The Art of Over the Garden Wall
Patrick McHale, Sean Edgar
Hardcover
(Dark Horse Books, Sept. 26, 2017)
Venture into the Unknown! A complete tour through the development and production of the Emmy-winning animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall, this volume contains hundreds of pieces of concept art and sketches, and a comprehensive look at the showâs breathtaking production art. From the original Tome of the Unknown: Harvest Melody pilot, through each of the episodes, and beyond, take a strange and wonderful journey with Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice. Learn how the award-winning backgrounds were created, see animation storyboards, and even take a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the Mondo vinyl soundtrack and âFor Saraâ mix tape, as well as the ongoing Boom! Studios comics. Sean Edgar guides the tour, which includes commentary from creators Patrick McHale and Nick Cross. âIâm so happy Sean and Dark Horse got this book to happen! Itâs been really interesting going through all my old sketchbooks, notes, and file folders in search of lost bits and pieces from the showâs development,â said Patrick McHale. âThis handsome volume will contain a nice mixture of beautiful drawings and paintings from the series, amusing anecdotes about the process, unseen and unused artwork that didnât make the final cut, other mysterious odds and ends, and a whole lot of horrible ugly early development sketches that should inspire people to say, âHey, I could do better than that!ââ