2009 Locus Award Finalist!

Good news — the 2009 Locus Award Finalist List went out yesterday. I’m one of the five finalists in the Artist category! Here’s the Artist list: Bob EggletonJohn PicacioShaun TanMichael WhelanCharles Vess The Locus Award winners will be announced in late June in Seattle. I’m thrilled and honored to be in this year’s top five…

I HEART SA

There’s a slogan about my hometown of San Antonio, and it always irks me when I hear it. “Keep San Antonio Lame”. The slogan’s been around for about five years or so, and it’s supposed to be a pseudo-hipster ironic cash-in on the Austin slogan “Keep Austin Weird”. Ironic or not, it reinforces a conservative…

The 2009 Hugo Voters Packet

Ever wanted to vote for the Hugo Awards but didn’t because you couldn’t experience the nominated choices (or at least the vast majority of them)? Well — this year, you can. John Scalzi has the details about how you can grab a treasure trove of free 2009 Hugo-nominated reading and visuals for your very own.…

MISRULE Sighting!

Was browsing Borders Books at Alamo Quarry this past weekend and spotted Mark Chadbourn’s AGE OF MISRULE: BOOK 1 — WORLD’S END. Nice to see it out in stores now. Not only was it in the SF/Fantasy section, but it’s front and center on the store’s prominent New Fiction shelf. Up on the genre shelf,…

Elric Makes SPECTRUM #16!

Got word today that my cover illustration for Michael Moorcock’s ELRIC: THE SLEEPING SORCERESS was selected for SPECTRUM: THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY FANTASTIC ART #16. I’d heard a few weeks ago that one of my works was selected, but didn’t know which one, until today. Very cool! 🙂 SPECTRUM #16 should be available this November.