Nighthawks
The iconic painting Nighhawks by Edward Hopper has inspired a wealth of imitations, homages, and now just a little bit of science fiction.
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An Anniversary and a Convention Cold…
I found out just yesterday from the Internet Speculative Fiction Database that November 1979 marks the first fan column I ever published in Amazing magazine, the print version. My column was titled “Fans, Prose and Cons”—a somewhat obvious three-way pun. That means it’s been 34 years since I started writing for this magazine.
Gravity and the Issue of Art vs. Science
I saw the visually stunning movie Gravity last week and overall enjoyed it very much.
Top Post de las Últimas Semanas de Septiembre
Estos son algunos de los post más populares de este mes.
Ooky Spooky Animanga Part III: The Titilating Terror of Junji Ito
[Note: The following post contains some images that are visually disturbing. It is recommended that the reader use caution.] Do you like your comics with heavy inking? With a bit of body horror? With gruesome […]
Witches and Fish
Witches and Fish is a visual feast, a graphic novel that treads strange worlds where sorceresses and fish sing siren songs…
The Artful Collector: Art Hierarchies #1: Arts are Better than Crafts
The “Art vs. Craft” debate seems never-ending, because it hinges on an ever-evolving understanding of how we perceive what is considered “art”.
Review: Star Trek – The Art of Juan Ortiz
In Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz, the renowned artist Juan Ortiz has created a brilliant collection of movie posters, one for each of the eighty individual episodes of the original series.
Bad Science Fiction and Fantasy Art
In order to understand what makes really good science fiction and fantasy art, you have to look at a few pieces of bad science fiction and fantasy art.
Witch: The Young Woman
In my last blog, I have been looking at representations of Witches, which are depicted as old women: and I have remarked on the fact that I’ve been hard put to find sufficient images to […]
The Making of the Return of the Jedi
The latest making of book from the original Star Wars films has finally arrived. This book is one that you will keep on your coffee table with pride (I know I have). I was lucky […]
How Art Reveals Truth in Science
It is quite possible … that we will always learn more about human life and personality from novels than from scientific psychology —Naom Chomsky In the 1920s, physicist Niels Bohr struggled to re-imagine the structure […]
Alejandro Aguado — Editorial Duendes por M.C.Carper
Alejandro Aguado – Dibujante de Historietas – Editor de Duendes Historieta Patagónica M. C. Carper para Amazing Stories Magazine: Hola ¿Quién eres? Preséntate con tus palabras, por favor. Alejandro Aguado: Me llamo Alejandro […]
IAAA Gallery: Raymond Cassel – Digital Space Art
Space Art from the mind and hand of Raymond Cassel, space calendar cover artist!
The Artful Collector: Dealing with Art Hierarchies
It behooves to attend to the HIERARCHIES that establish “worthiness” in the field I’ve chosen. In the field of illustrative art, the challenge has never been about finding authentic items, nor even a good supply of them (until recently, illustrative art has been plentiful). Rather, it has always been a matter of finding what experts call “meritorious items” – those that are of the highest, one hopes extraordinary, aesthetic qualit
Separating the Art from the Artist
Suppose an artist or a writer says something that is loathsome or morally reprehensible? Can we therefore judge the artist’s work as having no value simply because the artist is a jerk?
SW #20 The Unsung Heroes of Comics Vol. 1: Colorists
Without artists – there would be nothing to call a comic a comic
ALAN GRANT – GUIONISTA de 2000AD por M.C.CARPER
A bi-lingual interview experiment with Alan Grant, comics author
The Artful Collector: The Best Fantasy Art Show in the World
IlluxCon is the best convention dedicated to sf/f Art in the world, today
Short Story Review: The Eagle Project by Jack McDevitt
Look closely at every periodical, because you never know what you might miss. The Eagle Project in the November 2013 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact may be just a little story by Jack McDevitt, but it is heavy with thought provoking content some readers might have missed.
The Art of Star Trek
Star Trek has been around since September 8, 1966. At forty-seven years old Star Trek is one year younger than I am. We grew up together. Star Trek and I were best friends.
Witch: The Old Woman
Not all witches are always out to suck a child’s soul – or fatten them up and eat them
Fantasy Cartography, Part 2
Fantasy cartography is like playing SimCity; first you create and then you take an almost gleeful joy in the destruction before rebuilding from the ashes.
What Mecha Did For Me; Or, I’m An Anime Writer Because of Space Robots
I was deep into Gundam Wing starting in middle school, and it was the catalyst for me to start taking drawing and writing very seriously.
CARLOS DANIEL VÁZQUEZ – Axxón- por M. C. CARPER
An interview with Argetinian illustrator CARLOS DANIEL VÁSQUEZ
IAAA Gallery: Marilynn Flynn – Aspirational Astronaut
The space art of Marilynn Flynn – one of the few earth-based artists to have her work flown in space.
The Artful Collector: Where are our Art Critics?
Criticism is commonplace in the music industry, in film, and in the world of “fine art”. Shouldn’t we have that kind of critic in our field of collecting, too?
Website Review: Star Wars dot com
For fans of classic space opera, one of the most iconic movie franchises ever produced in the genre is arguably that of the Star Wars saga. Not surprisingly, one of the most informative sites on the web pertaining to all that is Star Wars is the aptly named www.starwars.com.
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