| Night
Music, 1979, Eclipse. This is the first collection of
Russell's short stories, and incidentally the second graphic novel
published by Eclipse after the ground-breaking Sabre, drawn by
Paul Gulacy and written by Don McGregor, Russell's scenarist on the Killraven
stories. | |
Elric of Melniboné, 1986, First. The first Elric mini-series
(Opus 15) collected in a handsome
trade paperback. | | Elric :
The Weird of the white wolf, 1990, First. The second Elric
mini-series, drawn by Michael Gilbert, except for two short stories by
Russell (Opus 12 and 22). |
| Opera, 1990, Eclipse. A
collection of opera works by Russell (Opus 5, 16, 18, 21 and 23) this
oversized book is a good introduction to Russell's adaptations of
operas. Out-of-print. See the new NBM collections below. |
| Fairy Tales of Oscar
Wilde Vol. 1-3, 1992, 1994, 1998, NBM. Russell developed his
cartoony style on these stories, to which should be added sooner or
later all of the other fairy tales written by Wilde (see below).
| | Jungle Book Stories, 1997, NBM. A
collection of the last three Kipling tales adapted by Russell (opus 19, 25
& 40), with a few added pages
and a couple of new drawings. A beautiful book, and a perfect
opportunity to discover another facet of Russell's varied art styles.
| | Elric : Stormbringer, 1998,
Dark Horse Comics. Collecting Opus 41
and 42, the last Elric
stories by Russell. | . | The Ring of the Nibelung Vol. 1: The Rhinegold & The
Valkyrie, 2002, Dark Horse Comics. The Ring of the Nibelung
Vol. 2: Siegfried & Gotterdammerung: The Twilight of the Gods, 2002,
Dark Horse Comics. Collecting the entire adaptation of Richard
Wagner's tetralogy (See Opus 47).
| | Isolation
and Illusion, 2003, Dark Horse Comics. Collecting hard-to-find
opuses 4, 8, 9,
11, 17,
29, 31,
32, 39.
This is a must-have for people who want to discover a lesser known
side of Russell's work, and it perfectly complements the mammoth Ring
of the Nibelung. | |
The P. Craig
Russell Library of Opera Adaptations vol.1: The Magic Flute,
2003, NBM. Collecting Opus 28.
| | The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations
vol.2, 2003, NBM. Collecting Opus 5, 16,
18, 26
& 45. |
| The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations
vol.3, 2004, NBM. Collecting Opus 21, 23
and 58. |
| Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Vol. 4, 2004, NBM. See
here for a preview. Collecting Opus 49 & 54. |
| Essential Killraven vol. 1, 2005, Marvel. Collecting
Opus 3 & 13 in wonderful black and white.
| | Conan: The Jewels of Gwahlur, 2005, Dark
Horse. Collecting Opus 61.
Includes a very interesting 16-page interview/sketchbook that wasn't in
the comics. | | Marvel Illustrated: Jungle Book, 2007, Marvel. A
comic collecting the whole collaboration between Gil Kane and P. Craig
Russell on some of the Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book stories originally published in 1983.
| | The Art of P.
Craig Russell, 2007, Desperado. A 256-page, large-sized
retrospective of PCR's career, heavily illustrated with excerpts,
sketchbooks and rare or unpublished art, and commented by the artist
himself. | |
Night Music: The Art of P. Craig
Russell, 2008, Lurid Media. A documentary on PCR's work,
essentially a long (90 minutes) and fascinating interview of the
artist, interspersed with beautiful black & white and color panels
and pages. The publisher sells it with a signed
insert drawing, and it's available from Amazon.com. Excerpt here.
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The Mighty 12:
Superheroes of Greek Myth, 2008, Little, Brown. A
large-sized, 48-page kids book presenting important characters from
Greek Myths, including Zeus, Apollo and Aphrodite. P. Craig Russell
has drawn about 20 full- and double-page illustrations, plus the cover.
Very striking. | |
Sandman: The Deam Hunters, 2009, DC/Vertigo.
The collection of the mini-series (Opus #64) drawn by P. Craig Russell from a
Neil Gaiman story. | |
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Vol. 5, 2012,
NBM. See here for a preview. Collecting Opus #66.
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