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Forgotten Book: RGK: The Art of Roy Krenkel, 2005

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FORGOTTEN BOOK: RGK: THE ART OF ROY G. KRENKEL, 2005

This is the 96th in my series of Forgotten Books.

I came to the art of Roy Krenkel rather late. I had seen the covers he did for Ace Books for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ titles but I did not equate them to any one artist. [Read it all...]

FORGOTTEN BOOK: SCIENCE FICTION COMICS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Mike Benton, 1992

FORGOTTEN BOOK: SCIENCE FICTION COMICS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Mike Benton, 1992

This is the 92nd in my series of Forgotten Books.

This is volume 3 in the Taylor History of Comics. I met Mike Benton back when he was working on these histories and found him to be quite a nice guy with a [Read it all...]

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

"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...]

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

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...]

Musings From A “Metal Town”

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...]