On my doorstep this morning...

I just received my complimentary copy of Great Expectations from the nice folks at Penguin Books. I did the art for the front, back, spine and cover flaps. The title lettering that looks black in the photo of the front cover is actually a shiny metallic scarlet that almost looks carved into the cover -- very striking. Thanks to Paul Buckley the designer for that touch. It's really cool.

You can go here (Paul's Flickr page) to see the art laid out flat:

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Coming in December...

Here is my cover for the latest edition of GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens, published by Penguin as part of their deluxe Graphic Classics series, which encourages the illustrator/cartoonist to use comic book devices like panels & word balloons over a straightforward cover illustration. It was a lot of fun (especially since it's a favorite book of mine), not to mention an honor to be included with such a great group of fellow cartoonists.

Go to designer Paul Buckley's flickr page (which is where I grabbed the above scan) to see all of the book covers in the series:

penguin graphic classics - a set on Flickr