ARTISTS INSPIRED BY H.P. LOVECRAFT

Two of my cover illustrations are featured in the forthcoming Millipede Press art book showcase, ARTISTS INSPIRED BY H.P. LOVECRAFT. This thing is gonna be massive…400 pages worth of Lovecraftian illustration from a who’s who of fantasy and horror art greats. H.R. Giger, Michael Whelan, Mike Mignola, Virgil Finlay, Bob Eggleton, J.K. Potter, and many,…

World Fantasy Con Schedule

The World Fantasy Con schedule has been posted. Here’s where I’ll be: Thursday, Nov. 1 at 9pm: International Horror Guild Awards / City Center C — I’m not only a nominee for this year’s awards, but I’m the Master of Ceremonies for the second year in a row. Glad to see the IHGgys liked me…

Metatemporally Speaking…

Here’s a look at the full wraparound jacket for Michael Moorcock’s forthcoming THE METATEMPORAL DETECTIVE from Pyr. Front cover illustration and design by me, as well as spine art, and the overall jacket design is by Nicole Lecht. Pyr’s latest newsletter features a few words from me about the book. It’s available to anyone who…

The 20-Year Reunion

I generally try to keep non-professional stuff to a minimum over here, but this crosses over somewhat. So I attended my 20-Year High School Reunion this past weekend (for the record, Oliver Wendell Holmes High School in San Antonio). I didn’t want to go, but my longtime friend Tom Kustelski talked me into it. Very…

CANTICLE in Czechoslovakia

That’s what Walter M. Miller Jr’s classic A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ looks like in Czechoslovakia, courtesy of Laser Books. I’m not sure when this edition was released, but it was sometime within the last several months. Pleased to see my cover artwork (which first appeared on the USA/Eos trade paperback edition) also make it into…

Nice company

Thanks to Diana Gill of the mighty Eos, for this heads-up.New York Times best-selling author Douglas Clegg interviewed by Shelf Awareness: Q: Books you’ve bought for the cover:A: Any books with covers by John Jude Palencar, Caniglia or John Picacio. In fantasy and horror fiction, the cover artists are superb. Thanks, Doug. 🙂

SON OF MAN / Rough Sketch

Here’s the just-completed rough sketch (8.5″ x 11″, pencil on bond) for the wraparound cover for Pyr‘s forthcoming edition of Robert Silverberg’s classic SON OF MAN. It seems a little strange to publicly display in-progress work while I’m still working out that job for a client. I doubt I’ll make a habit of this in…