 300 paginas con sketches junto con entrevistas y un poco de historia de cada estapa como dibujante de Campbell, desde sus inicios con gen13 y danger girl, su etapa dibujando spiderman, starwars etc.Tiene una altura de 30 cm y largo de 15 aprox. esta en idioma ingles.todas las paginas son a blanco y negro, asi que se puede apreciar bien los dibujos.Compre este item para que Campbell me lo firme en una visita que dara a Mexico, asi que lo compre con un mes de anticipacion y el producto me llego en 1 semana (envio gratis) a pesar de ser importado desde U.S

El libro en sí está muy bien. En inglés eso sí. Vienen historias del autor cuando era joven. Muchos sketches de cosas desconocidas. Inspiraciones y tal. El problema es el envío por Amazon. Libro desprecintado y bordes de las hojas cuarteadas como humedad. Se podría envolver mejor. Lo he devuelto por otro y llega igual

Das ist selten: Ein Artbook mit mächtig viel Text, lässt man doch normalerweise die Bilder für sich sprechen. Autor Richard Starkings (kreativer Kopf hinter dem Lettering-Studio "Comicraft") aber lässt auch J. Scott Campbell (Zeichner von "Gen13", "Danger Girl", ...) zu Wort kommen, so dass die Illustrationen immer mit Campbells Lebensabschnitt in Bezug gesetzt werden, erhellend und kurzweilig gleichermaßen! So ergibt sich ganz nebenbei ein Einblick in die Zeichenproduktion Campbells, sehr informativ!Starkings hat schon mit seinem Buch über Tim Sale (ebenfalls auf Amazon erhältlich) bewiesen, dass er es schafft, den Zeichner hinter den Bildern zu zeigen. Mit "Time Capsule" hat er sich meiner Meinung nach selbst übertroffen!

Um livro espetacular contando a história de uns dos grandes ilustradores de histórias em quadrinhos. Com ilustrações meramente grandes quem é fã do J.Scott Campbell vai adorar esse livro. O livro contém sketch, inks, dos mais antigos trabalhos e dos novos até a data desse livro.Imperdível!! Não pode faltar em sua prateleira!!Amazon como sempre está de parabéns!! Produto veio bem embalado, protegido e sem quaisquer rasuras!!