Frank Frazetta died yesterday in a Florida hospital. My first encounter with his work was the tiny black and white images of Creepy and Eerie covers reproduced in the back of Famous Monsters of Filmland. Even in that form the images had the power to transport you to other worlds. I'd pore over them for hours, imagining scenarios of mind-numbing terror that Archie Goodwin's actual stories, marvellous as they were, could never quite match. A year or two later, I found some of the Lancer Conan books in my local newsagent and so got my first dizzying taste of Frazetta in color. It was as if the whole exotic world of American fantasy had come crashing through the plywood wall of 1970s Home Counties suburbia. I had a Frazetta badge (it was "The Death Dealer") that was still with me at college at the end of the '70s, and if I looked hard now I'm pretty sure I'd find it. For several generations he was one of the defining draftsmen of a gutsy, full-blooded, rock-n-roll brand of fantasy. The Aesir will greet him with honor.
The dawn of a new century. A green comet appears in the sky, heralding a miraculous year when imagination and reality merge. Nothing will ever be the same again - especially not for Jack Ember, reluctant hero, and Estelle Meadowvane, aristocratic astronomy genius, whose adventures for the Royal Mythological Society take them to the furthest corners of a world transformed by wizardry and wild romance.
Dave Morris, Leo Hartas and Martin McKenna, creators of Mirabilis, invite you on an epic journey totalling more than 800 comic book pages, a fantasy saga in four seasons for readers of all ages. The first season, Winter, isnow available on iPadand in trade paperback on Amazon.
Luther Arkwright merchandise
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A recent trip to the Cartoon Museum to see their *Luther Arkwright*
exhibition revealed more merchandise has been added to their repertoire
since I first d...
New Fatal Fury/Garou Game Announced at EVO
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Developer SNK announces the newest addition to the Fatal Fury/Garou
franchise after over 20 years at 2022's Evolution Championship Series.
Sunday Status Update: August 7, 2022
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Marion: Most of this week was spent reaching and completing the final
chapter in my draft WIP, which is now… a complete draft. Yay me. I read
around in The...
How to THINK when you draw BULLET HOLES tutorial!
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*BULLET HOLES!* I'm creating the world's first true *ENCYCLOPEDIA* of
drawing tutorials, all of which is *FREE for EVERYONE,* *FOREVER.* TONS of
*DIFFERE...
Weekend Post
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This is not a baseball post (even though baseball is involved. It’s a real
life version of that nightmare we all have. You know the one – it’s the day
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The Spring on the Mountain by Judy Allen
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The Spring on the Mountain, first published in 1973, was Judy Allen’s first
novel. It evidently had some success because, after being published by
Jonathan...
Ron Tilling
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Following on from last week's discovery of a previously unknown science
fiction writer, I continued to dig further and have found another—but this
time we ...
Cocaine and Colitas: Hotel California Reconsidered
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Hotel California, by the Eagles. 1976 The Eagles’ classic is ubiquitous,
but it is it essential? The Eagles (or, more specifically, Don Henley and
Glenn Fr...
The Secret Origin of The Defenders!
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Hold onto your word balloons — Longbox Graveyard is back! For one post!
After a number of kind inquiries about the fate of this blog, and after
fourteen mo...
Marvel, Magic and Strange Tales: Part 3
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*BACK IN THE MAGICAL DAYS OF MY YOUTH,* Steve Ditko was my favourite artist
and Spider-Man was my favourite comic. While I can certainly remember the
ear...
The End.
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There's only one thing certain in life and that's by accident or design
nothing lasts forever. This is my final blog post here and *Blimey!* will
no longe...
So Long, and thanks for all the fish…
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Richard has already taken his final bow on the blog (see here), and now
it’s my turn. Truth be told I have been putting this off all week, and here
I am ...
Game Over for The Book Zone
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This is the post that once upon a time I thought I would never write. It is
also the post that I have put off writing for far too long....
One last post for the road!
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I'd be *amazed* if anyone is still checking in on this neglected little
corner of the internet, what with me having been *incredibly* rubbish at
keeping ...
"Presentation of Storyboards" by Joe Ranft
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I posted a quick page of drawing tips by Vance Gerry on twitter and people
seemed to like it. That reminded me of this old handout by Disney/Pixar
legend J...
Coloring somebody else’s books!
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When I’m asked to send a CV txt, or just say a few words about me, I can’t
figure out something better than just sharing with everyone that I really
AM a...
Wallace Wood and the Art of Self Promotion
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I can vividly recall the first time I encountered the work of the late,
great Wallace Wood at his full-on, no holds barred, sci-fi driven best. It
was wit...
Writers, Interactivity and Kindles
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If you follow the online chatter about Book Apps, you soon notice that it
comes largely from tech companies and conference organisers. The voice of
publish...
The Phoenix
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Today sees the launch of issue one of The Phoenix! It's a fantastic issue
with amazing comic creators such as Daniel Hartwell, Neill Cameron, Ricardo
Tan...
cheerio
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bye bye old blog. i've set up a NEW WEB HOME HERE, A COMBINED BLOG AND
WEBSITE -- do pop by and say hello, and have a shoofty round my revamped
portfolio w...
Ruskin Explains Manga
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I'm reading John Ruskin's "The Nature of gothic" at the moment.
I noticed he describes exactly what Manga is, (or any artistic label,
that's the point) bett...
Wow, sobering news - I hadn't heard of his death. His images have always amazed me. I think of him as fantasy art's answer to N.C. Wyeth.
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