Anna + Elena = Balbusso Illustrations

Our new illustrated book THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer, Black Cat Publishing, will be available very soon. We contributed with 12 color illustrations. In advance here's our cover art: Geoffrey Chaucer. His portrait is composed of faces of the characters of the Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 –1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey.

Out on April 1st from Tor Books, The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison tells the story of the youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor, who has lived his entire life in exile. But when his father and three sons in line for the thrones are killed in an “accident,” he has no choice to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir, though he has no friends, no advisors, and countless threats against his life and reign.

We are very excited, we have just known that our two entries have been selected by the 2014 jury to appear in Illustration Annual 55, the May/June 2014 issue of Communication Arts. WINNER EDITORIAL CATEGORY: artwork "Autoimmune disease", The New Yorker Magazine 2013. WINNER BOOK CATEGORY: "Pride and Prejudice" by J. Austen, The Folio Society 2013. Of the 4,362 entries to the 55th Illustration Annual, only 168 were accepted, representing the work of 150 artists, making the Illustration Annual the most exclusive major illustration competition in the world.