SF Site News » Art http://www.sfsite.com/news Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:05:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Obituary: Al Rio http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/obituary-al-rio/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/obituary-al-rio/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:13:36 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1859 Brazilian comic book artist Al Rio (b.1962) died on January 30, possibly a suicide. Rio, whose full name was Alvaro Araújo Lourenço do Rio, worked on Gen¹³, Dungeon Siege, X-Men Unlimited, and DV8. his art also appeared on album covers.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/obituary-al-rio/feed/ 0 Obituary: Eiko Ishioka http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/27/obituary-eiko-ishioka/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/27/obituary-eiko-ishioka/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:09:33 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1851 Costume designer Eiko Ishioka (b.1939) died on January 21 from pancreatic cancer. Ishioka won an Academy Award for her work on Bram Stoker’s Dracula and also designed costumes for The Cell, The Fall, Immortals, and the upcoming Mirror, Mirror. She recently helped design costumes for teh Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Ishioka also won a Grammy Award for the cover design of the Miles Davis album, Tutu.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/27/obituary-eiko-ishioka/feed/ 0 Paint, Pen, and Pixel Call for Art http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/16/paint-pen-and-pixel-call-for-art/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/16/paint-pen-and-pixel-call-for-art/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:21:52 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1791 Christopher J Garcia and Steven H Silver have announced a new fanzine, Paint, Pen, and Pixel to showcase the excellent artwork done by fan artists. They are asking for fan artists to send us a piece of original, unpublished artwork to be included, along with contact information. The fanzine will be in an electronic format and either horizontal or vertical artwork is welcome. The submission deadline is February 15 with the goal of publishing the fanzine on March 1.

For more information, e-mail paintpenpixel@gmail.com

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/16/paint-pen-and-pixel-call-for-art/feed/ 0 Obituary: Eduardo Barreto http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/15/obituary-eduardo-barreto/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/15/obituary-eduardo-barreto/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:42:48 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1789 Comic artist Eduardo Barreto (b.1954) died on December 15. Barreto, from Uruguay, worked on titles including Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, The New Teen Titans, and his last work, DC Retroactive The 70′s: Superman, published earlier this year. Also in 2011, Barreto became the artist for the Sunday The Phantom comic strip.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/15/obituary-eduardo-barreto/feed/ 0 Obituary: Jerry Robinson http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/08/obituary-jerry-robinson/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/08/obituary-jerry-robinson/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:01:46 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1775 Comic artist Jerry Robinson (b.1922) died on December 7. Robinson is best known for co-creating Robin, the boy wonder, and creating the Joker. Robinson also worked on the creation of Alfred and Two-Face. Robinson began working for Batman creator Bob Kane in 1939. In the 1970s, Robinson worked to get credit for his friends, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster for their part in creating Superman. Robinson is in the Comic Book Hall of Fame and has received lifetime achievement awards from the Cartoon Art Society and the National Cartoonists Society.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/08/obituary-jerry-robinson/feed/ 0 Obituary: Darrell K. Sweet http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/05/obituary-darrell-k-sweet/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/05/obituary-darrell-k-sweet/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:46:05 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1765 Artist Darrell K. Sweet (1934) died on December 5. Sweet was scheduled to be the artist guest of honor at LoneStarCon 3, the 2013 Worldcon and had been honored as the artist guest of honor at Tuckercon, the 2007 NASFiC, in St. Louis and at the 2010 World Fantasy Con. Sweet’s art appeared on numerous book covers over the years and was known for having an extremely high sell through rate. Some of his art was collected in the book Beyond Fantasy.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/05/obituary-darrell-k-sweet/feed/ 0 West Declines Rotsler http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/03/west-declines-rotsler/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/03/west-declines-rotsler/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:30:16 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1760 Mike Glyer reports that D. West has declined the Rotsler Award announced last weekend at LosCon.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/03/west-declines-rotsler/feed/ 0 Rotsler Winner Announced http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/01/rotsler-winner-announced/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/01/rotsler-winner-announced/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:06:43 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1759 D. West, the winner of the 2011 Rotsler Award for Fan Artist, sponsored by the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests, was announced at Loscon. Founded in 1998, the award comes with a $300 honorarium. Sample of West’s work was displayed at Loscon. West has previously won three FAAn Awards for Best Artist and has three Hugo nominations for best fan artist, in 1979, 1987, and 1999.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/12/01/rotsler-winner-announced/feed/ 0 Spectrum/IMC Scholarship http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/10/24/spectrumimc-scholarship/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/10/24/spectrumimc-scholarship/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:24:52 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1715 Spectrum Fantastic Art has announced that will be offering a scholarship to send an artist to the Illustration Master Class at Amherst College in Massachusetts from June 9th-15th. Organized by Rebecca Guay, the week includes faculty including Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Donato Giancola, Dan Dos Santos, Irene Gallo,
James Gurney, and Brom.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/10/24/spectrumimc-scholarship/feed/ 0 Warren Ellis Documentary http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/10/10/warren-ellis-documentary/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/10/10/warren-ellis-documentary/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:07:36 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1702 Warren Ellis will appear for a question and answer session before the London debut of the documentary Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, which is part of the London International Comics Festival. The screening will take place at 7:00 GT at Bishopsgate Institute’s Great Hall, in London. The London debut will take place one day after the world debut for the film occurs at the Napa Valley Film Festival in California.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/10/10/warren-ellis-documentary/feed/ 0 Chesley Awards http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/08/19/chesley-awards-3/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/08/19/chesley-awards-3/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:01:26 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1622 The Chesley Awards were presented by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) at Renovation on August 18. The Chesleys recognize excellence in speculative fiction art.

