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Frank Zieglar at work on KiDD AND GEEZER Frank Zieglar is the mastermind behind KiDD AND GEEZER, a humorous Web Comic produced right here in the Mission City. The strip is about when an old Geezer provides room and board for a college Kidd…The Generation Gap is Guaranteed! Zieglar has been producing the strip [Read it all...] Books spotted 8/31/09 at Borders Books at Alamo Quarry Brom THE CHILD THIEF HarperCollins/Eos Cover illustration & design by Brom Everyone knows Brom as a preeminent fantasy painter, but the guy can write too. This is a novel-length work with interior illustrations. Brom creates a terrific cover as usual, and I especially love the [Read it all...] "Les tâches solaires" by Alastair Magnaldo Photography is often the art of the real. When we think of fantasy art, we tend to think of illustrators more than photographers and that may lead you to think that the Fotoseptiembre USA international photography festival has nothing for you. We are glad to report that this [Read it all...] Books spotted this month at Borders Books at Alamo Quarry Actually, this installment should be called “Spinespotting in SA”. As a guy who draws and paints book covers for a living, I love seeing books face-out, but in bookstores, they’re usually not displayed that way. The spine is oh-so-important to the visibility and shelf [Read it all...] John Picacio – Hugo Award Nominee Our buddy John Picacio is out on the con circuit this week, having gone from Spokane’s SpoCon last weekend to the World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal this coming weekend. But if you miss him here at Missions Unknown, you can read this sweet interview with him on [Read it all...] ROSARIO If you’re from San Antonio, chances are you’re already well-versed in historic Southtown’s art, culinary and cultural marvels, but here’s a rundown of highlights for out-of-town fans. Southtown is the arts district just south of downtown, accessible via a short trolley ride. If you’re relatively hale, you may even be able to [Read it all...]
Graham Toms at JumpStart The temperatures are rising and you know what that means. It’s time for Contemporary Art Month, that 31-day celebration of San Anto’s vibrant art scene. CAM has been a staple of our cultural landscape since 1985. It was originally formulated as a way to get people out to galleries during the [Read it all...] Books spotted 7/1/09 at Borders Books at Alamo Quarry Joel Shepherd BREAKAWAY Pyr Cover art by Stephan Martiniere Love the strong diagonal here. Visually, it’s a tall mass-market paperback (in between the scale of a traditional mmp and a trade paperback) and therefore grabs your attention right away. I hear lots of griping about [Read it all...] The haunting of The West Wing. The work of EDWARD GOREY is available in dozens of books, on t-shirts, posters and even lunchboxes. Just because you’ve already seen it in those places is no excuse to pass up the McNay Art Museum’s “ELEGANT ENIGMAS: THE ART OF EDWARD GOREY.” The exhibit collects 175 of Gorey’s [Read it all...] Cover Illustration for FAST FORWARD 2 (Pyr) by John Picacio. The list of finalists is here and Yours Truly is nominated for four 2009 Chesley Awards! Very stoked about the news. The Chesley Awards are the peer awards given annually within the worldwide science fiction and fantasy artist community. The winners will be announced [Read it all...] |
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