I discovered the art of Boris Artzybasheff by complete accident about seven years ago when I was taking some gift money to spend at Powells and arbitrarily pulled down Three and the Moon. As it was a worn, dusty blue book, I was startled by the bold illustration done in a fearless choice of colors. Not to mention finding a decidedly Polynesian styled dwarf in this collection Legendary Stories of Old Brittany, Normandy and Provence.

I was instantly smitten with Artzybasheff’s work and then quickly frustrated in finding anything else of his in print. I know most of his work via online galleries like the one linked to with the image above and eBay auctions. So how pleased am I that someone is intending to re-release a book of his I’ve long been curious about? Very pleased.

(Really, one of the things that has endeared me to BoingBoing is Mark Frauenfelder’s active interest in Artzybasheff.)