  • Best Cover Illustration – Paperback Book: Jason Chan, for Geist, by Phillipa Ballantine
  • Best Cover Illustration – Hardback Book: Michael Whelan, for The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
  • Best Cover Illustration – Magazine: Nick Greenwood, for Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, 6/10
  • Best Interior Illustration: Donato Giancola, Middle Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth, by Donato Giancola
  • Best Three-Dimensional Art: Mark Newman, “Eel Walker”; bronze
  • Best Color Work—Unpublished: Julie Dillon, “Planetary Alignment”; digital
  • Best Monochrome Work – Unpublished: Ian Miller, “Triptych”; ink
  • Best Product Illustration: Sam Weber, Shadow Rising, by Robert Jordan, promo art for Tor ebook, 1/10
  • Best Gaming-Related Illustration: Lucas Graciano, “Amorphous Drake” Legends of Norrath
  • Best Art Director: Jon Schindehette, for Wizards of the Coast
  • Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement: Boris Vallejo

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/08/19/chesley-awards-3/feed/ 0 Harvey Nominees http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/07/05/harvey-nominees/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/07/05/harvey-nominees/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:53:47 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1568 The nominees for the Harvey Awards, presented at the Baltimore Comic Con have been announced. The awards will be given out at a banquet on August 20. The Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art and are named for Harvey Kurtzmann.

Best Letterer

  • Box 13, by Scott Brown
  • Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, by Darwyn Cooke
  • Casanova, by Dustin Harbin
  • Witchblade, by Troy Peteri
  • Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom # 1, by Robbie Robbins
  • Thor, by John Workman

Best Colorist

  • Mice Templar: Volume 10, by Veronica Gandini
  • The Stand, by Laura Martin
  • Gutters, by Ed Ryzowski
  • BPRD, by Dave Stewart
  • Cuba: My Revolution, by Jose Villarrubia

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel

  • Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson
  • Doonesbury, by Garry Trudeau
  • Mutts, by Patrick McDonnell
  • Non Sequitur, by Wiley Miller
  • Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling

Best On-Line Comics Work

  • Guns of Shadow Valley, by David Wachter and James Andrew Clark
  • Gutters, by Lar deSouza, Ed Ryzowski and Ryan Sohmer
  • Hark! A Vagrant, by Kate Beaton
  • La Morte Sisters, created Tony Trov, Johnny Zito and Christine Larsen
  • PVP, by Scott Kurtz

Best American Edition of Foreign Material

  • Ax: Alternate Manga, edited by Sean Michael Wilson and Mitsuhiro Asakawa
  • Blacksad, by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
  • It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi
  • The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon
  • Torpedo: Volume 2, by Jordi Bernet

Best Inker

  • Hawks of Outremer, by Damian Couceiro
  • Box 13, by Steve Ellis
  • Agents of Atlas, by Gabriel Hardman
  • Thor, by Mark Morales
  • Magdalena, by Sal Regla

Best New Series

  • American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque
  • Echoes, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Rashan Ekedal
  • Gutters, Lar deSouza, by Ed Ryzoski and Ryan Sohmer
  • Kill Shakespeare, by Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery
  • Sixth Gun, by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt
  • Thor: The Mighty Avenger, by Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee

Most Promising New Talent

  • Barry Deutsch, Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by
  • Comfort Love and Adam Withers, Rainbow in the Dark, by
  • Chris Samnee, Thor: The Mighty Avenger, by
  • Scott Snyder, American Vampire, by
  • Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, by

Special Award for Humor in Comics

  • The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis, by Matt Groening
  • The Muppet Show, by Roger Langridge
  • Gutters, by Ryan Sohmer
  • I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler
  • Love and Capes, by Thom Zahler

Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers

  • Amulet #3: The Cloud Searcher, by Kazu Kibuishi
  • Jingle Belle, by Paul Dini
  • Meanwhile: Pick Any Path, 3856 Story Possibilities, by Jason Shiga
  • Reading with Pictures, Josh Elder
  • Smile, by Raina Telgemeier
  • Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani

Best Graphic Album Previously Published

  • Art in Time, edited Dan Nadel
  • Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson
  • Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk & edited by Scott Dunbier
  • The Marvelous Land of Oz, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
  • Tumor, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon

Best Anthology

  • Blab World #1, edited by Monte Beauchamp and Bill North
  • CBGB, edited by Ian Brill
  • Popgun # 4, edited by D.J. Kirkbride, Anthony Wu, and Adam P. Knave
  • Reading with Pictures, edited by Josh Elder
  • Strange Tales, Volume II # 1, edited by Jody LeHeup
  • Uniques Tales, edited by Comfort Love and Adam Withers

Best Domestic Reprint Project

  • The Darkness, by Garth Ennis, Marc Silvestri, and Batt
  • Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk & edited by Scott Dunbier
  • Jet Scott, by Jerry Robinson and Sheldon Stark
  • Li’l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays, edited by Bruce
    Canwell

  • Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, by Neal Adams and Dennis O’Neil

Best Cover Artist

  • Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, by Darwyn Cooke
  • Angel, by Jenny Frison
  • Amazing Spider-Man, by Marcos Martin
  • Hellboy, by Mike Mignola
  • Batman and Robin, by Frank Quitely

Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation

  • 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Myth-Making, by Paul Levitz
  • The Art of Jaime Hernandez: The Secrets of Life and Death, edited by Todd Hignite
  • Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics, by N. C. Christopher Couch
  • Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen, Charles Brownstein, John Lind, and Diana Schutz
  • Portrait of a Sequential Artist, directed by Andrew D. Cook

Special Award for Excellence in Presentation

  • Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk & edited by Scott Dunbier
  • Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen by Denis Kitchen, Charles Brownstein, John Lind, and Diana Schutz
  • Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke
  • SHAZAM! The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal, Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear
  • Wednesday Comics Hardcover Edition, edited by Mark Chiarello

Best Graphic Album – Original

  • Duncan, The Wonder Dog, by Adam Hines
  • Market Day, by James Sturm
  • Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour, by Bryan Lee
    O’Malley

  • Wilson, by Dan Clowes
  • X’ed Out, by Charles Burns

Best Continuing or Limited Series

  • Chew, John Layman and Rob Guillory
  • Daytripper, by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba
  • Echo, by Terry Moore
  • Fantastic Four, by Jonathan Hickman and Dale Eaglesham
  • Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom # 1, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriquez
  • Love and Rockets: Volume 3, by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez

Best Writer

  • Sixth Gun, by Cullen Bunn
  • Echoes, by Joshua Hale Fialkov
  • Thor: The Mighty Avenger, by Roger Langridge
  • Gutters, by Ryan Sohmer
  • Irredeemable, by Mark Waid

Best Artist

  • Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit, by Darwyn Cooke
  • Cuba: My Revolution, by Dean Haspiel
  • Sixth Gun, by Brian Hurtt
  • Gutters, by Ed Ryzowski
  • Thor: The Mighty Avenger, by Chris Samnee

Best Cartoonist

  • Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit. by Darwyn Cooke
  • Love and Rockets, by Jaime Hernandez
  • Sweet Tooth, by Jeff Lemire
  • Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour, by Bryan Lee O’Malley
  • RASL, by Jeff Smith

Best Single Issue or Story

  • ACME Novelty Library # 20: Lint, by Chris Ware
  • Daytripper, by Fabio Moon and Gabiel Ba
  • Echoes # 1, Joshua Hale Fialkov and Rashan Ekedal
  • Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriquez
  • Love and Rockets: New Stories, Volume 3, by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez
  • Popgun # 4, edited by D.J. Kirkbride, Anthony Wu and Adam P. Knave
  • Wilson, by Daniel Clowes

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/07/05/harvey-nominees/feed/ 1 Obituary: Gene Colan http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/24/obituary-gene-colan/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/24/obituary-gene-colan/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:51:41 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1547 Artist Jean Colan (b.1926) died on June 23. Colan began working on comics in 1944 and his art appeared in Batman, Daredevil, Tomb of Dracula, and Howard the Duck, among other titles. Colan also co-created the Falcon, the first mainstream African-American superhero. Colan was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/24/obituary-gene-colan/feed/ 0 Obituary: Lew Sayre Schwartz http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/21/obituary-lew-sayre-schwartz/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/21/obituary-lew-sayre-schwartz/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:25:19 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1540 Artist Lew Sayre Schwartz (b.1926) died on June 19 following a fall which resulted in a brain hemorrhage. Schwartz worked as a ghost artist for Bob Kane on Batman from 1946 through 1953, when he went to work for King Features. Schwartz’s work in advertising would eventually win him 4 Emmys and 6 Clios. Schwartz also helped create the title sequence for the film Dr. Strangelove and taught at the School of Visual Arts,where he founded the film department.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/21/obituary-lew-sayre-schwartz/feed/ 0 Obituary: Lee J. Ames http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/07/obituary-lee-j-ames/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/07/obituary-lee-j-ames/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:53:52 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1521 Artist Lee J. Ames (b.1921) died on June 3. Ames began working for Disney when he was 18 and had work appear as parts of Donald’s Snow Fight , Fantasia, and Pinocchio. He went on to work in the comics field, working for several different publishers, before he began writing the Draw 50 series of educational books.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/07/obituary-lee-j-ames/feed/ 0 Obituary: Kazuhiko Sano http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/02/obituary-kazuhiko-sano/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/02/obituary-kazuhiko-sano/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:59:41 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1509 Artist Kazuhiko Sano (b.1952) died on May 31. Sano is best known for his science paintings, which have appeared in the pages of National Geographic, but he also has provided art for Walt Disney and the iconic Return of the Jedi movie poster.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/02/obituary-kazuhiko-sano/feed/ 0 Chesley Nominations http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/31/chesley-nominations-2/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/31/chesley-nominations-2/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 23:45:02 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1505 ASFA has announced the nominees for this year’s Chesley Awards, presented for excellence in SF/F illustration and artwork. The winners will be announced at Renovation, this year’s Worldcon, in Reno, Nevada.

