Out today, Marly Youman's new novel, Maze of Blood, from Mercer University Press.
The novel is Youmans' fictionalised account of the life and death of Robert E. Howard, the American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian, and is regarded as the father of 'sword and sorcery'. Clive Hicks-Jenkins provided the cover art-work and the many page decorations throughout the book.
Clive Hicks-Jenkins is collaborating with Simon Lewin of St Jude's Prints to produce an artist's picture-book of the fairy-tale made famous by the Grimm Brothers. The book will be produced in the Random Spectacular imprint, and this version will introduce new elements to the tale, including gingerbread zombie henchmen, and a witch who removes her prosthetic nose to better scent her prey. (According to the original text, witches have weak eyes!) The book is due out in 2016.
The book-trailer for the project is a collaboration between Clive Hicks-Jenkins and artist Phillip Cooper (see image below for Cooper's model of the witch's house) with camerawork and editing by Pete Telfer.
Published this month, the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary edition of Lewis Caroll's novel from Inky Parrot Press, with illustrations by invited artists.
Clive Hicks-Jenkins has illustrated the chapter titled A Caucus Race and a Long Tale.