{"id":3662,"date":"2012-03-19T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2012-03-19T14:18:02","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:18:02","slug":"hard-copy-idw-to-release-dave-stevens-covers-stories-collects-artists-non-rocketeer-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=3662","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: IDW to Release Dave Stevens\u2019 Covers &#038; Stories Collects Artist\u2019s Non-Rocketeer works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This July, IDW Publishing will bring you the best of the best with Dave Stevens\u2019 Covers &amp;<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DaveStevensCoversandStories.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-3668\" title=\"DaveStevensCoversandStories\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DaveStevensCoversandStories-666x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"619\" \/><\/a> Stories, a collection of renowned comic artist Dave Stevens\u2019 remarkable work. This volume will showcase all the non-Rocketeer covers by Stevens, many scanned from the original art. Additionally, there will be roughs accompanying many of the covers, offering a rare insight into the artist\u2019s creative process. Besides covers, all of Stevens\u2019s highly sought-after short stories will be printed, as well as some unfinished gems.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Although best known for his work on The Rocketeer, Stevens was also one of the most accomplished and skilled comic book artists in comics. His first professional comic work began with inking Russ Manning\u2019s pencils for the Tarzan newspaper comic strip. Stevens later became the first to win Comic-Con International\u2019s Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Stevens: Covers &amp; Stories will provide all of Stevens\u2019s non-Rocketeer comic work, including incomplete and unpublished stories. These art works will be presented in an 8\u201d x 12\u201d hardcover book printed in classic black and white.<\/p>\n<p>DAVE STEVENS: STORIES &amp; COVERS ($49.99, 272 pages; 8\u201d x12\u201d; hardcover; black and white) will be available in July 2012. ISBN 978-1-61377-269-0.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/IDWPublishing.com\" target=\"_blank\">IDWPublishing.com<\/a> to sign up for updates and learn more about the company and its top-selling books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This July, IDW Publishing will bring you the best of the best with Dave Stevens\u2019 Covers &amp; Stories, a collection of renowned comic artist Dave Stevens\u2019 remarkable work. This volume will showcase all the non-Rocketeer covers by Stevens, many scanned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=3662\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1076,1075,1071,164,711,14,1072,1073,1074],"class_list":["post-3662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-art-book","tag-artist","tag-dave-stevens","tag-idw","tag-idw-comics","tag-james","tag-rocketeer","tag-russ-manning","tag-tarzan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3662"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3669,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3662\/revisions\/3669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}