Comments on: Stardust premier

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:51:58 +0000

Hey Charles – back from my tripping….uh, trips. Great to hang out in SD, I will send the photos asap. The movie is finally being trailered here, they showed the trailer before The Simpsons Movie which we saw last night – looks a visual feast! As Paul says, I am delighted for you (and Neil) too, sorry I didn’t say that to you in person! Talk soon….

By: Charles Vess

Charles Vess — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:38:10 +0000

Thanks you very much for all your favorable comments on the Stardust movie. I’ve seen it something like 6 times and am still immediately drawn into its world. Right now, I’m hot and heavy on my Blueberry Girl deadline so I just took a moment to say, if you liked it, tell all your friends. Maybe the word-of-mouth buzz will generate more film goers by next weekend. We can only hope!

Best,
Charles

By: nottenst

nottenst — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:49:35 +0000

I went with my 12-year old son on Saturday and we loved the movie. He has not yet read the book. It was thoroughly enjoyable and I plan to get the DVD when that comes out. I hope you are contributing something to that. A lot of it looked very much like your illustrations.

I was disappointed to read the movie listings and see that it was on far fewer screens that Rush Hour or Bourne Ultimatum in our local area. I presume this was the case elsewhere and that contributed to the relatively poor box office weekend.

Neil Ottenstein

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:02:41 +0000

I loved, loved, loved the movie! And word so far is that everyone else is loving it too! I can’t wait to see this film again and again. Thank you so much for letting us see the sneak preview in beautiful Abingdon.

Sending you lots of arty energy for Blueberry girl. May your brushes fly across the page with wings of inspiration.

By: ellenkushner

ellenkushner — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:15:08 +0000

It was great seeing you at ComicCon. Glad you survived & made it to LA – love the photo of you there! You look even cuter than Neil – and with a much better tux jacket – and I don’t say that lightly, my friend!

By: Richard S.

Richard S. — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:48:40 +0000

The movie is a classic, right up there with Wizard of Oz and Neverending Story and Princess Bride and others. I’m proud Charles is now an Abingdonian, and hope he remains comfortable here when the world is knocking on his door. “Stardust” has high resonance and is filled with newly-minted classic moments. It is a treasure for my children and grand-children. Thank you.

By: Michael Draine

Michael Draine — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:04:21 +0000

I’m not sure what Charles meant with regard to saving his Fairy Princess statue (the statue in the foreground with the fairy riding a horse), but at this writing the statue is listed as a preorder from Things From Another World, manufactured by Dark Horse in a very limited edition of 500. Here is the URL: http://www.tfaw.com/Profile/Charles-Vess-Fairy-Princess-Statue___269381

By: lucytoon

lucytoon — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:22:57 +0000

that was fun in abingdon!

so what about this “help in saving my ‘Fairy Princess’ sculpture” bit?

By: Paul Chadwick

Paul Chadwick — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:47:04 +0000

I’m delighted for you, Charles.

I’ve worked on enough films to know that even with great stories and casts, they sometimes, for reasons hard to know, just don’t work — nice to hear that this does.

Too bad you have to chain yourself to the drawing board in this hour of glory…hopefully you enjoyed the last few weeks to their fullest.

By: hollybird

hollybird — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:50:55 +0000

Hi Charles -

Ever since you showed my friends and I the pencils for “Blueberry Girl” at ICFA last year, I’ve been looking forward to the finished project. This book is going to be really special. Between your amazing drawings, Neil’s beautiful poem and the spot-on symbolism, relevance and tone of the entire work for young women, I can tell you I’ll be buying copies for the daughters of my friends when it comes out. (And one for me, of course.)

And since I too would hate to have to wait until 2010, may those glowing wings speed your hands in a high-quality-but-you-still-gotta-eat-&-sleep-sometime kind of way. Yikes, indeed. And good luck to you on it!

PS: I’ll be taking time off on a deadline of my own for “Stardust” on Friday afternoon.