#ArtOfTheDay: 'Epic Illustrated' #4 by Michael Kaluta

Cover art by Michael Kaluta for 'Epic Illustrated' issue #4', published December 1980 by Marvel Comics

#CoolArt: 'Pinnacles National Park' print by Mike McCain & Mystery Tube Sale from Fifty Nine Parks

'Pinnacles National Park' by Mike McCain, a new print release from Fifty-Nine Parks.

18" x 24" 5 colour screen print on 100# Cougar White paper in an open edition for $40.

5% of the print sale will be donated to the National Park Service.

Fifty Nine Parks are also offering a limited batch of 100 mystery tubes between Wednesday February 20 and Wednesday February 27 2019 at $40 each.

The mystery tubes (made up of scratch and dent posters that weren't quite perfect enough to ship in standard orders) will include either three 18" x 24" open edition prints or one 24" x 32" previously sold out limited edition print, and will be put together at random and may include open edition, numbered editions, and AP prints.

On sale now from the Fifty Nine Parks website.

#CoolArt: 'Flowers' print by João Ruas for Thinkspace Projects

'Flowers' by João Ruas, a print release from Thinkspace Projects.

14" x 16" fine art print on 290gsm paper, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 50 for $75.

On sale now from the Thinkspace Projects website.

#NewComicBookDay: My Comics Pull List This Week

My comics pull list this week

• 'Monstress' #20 (Image Comics)
• 'Seven To Eternity' #13 (Image Comics)
• 'Coda' #9 (Boom! Comics)
• 'Lucifer' #5 (DC / Vertigo Comics)
• 'Barbarella / Dejah Thoris' #2 (Dynamite Comics)
• 'The Witcher: Of Flesh & Flame' #3 (Dark Horse Comics)
• 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' #5 (Marvel Comics)

'Monstress' #20 (Image Comics)
Cover art by Sana Takeda

Finalists for the 'Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Awards' Announced

The finalists for the 'Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Awards' have been announced.

The Award Winners in each of the categories - Advertising, Book, Comic, Concept Art, Dimensional, Editorial, Institutional and Unpublished - plus the Grand Master Honouree will be announced at the Spectrum 26 Awards Ceremony held at the Folly Theater in Kansas City, MO on Saturday, March 30, 2019.

Go here to see the nominated artwork (scroll through to bottom)

Call For Entries poster by Tyler Jacobson

Advertising

• “Lair of the Firebreather”, Justin Gerard
• “Reach”, Donato Giancola
• “After the Flood”, Valentin Kopetzki
• “Earth Species Project”, Victo Ngai
• “Annihilation variant”, Greg Ruth

Book

• “Winter Road”, Jaime Jones
• “I Am the Light”, Vanessa Lemen
• “Japanese Tales 1: The Invisible Man”, Yuko Shimizu
• “Dragon Lords: Bad Faith”, Chase Stone
• “Charlie Florida”, Francis Vallejo

Comic

• Castle in the Stars: Book 4, page 1, Alex Alice
• Cover for Joe Shuster: The Artist Behind Superman, Thomas Campi
• Blue Vortex 1, Paul Davidson
• Kang Hearts Out 1, Kang Minjung
• The Thousand Demon Tree, Jeffrey Alan Love

Concept Art

• “Golden Temple Through Time We Converge: End”, Te Hu
• “Dwarf”, Carlyn Lim
• “The Banner Saga 3: Juno in the Black Sun”, Danny Moll
• “Submerged Statue of Tyr”, Abe Taraky
• “Big Hunt”, Zhengyi Wang

Dimensional

• “Vivicus”, Matthew Corcoran
• “SwampThing”, Paul Komoda
• “Reflection”, Patrick Masson
• “Gallevarbe”, Mark Newman
• “Justice”, Dug Stanat

Editorial

• “Structure”, Chris Buzelli
• “The Remains”, Qiuxin Mao
• “Human: Opener”, Victo Ngai
• “Stormy”, Tim O’Brien
• “How to Collect Customer Feedback the Right Way”, Leonardo Santamaria

Institutional

• “Mantis”, Ed Binkley
• “Etrata”, Bastien Lecouffe Deharme
• “Slippery Bogle”, Jesper Ejsing
• “Opt”, Tyler Jacobson
• “The Nights Watch”, John Jude Palencar

Unpublished

• “The Stranger”, Julien Delval
• “The Serpent”, Annie Stegg Gerard
• “A Walk in the Woods”, Konstantin Marinov Kostadinov
• “Sent by the Gods”, Ronan Le Fur
• “Racing Season in Empire City”, Eric Pfeiffer

#CoolArt: 'Masters Of The Universe' prints by Earl Norem for Mad Duck Posters

'He-Man, Champion Of Grayskull' and 'Hordak & The Evil Horde' by Earl Norem, new officially licensed 'Masters Of The Universe' prints from Mad Duck Posters.

