Clive Barker, Illustrator

Clive Barker, author, film director and visual artist known for his explorations in fantasy and horror, presents many of his provocative sketches and paintings in this collection. In a lively introduction to the book, comics artist and editor Stephen R. Bissette notes that "these brush studies are among Clive's most accomplished works, spare in technique, rich in their simplicity and bold expression." Here, Bissette adds, "Barker shares the uninhibited obsession with sensuality, pain, grotesques, and monsters rendered in a wry cartoon style..."