The Folio Society Reveals a Stunning (And Expensive) Illustrated Edition of Stephen King's IT

Even aft each this time, IT remains 1 of the crowning achievements of Stephen King's prolific penning career. The Folio Society is honoring that bequest with a lavish (albeit highly expensive) illustrated hardcover mentation of the archetypal novel.

With preorders for IT opening soon connected The Folio Society website, IGN tin exclusively uncover immoderate of creator Jim Burns' illustrations from this caller edition. Check them retired successful the slideshow assemblage below:

This variation of IT is simply a slipcase hardcover constricted to conscionable 500 copies worldwide. It features a caller instauration by manager Guillermo Del Toro and 17 double-page illustrations by Burns (6 full-color and 11 black-and-white). The book's box, binding, and endpaper plan were done by David Curtis. The publication adjacent includes instructions for creating poor, doomed Georgie's insubstantial boat.

“IT speaks of the conflict that ne'er ends, the eternal vigil against evil that is, by necessity, cyclical. The galore shapes the cosmic dread takes support changing: sometimes smiling, sometimes frowning astatine us,” writes Del Toro successful his introduction. “IT was a presage of what was to travel successful big years — it struck large fearfulness successful maine — irrational fearfulness and then, slowly, a fragile benignant of bravery — the tenuous knowing that erstwhile each is said and done, each we person is each other.”

“Jim Burns' illustrations uncover each the panic and enigma of IT, 1 of the genuinely large fearfulness stories of the modern property — and Guillermo del Toro's idiosyncratic instauration reveals wherefore this is 1 of his must-read books, a publication that has grown bigger than itself and present infuses overmuch of our fashionable culture,” said Folio Society Head of Editorial James Rose. “This one-of-a-kind variation continues Folio's committedness to publishing Stephen King’s enactment — and immoderate readers mightiness beryllium amazed to spot however overmuch was (inevitably) missed successful the adaptations. Always horrifying, ever creeping closer, IT is wherever Pennywise began, and it remains indispensable for immoderate superior instrumentality of the genre.”

Unfortunately, arsenic mentioned, this level of prime doesn't travel cheap. This acceptable is priced astatine £590 / US $750, with preorders opening astatine 8am PT connected July 15, 2025.

Will you beryllium ordering a transcript of IT, oregon volition you simply beryllium admiring this variation from afar? Let america cognize successful the comments.

In different Stephen King news, HBO Max is acceptable to debut its prequel bid IT: Welcome to Derry successful Fall 2025. You tin besides cheque retired IGN's picks for the 10 champion Stephen King novels.

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