Neil Gaiman’s sexual depredations have been making the news these past few months. The faerie-silver lining is that this scandal has brought Tanith Lee back to the spotlight.
Read MoreP. Craig Russell is an artist with a nearly half-century career in comics. His renditions of Killraven, Elric, Doctor Strange and Sandman are considered iconic, if not definitive. Russell has collaborated with the likes of Roy Thomas, Neil Gaiman and Michael Moorcock during his illustrious career.
Read MoreI just learned that John Bolton turned seventy years old the other day. That would be John Bolton of England. One of the great SFF/horror artists of the last forty years. An artist whom Neil Gaiman felt compelled to make a short film about. That John Bolton. Not the American neocon diplomat.
Read MoreArtist Robert McGinnis, who should be designated a national treasure, turned ninety-five yesterday. He’s painted iconic characters ranging from James Bond to Barbarella to Captain America. He’s done covers for authors such as Rafael Sabatini, Neil Gaiman, John Jakes, Gardner F. Fox, Donald Westlake and Ian Fleming…and he’s still at it.
Read MoreGene Wolfe would have turned eighty-eight years old yesterday. Mr. Wolfe died a few weeks ago on April 14. The man had lived to a ripe old age, and was suffering from various physical and mental ailments as a result of that, but it still hit me hard. A titan of literature had gone from our midst.
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