Jim Lee's X-Men Artist's Edition (Artist Edition)

The book is great; but the image is misleading. The image used is a limited edition. You will not get this. The image needs to be change for those who know, know.

If you're a fan of Jim Lee, specifically his work on the X-Men - what child of the 90s isn't, though? This is a must own book. As with all Artist's Edition the original art has been reproduced at full size in magnificent full color scans that show details lost in the reduction process and approximate seeing this art in person as closely as is possible. Sadly because original art was often broken up during this period this book doesn't present full issues like many of the other volumes do. There's some incredible artwork contained here, but after having flipped through this several times, there's some glaring commissions. This likely isn't due to IDW not trying to get them, but I get the feeling there's just some stuff they couldn't get their hands on for this issue. This volume does contain some rarely seen originals, namely card art which was really nice. For interested parties who are more used to IDW other Artist's Edition books, this is much smaller and easier to handle than many of their other books. While it's far from "small" it's a fraction of the size of the much larger volumes from this series, especially the EC books. This is a great thing if you want to be able to put this on a book shelf, and honestly, the sheer size of some of the other books in this series make handling and storing them very prohibitive except for those of us that have entirely dedicated rooms in our house to store such objects. It's rare you see these books available for under list, and this is selling at a very reasonable price at this point. If you're interested I highly recommend jumping on this before it disappears and the prices sky rocket on it. The only thing I wish that would have been mentioned in the description for this is that it's a second printing. The first printing has long since sold out and while I definitely would have still bought this, I would really have liked to know I wasn't getting a first printing like I thought. There's no difference between printings, but if you're buying as a collector for resale this is something to keep in mind and I thought worth mentioning. If you're new to the Artist's Edition series, this is a wonderful place to start, though. Filled with 90s nostalgia from cover to cover, I can safely say if you grew up loving Jim Lee's work on the X-Men you will not regret getting this book. With it's smaller stature compared to many of the other Artist's Editions this is a prime example of good things coming in small packages. I do wish there were a few pages and even some issues that I wish were included, I highly doubt we ever see anything that approaches this level of attention to detail and quality ever again. In short, if you're on the fence about picking this up - don't wait. Pull the trigger and rediscover a part of your childhood that you'll experience all over again for the first time!

If you're a fan of Jim Lee, or heck, just a fan of comics this is (IMHO) Jim Lee's best work, and to have it at this original scale complete with word balloons and all the fixin's this is amazing. The only other way to see these is to own the originals. And the fold outs!! The original X-Men 4 cover spread + more! Scott Williams, Whilce Portacio, and Art Thibert are among some of the other artists/inkers in here that you can just pour over and enjoy for hours. Love it! (And I also have the DC Artifact Edition as well for the Image and DC work Jim has done over the years with Scott Williams too!

This book is BIG and beautiful! I pre-ordered back in April and after multiple delays, it finally got here. It was worth the wait. Jim Lee's art greatly influenced me as a youngster. I have most of these books tucked away in a closet and a few hanging up in my office. The details are wonderful to explore. There are covers, panels, and art from the card set. It just hit a nostalgic place from my childhood that I didn't know was there. Highly recommend.

This is a dream come true—-In black and white by one of the amazing artists, Jim Lee. I’ve always enjoyed his work ever since I was a kid so it’s nice to look back at this classic art.

I did not realize that the book was huge. It came with cardboard case that will ensure the storage security in the bookshelf.As a Jim Lee's fan who first took notice on his distinctive artistic style on X-Men and Punisher War Journal back in late 80's & early 90's, this book is a definite eye opener how those now-legendary early issues of Jim Lee's X-Men came to be. You can feel how the raw and yet meticulous details were put into the pages by Lee & the whole artistic team. A must have for Jim Lee's fans.

If you like Jim Lee's X-men series, and you have the money for this edition... buy it. The only fault with this book is that it doesn't have more pages! It has the normal amount... I just wish there was more! When I die, I want to be BURIED WITH THIS BOOK! Absolute highest recommendation.

Love the book! However, I wanted to point out that this is the second print. I thought Amazon might have a few of the first print left as the listing has the date of February 23, 2021. I don't care, but there might be some people out there that do. I'd still pick it up.

Buen libro, excelente precio

An absolute must for any Jim Lee fan.This book is in standard comic book original page sizes giving you the real deal on how the art was created before it's shrunk down for mass market printing. Very insightful in terms of how much rendering is done.It's a beautiful collection of Jim's Artwork.I'll cherish this for a long time.

