#CoolArt: 'Ninja Scroll' prints by Rhys Cooper through Spoke Art

'Ninja Scroll' by Rhys Cooper.

12" x 36" screen print, in numbered Koga (Blue) & Kimon (Red) Variant editions of 150 for $70 each.

On sale now through Spoke Art.

Koga (Blue) Variant Edition

Kimon (Red) Variant Edition

Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Matthew Rabalais

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, 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 Matthew Rabalais.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Senator Leia Organa' by Donato Giancola

'Senator Leia Organa' by Donato Giancola.

#CoolArt: Hero Complex Gallery Remaining Prints from San Diego Comic Con

Hero Complex Gallery have released a selection of remaining prints that were first available from their booth during San Diego Comic Con July 21-24 2022.

On sale now through Hero Complex Gallery.

by Matt Ryan Tobin

#CoolArt: Spoke Art Remaining Prints from San Diego Comic Con

Spoke Art have released a selection of remaining prints that were first available from their booth during San Diego Comic Con July 21-24 2022.

On sale now through Spoke Art.

by Glenn Arthur

#CoolArt: 'Optimus Prime' prints by Luke Preece through Moor-Art Gallery

'Optimus Prime' by Luke Preece.

Officially licensed 18" x 24" fine art print, in a numbered Regular edition of 50 for £44.99, a numbered Foil Variant edition of 120 for £54.99, and a numbered 'Nemesis Prime' Variant edition of 50 for £44.99.

On sale Friday July 29 at 6pm UK through Moor-Art Gallery.

Regular Edition

Foil Variant Edition

'Nemesis Prime' Variant Edition

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Tarzan' by Frank Frazetta

'Tarzan' by Frank Frazetta.

Interior illustration from the novel, 'Tarzan And The Castaways', book 24 of the 'Tarzan' series written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published in 1964.

#CoolArt: 'Blessings From The Maw' print by Jason Mowry through The People's Print Shop

'Blessings From The Maw' by Jason Mowry.

12" x 15" archival pigment print, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 50 for $40.

On sale now through The People's Print Shop.

#CoolArt: Thinkspace Projects presents 'Across The Pond' Group Art Exhibition at Espacio Gallery

Thinkspace Projects presents 'Across The Pond', a group art exhibition at Espacio Gallery in London UK, with featured artists; Kayla Mahaffey, Giorgiko, Langston Allston, and Z the Rat (aka Zeinab Diomande), alongside new works from over 30 artists.

The opening reception is Thursday July 28 from 6-9pm UK at Espacio Gallery, 159 Bethnal Green Road, London, England, E2 7DG, and runs through Saturday July 30 2022.

by Kayla Mahaffey

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Ester & Zahra' by Jaime Jones

'Ester & Zahra' by Jaime Jones.

Cover art for the novella, 'Untethered Sky' written by Fonda Lee, published April 11 2023 by Tordotcom Publishing.

#NewComicBookDay: My Comics Pull List This Week

My comics Pull List this week.

• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #22 (Marvel Comics)
• We Only Find Them When They're Dead #12 (BOOM! Studios)
• Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #4 (BOOM! Studios)
• The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #4 (DC Black Label)
• The Magic Order 3 #1 (Image Comics)
• Red Sonja #11 (Dynamite Comics)

'Star Wars: Doctor Aphra' #22 (Marvel Comics)
Cover art by W Scott Forbes

#CoolArt: 'Santiago' print by James Jean

'Santiago' by James Jean.

11 5/9" x 15 5/9" giclee print, with a built in 16" x 12" x 1" wood frame adorned with intricate raised details that are drawn from the personal hieroglyphics of James Jean’s universe, a signature plate inlaid into the back and routed keyhole for immediate hanging, with many dimensional details on the print, detailed and dimensional chop, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 200 for $2500.

On sale Thursday July 28 at 8am PT until Friday July 29 2022 at 8am PT from James' website.

#CoolArt: 'Dead & Company Summer Tour 2022' print by AJ Masthay through Bottleneck Gallery

'Dead & Company Summer Tour 2022' by AJ Masthay.

18" x 24" fine art giclee print on Entrada Bright 290gsm paper, in a signed and numbered Artist edition of 500 for $75.

On sale Wednesday July 27 at 12pm ET through Bottleneck Gallery.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Catwoman & Batman' by Jeff Dekal

'Catwoman & Batman' by Jeff Dekal.

Cover art for 'Catwoman' issue #48, published October 2022 by DC Comics.

Shortlist For The 2022 British Fantasy Awards Announced

The shortlist for the 2022 British Fantasy Awards have been announced by the British Fantasy Society, with the winners to be announced at FantasyCon at the Radisson Red Hotel and Conference Centre, Heathrow, in September 2022.

