Jack Williamson came from pioneer stock and went on to become a pioneer in the genres we love. He was also a veteran of World War II. Raise a toast to him and all the others who have served this country honorably for the past two and a half centuries.
Read MoreHoward Pyle founded a revolution in American art, with generations of artists carrying it on to this day. From N.C. Wyeth to Norman Rockwell, from Frank Frazetta to Brom, Pyle’s legacy lives on. Besides pirates and knights, Pyle was known for his illustrations of America’s past, especially those depicting the American Revolution.
Read MoreIn honor of the legendary Jim Steranko’s eighty-eighth birthday, I’m going to look back at one of his projects that has fascinated and haunted me for six decades. I’m referring, of course, to Talon—the coolest sword-and-sorcery hero that never (quite) was.
Read MoreWallace ‘Wally’ Wood died on November 2, 1981 at a tragically young age. As an artist, writer and publisher, Wood had a major impact on comics. Known for voluptuous women, dynamic action and awesome spaceships, Wally was respected by his peers and a powerful influence on many younger artists like Richard Corben, Dave Stevens and Frank Miller.
Read MoreA Halloween look at Night Images from 1976. Plus, some bonus morbid and spectral verses from the Underwood of Robert Ervin Howard.
Read MoreSamhain draws nigh. Just in time for the occasion, I found a darksome tale within the Book of Faces. Jim FitzPatrick, Ireland’s greatest living artist, posted today on his FB account an uncanny experience from over sixty years ago.
Read MoreBernie Wrightson—possibly the greatest horror artist of all time—was born on this date in 1948. In honor of that occasion, let’s take a look at a gallery of some of his best work.
Read MoreN.C. Wyeth wasn’t just one of the greatest and most influential artists of the twentieth century. He also did something very cool for one of his fans in the February of 1931.
Read More1976 was a pivotal year in the history of hard rock/metal and Thin Lizzy was a big part of that. Jim FitzPatrick has said of his cover art for Lizzy’s Johnny the Fox: ”From an artist’s perspective, I consider this my best Thin Lizzy album cover.”
Read MoreThe acclaimed Spanish artist, Manuel Pérez Clemente—known to the world as Sanjulián—died yesterday at the venerable age of eighty-five. From the start of his career, horror and dark fantasy was an integral part of his body of work. His covers for magazines like Creepy and Eerie are considered classics and he continued to create paintings with darksome themes almost until his final day.
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