Como fã de quadrinhos por quase 30 anos, sempre imaginei como seria ver os originais das páginas de quadrinhos de perto. Em se tratando da arte de Jim Lee então, mais ainda! Acompanho seu trabalho desde a época dos formatinhos da Editora Abril ( que ainda possuo), depois pela Panini saíram em formato americano, o qua já era um bom tamanho de se ler e apreciar a arte, com esta Artist Edition, se torna quase surreal o olhar! Isto porque a proposta deste material é justamente oferecer ao leitor a sensação de estar diante da página original, o que antes somente era possível em exposições ou adquirindo a página em leilão. Foi feito um trabalho junto a colecionadores e o arquivo pessoal do artista para que as páginas fossem reunidas nesta edição. Nelas você poderá ver as marcas do tempo, autógrafos, número de paginação, dicas para a arte final, dentre muitas outras curiosidades que se perdem na impressão final. Por todo este cuidado, o preço é bem elevado, o que torna estas edições bem raras e com o risco de esgotarem no mercado. A IDW está de parabéns por este projeto, muitos outros artistas já foram contemplados nesta incrível coleção, recomendo para os fãs de quadrinhos que se puderem, adquiram, vale muito a pena. A Amazon fez uma entrega perfeita, podem comprar sem medo.

Il volume contiene una raccolta di scansioni ad alta qualità del lavoro di Lee sui Figli dell’Atomo comprensivo di copertine, pagine doppie (in alcuni casi triple e quadruple, essendo stato riprodotto l'effetto a più "ante"), pin-up e illustrazioni interne.L'unica storia (e che storia!) integralmente presentata in tutte le sue pagine è il mitico X-MEN n.1, pubblicazione che detiene il record per il maggior numero di copie vendute di un singolo albo.A tutti gli effetti, il volume rappresenta un tuffo in uno dei periodi di maggior popolarità degli eroi mutanti (e dei supereroi in generale), e permette di osservare in maniera unica il lavoro di uno dei cartoonist più influenti non solo di quell'epoca, considerando che il buon Jim Lee ha avuto una sfolgorante carriera che prese il volo proprio in quel periodo.In primo luogo, le dimensioni del volume, davvero fuori scala (non credo riuscirete a trovare una libreria capace di contenerlo, le riproduzioni dovrebbero essere davvero di poco più piccole delle tavole originali), permettono l'osservazione di tutti i particolari; inoltre, il fatto che come detto all'inizio si tratti di scansioni delle tavole a china tutt'oggi conservate, determina una qualità mai vista per questi disegni, ben al di sopra delle pubblicazioni originarie.Sfogliando le pagine del libro, i cui estratti sono presentati in ordine cronologico, è possibile anche apprezzare le velocissima evoluzione di Lee, da cartoonist innegabilmente talentuoso, preciso ed originale, fino ad elaborare lo stile che lo ha reso unico e dato il via ad un vero e proprio "filone" grafico, di cui lo statunitense-coreano rimane il più grande rappresentante (credo infatti che Lee sia ad un livello infinitamente superiore ad autori "correlati" quali Scott Campbell o Rob Liefield, ed a mio modesto parere anche rispetto a Marc Silvestri dal quale pure Lee aveva in parte preso le mosse).Se proprio dovessi trovare dei (secondari) difetti a questa pubblicazione, mi è rimasto il dubbio che siano state presentate TUTTE le copertine prodotte per i team mutanti (sono davvero stupende e ne avrei volute di più); inoltre, avrei gradito qualche tavola solo a matita (non ce n'è neanche una!) o comunque del materiale che mostrasse qualcosa del making of, dall'impostazione della tavola, alla prima bozza, alla stesura delle matite definitive fino ad arrivare all'inchiostrazione; quest'ultimo punto in particolare mi ha lasciato un po' di amaro in bocca ma tant'è.Io ho acquistato il volume usato, giunto in perfette condizioni, a 88 euro, il prezzo di listino nuovo è di 150 dollari. A questo prezzo scontato, ritengo sicuramente il prodotto valga ogni singolo euro, è davvero un qualcosa di eccezionale se si amano l'autore, le testate mutanti o quella stagione del fumetto supereroistico.

Certes tout est dit mais je vais en rajouter une couche juste pour le plaisir. Pour faire simple ce livre m'a rappelé pourquoi, dans les années 80, j'étais un fan du Boss Jim Lee.Avec ses scans en couleur des dessins originaux encrés qui en respectent le format, ce livre est une véritable mine d'or pour les fans du dessinateur/auteur. Bien sûr les dessins encrés sont en noir et blanc mais les scans en couleur révèlent des détails de fabrication des comics, avec des annotations et autres collages que l'on ne discerne pas dans les comics finis.En plus de planches originales ce livre nous propose des dessins effectués pour des trading cards mais aussi des posters et des couvertures, sans oublier deux dessins présentés sur des pages à rabats (notamment la fabuleuse cover des X-men N°1)Juste pour remettre les choses en perspective j'aborde un sujet qui fâche, le prix de ce livre: il était de 150 euro à sa sortie en boutiques spécialisées. Ce qui vous permet de décider si le prix que l'on vous en demande ici est exagéré ou pas. Attention les livres venant de l'extérieur de la zone euro sont soumis aux droits de douane et à la TVA.Ceci dit, si vous êtes fans de Jim Lee et que vous décidiez de vous faire un gros cadeau, n'hésitez pas une seconde. Ce livre c'est le Graal.