Utrecht in the springtime…hard to find a nicer place to be. Traci and I are back home from a nine-day stint in Europe. We spent the first half of the trip with over 22,000 costumed faithful at the 2007 Elf Fantasy Fair in the Netherlands, just outside of Utrecht. I was invited out as a…
So much to say…..here goes….spent the first part of last week in Toronto with my wife Traci on our first honeymoon (we’ll do the second honeymoon this month in London). Toronto was one of the best cities we’ve ever visited. Phenomenally diverse! Loved it. Queen St. West is now one of my favorite streets in…
So I just got back home after an amazing week in Toronto. Sorry I’ve been away for so long. More on that coming. Apparently, while I’ve been out of town, the Hugo nominations list released. I’m absolutely thrilled to be one of the five nominees in the Best Professional Artist category. Wow! What an honor.…
I married the best girl in the world on a perfect blue sky day surrounded by the greatest friends and family any man could ask for. More photos soon.Top: Traci and John Picacio, married March 17, 2007, San Antonio, TX Middle: Friends at the wedding reception — (l to r) Michael Moorcock; Rick Klaw; Chris…
While I’m sure blinding sex appeal comes to mind first (cough, ahem), the answer in this case is that we’re featured interviews, along with Robert Picardo, in ROBOT 50, the brilliant Italian magazine from Delos Books. I just received my copy yesterday and the issue looks fabulous. Thanks to Silvio Sosio and Maurizio Manzieri for…
Been working away over here on several assignments, so I’m a bit late on the following. Just wanted to say thanks to a couple of folks. First, to SFRevu. They recently posted their Hugo Recommendations and were kind enough to list me amongst their suggested suspects in the Professional Artist category. Very appreciated. All terrific…
Congrats to Rebecca Ore, Diana Gill, Jennifer Brehl, and the folks over at HarperCollins/Eos. Rebecca’s latest novel TIME’S CHILD scored a rock-solid “A-” review from SciFi.com. “Highly entertaining and creative, a story readers won’t forget.” Looks like Eos is running some thoughtful essays by Rebecca over at their blog. You should check these out, and…
I offered the following thoughts (or words to the effect) over in a comment on Lou Anders’ blog. Lou’s new anthology, FAST FORWARD 1: FUTURE FICTION FROM THE CUTTING EDGE, (published by Pyr), debuted this week via booksellers everywhere, and in fact, I just recently received a few comp copies from the publisher over here.…
Here it is. I’m pleased to see COVER STORY: THE ART OF JOHN PICACIO listed amongst LOCUS’ list of the best art books of 2006. Awesome. Also especially pleased to see the following books on the list because I was fortunate to do covers for them: THE EMPIRE OF ICE CREAM by Jeffrey Ford (Golden…
Chris Roberson posted this over at his blog, and I’m a couple of days late in sharing. Wow, what a cool review for COVER STORY: THE ART OF JOHN PICACIO in the March issue of ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION! Review by Paul Di Filippo.