Rarely time for pleasure reading here. Most of my reading time is for manuscripts I’m cover-illustrating, or am going to be working on. One exception lately — David Michaelis’ 1998 biography, N.C. WYETH. Both pictures seen here are from Wyeth’s classic TREASURE ISLAND work. Some words of wisdom here, courtesy of Michealis, regarding the power…
Really pleased to hear via Locus Online that Michael Whelan & Frank R. Paul are amongst the four new Science Fiction Museum Hall of Famers, along with Connie Willis and Edward L. Ferman. It’s great to see not one, but two, of the best sf artists ever amongst this year’s inductees. Whelan’s reputation as one…
Thanks to Irene Gallo and Tor.com for today’s Hugo Nominee feature on my work. Check it out. Irene‘s running one spotlight per day this week. Shaun Tan and Dan Dos Santos already got the treatment. Bob Eggleton and Donato Giancola will follow. The final Hugo voting period isn’t open yet, but the full nominee list…
Here’s my recently-completed cover illustration for the forthcoming Steve Niles thriller A WORLD OF HURT. Niles is the co-creator of 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. AWOH will be a major hardcover release this fall from Simon & Schuster. I’ll update when I hear more about this one.
Michael Moorcock in this past weekend’s edition of the Financial Times: A diary entry as he and Linda journey along the Mississippi Delta… Mark Van Name on Michael Moorcock: Why Mike is The Greatest… The fourth of Del Rey’s six ELRIC omnibus books is now in stores. This one’s DUKE ELRIC and the cover and…
Remember the gigantic H.P. Lovecraft art book that blew everyone away (me included) last year? Well, the publisher of that book, Centipede Press, is back again with KNOWING DARKNESS: ARTISTS INSPIRED BY STEPHEN KING. The book is in production right now, and the image at left by Michael Whelan is apparently NOT the final cover…
No, I’m not talking about the midget car made by Ford Motor. I’m talking about two Jeffrey Ford trade paperback editions just released from Golden Gryphon Press. THE FANTASY WRITER’S ASSISTANT AND OTHER STORIES and THE EMPIRE OF ICE CREAM are both now available again. Just received my copies and they’re looking good. Of all…
Subterranean Press‘ limited edition of Dan Simmons’ DROOD has arrived. Received my copies this week and wow, they look dynamite!! It’s a big, fat-daddy of a book (note the spine) and the printing job is first-rate thru and thru. Last I heard, this one’s still available via Subterranean. However, as of this morning, only 40-50…
While I was on the road at Coastcon, the list of artists selected for SPECTRUM: THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY FANTASTIC ART #16 was announced. Yours truly is amongst them. 🙂 As always, I’m thrilled to be in the book because my understanding is that it gets harder and harder to make the cut each year.…
This photo makes me smile. Check it out. This is the marquee of The Shed, the barbecue joint where Traci and I ate this past weekend in Mississippi with Mark Van Name and Jennie Faries, who were two personal highlights this past weekend at Biloxi’s Coastcon 32. The Shed is out in the middle of…