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Spectrum: The First Annual Collection of the Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art             Hardcover w/ Slipcase 
Limited to 500 – Signed & Numbered – Deluxe Edition
Editors: Arnie Fenner & Cathy Burnett
Front cover by: James Gurney
Back cover by: Joseph DeVito

From the lurid pulp covers of the 1920s to the high-tech digitized imagery of today, artists have “made real” what others could barely imagine; they have – with the stroke of a pen or brush – frozen a moment, captured an emotion, or perceptively given us a glimpse of our brightest hopes.  And darkest fears.

Artists who regularly create works of fantasy and science fiction and horror – for books or comics or advertising or film – have had the difficult task of visualizing ideas and situations that aren’t based on reality. They’ve shown us life on other planets and heroes of mythological times; they’ve painted Utopian societies and grim city-hell tomorrows; they’ve made dragons fly, aliens invade, and the dead stalk our streets.  They are the shamans of our imagination and our guides to the land of “what if”?

Spectrum: The First Annual Collection of the Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art is a long-overdue attempt to honor those visionaries. Selected by a blue-ribbon jury of award-winning artists and art directors from nearly 500 entries, Spectrum features a full color collection of nearly 200 magical works by a who’s-who of the most exciting creators working today. Also included in the special edition are the winners of the Chelsey Awards as presented by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.

Spectrum is a wonderous book that is destined to become the cornerstone of any art enthusiast’s library. This landmark volume marks the first-time artists of the fantastic have been honored with their own “best of the year” collection. This Deluxe Edition of Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art is limited to 500 numbered copies and is signed by the selection jury and the show chairman.

Hardcover w/ Slipcase is bagged and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

Limited to 500
First Printing
Publisher: Underwood Books
Publication Date: 1994
Format: FC, 158 pages, HC, 11.5″ x 9″
ISBN-10: 0887331890
ISBN-13: 9780887331893

Collectible Entertainment note: Hardcover w/ Slipcase is in Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Contemporary Fantastic Art collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Very Highly Recommended.

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