Paperback

  • Volkan Baga, for The Zombies of Oz, by Christian Endres
  • Jason Chan, for Geist, by Phillipa Ballantine
  • Jon Foster, for Dreadnought, by Cherie Priest
  • Todd Lockwood, for The Ragged Man, by Tom Lloyd
  • Stephan Martiniere, for Ares Express, by Ian McDonald
  • Anthony Palumbo, for Yarn, by Jon Armstrong
  • John Picacio, for Elric: Swords and Roses, by Michael Moorcock
  • Dan Dos Santos, for Alien Tango, by Gini Koch

Hardcover

  • Kinuko Y. Craft, for Midsummer Night, by Freda Warrington
  • Don Maitz, for Blasphemy, by Mike Resnick
  • Gregory Manchess, for Spectrum 17, edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner
  • John Picacio, for The Waters Rising, by Sheri S. Tepper
  • Michael Whelan, for The Way of the Kings, by Brandon Sanderson

Magazine

  • Julie Dillon, for Clarkesworld #48
  • Nick Greenwood, for Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #17
  • David A. Hardy, for Analog, April 2010
  • Audrey Lazarev, for Clarkesworld #50
  • Sergio Rebolledo, for Clarkesworld #40
  • James Ryman, for Heavy Metal, January 2010

Three-Dimensional

  • Thomas S. Kuebler, Scream Queen; mixed media
  • David Meng, Amphibiana; mixed media
  • Mark Newman, Eel Walker; bronze
  • Michael Parkes, The Letter; bronze
  • Jordu Schell, Ixana; mixed media
  • Vincent Villafranca, The Dogs of War; bronze

Interior Illustration

  • Jason Chan, Vilcabamba, by Harry Turtledove
  • Jon Foster, Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure, by Richard Parks
  • Donato Giancola, Middle Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth, by Donato Giancola
  • John Picacio, Elric: Swords and Roses, by Michael Moorcock
  • Keith Thompson, Behemoth, by Scott Westerfeld

Unpublished Color

  • Daren Bader, Isis; oil
  • Julie Dillon, Planetary Alignment; digital
  • David A. Hardy, Portals to Infinity; acrylic
  • Omar Rayyan, The Favorite; oil
  • Matthew Stewart, Waterfall Dragons; oil
  • Raoul Vitale, Torin’s Quest; oil

Unpublished Monochrome

  • Eric Braddock, Highborne; graphite & white charcoal on toned paper
  • Anthony Francisco, Tikbalang; digital
  • Ed Ko, Drawing for Beautiful Grim; pencil
  • Petar Meseldžija, UNK!; pencil
  • Ian Miller, Triptych; ink
  • David Palumbo, Zombie Girl; acrylic

Product

  • Bob Eggleton, Dragon’s Domain: The Ultimate Dragon Painting Workshop; Impact, September 2010
  • Donato Giancola, St. George and the Dragon, promo art for Dragon*Con 2010
  • Lars Grant-West, Pact of the Blind, promo art for IlluXCon 3
  • David Palumbo, Transcend (aka Judgment), Heavy Metal tarot card; 2010
  • Sam Weber, Shadow Rising, by Robert Jordan, promo art for Tor ebook

Gaming

  • Daarken, Harbor Serpent (Magic card, Magic 2011 core set)
  • Lucas Graciano, Amorphous Drake (Legends of Norrath)
  • Kekai Kotaki, Gaea’s Revenge (Magic card, Magic 2011 core set)
  • Howard Lyon, Eel Umbra (Magic card, “Rise of the Eldrazi” set)
  • Matthew Stewart, Bloodshot Trainee (Magic card, “Scars of Mirrodin” set)
  • L. A. Williams, Maritime Guard (Magic card, Magic 2011 core set)

Art Director

  • Lou Anders — Pyr Books
  • Irene Gallo — Tor
  • William Schafer — Subterranean Press
  • Jon Schindehette — Wizards of the Coast
  • David Stevenson — Ballantine / Del Rey

Lifetime Artistic Acheivement

  • Brom
  • Jeffrey / Catherine Jones
  • Ian Miller
  • Moebius/Jean Giraud
  • Darrell K. Sweet
  • Boris Vallejo

For more information and galleries…

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/31/chesley-nominations-2/feed/ 0 Obituary: Terry Jeeves http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/30/obituary-terry-jeeves/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/30/obituary-terry-jeeves/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 12:37:25 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1499 Fan artist Terry Jeeves died on May 29. Jeeves was a founder of the British Science Fiction Association and served as editor of its ‘zine, Vector. He also published his own fanzine, Erg for more than forty years and was the co-editor of Triode with Eric Bentcliffe. Jeeves won the Doc Weir Award for service to British fandom , the Rotsler Award, and in 2010 was inducted into the First Fandom Hall of Fame. In 2010, Thomas Sadler published Wartime Daze, a fanzine tribute to Jeeves that included numerous articles and art by Jeeves.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/30/obituary-terry-jeeves/feed/ 1 Obituary: Jeffrey Jones http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/19/obituary-jeffrey-jones/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/19/obituary-jeffrey-jones/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 12:52:18 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1480 Artist Jeffrey Catherine Jones (b.1944) died on May 19. Jones provided cover art for authors including Jack Williamson, Robert E. Howard, and numerous others. Jones’s art appeared on the poster for Dragonslayer and she published several collections of her own work.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/05/19/obituary-jeffrey-jones/feed/ 2 Obituary: Douglas Chaffee http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/04/27/obituary-douglas-chaffee/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/04/27/obituary-douglas-chaffee/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:05:25 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1431 Artist Douglas S. Chaffee (b.1936) died on April 26. After doing artwork for NASA, the US Navy, and National Geographic, Chaffee began working in the gaming industry in the mid-1980s. He worked for TSR, FASA, and several gaming magazines. He was the Guest of Honor at the World Gaming Convention and the Artist Guest of Honor at Dragon*Con/Origins in 1990.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/04/27/obituary-douglas-chaffee/feed/ 0 Astrid Lindgren Award http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/30/astrid-lindgren-award/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/30/astrid-lindgren-award/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:25:50 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1390 Shaun Tan has been announced as the recipient of the 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children’s literature. The award, which comes with a 5 million kroner prize (approximately $800,000), is given for Tan’s body of work in children’s literature to this date, which includes The Rabbits, The Lost Thing, The Red Tree, The Arrival, and Tales from Outer Suburbia. Earlier this year, Tan won an Oscar for the film adaptation of The Lost Thing and last year he was the Worldcon Artist Guest of Honor.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/30/astrid-lindgren-award/feed/ 0 Ray Capella Exhibit http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/23/ray-capella-exhibit/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/23/ray-capella-exhibit/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:42:06 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1381 A memorial exhibit of Ray Capella’s art will take place in Pomona, CA on March 26 and 27. Capella, a member of LASFS, died in 2010. The exhibit will take place at the dA Center for the Arts, 252-D South Main Street in Pomona, California and will feature not only his professionally published work, but also art he provided for various fan publications.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/23/ray-capella-exhibit/feed/ 0 Spectrum Art Winners http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/17/spectrum-art-winners/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/17/spectrum-art-winners/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:21:00 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1372 The winners of the annual Spectrum Art Awards were announced in Kansas City, MO on March 12. All the winners will be published later this year in Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art as well works by this year’s Grand Master, who will be announced later.

