At the beginning of every New Year, I take one last look at my past year’s published work. It’s a time to take stock of my shortcomings, learn from mistakes, and hopefully do better in the coming months. Here’s a one-stop glance at my published art for 2009. Enjoy, and here’s to a better 2010 for all of us.
(left)
Cover illustration for
MUSE OF FIRE
by Dan Simmons
Subterranean Press
January 2009
(above)
Cover illustration for
the limited edition of
DROOD
by Dan Simmons
Subterranean Press
April 2009
(above)
Cover illustration for
AGE OF MISRULE: BOOK 1
WORLD’S END
by Mark Chadbourn
Pyr
May 2009
(above)
Cover illustration for
AGE OF MISRULE: BOOK 2
DARKEST HOUR
by Mark Chadbourn
Pyr
June 2009
(above)
Cover illustration for
AGE OF MISRULE: BOOK 3
ALWAYS FOREVER
by Mark Chadbourn
Pyr
July 2009
(above)
Cover illustration for
WAR & SPACE: THE BEST OF
LESTER DEL REY
Edited by Steven H. Silver
NESFA Press
August 2009
(above)
Cover illustration for
ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION
September 2009
(above)
Cover illustration for
ARE YOU THERE AND OTHER STORIES
by Jack Skillingstead
Golden Gryphon Press
October 2009
(above)
Interior illustration for
KNOWING DARKNESS: ARTISTS INSPIRED
BY STEPHEN KING
Edited by Jerad Walters
Centipede Press
November 2009
(above)
Cover illustration for
the limited edition of
THE TERROR
by Dan Simmons
Subterranean Press
December 2009
(above)
Cover illustration for
STARSHIP: FLAGSHIP
by Mike Resnick
Pyr
December 2009
(above)
Cover illustration for
THE 13TH REALITY:
THE JOURNAL OF
CURIOUS LETTERS
by James Dashner
Simon & Schuster / Aladdin
December 2009
(alternate cover version)
John,
WOW! Each year is better than the last. Amazing. Keep up the good work.
Rick
I second that. I love each and every one of these. Nice job!
Excellent work on all! I think my favorite right now is “Darkest Hour”…but that’s mostly because I reading that book right now. But that illustration of the kid on “The 13th Reality” is really sweet. Keep it up. We look forward to seeing more!
Oooooo… I hadn’t seen the one for “KNOWING DARKNESS”. I like it! I also really like “THE 13TH REALITY”. You don’t do much black & white with sprinkles of color, but it is very effective here. Has good balance.
Cheers!
Kimm
Great stuff! Thanks for letting us have a look.
That’s all in one year? Hell, that’d be an astonishing career!
You mentioned something about mistakes at the top – I’d be hard-pressed to come up with any in this collection.
Thanks for the very kind words, folks. Much appreciated.
Will keep working here.
Very best,
John
Really great stuff sir. I love the space combat art, its covers like that that made me read many a sci-fi novel as a young man.
There is something about the figures on the cover of “The Terror” that suggest they are full of chickpeas, lentils and beer, but that is probably just my imagination.
Pete: That would explain all the fog.
Those Age of Misrule covers are absolutely spectacular. And I agree with Kimm about “The 13th Reality.” It’s unusual to see you working in B&W, but it’s an incredibly effective image.
Just brilliant work!