Cool Art: 'Turn Off The Light' by Patrick Connan

'Turn Off The Light' by Patrick Connan.

This exclusive 'Jurassic Park' inspired poster from Geek-Art.net will be available as a 72 hour Timed Edition from Tuesday October 15 here. It's available in two sizes; a deluxe 20″ x 40″ edition that costs $95 / €70 and a smaller classic 24″ x 12″ edition for $54 / €40.

Follow them on Twitter @Geek_Art and @BarbarianFact for the on sale announcement.

Cool Art: 'Wish Upon A Triforce' by JP Valderrama

'Wish Upon A Triforce' by JP Valderrama, is part of Bottleneck Gallery's new art show, '3NES', which starts this Friday (September 6), and showcases works by various artists featuring Nintendo's most popular games: Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid.

This is a 13" x 19" signed and numbered giclée print and limited to 35 copies.

Cool Art: 'Alien' & 'Hellraiser' Prints By Marko Manev

The next installments in Marko Manev's 'Noir' print series will be available via Bottleneck Gallery today.

The two prints are the Alien inspired 'Last Survivor of the Nostromo' and 'The Box', a print influenced by Hellraiser. Both are 13" x 19" Giclee prints, limited to 100 copies each and are $35.

Follow Bottleneck Gallery @bottlenecknyc and Marko Manev @markomanev on Twitter and go here at around 12pm EST to buy the prints.

'Last Survivor Of The Nostromo'

'The Box'

Cool Art: 'Breaking Bad' Portraits by Richard Davies

'Breaking Bad' portraits by Richard Davies.

Cool Art: 'Batman vs Superman' by Matt Ferguson

'Batman vs Superman' by Matt Ferguson.

2013 Hugo Award Winners

2013 Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1955 by the World Science Fiction Society, recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy. The winners were announced over the weekend at LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio, Texas.

This year's trophy was designed by Vincent Villafranca.

Best Novel
Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas, John Scalzi (Tor)

Best Novella
The Emperor’s Soul, Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications)

Best Novelette
“The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi”, Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity, Solaris)

Best Short Story
“Mono no Aware”, Ken Liu (The Future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC)

Best Related Work
Writing Excuses Season Seven, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler and Jordan Sanderson

Best Graphic Story
Saga, Volume One, written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
The Avengers, Screenplay & Directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Game of Thrones, “Blackwater”, Written by George R.R. Martin, Directed by Neil Marshall. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)

Best Editor, Short Form
Stanley Schmidt

Best Editor, Long Form
Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Best Professional Artist
John Picacio

Best Semiprozine
Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker

Best Fanzine
SF Signal, edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester

Best Fancast
SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)

Best Fan Writer
Tansy Rayner Roberts

Best Fan Artist
Galen Dara

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2011 or 2012, sponsored by Dell Magazines. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)
Mur Lafferty

Watch 'Batman: Arkham Asylum' As A Movie

After posting his 'The Last Of Us' game movie, Andy Gilleand is back with a new full length game movie, 'Batman: Arkham Asylum'.

"I decided to try something new with this movie. Normally I try to edit out as many "game indicators" as possible, such as button prompts or other text. This game includes a great deal of these indicators that are difficult to edit out, such as grapple prompts and annoying text. I used a remove effect from the Mocha program to remove some of these. It only worked if the text/prompt to be removed only hovered above backgrounds, not if it moved in front of characters. So there's still a lot I couldn't edit out, but I think if you've played the game before, you may be surprised at some of the edits I was able to do. Some of these led to a few strange video artifacts, but for the most part it still looked better than the original. 

I played this at max settings, which ran pretty smoothly at 60fps on my PC, and I captured it at 24fps for a film feel."

His next game movie is 'Batman: Arkham City', but due to a busy schedule, may take a bit longer to complete.

Subscribe to his YouTube channel for updates and to see his previous game movies.

Mass Effect - Series 3: Episode 7 'Sour Songs' & Episode 8 'Turian Honour'

Continuing with the serialisation of Matt Beaudette's TV show style edit of the Mass Effect trilogy with another double episode of the third chapter of the Mass Effect saga. (If you've not played the games, there be spoilers ahead!)

Episode 7: "Sour Songs"
After Shepard catches up with Mordin and gets to know "Eve", the female Krogan, he helps Wrex search for his missing scouts.



Episode 8: "Turian Honour"
Primarch Victus requests Shepard's help to rescue a Turian platoon that crash landed on Tuchanka during a top secret mission.

Cool Art: Movie Posters By Dani Blázquez

Movie posters by Dani Blázquez.

These are also available as prints on his Society6 store.