Advertising

  • Gold: “Narco Americano,” by Ryohei Hase
  • Silver: “The Fisherman’s Wife,” by Sam Weber

Book

  • Gold: “God’s War,” by David Palumbo
  • Silver: “I Was a White Trash Zombie,” by Dan Dos Santos

Comics

  • Gold: “A Flight of Angels,” by Rebecca Guay
  • Silver: “Fables #96 Cover,” by Joao Ruas
  • Silver: “Sleep,” by David Palumbo

Concept Art

  • Gold: “Riven Earth,” by Kekai Kotaki
  • Silver: “Legends of Norrath Elemental Pact,” by Tomasz Jedruszek

Dimensional

  • Gold: “Giant Fisherman,” by David Meng
  • Silver: “Wind Messenger,” by Akihito

Editorial

  • Gold: “Share One Planet,” by Android Jones
  • Silver: “Redd Wing,” by Brom

Institutional

  • Gold: “Knight March,” by Richard Anderson
  • Silver: “Mind Machine,” by Donato Giancola

Unpublished

  • Gold: “Pandora,” by Rebecca Guay
  • Silver: “Tigers Have Striped Skin, Not Just Striped Fur,” by Scott Brundage
  • Silver: “White Heat,” by J.S. Rossbach

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/01/28/close-encounters-in-rahway/feed/ 0 Obituary: Adrienne Roy http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/20/obituary-adrienne-roy/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/20/obituary-adrienne-roy/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:59:09 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1230 Colorist Adrienne Roy (b.1953) died of ovarian cancer on December 14. Roy was a long-time staple at DC Comics, working on Batman for 189 issues and Detective Comics for 202 issues over 18 years. Roy also spent 14 years coloring The New Teen Titans.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/20/obituary-adrienne-roy/feed/ 0 Frazetta Feud Renewed http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/17/frazetta-feud-renewed/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/17/frazetta-feud-renewed/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:05:59 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1227 Frank Frazetta, Jr. has filed a lawsuit against his three siblings claiming they violated the terms of the settlement by failing to pay him the 25-percent share of the estate his father intended him to have and failed to provide an accurate accounting of the business dealings involving his father’s art and have not involved him in their decisions as agreed. Shortly before Frank Frazetta’s death, Frank Frazetta, Jr. had broken into his father’s museum with a backhoe as part of a squabble with his father.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/17/frazetta-feud-renewed/feed/ 0 Worlds of Wonder Sale http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/15/worlds-of-wonder-sale/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/15/worlds-of-wonder-sale/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:50:57 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1210 Jane Frank has announced her annual Worlds of Wonder art sale, running through January 2. Frank is offering most art featured on her website or in catalogs 22-25 at a 15% discount. Art featured in catalog 26 or sale items by Jim Burns are not included in the sale.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/15/worlds-of-wonder-sale/feed/ 0 Obituary: John D’Agostino http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/03/obituary-john-dagostino/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/03/obituary-john-dagostino/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:22:18 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1194 Comic artist John D’Agostino, Sr. (b.1929) died on November 28. D’Agostino immigrated to the US and took a job as a colorist with Timely Comics, the fore-runner to Marvel, where he was the letterer for the first issue of The Amazing Spider-Man #1 using his pseudonym “Johnny D.” From 1965, he has worked on Archie comics.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/12/03/obituary-john-dagostino/feed/ 0 Rotsler Winner http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/11/29/rotsler-winner-2/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/11/29/rotsler-winner-2/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:09:21 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1189 Stu Shiffman has been named the winner of this year’s Rotsler Award. Established in 1998, the Rotsler, named for fan artist William Rotsler, includes an honorarium of $300 and is presented for long-time artistic achievement in amateur publications of the science fiction community. The Rotsler Award is sponsored by the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/11/29/rotsler-winner-2/feed/ 0 Illie Award http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/11/16/illie-award/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/11/16/illie-award/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:34:56 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1174 Mark Zug’s painting “Helium” was named the winner of the Illie Award at ILLuXCon 3 during the weekend of November 12. The Illie is presented to the single best traditionally created painting of the year, as chosen by the members of the Illustration Exchange.