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Post by boomvavavoom on Aug 20, 2007 11:53:53 GMT 1
 James A. Owen founded Taliesin Press in 1992. The company's debut publication, a thingyensian comic book titled Starchild, sold poorly in its first two releases, 1200 and 600 copies, respectively. The entire company went into hiatus shortly after he crushed his drawing hand in a car accident, but rebounded with the release of Starchild #0, a book James laid out left-handed and had finished by other better known artists. It eventually sold 45,000 copies, firmly establishing the book and Taliesin in the marketplace. In both 1994 and 1995, James was named to trade magazine Hero Illustrated's list of the one hundred most influential people in the comic book industry. On July 17, 1995, Taliesin Press was renamed Coppervale International. During the fall of 1995, Coppervale negotiated a marketing arrangement with direct market distributor Capital City which pushed the company to international prominence, which led to an invitation by industry leader Image Comics to co-publish the new Starchild series, Mythopolis. At that time, Coppervale also secured publication rights to relaunch the century-old arts magazine International Studio, which debuted in the spring of 1999. To date, in addition to numerous illustration and design projects, James has written and illustrated two dozen Starchild comics and books and has almost one-half of a million publications in print; and those books, prints, and licensed items are sold all over the world. The comic books remain in print as the six-volume Essential Starchild set. The first book in a series of prose novels written by James titled Mythworld (Kai Meyer's Mythenwelt in Germany) won the 2003 AI award for Best Novel, and was nominated alongside books by Stephen King and Michael Crichton for the prestigious Phantastik Preis for Best International Novel. In September 2006, a new prose novel, Here, There Be Dragons, was published by Simon & Schuster, with illustrations by the author. Dragons, a fantasy adventure set in the early twentieth century, is the first volume of The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, which will run for at least three volumes. Book Two is titled The Search for the Red Dragon, while the third is The Indigo King. All of these projects are being developed at the Coppervale Studio, a 14,000 square foot, century-old restored church in northeastern Arizona. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Owenmore news from the artist himself coppervale.livejournal.com/     |
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Post by grafunkel on Aug 21, 2007 8:42:21 GMT 1
I know (of) James through The Engine, and I've been keeping track of him through LiveJournal for some time... and if anything, James Owen is larger than life, heh. ;D
I'm looking forward to meeting him!
(Is he The Surprise? Or... is there more coming up?)
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Post by boomvavavoom on Aug 22, 2007 12:48:43 GMT 1
more...MUCH more!!!
and how do you mean: larger than life?
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Post by grafunkel on Aug 22, 2007 13:11:53 GMT 1
Meaning the Mangafique crew? (noticed they'll be attending F.A.C.T.S. on their site) Or... much, MUCH, MUCH more? and how do you mean: larger than life? Oh, I don't know... he might come across as pretty self-assured and ambitious, maybe even arrogant, and constantly self-promoting... but I don't know if that's a negative, really. ;D One can't deny the fact he's a talented bastard that's been under the mainstream's radar for far too long. |
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Post by Mr. Facts on Aug 23, 2007 12:25:58 GMT 1
Meaning the Mangafique crew? (noticed they'll be attending F.A.C.T.S. on their site) Or... much, MUCH, MUCH more? Patience. Check the site somewhere this weekend. And be aware that it won't be over yet. |
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Post by kymera on Oct 1, 2007 21:09:18 GMT 1
Oh, I don't know... he might come across as pretty self-assured and ambitious, maybe even arrogant, and constantly self-promoting... but I don't know if that's a negative, really. ;D One can't deny the fact he's a talented bastard that's been under the mainstream's radar for far too long. He might be a bit of that, but he went a long way to get there. Besides he's the nicest guy in the world ! More about his work on our websites: www.kymeracomics.com for Starchild www.outworldeditions.com for Mythworld |
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Post by grafunkel on Oct 3, 2007 18:55:35 GMT 1
Oh, I don't know... he might come across as pretty self-assured and ambitious, maybe even arrogant, and constantly self-promoting... but I don't know if that's a negative, really. ;D One can't deny the fact he's a talented bastard that's been under the mainstream's radar for far too long. He might be a bit of that, but he went a long way to get there. Besides he's the nicest guy in the world ! I didn't mean that in any tongue-in-cheek kinda way. He IS talented and already popular in the anglo-american literary world, but there are too little people out here that know about his work. F.A.C.T.S. is a perfect spot to spread the word/work. (AND I want some signed Starchild books!  ) |
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Post by bachuss on Oct 14, 2007 19:48:13 GMT 1
Great guy to talk to!
To bad he only had french books for sale.
+he did some amazing sketches!
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Post by grafunkel on Oct 15, 2007 19:02:45 GMT 1
Dammit.  |
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Post by boomvavavoom on Oct 15, 2007 21:36:36 GMT 1
what happened to you man? Where were ya!
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Post by grafunkel on Oct 16, 2007 19:29:14 GMT 1
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Post by grafunkel on Oct 18, 2007 19:18:35 GMT 1
James A. Owen about the con. From his BLOG. |
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Post by boomvavavoom on Oct 19, 2007 15:12:43 GMT 1
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Post by boomvavavoom on Oct 20, 2007 22:08:27 GMT 1
my piece  |
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Post by mooner on Jul 1, 2009 18:10:51 GMT 1
haha i remember that piece AWSOME! well james was awsome him self aswell:) taught me a lot about writing..  |
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Post by mooner on Sept 15, 2009 17:08:09 GMT 1
i did it:) ok thats the one james did for me:)
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