Nick Bantock
Forfatter af Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence
Om forfatteren
Nick Bantock was born in Stourbridge, England on the 14th of July 1949. He went to school in the suburbs of North East London, and from there moved on to an art college in the market town of Maidstone, Kent. At the age of 23, he quit his job in a gambling house and began working as a freelance vis mere illustrator. In 16 years he produced approximately 300 book covers, including novels by Philip Roth and John Updike. During the winter of 1988 he moved to Vancouver Canada, and two years later started work on his own books. He is most well known for his Griffin and Sabine Trilogy, an artful representation of a long distance romance. His other works include The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections (2000) - a visual autobiography, and retrospective, Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, and Other Art from Ephemera (2004) and Windflower (2006) - with Edoardo Ponti. (Bowker Author Biography) Nick Bantock is the author of numerous illustrated novels, most recently "The Artful Dodger" and the tenth anniversary, limited edition of "Griffin & Sabine". Born in England, he now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Publisher Provided) vis mindre
Image credit: Unattributed photo from author's website.
Serier
Værker af Nick Bantock
Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues (1992) 2,441 eksemplarer
The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes (1993) — Forfatter — 2,301 eksemplarer
The Gryphon : In which the extraordinary correspondence of Griffin & Sabine is rediscovered (2001) — Forfatter — 1,137 eksemplarer
The Venetian's Wife: A Strangely Sensual Tale of a Renaissance Explorer, a Computer, and a Metamorphosis (1996) 1,019 eksemplarer
Alexandria : In which the extraordinary correspondence of Griffin & Sabine unfolds (2002) 881 eksemplarer
The Morning Star : In which the extraordinary correspondence of Griffin & Sabine is illuminated (2003) 788 eksemplarer
The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Griffin & Sabine/Sabine's Notebook/The Golden Mean (1991) — Forfatter — 695 eksemplarer
Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, and Other Art from Ephemera (2004) 404 eksemplarer
Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence, Tenth Anniversary Limited Edition (2001) — Forfatter — 291 eksemplarer
Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence, 25th Anniversary Limited Edition (2016) 154 eksemplarer
The Walrus and the Carpenter: Another Pop-Up Rhyme from Through the Looking Glass (1992) 49 eksemplarer
Associated Works
Aliens in Space : An Illustrated Guide to the Inhabited Galaxy (1979) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver — 101 eksemplarer
The Fantastic Planet : A World of Magic and Mystery (1980) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver — 46 eksemplarer
Satte nøgleord på
Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- Bantock, Nick
- Juridisk navn
- Bantock, Nicholas
- Andre navne
- Fox, Nick
- Fødselsdato
- 1949-07-14
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada
London, England, UK
Maidstone, Kent, England
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada - Uddannelse
- Kent Institute of Art and Design (BA ∙ fine art)
- Erhverv
- artist
illustrator
author - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Bill Duthie Bookseller's Choice Award (1993)
- Kort biografi
- Nick Bantock was born in England. He went to school in the soulless suburbs of North East London, and from there he moved on to art college in the market town of Maidstone, Kent. At the age of 23, he gave up his job in a betting shop and began working as a freelance illustrator. Over the next 16 years, he produced covers for approximately 300 books, including novels by Philip Roth and John Updike. During the winter of 1988, he moved to Vancouver with his wife and young son. Two years later, he decided to try his hand at creating pop-up books, and the legend "Griffin and Sabine" was born.
Medlemmer
Anmeldelser
This one pretty much mimicked the first book. The problem seems to be that since the books are written as a correspondence, the writers can never meet, because it would be pretty silly to be writing each other letters or sending post cards from the same house.
I am still very curious about what's actually going on here and it did get a little more fantastical and surreal, which I liked.
I am still very curious about what's actually going on here and it did get a little more fantastical and surreal, which I liked.
I bought all of the Griffin and Sabine books, at least 20 years ago, probably longer. I was on a Nick Bantock kick after reading The Museum at Purgatory and loving it. I was also into a lot of postmodern stuff, anything different, bucking the normal structure or patterns of story.
BUT for some reason I never got around to them. I think I was worried they would be boring and not include enough "magic" or "monsters". So, after waiting all this time, I read this first book to my wife in two sittings on the same day.
There was "magic" and mystery and the format was cool and interesting. Looking forward to where this story goes.… (mere)
BUT for some reason I never got around to them. I think I was worried they would be boring and not include enough "magic" or "monsters". So, after waiting all this time, I read this first book to my wife in two sittings on the same day.
There was "magic" and mystery and the format was cool and interesting. Looking forward to where this story goes.… (mere)
I used to see this book around a lot as a kid but never read it somehow. It's good! Nice twists, and perfectly creepy.
Lister
Hæderspriser
Måske også interessante?
Associated Authors
Statistikker
- Værker
- 50
- Also by
- 13
- Medlemmer
- 16,700
- Popularitet
- #1,352
- Vurdering
- 3.9
- Anmeldelser
- 318
- ISBN
- 125
- Sprog
- 6
- Udvalgt
- 57
I've always like writing physical letters and sending/collecting postcards, kind of sad to see them go away, but instantaneous communication around the world is kinda nice too.