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/11/16/illie-award/feed/ 0 Obituary: Mike Esposito http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/26/obituary-mike-esposito/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/26/obituary-mike-esposito/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:04:42 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1139 Comic book illustrator Mike Esposito (b.1927) died on October 24. Esposito worked on Wonder Woman during the Silver Age and co-created the Metal Men for DC. In the mid-60s, he began freelancing for Marvel, using the name Mickey Dee to hide his identity from DC. Esposito worked on many of the major DC and Marvel titles and also helped create Hell-Rider. Esposito was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005. One of his Wonder Woman drawings was featured on a US postage stamp in 2006.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/26/obituary-mike-esposito/feed/ 0 Obituary: Hans Arnold http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/26/obituary-hans-arnold/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/26/obituary-hans-arnold/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:56:01 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1137 Artist Hans Arnold (b.1925) died on October 25. Arnold was born in Switzerland and moved to Sweden in 1947. Throughout the 50s, 60s, and 70s, he provided illustrations for various short fiction magazines. Mostly known for his horror illustrations, Arnold helped found the Swedish Horror Academy.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/26/obituary-hans-arnold/feed/ 1 Renovation Hugo Base Design Competition http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/05/renovation-hugo-base-design-competition/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/05/renovation-hugo-base-design-competition/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:32:32 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1090 Renovation has announced its competition for the 2011 Hugo Award base design. Artists are asked to submit their designs no later than January 1, 2011. The winner will receive a full attending membership to the convention, $250 cash, and a chance to describe the base at the beginning fo the Hugo ceremonies.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/10/05/renovation-hugo-base-design-competition/feed/ 0 UMass hosts SF Exhibit http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/22/umass-hosts-sf-exhibit/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/22/umass-hosts-sf-exhibit/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:57:35 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1069 The University of Massachusetts at Amherst is hosting an exhibit entitled “Uncertain Futures: Americans and Science Fiction in the Early Cold War Era.” The exhibit was put together by graduate student Morgan Hubbard and will be open for the next six weeks at the W.E.B. DuBois Library. In addition, the exhibit has an extensive on-line presence.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/22/umass-hosts-sf-exhibit/feed/ 1 Aussiecon 4 Art Show Awards http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/06/aussiecon-art-show-awards/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/06/aussiecon-art-show-awards/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:19:28 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1047 Aussiecon 4 has announced the winners of the Art Show Awards for this year’s Worldcon.

  • Best SF: Sky Burial #1, by Wayne Haag
  • Most Humorous: Sales Pitch, by Kathleen Jennings
  • Most Stylish: SF Adventure, by Naoyuki Katoh
  • Best 3D: Mask of Odin, by Annette Schneider
  • Best Miniature: T Is for Trilobite, by Marilyn Pride
  • Special Award for Excellence in Overall Body of Work: Shaun Tan
]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/09/06/aussiecon-art-show-awards/feed/ 0 Chesley Awards http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/08/06/chesley-awards-2/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/08/06/chesley-awards-2/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:23:19 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1002 The Chesley Awards were presented by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) at ReConStruction on August 6. The Chesleys recognize excellence in speculative fiction art.

  • Cover Illustration, Hardcover: Matthew Stewart, Valley of Shadow
  • Cover Illustration, Paperback: Scott Altmann, The Mysterious Mr. Spines: Flight
  • Cover Illustration, Magazine: John Picacio, Asimov’s, September 2009
  • Interior Illustration: Gary Lippincott, “On Turtles, On Hares” from Come to the Fairies’ Ball
  • Unpublished Color Work: Raoul Vitale, Unrequited
  • Unpublished Monochrome Work: Justin Gerard, Steampunk Wizard of Oz
  • Three-Dimensional Work: Vincent Villafranca, The Switching Hour
  • Product Illustration: Matthew Stewart, Battle Under the Mountain
  • Gaming-Related Illustration: Lucas Graciano, Silverwing
  • Art Director: Irene Gallo of Tor Books
  • Contribution to ASFA: Ingrid Nielson, for 20+ years helping with the Chesleys
  • Lifetime Artistic Achievement: Greg Hildebrandt

(edited to add art director award)