Happy Birthday Edgar Rice Burroughs

art by Al Williamson & Reed Crandall

Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on this day in 1875.

Having only really caught up with his books with the release of the film 'John Carter', his stories of adventure and interplanetary romance have quickly become some of my favourite reads.

The adventures he wrote of on Mars, Pellucidar, Caspak and Venus got me seeking more stories in a similar vein, and I discovered the stories of Otis A Kline, Philip Nowlan, Robert E Howard, Leigh Brackett, Kenneth Robeson and more vintage pulp sci-fi, fantasy as a result. Quickly becoming my favourite genre!

Without Burroughs, there might not have been any sci-fi to influence the pop culture of today. No Flash Gordon, no Superman, no Star Wars!

So I'd like to say thanks for the hours of joy from reading his books and to inspiring me in the world of science fiction (I have been tinkering away at a pulp SFF style story too).

Happy birthday Edgar Rice Burroughs!

More 'Dragon Age: Inquisition' Concept Art From Matt Rhodes

I've posted some of his concept art before, and here's some more awesome 'Dragon Age: Inquisition' concept art from Matt Rhodes.

Click to embiggen for a closer look.

Fan Made Opening Titles For Peter Capaldi's 'Doctor Who'

Check out this intro sequence by VFX Artist Xander David-Hugh.

"When starting the project the identity of the new actor was still a secret, and I had no idea if we would find out within days, weeks or months, so I started the project and moved forward as quickly as possible without sacrificing quality for speed. Since the announcement nearly three weeks have passed, and I'm finally able to present the full sequence."

For more, subscribe to his YouTube channel.

Cool Art: 'Clockwork' by Jake Probelski

'Clockwork' by Jake Probelski.

Cool Art: 'The Spy Who Loved Me' by Mike Mahle

Another cool James Bond pin up poster by Mike Mahle and the last in his James Bond series.

Cool Art: 'A Warrior's Dreams' by Anthony Petrie

'A Warrior’s Dreams' is a four part series of posters by Anthony Petrie, based on the romanticized vision of the samurai. Each poster is his interpretation of specific Jisei (Japanese Death poems) written by actual samurai before they committed the act of seppuku.

Each poster is a 12” x 36” five-colour screen-print on Madero Beach French Paper and will cost $25 each.

If you're at the 'Damn The Torpedoes' show at Narrow’s Gallery in Fall River, MA from September 7th - October 25th, he'll have some copies available with him there. He'll also have a limited amount of copies at his web store after the gallery show is over.

Check out the four breathtaking posters below along with their specific Jisei.

'A Warriors' Dream' Part I
“Like an old tree
From which we gather no blossoms
Sad has been my life
Fated to bear no fruit”
- Minamoto Yorimasa

Cool Art: 'Khaleesi' by Adriana Melo

'Khaleesi' by Adriana Melo

You can buy this 'Game Of Thrones' inspired poster as a 11" x 17" print on semi-gloss 110lb paper from her web store for $20.

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Cool Art: 'Star Trek: Nemesis' by Matt Ferguson

Cool blog CromeYellow finish up their 'Reel Rewind' series of the Star Trek movies with 'StarTrek: Nemesis'.

You can check out their exclusive poster from Matt Ferguson below, and go here to see what CromeYellow thought of the movie!

You can now purchase Matt's Star Trek TOS movie posters from the 'Reel Rewind' series as officially licensed 12" x 24" prints from Bye Bye Robots.

50th Anniversary Doctor Who Trailer

Not the 50th anniversary episode trailer, but a special two minute trailer from BBC Worldwide in celebration of fifty years of Doctor Who.

Featuring clips of all eleven Doctors, including from the very first episode 'An Unearthly Child' right up until 'The Name Of The Doctor'.

Cool Art: 'How Time Slips Away' by JC Richard

'How Time Slips Away' by JC Richard, is a 10″ x 26.5″ 5 colour greyscale screenprint, that is on sale today (Friday, August 30) at 2pm EST.

This is what he has to say about the print:

Solitary adventures are nice to have every so often, but without a companion to share them with (human or otherwise), sublime moments like this one just don't seem to mean as much... 

This scene is dedicated to a friend who has been constantly either underfoot or at my side for 13 years now. He's an old man by canine standards, but still the best pup there ever was..

Visit his blog or follow him on Twitter @microcosmcmedia for more details.

New 'Grand Theft Auto V' Trailer

Los Santos: a sprawling metropolis full of self-help gurus, starlets and fading celebrities struggling to stay afloat in an era of economic uncertainty and cheap cable TV. Amidst the turmoil, three very different criminals risk everything in a series of daring and dangerous heists that could set them up for life.

'Grand Theft Auto V' is out September 17, 2013