Michael Whelan is one of the greatest SFF/Horror artists to have ever brushed paint upon canvas. Since today is his seventy-fifth birthday, it is only fitting to take a look at his six-decade career of excellence.
Read MoreThe tribes are gathering. The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2022 officially roared into existence this morning. That can only mean one thing: a new ‘Bikers From Hell’ DMR Blog post. Meat Loaf’s association with bikers begins with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and extends all the way to 2006. That connection produced a lot of great biker art.
Read MoreDonald A. Wollheim debuted—or ‘broke out’—Tanith Lee’s various S&S/heroic fantasy works, Moorcock’s Elric and Dorian Hawkmoon, Saunders’ Imaro and Dossouye and Shea’s Nifft the Lean. In other words, most of the major sword-and-sorcery protagonists of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Read More"Like Bob Haberfield in England, Michael Whelan helped identify my work to readers, especially with the Elric covers which remain many readers’ favourites. Michael captured the demonic hero better than anyone." — Michael Moorcock, 2020
Read More“The H. Rider Haggard Project” has been the subject of speculation for almost two decades. A veteran art collector has recently dispelled most of the mystery around the Project.
Read MoreDonald Wollheim was a titanic mover n’ shaker when it came to the graphic side of the SFF publishing equation. Wollheim’s instincts for spotting promising artistic talent were second to none in the entire history of the field. In fact, I considered just typing, “Frank Frazetta and Michael Whelan. Mic drop.” and then posting some pics, but I decided that might be a bit too terse.
Read MoreToday marks the centennial of the second printing of The Warlord of Mars in hardback. The occasion provides a perfectly good excuse to talk about Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter and the “Barsoom Trilogy.”
Read MoreToday is the birthday of Michael Whelan, one of the greatest artists to ever work in the fields of fantasy, sci-fi and horror. The occasion prompted me to think back on the Whelan covers that really, really affected me when growing up.
Read MoreThe subject matter of heavy metal lyrics often mirrors that of sword and sorcery fiction. Sometimes the mirror is more than metaphorical, when bands show their dedication to their fantasy concepts by using album artwork identical to images that have appeared on the covers of novels and anthologies.
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