The Thing: Artbook To Celebrate 35 Years of John Carpenter's Classic At Comic Con

08/31/2017 06:06 pm EDT

The Thing: Artbook, a 35th anniversary celebration of John Carpenter's horror masterpiece The Thing, will launch at Comic-Con International 2017 this July, but you can get a first look at a number of pieces contained in the book below.

Media production company Printed In Blood will be launching the first release in their Artbook series, The Thing: Artbook this July at Comic-Con International: San Diego on July 19-23.

The book is set to feature A-List talent from various art disciplines in the entertainment industry including original creations from big-name comic book creators such as David Mack (Fight Club 2), Eric Powell (The Goon), Cat Staggs (Smallville), and more

This collection of over 375 new pieces of artwork, created by artists from all walks of life, based on and inspired by the sci-fi/horror classic.

The book, which has been available for pre-order since March at their website, will be available for live purchase for the first time at the annual Southern California mega-convention.

Also available will be a very limited convention variant edition which has a completely different cover and matching slipcase. It will be accompanied by a set of six limited edition prints of new The Thing artwork that is NOT contained in the art book.

"We set out to create this book as a celebration and to show our love of this movie. The response we got from artists was massive and overwhelmingly positive." said Printed In Blood Director of Operations, Steven Hoveke. "Once the word got out about the project we had so many artists come to us wanting to be a part of it, the project grew to twice our original planned page count. Now, with the amount of pieces that we've included, we feel we have produced a worthy celebration of this movie that means so much to so many."

The book features creators from over 40 countries around the world and taps in to the creative worlds of comics, fine art, animation, and illustration. A complete list of participants can be found here. It also features an introduction written by writer/director/actor and overall auteur, Eli Roth. No book about a John Carpenter film would be complete without few words from the man himself. The legendary filmmaker contributes the afterword for the book.

The Thing: Artbook is available for pre-order right now, and comes with a special set of prints that will disappear once the books are in-stock.

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