Sketch.Box: Julien Delval Late 20th-Century Illustrators and the pages fall open

and the pages fall open here and there

over-the-top jungle of silly comic book stories that show how rich the human imagination is

The Art of Planes explores the beautiful concept art that went into the development of these two inspiring stories

Selected from a near complete run from 1904 to 1917 -- over 220 of the finest are reproduced here

"Maybe comics are your thing

Sketch.Box: Julien Delval Late 20th-Century Illustrators and the pages fall openJulien Delval is a French painter and illustrator who in his personal work creates scenes from ancient worlds, mythology and fantasy inspired by classical painting and imagery. The sketches, drawings and fragments collected here "will take their place in more complex compositions within my paintings and illustrations" Julien Delval writes, "but it is here in their sketched forms that their live out their most vibrant moments." Julien Delval, born in