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Category Archives: Art/Design

Adventures in Art – Doctor Solar

2017-09-03

Doctor Solar was a superhero created by writer Paul S. Newman and artist Matt Murphy for Gold Key Comics in 1962, …

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Adventures in Art – Olly Moss’ Potter Posters

2017-08-26

Continuing on with the theme of pop culture art. It’s hard to believe that Harry Potter turns twenty this year! …

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Adventures in Art – Imagining The Hobbit

2017-08-18

I recently made the mistake of re-watching the three Hobbit movies. Aside from whatever other complaints I could make about …

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Adventures in Art – McGinnis’ Gaiman Covers

2016-09-29

I’m pretty sure everyone and their cousin has already seen these, but I wanted to share them anyway… One of …

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Adventures in Art – SF Magazine (’60s-’70s)

2015-10-04

I’ve always been fascinated by how non-English writers have approached SF. The French have a huge body of SF work …

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Adventures in Art – In Memoriam – Glen Orbik

2015-05-14

I’ve meant to do an art post about the works of Glen Orbik for a while now. And I’m shocked …

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Adventures in Art – Leo and Diane Dillon

2015-03-30

Leo Dillon (March 2, 1933 – May 26, 2012) and Diane Dillon (née Sorber; born March 13, 1933) created some …

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Adventures in Art – Virgil Finlay’s Color Covers

2014-12-16

Virgil Finlay (1914 – 1971) was one of the dominant speculative fiction magazine artists of his day; he started doing illustrations for Weird …

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Adventures in Art: Paul Lehr

2014-11-30

Paul Lehr (1930-98) studied at the prestigious Pratt Institute under Stanley Meltzoff, and while he did a number of great covers between …

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Adventures in Art – Robert Maguire

2014-09-07

Robert A. Maguire (August 3, 1921 – February 26, 2005) was a 20th-century American fine illustrator, known primarily for his noir …

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Adventures in Art – Virgil Finlay’s B&W Interior Art (1)

2014-07-16

When I saw the collector’s artbook of Virgil Finlay looking for funding on Kickstarter, it got me thinking about Finlay.  I consider Finlay (1914 …

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