Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Josh Kirby

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Josh Kirby.

#CoolArt: 'The War Of The Worlds' prints by Arik Roper for Mad Duck Posters

'The War Of The Worlds' by Arik Roper, a new officially licensed print release from Mad Duck Posters.

24" x 36" screen print in a Regular edition of 100 for $65, and a Variant edition of 50 for $85.

On sale Wednesday March 13 at 12pm ET from the Mad Duck Posters website.

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#CoolArt: 'HG Well's The War Of The Worlds' by Chris Garofalo

'HG Well's The War Of The Worlds' by Chris Garofalo, a new print release from Grey Matter Art.

16" x 20" giclee print in a hand numbered limited edition of 60 for $35.

On sale Thursday January 11 at 1pm ET from the Grey Matter Art website.

#CoolArt: 'The War Of The Worlds' by Nicolas Delort

'The War Of The Worlds' by Nicolas Delort, a new print release from Black Dragon Press that they'll be premiering at this year's Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival in Leeds, UK, November 5-6.

• 18" x 24" screen print on 270gsm Mohawk Superfine White paper, signed and hand numbered, with gallery stamp on reverse, in a limited edition of 50 for £60.

• 14” x 18” laser etch on Ampersand Scratchbord, numbered with the gallery stamp on reverse, in a limited edition of 12 for £250.

Each etching purchased enters the buyer into a draw to win a 5”x5” bespoke Nicolas Delort original etching.

Any remaining prints will go on sale Wednesday 9 November at 7pm UK from the Black Dragon Press website.

Black Dragon Press will also be taking some new surprises and a handful of flat file prints previously unavailable on their website. Follow them on Twitter @blckdrgnprss, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram for updates.

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#CoolArt: 'The War Of The Worlds' by Karl Fitzgerald

'The War Of The Worlds' by Karl Fitzgerald, a new print release from Bottleneck Gallery, the first in their 'Covered' print series.

24" x 36" screenprint in a signed and numbered limited edition of 105 for $45.

On sale Friday August 26 at 12pm EST.

Go here to buy.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'War Of The Worlds' by Tracie Ching

'War Of The Worlds' by Tracie Ching

Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Chris Moore

I've previously showcased a few of my favourite pop culture and vintage pulp artists, and each weekend I showcase art from more of my favourite artists.

The art of Chris Moore.

#CoolArt: 'The Time Machine' by Julien Loïs

The HG Wells inspired 'The Time Machine' by Julien Loïs, is a new limited edition print release from Nautilus Art Prints.

It's a 24" x 36" hand numbered screenprint in a Regular edition of 200 for €50 and a Variant edition of 100 for €75.

They were previously available exclusively at last year's Thought Bubble Sequential Art Festival, and will be available online Friday January 22 at 7pm (UK+1).

Go here to buy.

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Cool Art: 'The Time Machine' by Julien Loïs

'The Time Machine' by Julien Loïs, is a new limited edition print release from Nautilus Art Prints.

It's a 24" x 36" screenprint in a Regular edition of 250 for £35 and a Variant edition of 100 for £50.

It will be available first exclusively at the Nautilus Art Prints booth at Thought Bubble Sequential Art Festival during Saturday November 14, and Sunday November 15.

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Cool Art: 'The Island Of Doctor Moreau' by Vincent Roché

'The Island Of Doctor Moreau' by Vincent Roché, is a new limited edition print release from Epic Art Prints.

It's an 18" x 24" 2 colour screen print on 235gsm Fischer Galerie Image paper in a signed and numbered limited edition of 150 and costs €55.

Go here to buy.

Cool Art: 'The War Of The Worlds' by Stan & Vince

'The War Of The Worlds' by Stan & Vince (aka Stan Manoukian & Vincent Roucher), is a new limited edition print release from Mondo.

It's an 24" x 36" screen print, in a hand numbered regular limited edition of 300 for $55 and a variant limited edition of 150 for $85.

They go on sale online at a random time on Thursday, January 8. Follow Mondo on Twitter @mondonews for the on sale announcement.

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Cool Art: 'Rock Paper Classics Collection' by Mike Mahle

Rock Paper Classics is a set of classic books with modern, updated cover art from independent artists and was successfully crowd-funded via Kickstarter earlier this year.

Most reprints of classic books seem to be low quality produced editions with bland covers and unappealing formatting. The goal of Rock Paper Books is to offer an alternative that is both aesthetically pleasing, functional and attractive interior layouts, with a consistent look and feel throughout. 

The old saying goes that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover… but you shouldn’t have to look past the cover either!

"The idea for the project came about when I decided to catch up on my reading list. There were many classic books I hadn’t gotten around to reading. I wanted a set of books that matched each other and fit well with my apartment decor. So I went down to my local bookstore to check out their offerings. Unfortunately what I found were mass produced, cost cutting, dull looking versions of some of the most acclaimed books of all time. I was very surprised there were no higher quality paperback sets of classic books available. 

