TURNABOUT INTRUDER: Paolo Baciagalupi and Irene Gallo trade places for a night; Paolo claims to have told several unsuspecting authors just how bad their covers really are, while Irene cheerfully let everyone know that their tawdry lives were nothing more than a capitalistic charade GOOD TIMES AT THE HARPERCOLLINS/EOS PARTY (l to r): Traci Picacio;…
Words now, con photos later. A grueling, but rewarding week in Denver, at Worldcon 2008. I’m bushed. Some personal highlights: * Good times with friends in and around the CCC and the Hyatt Regency: Lou Anders, Chris Roberson, Allison Baker, David Louis Edelman, Paul Cornell, George Mann, Mark Newton, Christian Dunn, Sean Williams, Alan Beatts,…
The 2008 Chesley Award Nominations are here. I’m a finalist in two categories — Best Hardcover Illustration (for the cover of Sheri S. Tepper’s THE MARGARETS (top) and Best Paperback Illustration (for the cover of Rebecca Ore’s TIME’S CHILD (both published by HarperCollins/Eos)). Thanks to Richard Aquan, Diana Gill, and Jennifer Brehl for those assignments.…
Attention all Denvention/Worldcon attendees — good news! FREE stuff! Hot off the press — the grainy photo above shows the front, middle, and back of my spiffy new art promo that will be available free at Worldcon. This quick snapshot doesn’t really do justice because they printed perfectly. I’m really happy with them. Get ’em…
This show is coming FAST, and I’m racing to get things finished before it arrives. Here’s where you can find me, as well as in the Art Show from time to time. Question: anyone know which hotel bar will be the place-to-be this year? I’m guessing the Hyatt Regency? WEDNESDAY33 Cover Art in the Internet…
Right now, I’m special-guesting over at the blog of STARGATE ATLANTIS executive producer-extraordinaire Joseph Mallozzi. Joe graciously invited me last week, and his readers fired a barrage of terrific, wide-ranging questions in the meantime. Read my responses and feel free to ask more in his comments section. In totality, it reads like an extensive interview,…
Been away from here for a while….working on several fronts at the moment, including preparing my artwork for shipment to the World Science Fiction Convention in Denver next month. Oy…shipping art is such a hassle. Now fingers crossed that it arrives intact!! Right now, I’m reading DARKEST HOUR, the second book of Mark Chadbourn’s AGE…
STARGATE: ATLANTIS executive producer and man-of-the-world Joseph Mallozzi has invited me to guest-blog over at his place and he’s soliciting questions right now. So if there’s anything about covers or art that you want to talk about, feel free to pile on and ask away over at his place. In yesterday’s entry he gives a…
It sounded like a small bomb exploded outside, so I ran to the door. When I opened it, nothing was there but a large cardboard box. The mailman was sprinting back to his truck down the street. The above photo shows you what shook the house. Not the Jess Nevins extravaganza to the left, but…
Here’s the final cover art for the forthcoming Pyr anthology FAST FORWARD 2, edited by Hugo Award finalist Lou Anders. Art’s best when it speaks for itself, but if you want behind the scenes trivia, here’s a little. This cover had a few inspirations, not the least of which is the mental tennis between me…