Asni’s Art Blog: A Spin in the TARDIS
Iconic blue police boxes seem to be every where (and every when?). Astrid takes us on a an art tour of the Doctor’s preferred mode of transportation.
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Dare We Laugh at Fandom? No? Can We Laugh at Science Fiction Instead?
Dare we laugh at fandom or science fiction? Perhaps we should start thinking a bit more about laughing WITH it.
The Artful Collector: Fido Forever (or) The Fun of Fantasy Pet Portraits
What you always wanted to know and never thought to ask about commissioning pet portraits.
Where (Comic Book) Art Meets Philosophy: A 1000 Ideas By 100 Manga Artists Review
A review of the art book: 1,100 Ideas By 100 Manga Artists
Review: Cemetery Girl by Charlaine Harris
Alastair reviews the new graphic novel by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden and Don Kramer
The Artful Collector: Achieving Immortality Through Fantasy Art
The Artful Collector gives some pointers on commissioning portraits.
Interview: Dianne Gardner
an interview with and an excerpt from author and illustrator Dianne Lynne Gardner
The Artful Collector: Collecting and the 80/20 Rule
While it is impossible to predict the directions of the art market, an 80/20 rule can help you trace the value.
The Artful Collector: A Savvy Collector Comes up with Art Hierarchy #10!
Jane Frank had one last thing to add to her Art Hierarchies: Familiarity.
The Artful Collector: What do SF Art Collectors and “Gold Bugs” Have in Common?
If I told you that 20 years from now 80% of the art of the art you are buying today would be be worth about half of what you paid for it, would you still […]
The Eagle and Dan Dare: My First Exposure to SF
Steve takes us through the pages of the historic British comic mag, The Eagle.
Asni’s Art Blog: The Concept of Time
January, named for the two-headed god Janus – who looks back to the past and forward to the future, is an excellent time to explore expressions of time in fantastic art
The Artful Collector: Art Hierarchies #9: Art That Lasts Is Better Than Art That Is Fleeting
Final installment in the art hierarchies series discussing the permanance of art.
The Artful Collector: Art Hierarchies #8: Art by Someone Known Is Better than Art by Someone Unknown (even if the art is good)
Jane Frank discusses Michael Whelan’s value … no, wait, Jane Frank discusses the value of Micheal Whelan’s art… no, wait, Jane Frank discusses the value of value and how our different goals and perceptions influence the way we view, purchase and value art.
Asni’s Art Blog: Happy 25 December!
Astrid gathers together a wide ranging and truly eye-opening collection of artistic expressions of Christmas – pensive, acerbic, ironic, humorous and haunting.
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Isn’t Over Yet!
You’ll want to see this: the almost completed cover illustration of David Gerrold’s hilarious A Doctor For the Enterprise comic, illustrated by Troy Boyle and coming at you real soon now!
The Artful Collector: Art Hierarchies #7: Art That Is Created by Hand Is Better Than Art That Is Not
Jane Frank, the Artful Collector, discusses actual and perceived value of handmade art.
Asni’s Art Blog: Angels
Astrid examines the evolution of the Angels as the subject of fantastical art.
Entrevista a Ciruelo: El Amo de los Sueños/ Interview to Ciruelo: Lord of Dreams
A multi-lingual interview with Plum
Trips to Hidden Places
Astrid shows us the way to Shangri-La, and other mystical, hidden places
Review: Crazy 4 Cult: Cult Movie Art 2 by Gallery 1988
Crazy 4 Cult: Cult Movie Art 2 by Gallery 1988 is a 176 page walk through the tremendous artwork one would find while walking through the annual display conceived by Scott Mosier and Kevin Smith called Crazy 4 Cult.
Top Post de Octubre en Amazing Stories
Libros Hubo muchas reseñas de libros el mes pasado. Gary Dalkin reseña la colección de 10 historias Feast and Famine: Book Review – Feast and Famine by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Steve Fahnestalk nos recomienda el libro […]
IlluXcon Roundup: Interview with Iris Compiet
The story is about a little princess whose parents want her to marry a prince, but all the princes are just not very interesting to her, they are nice but there’s no spark… and that’s when she falls in love with another princess.
Interview with Carl Critchlow, artist, illustrator and inventor of Thrud the Barbarian
Carl Critchlow has been an artist and author on the SF and fantasy scenes for almost thirty years, during which his work has appeared in DC Comics as well as 2000AD.
New York Movie
Edward Hopper’s New York Movie, though not a fantasy painting, inspires artist M. D. Jackson to write a fantasy story.
One Fan’s History — Badges? We Don’ Need No Steenkin’…(Part One)
Every con has a name badge, and most of them are well designed, like a little piece of art. Badge collecting is a great way to save convention memories
H.R. Giger
Very few artists have had as big an influence on horror illustration and on the look of horror films as had Swiss artist H.R. Giger.
The Artful Collector: Art Hierarchies #3: Art Done for Love is Better than Art Done for Money
The more we detect fake sentiment or emotion, or (in our case) pandering to a love of dragons and wizards – as opposed to honest “self-expression” – the less we are going to care whether “just for the love of it” was the reason for creation
Do you Like Monsters?
That’s right, FAMOUS MONSTERS, Forrest. J. Ackerman’s beloved magazine that sported covers featuring wonderful portraits of famous monsters, most of which were painted by artist Basil Gogos.
About Author
M. D. Jackson has been drawing since he could first hold a pencil. He has been writing for so long that he has, in fact, developed an alternate personality named Jack to handle the fiction.
His work has appeared in numerous magazines and on the front covers of many books as well as in the pages of Amazing Stories Magazine. You can also see a lot of it at his gallery.
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