‘The Thing’ Artbook – pictured above is the cover of the book
Gary O Donnell art featured in Printed In Blood’s ‘The Thing Artbook’
Gary O Donnell’s art has been featured in Printed In Blood’s new ‘The Thing Artbook’, an illustrated celebration of the John Carpenter masterpiece. This collection of over 375 new pieces of artwork created by artists, amateur and professional alike, based on and inspired by the sci-fi/horror classic.
Celebrating the 35th anniversary of John Carpenter’s sci-fi/horror classic film “The Thing”, this 400-page first volume hardcover of Printed In Blood’s artbook series features over 375 brand-new pieces of artwork created specifically for this collection. Bringing together artists from the worlds of comics, fine art, animation and illustration. Over 350 artists from all over the world have contributed art for this comprehensive collection.
Also included in the book, an all-new introduction by horror director/actor/producer Eli Roth and an afterword by the Master of Horror himself, John Carpenter.
“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.” states 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 to this movie that means so much to so many.”
The 400-page 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 whom 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.
Gary said, “I am beyond honoured to be part of this project. ‘The Thing’ is without doubt one of the best horror/sci fi films ever made and had a massive impact on me as a child. It influenced the path I would take as an artist and impacted my work more than any other film ever made. This is a dream come through and one of the greatest achievements in my artistic life.”
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About the film ‘The Thing’:
The Thing (also known as John Carpenter’s The Thing) is a 1982 science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter, written by Bill Lancaster, and starring Kurt Russell. The film’s title refers to its primary antagonist: a parasitic extraterrestrial lifeform that assimilates other organisms and in turn imitates them. It infiltrates an Antarctic research station, taking the appearance of the researchers that it kills, and paranoia occurs within the group.
Ostensibly a remake of the classic 1951 Howard Hawks-Christian Nyby film The Thing from Another World, Carpenter’s film is a more faithful adaptation of the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. which inspired the 1951 film. Carpenter considers The Thing to be the first part of his Apocalypse Trilogy, followed by Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness. Although the films are unrelated, each feature a potentially apocalyptic scenario; should “The Thing” ever reach civilization, it would be only a matter of time before it consumes humanity and takes over the Earth.
The theatrical box office performance of the film was poor. This has been attributed to many factors, including Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which was released at the same time and features a more optimistic view of alien visitation, and another popular science fiction film, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, being released on the same day. However, The Thing has gone on to gain a cult following with the release on home video. It was subsequently ‘novelized’ in 1982, adapted into a comic book miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics, and was followed by a video game sequel in 2002, a film prequel released in 2011 and a spin-off released in 2015.
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