The Gathering Kickstarter was featured in an article on io9.
Pete Venters Interview
In case you missed it elsewhere -
GatheringMagic.com’s MJ Scott interviews me and talks about The Maze of Games and The Gathering. Comes with bonus premiere of my piece of art for The Gathering - Morrox, Demon Prince of Goblins!
I do love a mash-up and this is frankly one of the best I’ve seen-from the superb Pete Venters,featuring Sandman siblings,Death and Dream(Morpheus),with Judge Dredd and his arch-nemesis,Judge Death.
Heh. I remember this. It was done for the con booklet of UKCAC ‘93 and the original was sold at the charity auction they held at the con every year.
I’ve considered re-drawing it, partially because I was never a fan of the face I gave Death of the Endless, and partially to get rid of that Papyrus font!
And this was in the day before photoshop! Doing that negative with the lettering required photocopies and montage!
Yes it’s true, I saw them with my own eyes, a wall of original paintings from Alpha including a number of Moxes and the Black Lotus!
The First Art Update on The Gathering Kickstarter.
So, then there was the day I helped launch a Kickstarter…
This is The Gathering, a collaborative work featuring almost entirely new art from over 30 of Magic’s original artists.
We’ve already hit our initial goal and are working toward releasing the first of our stretch goals.
I should add, it’s not an official Wizards product, but it is produced with their permission.
2013 is Magic the Gathering’s® 20th anniversary! Over 30 of the game’s original artists are commemorating the occasion with a new art book. Coming to Kickstarter this February!
Disclaimer: Not an official Wizards of the Coast product. Produced with their permission.
Here’s the link to the Facebook page that’ll be used for previews:
http://www.facebook.com/thegatheringartbook
In addition, artwork from the book will be on show at Emerald City Comic Con and Krabjab Studios. There may even be a few originals for sale!
The Maze of Games Kickstarter reached over 5x the goal in just over one week! So here’s a “thank you” video from Mike Selinker and Pete Venters.
(For those of you curious as to what the RealHusband sounds like, here you go! The answer is “sarcastic and British”.)
In answer to age range suitability:
I’m thinking the book is squarely in PG territory. PG-13 at the utmost, but I suspect that’s just me being cautious. I don’t expect this to be any more scary than the average modern day PG-rated movie.