18" x 24" giclee prints in a Regular edition of 250 for $55, and 22½" x 30" giclee prints in a Power Variant edition of 175 for $105.

On sale Wednesday February 20 at 12pm ET from the Mad Duck Posters website.

'He-Man, Champion Of Grayskull'

'Hordak & The Evil Horde'

#CoolArt: 'Fire Dragon' by Justin Gerard Online Auction for Every Day Original

'Fire Dragon' by Justin Gerard.

8" x 10" oil on panel original artwork, in an online auction at Every Day Original until Thursday February 21 at 11am ET.

Go here to bid in the auction.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Conan The Barbarian' by Mark Brooks

Variant cover art by Mark Brooks for 'Conan The Barbarian' issue #2, published January 2019 by Marvel Comics

#CoolArt: New AP Edition Prints by James Flames

New AP edition prints by James Flames.

• 'Pigeons Playing Ping Pong 2019 South East US Tour'. 18" x 24" screen print, in a signed and numbered Regular AP edition of 40, a signed and numbered Fireworks HoloFoil AP edition of 30, a signed and numbered Circular Visions HoloFoil AP edition of 30.

• 'Dave Matthews Band & Tim Reynolds at Riviera Maya, Mexico'. 18" x 24", Glow In The Dark screen print, in a signed and numbered AP edition of 75.

On sale Tuesday February 19 at 2pm ET from James' website.

'Pigeons Playing Ping Pong 2019 South East US Tour' Regular Edition

#CoolArt: 'Wolverine' print by Mark Chilcott for Grey Matter Art

'Wolverine by Mark Chilcott, a new officially licensed print release from Grey Matter Art.

18" x 24" giclee print, in a numbered limited edition of 100 for $40.

On sale Thursday February 21 at 1pm ET from the Grey Matter Art website.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Fantastic Four' by Geof Darrow

'Fantastic Four' by Geof Darrow

'Cujo' Limited Edition Bluray from Zavvi

'Cujo' limited edition bluray for £22.99 from Zavvi.

Special Limited Edition Contains:

• Hardbound Slipcase, featuring newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
• Reversible sleeve featuring artwork by Justin Osbourn and original poster artwork
• Limited edition 60 Page Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Lee Gambin, author Scott Harrison, and Craig Ian Mann; illustrated with archival imagery from the film’s production

DISC ONE:

• 1080p presentation of the film, on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK
• Uncompressed LPCM mono soundtrack
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• New and exclusive feature length audio commentary by Lee Gambin, author of Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: The Making of Cujo
• New interview with Dee Wallace [40 mins]
• New interview with composer Charles Bernstein [35 mins]
• New interview with stuntman Gary Morgan [25 mins]
• New interview with stuntwoman Jean Coulter [21 mins]
• New interview with casting director Marcia Ross. [20 mins]
• New interview with visual effects artist Kathie Lawrence [13 mins]
• New interview with special effects designer Robert Clark [12 mins]
• New interview with dog trainer Teresa Miller [28 mins]
• Dog Days: The Making of Cujo – archival documentary on the film’s production [42 mins]

DISC TWO [Limited Edition Only]:

• Q&A with Dee Wallace from “Cinemaniacs & Monster Fest 2015”, moderated by Lee Gambin [96 mins]
• New interview with critic and author Kim Newman [25 mins]

Available for pre-order now from the Zavvi website (Release date April 29 2019)

Slipcase Cover Art by Graham Humphreys

Bluray Cover Art by Justin Osbourn

Shortlist For The 2019 Annual British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards Announced

The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) have announced the shortlist for its annual BSFA Awards for works first published in 2018.