I brought up the idea with my friend, Patrick Phillips, to hire an artist and create my own collection. I wanted something with clean, modern, vector-based artwork. We did a lot of research, interviewed a few artists, and ended up picking Mike Mahle to create the first five books. To get started, we chose to go with H.G. Wells and Jules Verne classics in order to target the sci-fi market. To be honest I’m not sure if it would have mattered if we chose different books, as the kickstarter was a huge success. We now have 24 titles in the set and are looking to expand to many more in the future. Rock Paper Classics is our first collection but it sure won’t be our last." - David Mautz, developer of the project.

Go here to buy the books. And check out the set of 24 covers in the Rock Paper Classics collection by artist Mike Mahle below.

Cool Art: 'The First Men In The Moon' by Stan & Vince

'The First Men In The Moon' by Stan & Vince (Stan Manoukian & Vincent Roucher), inspired by the HG Wells classic, is the next print from Nautilus Art Prints.

This is a 24" x 36" 9 colour screenprint with metallic inks, gold on the regular and silver on the variant, with the regular version in a signed and numbered limited edition of 300 for $60 and the variant in a signed and numbered limited edition of 120 for $90. It goes on sale July 20 at 7pm (CET Europe).

Follow them on Twitter @NautilusAP and on Facebook for more details and the on sale announcement.

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Happy Birthday, Hugo Gernsback - Founder Of 'Amazing Stories'

Today marks the 129th anniversary of the birth of Hugo Gernsback (August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967), one of the most influential figures in the history of science fiction.

He's best known, in April 1926, for launching the first magazine fully-dedicated to science fiction, Amazing Stories, the debut issue featured works by HG Wells, Jules Verne and Edgar Allen Poe and although Gernsback lost control of the publishing rights in 1929, the magazine was in publication up until 2005, and has been resurrected online since 2012.

Gernsback was noted for his sharp (and sometimes dodgy) business practices, and for paying his writers extremely low fees or not paying them at all. HP Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith referred to him as 'Hugo the Rat'.

He is also credited as first coining the phrase ‘scientifiction‘, which would later become the term we know and love. His definition of the term being - "a charming romance interwoven with scientific fact and prophetic vision."

The Hugo Awards or 'Hugos', the annual achievement awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention, were named after him, Gernsback himself received a special Hugo Award in 1960 as 'The Father of Magazine Science Fiction'.

In honour of the birth of one of the most influential figures in the history of science fiction, and as I totally love the artwork, here are a few of my favourite covers from 'Amazing Stories', starting with the very first issue.

Cool Art: 'Things To Come' by Laurent Durieux

Cover of the Criterion Collection version of HG Wells' "Things to Come" by Laurent Durieux.

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Amazing Stories Is Back!

'Amazing Stories', the world’s first science fiction magazine - originally published in 1926 by the father of science fiction Hugo Gernsback (after which the Hugo Awards are named after) - is back and opened for Beta Testing of Phase 1 on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013.

Set to relaunch with a new Social Magazine Platform, 'Amazing Stories' will feature content from 50+ bloggers, covering an enormous array of subjects of interest to genre fans.

According to their press release on their blog: “We’ve got authors and agents, bloggers and editors, pod casters and broadcasters; we’ve got gamers and game designers; artists and art collectors; pulpsters and indie authors; we’ve got Hugo winners, John W. Campbell Memorial Award winners, John W. Campbell Best New Writer winners, Nebula and Hugo Award winners and nominees and winners and nominees of many other awards; people who review films, people who make films; we’ve got fanboys and fangirls; we’ve got former editors of Amazing Stories, writers who’ve become synonymous with the field and writers who are just getting started; comic artists, book reviewers; traditionally published authors, self-pubbed authors and authors who’ve done it all. The response to my request for participation was phenomenal – it couldn’t be more perfect if I had set out with a list of must-haves!” said Steve Davidson, publisher."

The Amazing Stories’ Social Magazine platform is designed to create an interactive environment that will be familiar to fans with blog content designed to encourage discussion and take things beyond the usual user-generated content model for social networks.

The Amazing Stories Blog Team aim to cover popular topics such as – Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, (lit), Film, Television, Gaming, Comics and Graphic Works, the Visual Arts, the Pulps, Audio Works, Anime, the Business of Publishing, Science and Fandom itself.

Follow their blog and like their page on Facebook.

Check out some of the classic covers from the original 'Amazing Stories' from the 1920's through to the 1960's below.

1926-04 Amazing Stories V1 #1, Cover Art by Frank R Paul

Movie Poster Art: The War Of The Worlds (1953)

Continuing my look at movie posters and fan art with the 1953 classic HG Wells adaptation of 'The War Of The Worlds'.

Movie Poster Art: The Time Machine (1960)

Continuing my look at movie posters and fan art with one of my favourite films, the 1960 classic HG Wells adaptation of 'The Time Machine'.

by Reynold Brown

Cool Art: Two New HG Wells Prints by Kevin Tong

These two prints, showcasing two of HG Wells' most famous works, will be available at Kevin Tong's booth (504) at San Diego Comic Con starting Thursday, July 7. (Or the day before if you come on preview night).

18 x 24 inch, 100 lb. Lemon Yellow French cover paper and signed/numbered in a limited edition of 200. The price is $30

Check out the other after the jump. Click to embiggen.
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