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The city of San Antonio goes all out for art in the month of March, the new home on the calendar for Contemporary Art Month (CAM). While art of the fantastic is not on many venues, readers of Missions Unknown may find a few gems in the CAM calendar of events. A few examples follow:
Books spotted 12/30/09 at Borders Books at Alamo Quarry Conrad A. Williams Yay, abstraction! Good to see some abstraction in a genre cover illustration these days. It’s a Dave McKean and does the job well — grabs the eye and says “hey, check this out.” Solaris is a UK-based publisher and [Read it all...] Here's the slipcase cover for KNOWING DARKNESS. Art by Don Maitz. KNOWING DARKNESS: ARTISTS INSPIRED BY STEPHEN KING is massive and it’s here. It’s a gigantic art book published by Centipede Press, and it celebrates the full spectrum of visuals illustrating Stephen King’s books and media. Words can’t describe it, so I won’t even try. [Read it all...] Books spotted 12/1/09 at Borders Books at Alamo Quarry THE DEAD THAT WALK Zombie book covers were all the rage this year, weren’t they? Just when I thought I was well and done with any more zombie covers, Les Edwards does one that makes it all seem fresh [Read it all...] A tip of the hat to the mighty SF Signal — their Mind Meld post this week asked several artists, experts, and opinion-makers to share their picks for the most memorable sf/f book covers. If you haven’t checked it out yet, please do so. We here at Missions Unknown enjoyed it so much that we [Read it all...] John DeNardo and the braintrust of the mighty SF Signal has produced one of the most memorable Mind Melds yet, with today’s offering: Most Memorable SF/F Book Covers. It’s well worth a visit or two. They asked several sf/fantasy artists, art directors, and opinion-makers to share their responses. I was honored to be asked and [Read it all...] top left: Jordu Schell's Werewolf sculpture / top right: Julie Bell paints. / Bottom: A view of IlluXCon 2. Remember that FIELD OF DREAMS line “Build it and they will come”? Pat and Jeannie Wilshire have done just that — built the best annual sf/fantasy art event of the year in their hometown of tiny [Read it all...] COLONY. Acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24". ©2009 Jason Limon. Used w/ permission of the artist. JASON LIMON is a painter and one of San Antonio’s best-kept secrets. Personally, I think he’s so secret that even his own town doesn’t know about his paintings. On the international art circuit, it’s a different story though. He’s [Read it all...] A Song of Ice and Fire 2009 Calendar featuring art by Michael Komarck San Antonio cover artist extraordinaire John Picacio dropped a big announcement Friday while attending Denver’s MileHiCon. He has agreed to illustrate Bantam’s 2011 calendar for George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire. John joins a host of illustrious [Read it all...] Books spotted 10/01/09 at Barnes & Noble (410/San Pedro) David Anthony Durham The first time I met David Anthony Durham, we were both guests at the 2007 Elf Fantasy Fair in the Netherlands. At the time, I don’t think too many of those 25,000 attendees [Read it all...] |
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