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/08/06/chesley-awards-2/feed/ 1 Beaded Creature Contest http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/15/beaded-creature-contest/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/15/beaded-creature-contest/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:01:07 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=941 Book View Café is sponsoring a contest to come up with cpations for pictures of beaded creatures Vonda McIntyre has created, which have been exhibited at museums around the country. The contest, in conjunction with the release of an e-book edition of McIntyre’s Nebula Award-winning novel The Moon and the Sun, will be judged by McIntyre and Deborah Ross. The winners will be announced on Sunday, June 20.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/15/beaded-creature-contest/feed/ 0 Obituary: Al Williamson http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/14/obituary-al-williamson/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/14/obituary-al-williamson/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:00:25 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=938 Illustrator Al Williamson (b.1931) died on June 13. Williamson began working on the Tarzan with his mentor, Burne Hogarth, in 1948. By 1952, he was working for EC Comics on Weird Science and Weird Fantasy, often collaborating with Frank Frazetta. In the mid-80s, Williamson worked on comic adaptations of many sf films, including Bladerunner and The Empire Strikes Back. He remained active into the 2000s.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/14/obituary-al-williamson/feed/ 3 Lois Lane in Metropolis http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/14/lois-lane-in-metropolis/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/14/lois-lane-in-metropolis/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:44:53 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=935 The city of Metropolis, Illinois, which is already home to a statue of Superman, unveiled a statue of Lois Lane, created in the likeness of actress Noel Neill, who portrayed Lane in the 1950s The Adventures of Superman. Neill attended the statue’s unveiling on June 11 at the Superman Festival.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/14/lois-lane-in-metropolis/feed/ 0 Chesley Nominations http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/10/chesley-nominations/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/06/10/chesley-nominations/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:56:35 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=934 The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) has announced this year’s Chesley Award nominations. The Chesleys have been presented annually for the past twenty-five years to recognize excellence in SF & F artwork. Named for pioneer artist Chesley Bonestell, this year’s awards will be presented at ReConStruction, the 10th NASFIC, in Raleigh, NC on the weekend of August 5-8.

Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Books

  • Dragon’s Ring, by Bob Eggleton
  • A Magic of Nightfall, by Todd Lockwood
  • Drood, by John Picacio
  • Magic Mirror, by Omar Rayyan
  • Visions of Never, by Robh Ruppel
  • Green, by Dan Dos Santos
  • Valley of Shadows, by Matt Stewart
  • Prospero Lost, by Sam Weber

Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Books

  • The Mysterious Mr. Spine’s Flight, by Scott Altmann
  • Blutnacht die Orc, by Volkan Baga
  • Boneshaker, by Jon Foster
  • Stalking the Dragon, by David Palumbo
  • World’s End, by John Picacio
  • Hunting Ground, by Dan Dos Santos
  • Young Flandry, by Dave Seeley

Best Cover Illustration: Magazines

  • Cemetery Dance 62, by Les Edwards
  • Analog, 10/09, by Bob Eggleton
  • F&SF, by Dave Hardy
  • Clarkesworld 38, by Kazuhiko Nakamura
  • Heavy Metal, 11/09, by
  • Asimov’s, by Jon Picacio
  • Interzone, 2/09, by Adam Tredowski

Best Interior Illustration

  • The Child Thief, by Brom
  • Come to the Faeries’ Ball, by Gary Lippincott
  • Conan the Cimmerian, Volume 3, by Gregory Manchess
  • Knowing Darkness/Salem’s Lot, by John Picacio
  • The Little Sisters of Eluria, by Michael Whelan
  • Bugs in the Arroyo, by Mark Zug

Best Color Work: Unpublished

  • Allure, by Eric Fortune
  • GWenevere, by Rebecca Guay
  • Death of Diana, by Patrick Jones
  • Unrequited, by Raoul Vitale
  • Lumen 5, by Michael Whelan
  • Helium, by Mark Zug

Best Monochrome Work: Unpublished

  • Pod Shift, by Jim Burns
  • Hollowed, by Eric Fortune
  • Steampunk Wizard of Oz, by Justin Gerard
  • Faces of You, by Shelia Rayyan
  • Lost Love, by L.A. Williams

Best Three-Dimensional Art

  • Grandma Hoodoo & Zombie John, by Tom Kuebler
  • Anglo-Parisian Barnstormer, by Kris Kuksi
  • Satyr’s Head, by David Meng
  • Titania, by Charles Vess
  • The Switching Hour, by Vincent Villafranca

Best Gaming-Related Illustration

  • Boarguts the Impaler, by Daren Bader
  • Joraga Bard, by Volkan Baga
  • Silverwing, by Lucas Graciano
  • Lorthos the Tidemaker, by Kekai Kotaki
  • Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet, by Todd Lockwood
  • Serendib Efreet, by Matthew Stewart

Best Product Illustration

  • A Confabulation of Dragons, by Scott Gustafson
  • Guild Wars 2, Concept Art, by Kekai Kotaki
  • Above the Timberline card, by Gregory Manchess
  • Cthulhu Temple, by Ian Miller
  • Avatar Na’vi design, by Jordu Schell
  • Battle Under the Mountain, by Matthew Stewart

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/05/31/harryhausen-at-ampas/feed/ 0 Scalzi-Wheaton Fan Fic Contest http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/05/31/scalzi-wheaton-fan-fic-contest/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/05/31/scalzi-wheaton-fan-fic-contest/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 12:01:09 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=926 Subterranean Press, along with John Scalzi and Wil Wheaton, is holding a fan fiction writing contest to benefit the Lupus Alliance of America. Entrants should write a 400-2,000 word story describing a painting of Wil Wheaton on a flying cat unicorn and John Scalzi as an orc. The winner of the contest will be paid for their story (10 cents a word), win a prize pack of books from Subterranean Press, and will have their story published in a special electronic chapbook featuring stories about the painting, written by Scalzi, Wheaton, Catherynne Valente and Patrick Rothfuss, to be published later this year, with profits to benefit the Lupus Foundation of America. Entries should be sent to fanfic@scalzi.com by 11:59pm Eastern, June 30, 2010.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/05/31/scalzi-wheaton-fan-fic-contest/feed/ 0 Obituary: Frank Frazetta http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/05/10/obituary-frank-frazetta/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/05/10/obituary-frank-frazetta/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 19:08:19 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=897 Artist Frank Frazetta (b.1928) died on May 10. Frazetta, whose wife, Ellie, died in July 2009, is perhaps best known for his paintings of Conan the Barbarian and artwork for other books by Robert E. Howard and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Frazetta had a career spanning more than forty years. He was a Hugo Award winner, a member of the Will Eisner Hall of Fame, the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, and was named Spectrum Grand Master of Fantastic Art.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/05/10/obituary-frank-frazetta/feed/ 0 Frazetta Feud Resolved http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/04/24/frazetta-feud-resolved/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/04/24/frazetta-feud-resolved/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:10:18 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=879 Frank Frazetta has agreed to drop trademark infringement charges against his son, Alfonso Frank Frazetta, Jr. The suit alleged that the younger Frazetta had appropriated the Frazetta trademark and artwork without older Frazetta’s permission. According to a statement made by the family, “all the litigation surrounding his family and his art has been resolved. All of Frank’s children will now be working together as a team to promote his remarkable collection of images that has inspired people for decades.”

