It is very nice to see Simonetti's work recognized around the world ! as a french reader of fantasy, my mind is full of his amazing visions and illustrations, thanks to the many covers he created(the discworld for instance). I'm looking forward for this artbook !

Edited at 2014-05-11 09:59 am (UTC)

I dig his stuff. Does he have material in The World of Ice and Fire?

This looks stunning! Now I only wish I had 50$ to spare... :(

Hi I just read that you write your stories on a DOS operating system running Wordstar.

couldn't resist...

I am Wordstar and I am of the night.


Also it all makes sense now. AFFC/ADWD took 11 years because your PC exploded from the Y2K bug.


Edited at 2014-05-11 06:15 pm (UTC)

This guy's great. He translates perfectly the mood we get when reading ASOIAF. And that's the least we can say of his works.

Btw, if you could please answer this, are we going to see new maps on TWOW? It would help us readers a lot if it came with a map of Meereen (and maybe TLOAW), due to what's happening in that city on the book.

Edited at 2014-05-11 09:52 pm (UTC)

The goal is already reached, but +40 in the bank for him ;)


I didn't know he was working on wild cards too, thanks for the news.

I'm wondering if he will be the one who will do the french cover of wild cards:/

Love Marc's work. He's gotten a lot of my hard earned money lately.

I bought a framed Kingsmoot print at the "Winter is Coming" exhibit.

Bought three more prints off his Deviant Art page "Looking for the Stark Children" Blacktyde Longship" and "Greyjoy's Castle" as well as the Seastone chair.

AND I funded the book project! Amazing work! Would love to see his take on Victarion.

Thanks George for the tip. Didn't know about the project, so happy to back it :)

I'm crazy for any A Song Of Ice And Fire related Art.. This guy is awesome!.. I remember finding the one with Daenerys Targaryen in Daznak's Pit on the web..

heh, it seems it already got fully funded. I personally am not very familiar with his work but I HAVE seen some of the ASOIAF artwork, which is pure bliss.

Kickstarter projects seem to get more attention nowadays, especially when it's for someone who has proven to be good at what he/she does. Luckily for him, he has. But sadly, all is not well in publishing and producing of products who may not be very profitable, which scares new talent away and forces some (maybe like Simonetti) to crowdfunding. Kickstarter (partially) resolves this problem and allows talented people to potentially achieve their dreams.

Kickstarter even managed to enable funding for multi million dollar projects (most notable, star citizen, which has accumulated a whopping 42 million dollars), which leaves me with the question: is this the future?

Edit: not Kickstarter apparently, but still...

Edited at 2014-05-15 07:33 am (UTC)

It's sad to see his covers disappearing in profit of pictures from the HBO show...

Ahh! I want a copy of that book and one of "the world of ice and fire"
But none of these books comes to this country. And if they do, they're worth too much money. It's amazing what books are being worth in Argentina!

Indeed. As the top ranking administrator of the Game of Thrones wikia, I am very familiar with this fellow's artwork. Impressive to say the least. I only wish viewers and fans would stop linking to the charity work in the wikia as that is not the place.