{"id":407,"date":"2007-06-18T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2007\/06\/18\/and-the-2007-locus-award-for-best-artist-goes-to\/"},"modified":"2014-12-14T18:49:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T18:49:25","slug":"and-the-2007-locus-award-for-best-artist-goes-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2007\/06\/18\/and-the-2007-locus-award-for-best-artist-goes-to\/","title":{"rendered":"And the 2007 Locus Award for Best Artist goes to…."},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>me. Wow! My return trip home from the Locus Awards\/Science Fiction Museum & Hall of Fame Induction Weekend was loaded with airport delays and snafus, but that still couldn\u2019t dampen the joy I still feel over this honor. I\u2019m home now, and sincerely grateful to all of the Locus readers who made this possible, especially considering that more folks vote in this poll than the Hugos or the Nebulas. That\u2019s incredibly humbling, and I\u2019m really blown away by this whole thing. Thank you so much. I\u2019ll just keep working over here, and keep trying to get better.\n

It\u2019s really late right now and I\u2019m dead-tired\u2026.a few photos from the last couple of days\u2026.
$\"\"$ <\/a>The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame<\/a> located near the Space Needle in Seattle\u2026.site of the SFM Induction Ceremony where Ed Emshwiller, Gene Wolfe, Gene Roddenberry, and Ridley Scott were inducted into the Hall of Fame this weekend<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Super-cool signage near the entry to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Me saying a few words about the greatness of Ed Emshwiller as he gets inducted into the Hall of Fame (photo courtesy of Christopher Carey)<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Eileen Gunn and me, post-ceremony, in front of the SFM\u2019s Hall of Fame wall\u2026.Eileen represented the Emshwillers in accepting Ed\u2019s HOF induction (photo courtesy of Leslie Howle)<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>And there it is\u2026.the 2007 Locus Award for Best Artist. Wow. Try this list on for size\u2026this is the list of past Artist winners in the Locus Awards\u2019 37-year history\u2026.Leo & Diane Dillon, Frank Kelly Freas, Rick Sternbach, Boris Vallejo, Bob Eggleton, Michael Whelan\u2026.and now me. I think the best thing I can do at this point is go get some sleep and get back to work. Again \u2014 sincere thanks to everyone out there, and I\u2019m so incredibly proud to be part of this year\u2019s list of Locus Award Winners<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"