ELRIC Ink!

I love when fans create cosplay based on my artwork — and even better? When they’re tattooing themselves with my art! 🙂 Of course, what’s on this guy’s arm is not exactly my art. It’s an adaptation of it, interpreted by a tattoo artist. You can also see a tribute to Michael Whelan‘s legendary Stormbringer cover art, in this…

Happy 75th, Michael Moorcock

“Moorcock is dead.” A publishing executive said that a few years ago, dismissing Michael Moorcock as an author who could connect with today’s audiences. It was an off-hand apocalyptic remark, the kind of overreach that people make when they’re worried about their jobs. The next night, Mike had heard about it, and he started laughing.…

AetherFest 2014

Good news for all Steampunk fans in the southern USA — AetherFest is coming to San Antonio! The historic (and reportedly haunted?) Menger Hotel is the place and it all happens on November 21-23, 2014. AetherFest is billed as “Texas’ premier Retro-Futurist convention, put together by fans for fans.” I’ll be Special Guest there, and…

The Facts of Life

I met Graham Joyce in 2000 at the World Fantasy Convention. He was one of my favorite writers. Still is. I first heard his name four years earlier. It was my first visit to Michael and Linda Moorcock’s house. I was there to meet Mike because I was doing my first book cover gig —…