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Graphic Novels & Manga

Badass Comic Book Cover: Elric: The Balance Lost #10


badass-elric10Every week I’ll be bringing you a comic book cover that I feel eclipses others out there—to the point I might just have to own it when released!

This week: Elric: The Balance Lost #10! Nothing like Elric art!

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SF & Fantasy

Del Rey Spectra 50 Page Fridays: Michael Moorcock


Del Rey Spectra 50 Page Fridays: Michael Moorcock

Our final excerpt of 2010 features Michael Moorcock’s ELRIC: THE STEALER OF SOULS…hit that read more button!

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SF & Fantasy

The White Wolf Rides Again: Artist John Picacio on Illustrating Michael Moorcock’s “Elric: Swords and Roses”


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 Michael Moorcock!


Happy Birthday to Michael Moorcock!

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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Who Has the Best Beard in Sci Fi and Fantasy Fiction?


In the annals of great bearded SF/F writers, a few names tower above the rest: Samuel R. Delany, Ed Greenwood, George R.R. Martin, Michael Moorcock. These wordsmiths distinguish themselves by their fantasy fables and fabulous follicles, their hirsute visages reminiscent of wizards, vikings and kings. While all of their beards are truly epic, there can [...]

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SF & Fantasy

Cage Match 2010, Round 1: 13) Roland Deschain, The Gunslinger versus 20) Elric


Image courtesy of Michael Whelan

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

Advantages

The sentient hellblade, Stormbringer, devours souls
Stormbringer also [...]

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