Ferenc Pinter (1931 – 2008) was an Italian painter and illustrator. He was born in Liguria to a Hungarian father and Italian mother. His name was spelled Pintér Ferenc in Hungarian and he signed most […]
Tag: book covers
(Art) The Hyperspace Colors of Paul Lehr
Paul Lehr (1930-1998) studied illustration at the prestigious Pratt Institute. His first sf cover – for the American edition of Jeffery Lloyd Castle’s Satellite E One (1954) – is a realistic depiction of the construction […]
(Art) The Clockwork Fantasies of Dean Morrissey
The self-trained Morrissey began his professional career in the late 70s with three covers for Dragon magazine. In 1986, he started to receive regular assignments to paint book covers. His covers for Jack Dann and […]
(Art) The Thrones of Michael Whelan
Perhaps because he’s been commissioned so often for book covers, the famed fantasy artist has always been a master of the “regal stance,” where a single character strikes a dramatic pose in front of a […]
Feast of Shadows
Every time you hand off a book to beta readers, there’s a kind of lull in the life of an author. You know you’re going to get the manuscript back in a few weeks, and […]
(Art) The Cosmic Fantasy of Piotr Jabłoński
Piotr Jabłoński is a Polish artist and illustrator who has produced a volume of video game and book cover art, notably for the Dishonored series and Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melnibone. His moody, ethereal atmospheres, […]
(Art) The Outstanding Illustration of Antonio Caparo
Antonio Javier Caparo is an illustrator, graphic designer, and comic artist originally from Cuba and currently living in Montreal, Canada. His works have been published on children books, novels, magazines, and institutional materials around the […]
(Art) The Brilliant Chromatic Space of Peter Elson
Peter Elson (1947 – 1998) was an English science fiction illustrator whose work appeared on the covers of numerous science fiction paperback novels, as well as in the Terran Trade Authority series of illustrated books. […]
A New Cover!
This book is highly unusual. To start, it isn’t one story. It’s five mysteries, or “courses” (as in a meal). Each is told by a different narrator. Each not only completes a full narrative arc […]
(Art) The Far-flung Worlds of Fred Gambino
UK artist and illustrator Fred Gambino makes classic sci-fi art, but with modern tools and sensibilities. His images of space travel, alien worlds, asteroid mining, and wars between interstellar empires have been used on book […]
