A Canticle for the Liberal Arts
Walter M. Miller, Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz has recently been released by the Folio Society in a wickedly expensive (and sold out) edition that features illustrations by artist Eliot Lang. The art for the […]
Review: Classic Pulps Trading Card Set
Among my collecting indulgences can be found trading cards. I caught the bug when the first set of Batman cards was released by Topps. My friends and I were big fans of the show and […]
Protected: IX*–Annual SF Art Celebration Brightens the Rust Belt
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Excerpt: Side Quest by Steenz and Samuel Sattin, a Graphic Novel
An excerpt from the graphic novel Side Quest – A Visual History of Role Playing Games, written by Samuel Sattin and illustrated by Steenz Which you can buy here! Samuel Sattin adapted Academy Award–nominated […]
Newbie Art Collectors Tell All – or Just Most
Blame it on Boskone. Blaming the long-established Boston science fiction convention with its superb art show absolves Russ Handelman and me for turning us into art collectors. Before Boskone, I had been picking up the […]
“I WONDER WHAT THE VINTNERS BUY…” A Christmas Column Redux
For his last column of 2023, Steve revisits (and revises) one he posted nine years ago. Is it still relevant? You decide.
BOT PHOTOGRAPHY
Steve shares the “secrets” of the photography he does of his wife’s—the Beautiful and Talented Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk’s—robot sculptures. He hopes you’ll find it interesting.
Son of the Return of the GREATEST SF MAGAZINE COVERS OF ALL TIME!
Planet Stories, Satellite Science Fiction, Unknown, Science Fantasy, Vanguard Science Fiction – these are some of the greatest magazine covers of all time.
The Return of THE GREATEST SF MAGAZINE COVERS OF ALL TIME
Many more Great magazine covers from the world of science fiction
The Greatest SF Magazine Covers of ALL TIME (at least according to me)
Well, at least according to me!
Rediscovered! Kelly and Laura Freas Artwork!
“It was a silly idea for a humorous cover for Amazing Stories [see below]. We never did make a painting of it, but I kept the sketch. It was just an idea perhaps for a […]
A V1N1 Collection Story – A Most Well-Traveled Spaceship
Morris Scott Dollens created hundreds of pieces of cover art during his career, many featuring the same rocketship!
Introducing the Illustrators of the Future Winners of 2023
These winners are featured in Writers of the Future Volume 39. For over 34 years, the Illustrators of the Future Contest has been discovering and nurturing aspiring artists and providing a platform for their artistic […]
The First Woman To Draw Wonder Woman Is Alive and Well in SF
Cartoonist and author Trina Robbins—the first woman to draw Wonder Woman—began reading at the age of four. But she began drawing even earlier. “It was as soon as I could hold a crayon in my […]
Lawsuits against AI Art and why they (probably) won’t succeed
The recent class-action lawsuit brought against Stability Ai has had implications for how ai generated art will move forward, but the most interesting thing is how so much is assumed and misunderstood about all the […]
Sherlock Holmes will finally escape copyright jail this weekend
Watching the copyrights on art expire still feels like a novelty. After all, the US public domain was frozen in time for 20 years, thawing only in 2019. But this weekend’s Public Domain Day will […]
AI Art Thoughts by an SF Artist
Written By Ron Miller Here is the first half of some thoughts about AI art that I jotted down recently— I can see really only two broad applications of AI in the arts: fine arts/gallery […]
The Making of Monsters
“When I paint, I liberate monsters They are the manifestations of all the doubts, searches and groping for meaning and expression which all artists experience. One does not choose the content, one submits to it.” […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BOT CALENDARS!
Vancouver, BC (Canada) artist Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk has created a unique 2023 calendar featuring her one-of-a-kind “bot” sculptures made from upcycled metal parts!
Novedades de Noviembre 1
Tanya brings you multiple advance sale books; then latest issue of Axxón 304, «Letras y Demonios» #14, Gualicho magazine’s Halloween special, MIG21 Editora has best of Ruido Blanco, ALCiFF and Marvel Magazine: Episode 10 of the Podcast Sueñan Los Androides, dedicated to utopias, dystopias, uchronias and hererotopias…and MUCH more
Entrevista a Muyjondo Digital Art.
Lo bueno de las convenciones son, sobre todo, la gente que conoces. Es así que durante el I Festival Internacional de Literatura de Horror de Virginia, conocía Muyjondo Digital Art, quienes hicieron una portada para […]
Amazing News Addendum: Zero Point Comic Kickstarter
Amazing Stories artist launches comic Kickstarter
Artist Reimagines Famous Paintings as Scenes from ‘The Simpsons’
Ever wonder what a fine art-themed episode of The Simpsons would be like? One Ontario, Canada-based artist has, and they’ve shared their vision through funny mash-ups between famous paintings and Simpsons characters. Known simply as @fine_art_simpsons on Instagram, the […]
See THE DARK CRYSTAL as a ballet next year in London
London’s Royal Opera House has announced its upcoming post-COVID performance season, which will apparently include a new adaptation of Jim Henson’s classic fantasy film The Dark Crystal… Source: See THE DARK CRYSTAL as a ballet […]
AmazingCon Update: We Have a T-Shirt and a Mascot!
AmazingCon announces mascot and T-shirt
The Sci-Fi Art of Paul Maitland
Can’t go to a con? How about revisiting on and getting turned on to the UKCM – and one of its artist members – at the same time.
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