The BSFA Awards draw on nominations from their membership, and in the case of the Best Novel Award are open to UK publications only.

The Awards will be presented on Saturday April 20 during Ytterbium, the 70th Eastercon, at The Park Inn Heathrow, London, from 19-22 April 2019.

Best Novel

• 'Europe at Dawn' by Dave Hutchinson (Solaris)
• 'Revenant Gun' by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
• 'Before Mars' by Emma Newman (Ace Books)
• 'Embers of War' by Gareth L Powell (Titan Books)
• 'Rosewater' by Tade Thompson (Orbit)

Best Shorter Fiction

• 'The Gift of Angels: an Introduction' by Nina Allan (Clarkesworld)
• 'The Purpose of the Dodo is to be Extinct' by Malcolm Devlin (Interzone #275)
• 'The Land of Somewhere Safe' by Hal Duncan (NewCon Press)
• 'Time Was' by Ian McDonald (Tor.com)
• 'Exit Strategy' by Martha Wells (Tor.com)
• 'Phosphorus' by Liz Williams (NewCon Press)
• 'Kingfisher' by Marian Womack (Lost Objects, Luna Press)

Best Non-Fiction

• Nina Allan’s 'Time Pieces' column 2018 articles (Interzone)
• Ruth EJ Booth’s 'Noise and Sparks' column 2018 articles (Shoreline of Infinity)
• Liz Bourke’s 'Sleeps With Monsters' column 2018 articles (Tor.com)
• Aliette de Bodard – On motherhood and erasure: people-shaped holes, hollow characters and the illusion of impossible adventures (Intellectus Speculativus blog)
• Adam Roberts – Publishing the Science Fiction Canon: The Case of Scientific Romance (Cambridge University Press)

Best Artwork

• Ben Baldwin’s wraparound cover for 'Strange Tales' slipcase set (NewCon Press)
• Joey Hi-Fi’s cover for 'Paris Adrift' by EJ Swift (Solaris)
• Sarah Anne Langton’s cover for 'Unholy Land' by Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon Publications)
• Sing Yun Lee and Morris Wild’s artwork for 'Sublime Cognition' conference (London Science Fiction Research Community)
• Likhain’s In the Vanishers’ Palace: Dragon I and II (Inprnt)
• Bede Rogerson’s cover for 'Concrete Faery' by Elizabeth Priest (Luna Press)
• Del Samatar’s artwork for 'Monster Portraits' by Sofia and Del Samatar (Rose Metal Press)
• Charlotte Stroomer’s cover for 'Rosewater' by Tade Thompson (Orbit)

#CoolArt: 'Umphrey's McGee at Brooklyn, NY' prints by AJ Masthay for Bottleneck Gallery

'Umphrey's McGee at Brooklyn, NY' by AJ Masthay, a new print release from Bottleneck Gallery.

18" x 24" Linoleum block print, in a signed and numbered AP Edition of 50 for $40, a signed and numbered Lava Foil Variant AP edition of 5 for $75, a signed and numbered Swirl-O-Rama Foil Variant AP edition of 10 for $75, a signed and numbered Stained Glass Foil Variant AP edition of 10 for $75, and a signed 1/1 watercolour edition for $150.

On sale Monday February 18 at 12pm ET from the Bottleneck Gallery website.

Regular Edition

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Green Arrow & Wonder Woman' by Esad Ribic

Variant cover art by Esad Ribic for 'Green Arrow' issue #27, published July 2017 by DC Comics

Artist Spotlight: The Art Of Jerry Vanderstelt

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 Jerry Vanderstelt.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Captain Marvel' by David Mack

Variant cover art by David Mack for 'Captain Marvel' issue #3, published March 2019 by Marvel Comics

Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Jerome Podwil

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 Jerome Podwil

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Batgirl' by Derrick Chew

Variant cover art by Derrick Chew for 'Batgirl' #32, published February 2019 by DC Comics

#CoolArt: New 'Star Wars' Prints by Brian Miller for Dark Ink Art

New 'Star Wars' inspired prints by Brian Miller, available through Dark Ink Art.

18" x 24" screen prints in a limited editions of 250 for $50 each.

On sale at the Disney Epcot International Festival of the Arts and now from the Dark Ink Art website.

'X-Wings For Victory'

'Destination Dagobah'

'Destination Endor'