Friday, June 01, 2012

The Creativity of Ditko-Press Release

Yesterday I ran the  video for Yoe Books' THE ART OF DITKO.  Around that same time, IDW was making the official announcement of its follow-up volume, THE CREATIVITY OF DITKO. Here's their Press release. This is one that has a special meaning to me as Craig has chosen to dedicate the book...to ME! I'm so excited! 



The Creativity of Ditko is coming for your minds this July!


Creativity of Steve DitkoSan Diego, CA (May 31, 2012) – Celebrated, mercurial, enigmatic, and influential are a few words that have been used to describe legendary comics creator Steve Ditko. Co-creating Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee are only a couple of achievements earned by Ditko in his storied career.

Since his Marvel and DC days, Ditko has produced a litany of fiercely independent, wildly creative works; many of which are collected here in this large-format, oversized, full-color hardback for the first time! THE CREATIVITY OF STEVE DITKO, designed by the Eisner Award-winning Craig Yoe features essays by Paul Levitz, Mike Gold, Jack Harris, Mykal Banta, and Amber Stanton.

Yoe, who credits Ditko comics as what inspired him to be in this field and is one of the few people that has been invited to the creator's studio says, “Yoe Books' very first offering was The Art of Ditko. Over two years and many books ago, it was enthusiastically received. Now I've endeavored to make this our best book yet. I am thrilled with the über-creative comics we present here and the original art, much of it unpublished. And the nearly one dozen never published photos of the elusive artist make this a Ditko fan's dream come true. This is going to be a must-have but very controversial book! Bring it on!”


Hitting shelves July 25th, THE CREATIVITY OF DITKO also touts a myriad of unpublished art, sketches, and photos of the legendary creator.  For fans of Ditko, comics history, or simply art itself, this is an IDW and Yoe Books experience that is not to be passed up!

Craig Yoe is available for convention appearances and interviews with the press in regards to this and his other books. Find Yoe Books' online at http://yoebooks.com and http://www.youtube.com/theyoetube.

THE CREATIVITY OF DITKO ($39.99, 208 pages; 9.5” x 12.5”; hardcover) will be available in July. ISBN 978-1-61377-276-8.

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