Wallace Smith: Unbridled Talent

December 30, 2023 by Deuce Richardson

Wallace Smith was a reporter on foreign wars, a fiction author, a screenwriter and—most importantly for us—a graphic artist adept in wildly different styles.

Don Maitz at 70

June 17, 2023 by Deuce Richardson

Having achieved his threescore and ten, Don Maitz stands tall as one of the true Grand Old Men of SFF/weird art. His paintings have adorned the covers of books by Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, C. J. Cherryh, Keith Taylor, Tanith Lee, Gene Wolfe, Michael Moorcock and many other acclaimed authors. Plus, he created Captain Morgan! Sorta.

The Savage Swords of Howard Pyle

November 09, 2019 by Deuce Richardson

"I have painted some pirates because of paintings like [Pyle's 'Extorting Tribute from the Citizens']. And I'm always humbled at what he achieved- which looks so true, and yet so effortless... (...) Pyle was a consummate storyteller with images." — Don Maitz