Researching the archives of Josh Kirby has uncovered personal letters between these two powerhouses of science fiction. The Kirby Estate, in conjunction with BARD Games, is sharing them to celebrate the impact of Josh Kirby on the art of science fiction and fantasy.
The Josh Kirby estate is proud to announce that our partnership with Bard Games, over two years in the making, is finally coming to fruition.
The Lost Worlds of Josh Kirby celebrates the incredible art of sci-fi and fantasy art of Josh Kirby. The game evokes the epic feeling of a space opera, showing off Kirby's vivid colors and organic forms.
This game celebrates Josh Kirby's entire body of work, in particular, a recently discovered set of worlds painted by Kirby himself, that has rarely been seen! You can learn more about Josh Kirby by competing in this challenging Crossword Puzzle Contest. We will give away an epic play mat to a lucky few if you solve the Secret Message.
From Bard games:
"We know how great it feels to find a game with incredible artwork and great gameplay. Last year we brought you Fickle, our light-hearted game featuring the fairy artwork of Amy Brown. Now we're heading deep into sci-fi territory with The Lost Worlds of Josh Kirby."
If you like board games, sci-fi and science fantasy art or, are a fan of Josh Kirby and want to help us keep his legacy alive, please support this epic Kickstarter campaign.
The record-breaking HisWorld exhibition at Salisbury Museum captivated audiences who were, for the first time, given unparalleled access to the author’s inner sanctum and writing room ‘The Chapel’ and the plethora of interesting artefacts that surrounded him.
The Josh Kirby Estate is proud to announce this breathtaking Limited Edition Greebo sculpture. Modeled after a long, lost Josh Kirby illustration, it's a true collector's piece. With only 350 available in this world, the Discworld, or any other, you do not want to miss it.
Brought to life by Dobby Lyn Art Works, this one of a kind has many special features, all of which give life to our beloved Greebo.
1. To honour Sir Terry Pratchett's description that Greebo's eye “glittered like the sins of angels” each sculpture will feature a hand blown glass eye with a custom infusion of gold leaf powder and liquid clay, and will be hand set by Lyn Marie (the sculptor), making every piece unique.
2. His "milky white eye" and claws will be individually coated and polished with a pearlescent finish that will “glow” with a bit of demonic sparkle when the lights go out. Yes, it glows in the dark!
3. His paw pad and nose shimmer between pink and purple hues.
4. Special care has been taken to emulate Josh’s brush strokes, pulling his mischievous illustration into three dimensions.
5. As a final touch, Greebo's cushion is finished in a deep, plush scarlet that reflects the rich, mottled red in Josh's original work.
To make this incomparable work of art available to as many fans as possible, we have three payment plans for you: One payment, four payments and eight payments.
How much is this magnificent collector's piece? £177 plus shipping!
TO RESERVE YOURS, please send an email to info@joshkirbyart.com
After Josh Kirby passed on in 2001, the heirs of his estate had been tasked with sorting through his vast archives. Amongst the papers, receipts and correspondences with famous authors, all of which charted the history of Josh's prolific career and extraordinary life, was a hidden gem.
Marmaduke & the Time Machine
The Salisbury Museum is delighted to present a new and exclusive exhibition ‘Terry Pratchett: HisWorld’. This will open at The Salisbury Museum on 16 September 2017 and run until 13 January 2018.
In a first for the museum, this major exhibition explores the life of Sir Terry Pratchett and will give a privileged insight into the man who created some of literature’s most enduringly popular fantasy worlds and characters.
Developer to Celebrate Release of Inaugural Title on “Adventure Creator” Platform; RPG Fans featuring Josh Kirby illustrations.
Visit Booth #509 from August 17–20 to Play Iconic RPG on iOS and Android
SEATTLE, WA – (July 12, 2017) – MetaArcade, a developer building a platform to allow players to create and publish their own RPG adventures, announced it will launch Tunnels & TrollsTM Adventures on the App Store and Google Play on August 17th, coinciding with the first day of Gen Con 50 in Indianapolis. Tunnels & Trolls Adventures, which will also release on PC, Mac and Steam later this year, is a dungeon crawling RPG experience that brings new and classic quests to life from Tunnels & Trolls, the second RPG
ever published. The game is the first component of MetaArcade’s new platform, with the other being the upcoming Adventure Creator software that will allow players to create their own quests for the game.
To celebrate the game and platform launch, MetaArcade will showcase the mobile RPG adventure title at Gen Con from August 17–20. Media and roleplaying fans alike will have a chance to play the game, talk to its creators and get an early look at the Adventure Creator software for creating your own quests.
To honour what would have been Terry Pratchett's 69th birthday, the Josh Kirby Estate will be releasing an extremely limited edition 16" X 16" fine art print of the fantastic Illustrated Terry, seen above.
To commemorate this occasion, the prints will limited to 69 available in the entire universe, and since Josh would have been 89 years old this year, they'll sell for £89, signed and numbered by the estate.
This illustration has never been offered as a fine art print before and will be a wonderful addition to any Discworld fan's collection. The online store goes live at Midnight tonight so be the first to secure a low number!
We are excited to announce that we have chosen the first four Limited Edition prints that will become available. Which are they? Well, it's only fitting that we include Rincewind, Death and the Witches so the obvious choices for us to start with are the first four books . . .
For immediate release – Discworld.com announced that it is to enter into a partnership with the estate of the late Josh Kirby, the artist whose illustrations graced the covers of many of Sir Terry Pratchett’s books. The collaboration will give these unique and treasured works of art a new lease of life through a range of exclusive, high quality products.
We are proud to announce that we have licensed two of Josh's Discworld Illustrations for use in a book titled "Literary Wonderlands."
A loving tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
