Act 4 Publishing & Skybound Announces ‘Bissette And Totleben’s Swamp Thing Artist’s Edition’

Scott Dunbier’s Act 4 Publishing and partners DC Comics have announced the release of Bissette and Totleben’s Swamp Thing Artist’s Edition. And like all previous Artist’s Editions, this hardback measures 12” x 17” and uses high-quality colour scans of original art pages to capture every line and detail committed to the page by the artists, including the blue-lines. This new release collects over 170 pieces of art, including art from The Saga of the Swamp Thing issues #16–#64. There is also the 10-page “Jack in the Green” story, presented in its entirety; the final collaboration by Bissette and Totleben at DC. There’s also a selection of covers, sketches, and other extras. Plus, an introduction by Bissette and another by editor Karen Berger.

Artist Stephen R. Bissette said of this new collection:

“Never thought I’d live long enough to see this volume exist but overjoyed and gratified that I have, and that it does. Back in the mid-1980s, John and I basically subsidized our ongoing work on Swamp Thing by selling the original art (at what were, at the time, affordable prices) and as many sketches as we could muster — having this book is happily putting some of the artwork that we’d let go long ago back into our hands. And, thankfully, all of yours.” 

John Totleben added:

“For those of you who have never seen, much less owned, an original page of Bissette & Totleben Swamp Thing artwork and wish you had, this volume puts the next best thing straight into your hands. These comic art reproductions come closer than anything else to represent the look and feel of the actual physical pages, warts and all, without the usual pre-printing clean-ups and preparations necessary for publication. Almost like having a collection of the original pages, and … you don’t need to be a billionaire to afford it!”

Scott Dunbier said:

“Bissette and Totleben’s run on Swamp Thing with Alan Moore is arguably the greatest mainstream comics series of the early 1980s. My one complaint was that, as an art dealer and collector, I saw many of the original pages in person–and the printed comic book did not come close to doing their work justice. As great as those comics were, they could never measure up to the exquisite line work Bissette and Totleben were producing. Now, finally, people will be able to see what this masterful duo created, as close to the original art as possible. It will be a revelation”! 

Bissette and Totleben’s Swamp Thing Artist’s Edition ($150.00) is out at comic book shops on Wednesday, 7th July, 2027, and at booksellers on Tuesday, 3rd August, 2027.