As mentioned in my previous post, I had the honor of presenting a tribute speech for Michael Moorcock before he was officially named the 25th Grandmaster of the Science Fiction Writers of America this past Saturday night. The phrase “With A Little Help From My Friends” definitely comes to mind. Many thanks to Neil Gaiman,…
(pictured above, L to R, back row: Kyrinn S. Eis; Chris Roberson; Sanford Nowlin; Linda Moorcock; Traci & me; foreground, seated: SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock) Good times with great people at the 2008 Nebula Awards Weekend in Austin this weekend. Quality time with the Moorcocks, Chris Roberson, Joe Lansdale, Diana Gill, Liza Trombi, Anne Sowards,…
Hey, wow!! Found out this morning that I’m a Locus Award finalist in the Artist category! Hurray! Full list of nominees here. Fellow nominees in the category include Stephan Martiniere, Shaun Tan, Charles Vess, and Michael Whelan. I’m honored to be in their company. Congrats to all nominees in all categories, and a quick shoutout…
It’s Nebula Awards Weekend, up in Austin this weekend. I’ll be signing at Friday’s Mass Autographing and I’ll be one of the speakers at Saturday’s awards banquet when Mike Moorcock is presented as the 2008 Grandmaster by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Other than that, I’ll mostly be hanging out at the Omni’s bar…
Emru Townsend is fighting for his life, and here’s how we can help him. Emru’s been diagnosed with leukemia and a condition known as monosomy 7. What this means is he needs a bone-marrow transplant in order to live. He and his family are actively seeking a donor match and their website is smart, with…
Readers of Joseph Mallozzi’s mega-popular blog are currently discussing Jeffrey Ford‘s THE EMPIRE OF ICE CREAM. Check it out. Looks like Jeff is also offering Mallozzi’s audience a chance to help him create a short story. Ballsy! And it also looks like EMPIRE is getting ready to completely sell out (THE FANTASY WRITER’S ASSISTANT already…
Crazy, intense deadline crunches over here….here’s one of my finished results. Presenting the final cover of Robert Silverberg’s classic SON OF MAN, forthcoming in a fresh, new trade paperback from Pyr later this year. Below is the complete wraparound art, sans typography (and the prelims are here.) If you’re not familiar with this novel, it’s…
It’s getting late here after a long day, and it’s gonna be a long night of work ahead. Still, I can’t let this day pass without remembering Jamie Bishop. Virginia Tech dedicated today to the memory of those who passed in last year’s tragedy, and Jamie was one of them. I never knew Jamie. We…
Wow, I’ve been absent here for a while….a full two weeks. Definitely not a vacation, I can assure you. Been working on a ton of cover work and because of some intense deadlines, I’ve needed to stay focused on the art. I’ll start to unveil some of my new work in the coming days. If…
Thanks to my pal Jeff Lucas for giving me the heads-up on this. Check out pg. 76 of the April issue of SCI FI MAGAZINE where Adam-Troy Castro offers an awesome review of ELRIC: THE STEALER OF SOULS and a brief sidebar interview with the Grandmaster himself, Michael Moorcock. SCI FI rates the book an…