Luis Ortiz (1) (1949–)
Autore di Emshwiller: Infinity x Two: The Life & Art of Ed & Carol Emshwiller
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Sull'Autore
Luis Ortiz is an editor, artist and author based in New York City. He recently illustrated Streampunk Prime, edited by Mike Ashley, and is the author of Outermost: The Art + Life of Jack Gaughan. Forthcoming from him will be The Monkey's Other Paw.
Serie
Opere di Luis Ortiz
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1949
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Attività lavorative
- editor
art director
designer
publisher - Organizzazioni
- Nonstop Press
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
Potrebbero anche piacerti
Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 7
- Utenti
- 89
- Popolarità
- #207,492
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 15
- ISBN
- 15
- Lingue
- 1
The one negative, and it is only a slight one, is the layout. The text and artwork don't follow chronologically very well so you will find yourself paging back and forth to match up illustrations with the text. Bibliography, footnotes, and index are all handy. Gobs and gobs of illustrations, almost too many. It could have used more full-page graphics.
The book is printed on a heavy high gloss magazine type stock which I'm not sure I'm a big fan of. It gives it a bit of an amateur look. It has the sort of shiny slick cover I always associate with textbooks from my grammar school days.
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