In an almost unprecedented move, a conclave of The Super Evil convened last year at a secret lair in North America to create a guide book for aspiring ne’er-do-wells. The result? A collection of papers known generally as A Method to the Madness: a Guide to the Super Evil, a collection destined to become the handbook globally of every evil genius. It was agreed such an undertaking required hiring of minion editors, as such a…
A Method to the Madnessedited byJeffrey Hite & Michell Plested Jeff Minkevics, Five Rivers’ Art Director, has now completed the front cover for the forthcoming anthology, A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil, edited by Jeffrey Hite and Michell Plested. Jeff discusses his creative vision for the cover, and unveils it to the public. “When it came to the cover for A Method to the Madness, I wanted to put together…
Jeff Minkevicsposing with one of his paintings We’re pleased to announce Jeff Minkevics has agreed to join Five Rivers’ staff as Art Director.Jeff is a graduate of the Drawing program at the Alberta College of Art and Design, and has studied Visual Communications, as well as other courses at the University of Calgary. His work has been displayed in the Illingworth kerr Gallery, the Marion Nicoll Gallery, and the Liebenstraum Gallery.He is currently a graphics…
Jeff Minkevicscover artist for Mik Murdoch: Boy Superheronot nearly as bad-ass as this photo would indicate, in fact a Really Nice Guy. One of the books we’re really excited about is Michell Plested’s Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero. We commissioned Jeff Minkevics to do the cover, and netted him recently to discuss his artistic vision for the cover. Lorina: Tell us a bit about yourself and your background in visual arts. Jeff: I’m a graduate of…
One of the exciting developments of 2010 was the signing of debut author, Shermin Nahid Kruse. Her novel, Butterfly Stitching, is a compelling and searing tale of a woman’s escape from Iran during the Tehran uprising of 1979. Butterfly Stitching is now in editing, and we’re shooting for a publication date either late 2011 or early 2012. For the cover art we’ve hired a remarkable Calgary artist, Jeff Minkevics. His interpretation of Shermin’s novel is…