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ANDREA WICKLUND
PHIL HALE
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After a series of art books that focused on his own work, Ashley Wood decided to produce a new title, Swallow, that would feature a variety of artists. The first issue of Swallow was launched in early 2005 and quickly became a successful series for IDW. In 2006, Wood and IDW launched the Sparrow series–a line of square, hardcover books that focused on a single artist. Ted and Ash discuss the history of both series and Ash’s editorial approach. 156
CELIA CALLE
KENT WILLIAMS
TA: Ash, talk about the art books that you produce for IDW. The first one was Swallow Vol. 1, which came out in 2005. What made you want to put together a book that would feature other artists? AW: I just wanted to make a book that I wanted to pick up in a store. Every time I go into a store there’s always a book with maybe one good artist or a couple of good pictures and I have to buy the rest of
_____________________________________________________ The art in this chapter comes from all five volumes of Sparrow.
the crummy book or magazine just to get those couple of pictures that I like. So I thought, “I want to put together a book that’s got tons of good art by tons of great artists.” I did it for me, featuring artists that I like. TA: With Swallow it seems like you’ve included both well-established artists and also up-and-coming or lesser-known artists. Was that your intention? 157