Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way Comes

US$80

Illustrated by Tim McDonagh

Introduced By Frank Skinner

Comedian, writer and broadcaster Frank Skinner introduces the new Folio edition of Ray Bradbury’s dark fantasy masterpiece Something Wicked This Way Comes, with thrilling illustrations by artist Tim McDonagh.

US$80

Book Details

Presentation Box & BindingBound in blocked cloth
Blocked slipcase

Dimensions9½ inches x 6¼ inches

FontTypeset in Columbus

Pages272 pages

AuthorRay Bradbury

Illustrated byTim McDonagh

IllustrationFrontispiece and 6 colour illustrations, including a double-page spread

Publication Date30/01/2019

Editor's Notes

Described by Bradbury himself as the book he loved ‘best of all the things I have written’, Something Wicked This Way Comes is a timeless classic of fantasy horror. For this lavishly illustrated collector’s edition, Tim McDonagh has provided seven colour illustrations dripping with carnivalesque menace. The eerie inhabitants of Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show are lit with the gaudy yellow and red lights of the funfair, while Mr Dark leers from the midst of his attractions, the faces of his victims tattooed across his palms. Like Bradbury’s prose, the images in this special Folio edition invite the reader to venture a little deeper into that dark tent, promising wonders and horrors and everything in between. Comedian and actor Frank Skinner lists the book as amongst his favourites, and in his incisive and affectionate introduction written for this edition he examines the many delicious flavours of fear in a novel layered with meaning and portents.

About the Illustrator

Tim McDonagh

Tim McDonagh is an illustrator living and working in Brighton, England. He uses a mix of traditional media including brushes, ink and pens mixed with a digital finish to create his artworks. They are often bold and intricate at the same time, favouring a limited use of colour to bring the line work to life. He has worked for a number of clients over the years including Nike, Lucasfilm, Puma and the New York Times.

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Ray Bradbury was born in Illinois in 1920, and spent most of his life in Los Angeles. He did not go to university and was a full-time writer from the age of 23; his short story ‘Homecoming’ was picked from the slush pile at Mademoiselle magazine by Truman Capote. Bradbury’s first book, a collection of short stories entitled Dark Carnival, was published in 1947. The Martian Chronicles (1950) was followed by The Illustrated Man (1951) and his seminal work of dystopian science fiction, Fahrenheit 451, in 1953. He died in 2012.

Frank Skinner is a British comedian, writer and broadcaster. He graduated from the University of Warwick and worked as an English Literature lecturer prior to embarking on a career in stand-up comedy and winning the prestigious Perrier Award for live comedy in 1991. His television work includes Fantasy Football League (BBC and ITV), The Frank Skinner Show (ITV) and Room 101 (BBC) as well as authoring documentaries on passions as diverse as George Formby and Muhammad Ali. Frank’s long-running Absolute Radio show has won three gold ARIA awards, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame. A lifelong fan of science fiction, he recently fulfilled a childhood ambition by appearing in Series 8 of Doctor Who.

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