The legendary comics artist Jim Starlin was born in Detroit, Michigan and served in the Navy from 1969 until 1971 as a photographer’s mate. He started working at Marvel Comics in 1972 and has been involved in the comics industry ever since. He is best known for his science fiction-themed stories and characters and helped to create several of the characters who are currently featured in the film Guardians of the Galaxy. A small sampling of his work can be found below.
Lee Brown Coye was born in Syracuse, New York and, with the exception of one night class that he took when he was a young man, was a totally self-taught artist. Though Coye was best known for his horror and fantasy-related illustrations, he was also a painter, a photographer, a sculptor, and muralist. Coye’s work can be found in many collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Everson Museum in Syracuse, and the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University.
A small sampling of his horror-related work can be found below.
Pino Daeni was born in Bari, Italy and, because his father did not originally support his artistic interests, was originally a self-taught artist. Eventually, Pino did enroll in the Art Institute of Bari and then the Academy of Brera in Milan. After his paintings won several awards in Italy, he moved to New York. In the U.S., his work caught the attention of both Dell and Zebra Book Publishers and he was soon one of the most active and highest book illustrators in the business. Over the course of his career, he created over 3,000 book covers, movie posters, and magazine illustrations. A small sampling of his work can be found below.
Born in New Jersey, Edd Cartier studied art at the Pratt Institute. After his graduation in 1936, Cartier found work illustrating pulp magazines like The Shadow, Astounding Science Fiction, Doc Savage Magazine, Planet Stories, Fantastic Adventures, and Unknown. He later served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was severely wounded at the Battle of the Bulge. After returning to the United States, he continued to work as an illustrator until the 1950s when, frustrated by the low pay for freelance artists, Cartier retired from the pulps found work as a draftsman for an engineering firm. In 1992, Cartier was given the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.
After studying at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Art Students League of New York, Ed Emshwiller created covers and interior illustrations for dozens of science fiction magazines and paperbacks. Along with being a prolific illustrator, Emshwiller was also a pioneering experimental filmmaker. In 2007, he became the third artist to be inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
I took this picture at the Pearl Harbor Memorial in 2003. It is dedicated to the men and women who have served and sacrificed.
I love all the Charlie Brown holiday specials so when I first heard that they were doing a Peanuts 3D film, I was worried. Would the film stay true to the innocent spirit of Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin or would it try to update Charles Schulz’s classic characters for the 21st Century?
After watching the trailer, I’m feeling better about it. It looks like the movie is going to let Snoopy be Snoopy.
Vittorio “Vidan” Dangelico was born in Italy and studied art at the Liceo Artistico di Milano and the Accademia delle Belle Arti. He moved to the United States in 1988 and studied under the direction of his uncle, the famous illustrator Pino. Since then, he has become one of the most prolific artists working in the romance field. His sensual paintings can also be found in several galleries worldwide. You can find more of his work at vidanart.com.
In the 1970s, Marvel Comics owned the comic book rights to Godzilla. For two years and 24 issues, Godzilla was a part of the Marvel Universe and met characters like Spider-Man, the Avengers, and SHIELD. With the exception of two issues, all of Godzilla’s adventures were drawn by the prolific comic book artist Herb Trimpe. Below are a few examples of Trimpe’s work on Godzilla.
Through the Shattered Lens