Check it out, fellow geeks: the holiest of holidays is once more upon us! Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday. Drop by any participating store and grab a fat freakin’ fistful of comic book goodness. This year marks the tenth year celebrating FCBD, an event dreamed up by comic shop owner Joe Fields to promote reading and collecting comic books.
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Our final excerpt of 2010 features Michael Moorcock’s ELRIC: THE STEALER OF SOULS…hit that read more button!
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The White Wolf Rides Again: Artist John Picacio on Illustrating Michael Moorcock’s “Elric: Swords and Roses”
Ask any illustrator which contemporary fantasy epics are the “dream projects” to illustrate and you’ll get a range of responses. You can bet though that every artist worth his/her salt will say Elric of Melnibone is on their dream shortlist. Today, Ballantine/Del Rey releases the sixth and concluding volume of their definitive Elric omnibus series, [...]
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Happy birthday to Mr. Michael Moorcock, one of speculative literature’s most prolific and imaginative writers. Although he is deservedly famous for his signature creation, the doomed albino swordsman Elric of Melnibone(the latest collection of Elric stories, Swords and Roses, is due out at the end of this month – no small tribute to their enduring [...]
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Image courtesy of John Picacio
Roland DeschainThe Gunslinger
Age:
Unknown
Race:
Human
Weapons / Artifacts:
Twin six-shooters
Special Attack:
The fastest gun in Mid-World
Elric428th Emperor of Melniboné
Age:
Unknown
Race:
Melnibonéan
Weapons / Artifacts:
Stormbringer
Special Attack:
His sword devours souls!
Advantages
Perfect marksmanship and deadly accuracy
Possessed of grim determination and an iron will
Has that terrifying Clint Eastwood thousand-yard stare
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The sentient hellblade, Stormbringer, devours souls
Stormbringer also [...]
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Michael Wm. Kaluta, one of the masters of the comic and fantasy art field, about his lifelong path to becoming a better artist. Michael is perhaps best known for his lush, detailed line work. He has handled numerous comic and book illustration projects, including the creation of [...]
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You guys must also consider that Drew here didn't write the stroyline for the second installment...