Cemetery Dance discussion thread

[Ben Eads]

Richard Chizmar posted these pictures today on Facebook.

[webstar1000]

Richard Chizmar posted these pictures today on Facebook.

I sold 4 sets of these back in the winter. They have been out for sometime. One set is the original set that was to be done by Ned which king said no to.. and the other two are the new ones from Francois.

[Ben Eads]

Richard Chizmar posted these pictures today on Facebook.

I sold 4 sets of these back in the winter. They have been out for sometime. One set is the original set that was to be done by Ned which king said no to.. and the other two are the new ones from Francois.

Wow! I didn't even know these existed.

[RC65]

Richard Chizmar posted these pictures today on Facebook.

I sold 4 sets of these back in the winter. They have been out for sometime. One set is the original set that was to be done by Ned which king said no to.. and the other two are the new ones from Francois.

I definitely agree with King -- not a fan of the cover of the top set...fine for an interior, but the bottom set cover is a far better choice for cover art.

[Randall Flagg]

David from Betts owns the original painting by Dameron that is on the top set.
It's a stunning piece.

[Randall Flagg]

Post 21667

https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...58#post1263658

[St. Troy]

One set is the original set that was to be done by Ned which king said no to.. and the other two are the new ones from Francois.

Are these just sets of artwork? (When I first saw them, I assumed that they were proofs of the novel (divided into parts)).

[Ari_Racing]

King said "no" to what?

[herbertwest]

I sort of remember hearing that King wasn't too pleased with Ned's art, no?

[tippy4]

Any update on the slipcases for Billy Summers or Later?

[Randall Flagg]

I sort of remember hearing that King wasn't too pleased with Ned's art, no?

King said "no" to what?

Purportedly, King wasn't pleased with all of Dameron's work, so CD commissioned an additional artist. It's unclear if any of Dameron's art will appear in the book.

[herbertwest]

Given that so far, probably one or two years later we have only heard of FV / GC joining the project, I would guess that Ned's work would be part of it.
I mean, they are on the cover of the proofs' shared by Rich hence the pictures above

I would personnally wonder if King can contractually give a "NO GO" to CD given that they started some private preorders years ago while he also cowrote a book with the cofounder
That really becomes a complicated situation
If it doesnt follow his vision, can he cancel a contract that seems to have started 10-15 years ago when CD first started taking orders for the Doubleday collection?

But then... would the contract still be viable 10-15 years later?
I truly think that, if the Gwendy books didn't happen it may be a different situation.

But they happened, so....

[St. Troy]

It's unclear if any of Dameron's art will appear in the book.

The Sep 7 (2022) production update on CD's site:

"...we managed to bring in a trio of artists onto the project--Ned Dameron, Francois Vaillancourt, and Glenn Chadbourne!"

...suggests it will, however:

- this "update's" true age and accuracy is uncertain;
- any book that hasn't been printed yet sure isn't a done deal;
- if RF isn't convinced, neither am I.

[St. Troy]

I would personnally wonder if King can contractually give a "NO GO" to CD given that they started some private preorders years ago while he also cowrote a book with the cofounder
That really becomes a complicated situation
If it doesnt follow his vision, can he cancel a contract that seems to have started 10-15 years ago when CD first started taking orders for the Doubleday collection?

But then... would the contract still be viable 10-15 years later?
I truly think that, if the Gwendy books didn't happen it may be a different situation.

But they happened, so....

I wouldn't be surprised if King had a "right of first refusal" on artwork/design built into the contract (I have no idea if he did, of course). Even if not, Chizmar would be silly to ignore any of his wishes (for at least two reasons).

[RC65]

It's unclear if any of Dameron's art will appear in the book.

The Sep 7 (2022) production update on CD's site:

"...we managed to bring in a trio of artists onto the project--Ned Dameron, Francois Vaillancourt, and Glenn Chadbourne!"

...suggests it will, however:

- this "update's" true age and accuracy is uncertain;
- any book that hasn't been printed yet sure isn't a done deal;
- if RF isn't convinced, neither am I.

I can't imagine King rejecting Dameron's work en masse while embracing Chadbourne's (new?) inclusion (replacement?), but one's taste in art is a subjective thing, so I suppose anything's possible.

[St. Troy]

I can't imagine King rejecting Dameron's work en masse while embracing Chadbourne's (new?) inclusion (replacement?), but one's taste in art is a subjective thing, so I suppose anything's possible.

I'm pretty sure Chadbourne only does the limitation pages (as with the rest of the Doubleday Years set).

[Rahfa]

I would personnally wonder if King can contractually give a "NO GO" to CD given that they started some private preorders years ago while he also cowrote a book with the cofounder
That really becomes a complicated situation
If it doesnt follow his vision, can he cancel a contract that seems to have started 10-15 years ago when CD first started taking orders for the Doubleday collection?

But then... would the contract still be viable 10-15 years later?
I truly think that, if the Gwendy books didn't happen it may be a different situation.

But they happened, so....

It wouldn't be "Stephen King" backing out a contract - it would be "Stephen King Incorporated" bringing down the Hammer of God on top of a small, independent, not especially well-run publishing company. So of course if King was so inclined he could not only get out of the contract but he could probably make sure CD never had an agreement to do a book with any author with a mainstream publishing contract ever again.

That extreme scenario would obv never happen - but if King says "eh, not feeling this art," the art will never see the light of day (in a book anyway).

[Randall Flagg]

In other words "King is the big swinging dick" and what he prefers is what will be done. CD could of course tell SK too bad, we have already contracted an artist, and we aren't going to change/secure a new artist.
That would be the last and final thing that SK every allowed CD to do with his approval-including things such as a King S/L of Gwendy's Final Task.


That would effectively end CD as we know it.

[Br!an]

Let's not even go there.

[St. Troy]

Sorry Ned!

[CyberGhostface]

I can't imagine King rejecting Dameron's work en masse while embracing Chadbourne's (new?) inclusion (replacement?), but one's taste in art is a subjective thing, so I suppose anything's possible.

Chadbourne isn't the new artist, he was always doing the 'limitation' pages for the Doubleday books. Vaillancourt is the new one.

While I'm not crazy about Dameron's art I think it's nice they didn't get rid of it like Subterranean did with Gabriel Rodriguez on 'The Shining'. (It's been confirmed that Dameron is still there, there was a private preorder link the other day and both artists were present.)

[tippy4]

Hello CD!

I see you are making a slipcase for the US Edition of Fairy Tale.

Be advised that some were printed in the US...and some were printed in Italy.

From what I can see...there is an approximate 3mm difference between the two....with the edition made in the US being thicker.

Your slipcases tend to run on the snug side....if you use the Italian version to size the case....I do not think the US versions will fit!

[herbertwest]

There have been some updates apparently, although not sure what they are :
https://www.cemeterydance.com/production-updates.html

[TacomaDiver]

Dark Screams is probably close to being done since I just got the ARC for it in the mail today.

Dark Screams edited by Richard Chizmar and Brian James Freeman:
This book is now ready for the printer.

[herbertwest]

Seasons of terror still says 2045 on Amazon for the Gallery Books edition
So I guess that there are no progress on it?