Tag Archive | "fantasy art"

The Weird Comic: The Adventures of Mary and Ed

Monday, October 31, 2011

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My friends, noted authors, editors, reviewers and cheese removers (long story), Ann and Jeff VanderMeer have been working on a stonkingly massive new anthology for Corvus Books, The Weird, a truly enormous collection which takes in an incredibly diverse array of writers, from HP Lovecraft to Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami to Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, [...]

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The merry month of Orctober

Friday, October 15, 2010

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Yes, we are well and truly into autumn now (unless you are in the southern hemisphere, of course, in which case enjoy the spring) and we are now into mid Orctober, the month which, as we all know, got it’s name because it was the time of year when Orcs were usually at their worst. [...]

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The wonderful art of Sidney Sime

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Golden Age Comic Book Stories has posted up a number of illustration by Sidney Sime, an early 20th century artist who illustrated books (including a number for Lord Dunsanay, one of the first of our great early fantasy writers), satirical work for the famous Pall Mall Gazette and others and, like Edward Gorey, some theatrical [...]

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Frank Frazetta, RIP

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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(the one and only Vampirella by Frank Frazetta  for Warren mags in 1968, image borrowed from the American Art Archives) News has been spreading around the web of the passing of the great Frank Frazetta, one of the last of the giants. Born in 1928, Frank was drawing comics from his teens onwards; he created [...]

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Scotch Corner

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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Graeme Neil Reid tells me that over on the Scotch Corner blog (a Scottish comics collective consisting of Graeme, Thomas Crielly, Gary Erskine, Andy Hepworth and Jon Hodgson) they’ve decided to start a monthly competition for their readers, with the August competition offering a chance to win a gorgeous piece of fantasy artwork by Jon [...]

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