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San Antonio Remembers Frank Frazetta (1928-2010)San Antonio Remembers Frank Frazetta (1928-2010)

By , on May 11th, 2010

"Fire Demon" by Frank Frazetta. Book cover art for SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS, edited by Andrew J. Offutt (Zebra Books, 1977).

I heard the news via Twitter yesterday, as it spread like wildfire. Legendary fantasy painter and icon Frank Frazetta passed away Monday, May 10, 2010, leaving an unparalleled legacy of inspiration and enduring [Read it all...]

May 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , | 9 comments

Your Most Memorable SF/F Album CoversYour Most Memorable SF/F Album Covers

By , on December 18th, 2009

When we saw on SF Signal that they were asking for your favorite SF/Fantasy book covers we knew we had to chime in with our picks. But then we realized that some of our favorite SF/F artists also did album covers and we realized we had to go there too. Today we present our picks [Read it all...]

December 18th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 comments

Musings From A “Metal Town”

By , on June 11th, 2009

Cirith Ungol forged a career out of Elric lyrics and Michael Whelan album covers.

Ask any music fan, and they’ll tell you San Antonio is, was, and probably always will be, “a metal town.”

Some might even go so far as to call it the Heavy Metal Capital of the World — a moniker [Read it all...]

June 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | One comment