For those of you into robots, here is a paperback cover illustration by Chris Moore for a 1977 Clifford Simak novel, Special Deliverance , ...

The previous post reminded me of this X-treme guy that's been hanging out in my image morgue for some years now. Sorry, I don't have...

A great conceptual rendering by Iain McCaig for that pivotal moment of transformation of the boyish Anakin Skywalker into the dread Darth Va...

Have I told you LATELY what a big fan I am of Wm Stout's art? "It was no less than an underseas fairyland . . ." Mermaid Battl...

Have I told you what a big fan of William Stout's art I am? Valkyrie

Have I told you what a big fan of William Stout's art I am? Gryphon

Good golly Miss Molly, I am under deadline pressure, now and over the weekend. I'll quickly post a few images so you don't go away e...

The graphic vision of Dominic Flandry, Agent of Imperial Terra, was revisited by Michael Whelan in 1979. While totally different from Kelly ...

Frank Kelly Freas had a style that nearly bordered on caricature. Yet his cover visions of Galactic Empires were always my favorite, never f...

1966 was a very good year for comic and fantasy collecting. It was a golden age for many of us. In the midst of all that, Flash Gordon #1 wa...

Al Williamson's comix art bridged the ages, bringing Golden Age excitement into the more refined aesthetic of the Silver and Bronze Ages...

And then there was Flash Gordon. Who among us hasn't been mesmerized and seduced by the adventures created by Alex Raymond? Between the ...

Here is a handsome war story by Al Williamson from Battle #55—November of 1957. As was the case with a number of his stories, Al used himse...

The majority of Al Williamson's work may have been sci-fi related, but when you're starting out, well, ya gotta take what's offe...

At the age of 15 or 16 (1946-47), Al Williamson created this sample page to show to Planet Comics at Fiction House— certainly as good as muc...

So many legends have passed in the last decade, as I suppose is the case in every decade. No matter how inevitable, it's always sad to l...

Michael Parkes — Returning Home — 1980

I love old books that promise adventure. Au Maroc (In Morocco) is a travel memoir from 1890 by Pierre Loti, recounting a month-long journey...