Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox: 2013 World Series Champions!

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Dazzling Erin

I never thought I’d be rooting for the Boston Red Sox to win the World Series. I love my Texas Rangers, even though they’ve broken my heart twice now by falling apart in September. When the Rangers lost the wild card spot to the Rays, I thought I might be done with baseball for the year.

However, as I watched the World Series, the Red Sox won me over. It helped that former Ranger Mike Napoli is on the team. It also helped that they were playing the St. Louis Cardinals, a team that showed themselves to have absolutely no class when they beat the Rangers in the 2011 World Series.

The Cardinals managed to win two games but the outcome of the World Series was never in doubt. Everyone watching knew that this was Boston’s year and the Red Sox easily dominated the Cardinals. The team earned this victory by playing outstanding baseball. Even more importantly, the city of Boston earned this victory by showing everyone in America what being strong truly means.

Tonight, when Koji Uehara got that final out, we were all Boston Strong.

Trailer #2: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Dazzling Erin

Between Brick’s funeral and the flying scorpions, I can’t wait until December!

“It’s ok, it’s on cruise control.”

Artist Profile: J.K. Potter

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Dazzling Erin

J.K. Potter is one of the most renowned artists working in the fantasy and horror field but there doesn’t seem to be much personal information available. Even his website, JKPotter.com, is lacking in the biographical details that one would normally expect to find. Fortunately, his images speak for themselves.

Artist Profile: Raymond Bayless (1920 — 2004)

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Dazzling Erin

Born in Oakland, California, Raymond Bayless was a self-taught artist who, by the end of his career, had his still-life paintings hanging in the National Air and Space Museum, the State Department, and the Pentagon. He is best known for his fantasy and horror-themed illustrations, many of which writings of H.P. Lovecraft. Bayless also wrote several books on parapsychology.

Artist Profile: Les Edwards (1949– )

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Dazzling Erin

Les Edwards is a British artist who has provided horror-related illustrations for a countless number of a book covers, magazines, album covers, and games. Edwards studied at the Hornsby College of Art. He has won the British Fantasy Society award for Best Artist seven times and won the World Fantasy Award in 2008.

Artist Profile: Virgil Finlay (1914 — 1971)

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Dazzling Erin

Virgil Finlay is considered to be one of the best artists to work in pulp magazines. From the his first publication in 1935 until his death in 1971, Finlay created more than 2600 works of graphic art. He was acclaimed for the amount of detail that he put into his illustrations.

A small sampling his work can be found below. Click on each picture to enlarge.

Artist Profile: Judson Huss (1942–2008)

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Dazzling Erin

Judson Huss was born in North Carolina. After studying art at several different design schools, Huss grew dissatisfied with the “modernist” approach of most American instructors and moved to Europe. Huss lived and worked in Paris. His paintings are in select private collections in France, the Netherlands, and America. After his death, much of his work was collected in the retrospective art book, River of Mirrors.

Artist Profile: Leo and Diane Dillon

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Dazzling Erin

The husband-and-wife team Leo (1933 — 2013) and Diane (1933– ) Dillon met while training at Parsons School of Design and married shortly after graduating in 1956. Over the course of 50 years, they collaborated on over 100 magazine and book covers. Among numerous awards, the Dillons won the Caldecott Medal in both 1976 and 1977, the only time that the award has been won consecutively.

Artist Profile: Jerome Rozen (1895 — 1987)

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Dazzling Erin

Jerome Rozen was born in Chicago and grew up in Arizona, where he first took art classes from a local teacher. After serving in the army during World War I, Rozen visited the Louvre in Paris and was inspired to pursue a career as an artist. Upon returning home, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was eventually hired as an instructor at the Institute. He also found success painting covers for pulp magazines like The Shadow, Battle Stories, Wu Fang Mysteries, and Western Story. During World War II, Rozen also designed several patriotic posters and magazine advertisements.

A small sampling of his work can be found below.

Artist Profile: Alex Schomburg (1905 — 1998)

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Dazzling Erin

Alex Schomburg was born into a prosperous family in Puerto Rico in 1905. He moved to New York City in the early 1920s and worked as a freelance artist with his three brothers. Much of Schomburg’s early freelance work was for Timely Comics, which would later become known as Marvel Comics. While working for Timely, Schomburg illustrated covers featuring such iconic comic book heroes as Capt. America and the Human Torch. In the early 1950s, Schomburg left the comics industry and spent the rest of his career doing cover art for science fiction publications.

A small sampling of his work can be found below.