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/04/24/frazetta-feud-resolved/feed/ 0 Obituary: John Schoenherr http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/04/09/obituary-john-schoenherr/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/04/09/obituary-john-schoenherr/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:02:07 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=865 Artist John Schoenherr (b.1935) died on April 8. Schoenherr was the recipient of the Hugo Award and illustrated numerous books and magazines, both within the field and outside it. Among his best known works were his covers for Analog that illustrated the serialization of “Dune World,” which became the novel Dune. Schoenherr’s illustrations were often influenced by his knowledge of zoology.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/04/09/obituary-john-schoenherr/feed/ 0 Spectrum 17 Winners http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/03/03/spectrum-17-winners/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/03/03/spectrum-17-winners/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:14:43 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=804 The winners of the Spectrum Art Contest have been announced. The winners (and other entrants) will be published in Spectrum 17 later this year.

Advertising:

  • Gold Award: Sam Weber (“Absinthe Drinker”/ art director: Jim Burke/ client: Dellas Graphics)
  • Silver Award: Craig Elliott (“Never the Twain” / client: C.E. Gallery)

Book:

  • Gold Award: Omar Rayyan (Mismantle: The Rage Tide / art director: Christian Trimmer / client: Hyperion Books)
  • Silver Award: Scott Gustafson (A Confabulation of Dragons / art director: Scott Gustafson / client: The Greenwich Workshop)

Comics:

  • Gold Award: Steven Tabbutt (“The Incident” / art director: Sungyoon Choi / client: Rabid Rabbit)
  • Silver Award: Eric Orchard (“Cloud Cave 3″ / art director: Chris Staros / client: Top Shelf Productions)

Concept Art:

  • Gold Award: Daniel Sociu (“Wasp Hives” / art director: Daniel Dociu / client: ArenaNet/GuildWars 2)
  • Silver Award: Ritchie Saciloc (“Monuit Valley”)

Dimensional:

  • Gold Award: Mark Newman (“Eel Walker” / art director: Mark Newman / bronze)
  • Silver Award: Jack Matthews (“Cover Girls of the DC Universe: Catwoman” / art director: Georg Brewer / designer: Adam Hughes / client: DC Direct / painted resin)
  • Silver Award: Virginie Ropars (“Alba” / polymer, mixed media)

Editorial:

  • Gold Award: Chris Buzelli (“Aging Tyger” / art director: SooJin Buzelli / designer: Maynard Kay / client: Asset International/AI5000)
  • Silver Award: Sam Weber (“The Crow Procedure² / art director: Brian Morgan / client: The Walrus)

Institutional:

  • Gold Award: Ed Binkley (“The Mouse’s Return”)
  • Silver Award: Michael J. Deas (“Edgar Allan Poe” / art director: Carl Herrman / designer: Carl Herrman / client: U.S. Postal Service)

Unpublished:

  • Gold Award: Eric Fortune (“Beyond the Past”)
  • Silver Award: Donato Giancola (“Shaman’s Loss”)
  • Silver Award: Heather Theurer (“Game of Chase”)

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/03/03/spectrum-17-winners/feed/ 0 Obituary: Robert McCall http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/02/28/obituary-robert-mccall/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/02/28/obituary-robert-mccall/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:56:57 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=800 Artist Robert McCall (b.1919) died on February 26. McCall learned he was colorblind when trying to become a pilot in World War II. FOllowing the war, he worked as an illustrator for Bielefelt Studios and Charles Cooper Studios. Long an avid fan of aviation, in the 1960s, he worked for NASA to help create illustrations for NASA and in 1967 he began working on the promotional art for Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: a space odyssey. Other science fiction film posters he created include Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Meteor, and The Black Hole.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/02/28/obituary-robert-mccall/feed/ 1 Skylark and Gaughan Winners http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/02/18/skylark-and-gaughan-winners/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/02/18/skylark-and-gaughan-winners/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:39:43 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=782 At Boskone 47, the weekend of February 12-14, this year’s recipients of the Skylark and Gaughan awards were announced. The Skylark Award is presented for significant contributions through work in the field of science fiction and by exemplifying the personal qualities which made the late “Doc” Smith well-loved by those who knew him. The Gaughan Award is presented to an emerging artist. In addition, a new Fellow of NESFA was named.

Skylark Award: Omar Rayyan
Gaughan Award: Tyler Jacobson
Fellow of NESFA: Joni Brill Dashoff

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