About the Book
Notes From the Shadowed City is the travelogue of a young man who sets off on a journey to research magical swords. He finds himself stranded in a land he does not know and enters a city with no name over which looms an ominous floating citadel. As he seeks a way home, he fills his notebook with drawings and observations of his life in this strange place. It is full of masked swordsmen, cities that walk, ancient gods, swords made from petrified trees and dragons that move mountains. There's also a mysterious woman who captures his heart.
From the imagination of award-winning artist Jeffrey Alan Love comes this illustrated tale of swords and magic, memory and loss, and the overwhelming desire to find a way home no matter the cost. His first book detailing this fantastic journey, Notes From the Shadowed City is told through small moments that create a larger narrative. Love employs his enowned artistry to create a heavily visual narrative boasting more than seventy illustrations, and every spread features his art along with handwritten text-a captivating journal entry that expands into a visual symphony. As you follow in the footsteps of this young man, you'll be intrigued to seek out the Shadowed City.
This expanded edition includes a 32- page behind the scenes section that features sketches and commentary revealing how Jeffrey Alan Love created Notes From the Shadowed City.
About the Author :
Jeffrey Alan Love is an award-winning artist and writer. He is the author of THE HERO'S QUEST, THE MOUNTAIN OF SMOKE, THE THOUSAND DEMON TREE, NOTES FROM THE SHADOWED CITY, and THE LAST BATTLE AT THE END OF THE WORLD. Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Artist, the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist, the Zilveren Penselen (Silver Brush) Award, a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators, two Silver Spectrum Fantastic Art Awards, and two Academy of British Cover Design Awards, he has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, The British Science Fiction Award and the Chesley Award. His clients have included Walker Books, DC Comics, Image Comics, The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The New Yorker, Scholastic, HarperCollins, Tor, Gollancz, Ballantine Books, Candlewick Books, Small Beer Press, Del Rey and others. Born in South Carolina, he has lived in Germany, Texas, North Carolina, Nebraska, South Korea, Hawaii, Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and California. Jeffrey Alan Love is an award-winning artist and writer. He is the author of THE HERO'S QUEST, THE MOUNTAIN OF SMOKE, THE THOUSAND DEMON TREE, NOTES FROM THE SHADOWED CITY, and THE LAST BATTLE AT THE END OF THE WORLD. Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Artist, the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist, the Zilveren Penselen (Silver Brush) Award, a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators, two Silver Spectrum Fantastic Art Awards, and two Academy of British Cover Design Awards, he has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, The British Science Fiction Award and the Chesley Award. His clients have included Walker Books, DC Comics, Image Comics, The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The New Yorker, Scholastic, HarperCollins, Tor, Gollancz, Ballantine Books, Candlewick Books, Small Beer Press, Del Rey and others. Born in South Carolina, he has lived in Germany, Texas, North Carolina, Nebraska, South Korea, Hawaii, Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and California.
Review :
“A wonderfully strange and atmospheric journey.”
—Joe Abercrombie
“Jeffrey’s haunted silhouetted world is a recent discovery for me, but like a great old battered European city, I want to excavate more and more of it.”
—Dave McKean
“What is there to say? Jeffrey Alan Love is just plain brilliant.”
—Mike Mignola
