Clover Press is expanding their Marvel Art Of… series with a new volume dedicated to award-winning artist Dan Dos Santos, set to launch on Kickstarter next month.
The Marvel Art of Dan Dos Santos will showcase Dos Santos’ distinctive oil painting style, which brought Marvel’s heroes to life with remarkable realism. The artist is perhaps best known for hand-painting more than 135 traditional oil pieces for the 2022 Marvel Masterpieces trading card set, and this book collects all of those stunning works alongside pieces from the 2023 set and never-before-seen artwork.
“Over 30 years ago, as a young teen, it was my exposure to a similar collection of Marvel art that set me on the path of wanting to be a professional artist in the first place,” Dos Santos said. “So it is incredibly apt, and really thrilling, to see it all come full-circle in this new collection of my own. This book represents years of work, and contains hundreds of paintings that I feel are my finest work to date. I labored tirelessly to breath as much life and backstory into each of these modern mythological heroes as I could. It is my hope the next generation of young artists and fans will find these characters as inspiring as I found them so many years ago.”
The 9″ x 12″ hardcover book spans more than 200 pages and includes behind-the-scenes material on Dos Santos’ creative process. The collection will feature previously unpublished art of several characters like Tigra, Punisher, Carnage and Mystique.
Dos Santos’ illustrations have topped the New York Times Bestseller list numerous times, and his work spans novels, comics, film and video games. He’s earned recognition as a seven-time Hugo Award nominee for “Best Artist,” along with wins for the Jack Gaughan Award and Chesley Award, plus gold and silver medals from Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art.
The Kickstarter campaign will offer some fun reward tiers, including 11″ x 17″ prints, mini-prints, a signed slipcase edition, a dustjacket edition, original sketches and more. There will also be foil stickers available through the campaign, which we’re happy to share today:
The Marvel Art Of… series launched in 2023 and has previously featured collections from David Mack, Alex Maleev, Russell Dauterman, Michael Allred, Tyler Kirkham, David Nakayama, Michael Turner and Mike Del Mundo.
You can sign up on the pre-launch page on Kickstarter, with the campaign officially launching next month.