Best Newcomer (The Sydney J Bounds Award)

• JT Greathouse, for The Hand of the Sun King (Gollancz)
• Ian Green, for The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath (Head of Zeus)
• Shelley Parker-Chan, for She Who Became the Sun (Tor)
• Lorraine Wilson, for This is Our Undoing (Luna Press Publishing)
• CA Yates, for We All Have Teeth (Fox Spirit)
• Xiran Jay Zhao, for Iron Widow (Penguin Teen)

Best Film / Television Production

• Dune
• The Green Knight
• In the Earth
• Last Night in Soho
• Space Sweepers

Best Non-Fiction

• After Human: A Critical History of the Human in Science Fiction from Shelley to Le Guin, Thomas Connolly (Liverpool University Press)
• Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985, ed. Andrew Nette & Iain McIntyre (PM Press)
• The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner
• Ginger Nuts of Horror, Jim Mcleod
• Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T. Barbini (Luna Press Publishing)
• Writing the Uncanny, ed. Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst (Dead Ink)

Best Artist

• Olga Beliaeva
• Randy Broecker
• Alison Buck
• Jenni Coutts
• Vincent Sammy
• Daniele Serra

Best Comic / Graphic Novel

• 2000AD (Rebellion)
• DIE Vol. 4, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (Image)
• Djeliya, Juni Ba (TKO Studios)
• ExtraOrdinary, VE Schwab & Enid Balam (Titan Comics)
• The Girl from the Sea, Molly Knox Ostertag (Graphix)
• Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming, Stan Sakai (IDW Publishing)

Best Magazine / Periodical

• Anathema Magazine
• Apex Magazine
• Black Static
• Ginger Nuts of Horror
• Interzone
• Shoreline of Infinity

Best Independent Press

• Black Shuck Books
• Luna Press Publishing
• Unsung Stories
• Wizard’s Tower Press

Best Audio

• Breaking the Glass Slipper, Megan Leigh, Lucy Hounsom & Charlotte Bond
• Daughter of Fire and Water, Lyndsey Croal
• Monstrous Agonies, HR Owen
• PodCastle, Escape Artists
• PseudoPod, Escape Artists

Best Anthology

• Dreamland: Other Stories, ed. Sophie Essex (Black Shuck Books)
• Out of the Darkness, ed. Dan Coxon (Unsung Stories)
• Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction, ed. Xueting C. Ni (Solaris)
• There Is No Death, There Are No Dead, ed. Aaron J. French & Jess Landry (Crystal Lake)
• When Things Get Dark, ed. Ellen Datlow (Titan)
• The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction, ed. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Jembefola Press)

Best Short Fiction

• Bathymetry, Lorraine Wilson (in Strange Horizons)
• Fill the Thickened Lung with Breath, CA Yates (in Dreamland: Other Stories, Black Shuck Books)
• A Flight of Birds, EM Faulds (in Shoreline of Infinity #25)
• Henrietta, TH Dray (in BFS Horizons #13)
• O2 Arena, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (in Galaxy’s Edge)
• Sky Eyes, Julie Travis (in Dreamland: Other Stories, Black Shuck Books)

Best Collection

• The Ghost Sequences, AC Wise (Undertow Publications)
• I Spit Myself Out, Tracy Fahey (Sinister Horror Company)
• The Museum for Forgetting, Pete W Sutton (Grimbold Books)
• Never Have I Ever, Isabel Yap (Small Beer Press)
• We All Have Teeth, CA Yates (Fox Spirit)

Best Novella

• & This is How to Stay Alive, Shingai Njeri Kagunda (Neon Hemlock)
• Defekt, Nino Cipri (Tordotcom)
• Matryoshka, Penny Jones (Hersham Horror)
• A Spindle Splintered, Alix E Harrow (Tordotcom)
• These Lifeless Things, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
• Treacle Walker, Alan Garner (4th Estate)

Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award)

• The Book of Accidents, Chuck Wendig (Penguin)
• A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
• A Dowry of Blood, ST Gibson (Nyx Publishing / Orbit)
• The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward (Viper Books)
• My Heart is a Chainsaw, Stephen Graham Jones (Titan)
• Nothing but Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw (Titan)

Best Fantasy Novel (The Robert Holdstock Award)

• The Black Coast, Mike Brooks (Orbit)
• The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri (Orbit)
• She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor)
• Sistersong, Lucy Holland (Tor)
• This is Our Undoing, Lorraine Wilson (Luna Press Publishing)
• The Unbroken, CL Clark (Orbit)

#CoolArt: 'Weightless' & 'Beneath The Sea' TIMED Release prints by Djamila Knopf

'Weightless' & 'Beneath The Sea' by Djamila Knopf.

10.3" x 15.2" giclee prints on 11.7" x 16.5" 308 g/m² Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, in signed and numbered TIMED Release editions for €62 each.

On sale now until Tuesday August 2 2022 at 10am ET through Djamila's website.

'Weightless'

'Beneath The Sea'

#CoolArt: 'The Seven Deadly Sins' prints by Gérard DuBois through Black Dragon Press

'The Seven Deadly Sins' by Gérard DuBois.

12" x 16" giclée prints on 285gsm Platinum Etching paper, in numbered limited editions of 120 for £15 each, and £90 for the 7 print set.

On sale Tuesday July 26 at 5pm UK through Black Dragon Press.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Wonder Woman' by Zu Orzu

'Wonder Woman' by Zu Orzu.

Variant cover art for 'Wonder Woman' issue #792, published October 2022 by DC Comics.

#CoolArt: 'The Sandman: Dreams Shape The World' by David Mack through Kirby's Comic Art

'The Sandman: Dreams Shape The World' by David Mack.

Officially licensed 12" x 16" giclee print on 310gsm Canson Infinity Aquarelle Rag matt textured paper, in a limited edition of 100 for £40.

On sale now through Kirby's Comic Art (in collaboration with Neverwear).

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Major at the Blue Museum' by Jean Giraud (Moebius)

'Major at the Blue Museum' by Jean Giraud (Moebius).