Apocalyptic Fiction
The apocalypse is not about the disaster. It’s not about the zombies or giant lizards or robots or radiation. It is about how we survive it.
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Asni’s Art Blog: Exodus
Desolate cityscapes, future ruins, starships leaving among the debris of decay: one wonders if there is any place left in the universe where these travelers could find a better life?
The Artful Collector: Your Guide to ArtSpeak – Part 3 (final)
The art of speaking “art”, or, the art world’s version of technobabble.
Things that Never Were
Hoaxes – from fakecons to television series – are a staple of the fannish world.
The Artful Collector: Your Guide to ArtSpeak – Part 2
Translating art babble, one word at a time.
Conan, by Crom!
Depictions of Conan have evolved over the years, from Emshwiller to Brundage to Arnold and now, to Jackson.
The Artful Collector: Your Guide to ArtSpeak – Part I
The language of art collecting can be strange, wonderful and at times totally mystifying to outsiders. It’s a vocabulary rife with very specific descriptors (“etching, serigraph, remarque”) as well as a baffling assortment of slang, […]
Asni’s Art Blog: Apocalyptic Space Art
Space art may have started out as a visualization tool for astronomers and physicists, but the artists have turned the scientific concepts into a play with colours and form, which owes more to the abstract painters of the 20th century.
The Artful Collector: Where Are They Now? Spotlight on Artist Fred Gambino
Where’s Fred Gambino? Premiering a new art book at this year’s Worldcon!
The Artful Collector: How Times Have Changed . . .
A trip down memory lane – with art catalogs!
Asni’s Art Blog: Death and Taxes
It’s that time of the year again: my annual tax return is due by the end of this week. Nuff said.
The Artful Collector: “Where Are They Now? Spotlight on Alan M. Clark
It’s hard to believe that we met Alan 28 years ago – I think it was his first SF Worldcon – In Atlanta, GA. He was just beginning his art career, and we were receptive […]
Self-Publishing Odyssey: Part 4 Designing the Cover Image
Alastair Savage’s Self-Publishing Odyssey moves on to stage 4: Designing the cover.
The Artful Collector: Why Artists Disappear
You may be wondering what inspired my ongoing series “Where are they Today?” – postings which shed light on the doings of artists whose works, only a short generation or so ago, were prime targets […]
Asni’s Art Blog: Warriors, Hunters, Healers, and Death
Meet grandmother Buluku, Ogum the warrior, Oxossi the hunter, Oxumare the rainbow snake, Babalu Aye the leper who heals infectious diseases, and Exu, Papa Legba or Baron Samedi: trickster, guide of spirits, devil on the crossroads.
Mapping Out a Fantasy World
Map making has also become one of the most beautiful additions to fantasy literature.
AMAZING NEWS! Gerrold’s A Doctor For the Enterprise Comic Completed!
A Doctor For the Enterprise Special Offer!
Asni’s Art Blog: The Lovely Oxum
Oxum represents all the traditionally feminine values. But she is also patron of witches.
The Artful Collector: Where Are They Now? Spotlight on “Jael”
A conference on alien contact inspires a change in careers
The Long Road to Digital Illustration: Profile of Duncan Long
A profile of Amazing Stories’ go-to artist – Duncan Long.
The Artful Collector: On Collecting Illustration Art that Isn’t . . .Yet
The artful collector talks about illustrations, and the blurred line between private and commercial art.
Horror Film or Terror Film. Which is it? Karloff and Clarens Speak Out
Boris Karloff made ‘terror’ films. Not horror films.
Asni’s Art Blog: Oxalá, Prince of Peace
I have often wondered to what extent Tolkien might have drawn on the African pantheon…
The Artful Collector: Building a S/F Art Collection Today, Part 2
A look at building a collection of SF/F art in the modern era.
The Artful Collector: The Process of Building a SF/F Art Collection, Part I
A discussion about collectors who change WHAT they collect, over time.
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