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Interior Illustrations – To Green Angel Tower

Donato Giancola

These past few years I have had the honor to interpret a classic fantasy trilogy from the 1990's, Tad William's Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series for Grim Oak Press. This trilogy culminates in the final massive tome To Green Angel Tower, and is so large it has historically been published as two volumes to due issues around binding that many pages in one book. Luckily for me as an illustrator tackling this project, it meant…

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The Life of Chuck

Gregory Manchess

July 18, 2025 - Lately I’ve been illustrating classic novels for special handmade editions. One publishing house I’ve worked with is Arete Editions in the UK. I’ve worked with the publisher, Marcelo Anciano, for twenty years and we love to discuss books and publishing and writing when working together. It’s from one of those conversations that he offered me the chance to illustrate Stephen King’s mild ghost story, The Life of Chuck. Marcelo also works on books and interior designs with master bookbinder, Richard Tong, publisher of Lyra’s Books. Rich and Marcelo had been working on a number of very private commissions for the director Mike Flanagan (an edition of Midnight Mass), when Mike contacted them to make a very special book. But this wasn’t an average assignment at all. King’s story is a unique three-act tale told in…

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