Jean-Baptiste Monge (c) 2016 - Spectrum Silver Award 2009
Come with me! To the edge of the Invisible World, to the fringe of the dark, lush forests from our childhood, to the core of the enchanting valleys of our earliest excitement, down to the deepest of moors and bogs, while time keeps accomplishing its insidious task!
Come with me! Forever and ever along the adventurous trails of Dreamland!
Come with me! As the mists of dusk stretch over the land and the moon rises high, all plump and glistening.
Run around the Faerie hills nine times counter-clockwise, take one step forward and…
…Come on in!
Jean-Baptiste Monge (c) 2016
Jean-Baptiste Monge
The fantasy and Faery creatures of Jean-Baptiste Monge have been thrilling us for more than 20 years. His impish Gnomes, his big-shnozzed Goblins, grumpy Trolls and mischievous Fairies followed him to Canada to continue their tremendous story. In a studio much too small for his liking, Jean-Baptiste works on his personal projects and on the proper dissemination of his artwork with his partner Margo, under the infernal yoke of his two cats, Minus and Banana. Meanwhile, he also divides his time between different animation studios where his talent is put to good use as a Character Designer and Visual Development Artist.
Celtic Faeries - the book!
Jean-Baptiste Monge (c) 2016 - Spectrum Gold Award 2012
This book echoes back to my childhood and the bedtime stories my mother told us, stories often imbued with magic from the moorlands of Brittany where she was born, and where I spent part of my childhood and my life as an artist.
Celtic Faeries is a collection of stories and annotations that I’ve written, created, or sometimes refashioned from Victorian-era texts, about the fairytale creatures who populate the folklore of the “little” Celtic mythology. We are not concerned here with the ancient gods, but rather with the little folk and their magic.
The book is filled with full-color illustrations, and presented in a somewhat encyclopedic format, though by no means an exhaustive one. Within its pages, you will discover creatures that are funny, impish, mischievous, or grumpy in the extreme, as well as enchanting creatures of great beauty, some with diaphanous wings, and others that are just plain endearing. But beware: in Faerie, looks are often deceiving. Stay on your toes, for here, the line between good and evil is a veil so fine that a simple whisper in the air is sometimes enough to tear it.
In this book, you will find descriptions of the nature of Faeries, their connection to the animal world and, of course, some hints on the places they frequent, as well as the different ways to spot them, lure them, and keep them for your very own…
SPECIFICATIONS of Celtic Faeries:
The book is 24.5 x 33 cm and include 144 pages thanks to the Stretch Goals, meaning 40 pages in more than the French original version of 2007!
Thanks to the Stretch Goals we broke on the last Campaign we are very proud to tell that the Deluxe Edition comes now with:
rounded back to enhance the shape of the book
a glossy jacket to adorn its cover
endbands to reinforce the adhesive and finish the edge of the inside gatherings
a bookmark to ensure that you always find your page.
gilded pages
an elegant fabric style undercover with hot foiled title and design.
the possibility to choose with a magnificent slipcase in fabric style.
Language:
The book is available in English, a free PDF version comes automatically for each physical book bought + Jigsaw application for your tablet
Jean-Baptiste Monge (c) 2016
Jean-Baptiste Monge (c) 2016
Goblin's WAY
This is the name of the publishing house that I created with Margo in April 2013, and which Margo oversees full time and with great verve. Goblin’s WAY makes simple use of that little round bell that I’m so fond of, and that appears in almost all of my illustrations. It’s kind of my graphic signature. A little round bell is shiny, it makes a pretty sound, and you have to admit, it’s just too cute! On a more serious note, Goblin’s WAY is also a way to free myself of publishers and animation productions, and to be able to choose projects that I really want to work on. That freedom, so precious and vital to us artists, will allow me to create books exactly as I imagine them.
Jean-Baptiste Monge (c) 2016
Why IndieGoGo ?
Our project was successfully funded on another crowdfunding platform and now is available with InDemand on this great platform. Critically acclaimed on many blogs and media, Celtic FAERIES is now available in pre-order! We decided to move on Indiegogo for those who miss Celtic Faeries and who still wanted the book. We will use the platform for pre-orders, so there won't be new Stretch Goals.
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You are Fabulous!
Jean-Baptiste Monge (c) 2016
Application Jigsaw puzzle for tablets for all the rewards!!
PRE-ORDER NOW your version of Celtic FAERIES!
Choose your Style!!
Perk $20 or more: 1 copy of the PDF version of Celtic Faeries.
Perk $80 or more: A copy of Celtic FaeriesDELUXE Edition (Hardcover)
Perk $140 or more: A copy of Celtic Faeries DELUXE Edition comes with a sturdy and classy hot foil slipcase.
These Perks are for the pre-orders - we shall be ready around December 2016!
Testimonials
"JB Monge is a brilliant imagination and a link with the golden age of illustration. At once eminently modern and steeped in lore and tradition of centuries past. A worthy artist to support. I did!" - Guillermo del TORO
“Jean-Baptiste Monge has a rare and astonishing gift for capturing characters that magically transcend the page and leap to life. One wonders whether they are the product of his imagination or, as I like to believe, the visual diaries of an itinerant artist on vacation in the fairy realm.” - Paul TOBIN
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