The Adventure Art of Mort Künstler

 

The Adventure Art of Mort Kunstler

Art by Mort Künstler – Mort began his art career as an illustrator for pulp paperbacks, posters, and men’s magazines. He did some early work for Aurora model kits boxes for their historical kit series, most notably, Raising the Flag a Iwo Jima kit. He did movie posters in the 1970’s for The Poseidon Adventure and The Taking of Pelham 123. He used an alias, ‘Mutz’ to do illustrations for the back of Mad magazine. Later he turned his art talents to American Civil War subject matter and is highly regarded in the field. His painting, ‘The High Water Mark’ was accepted into The Gettysburg National Museum in 1988.

http://www.mortkunstler.com/

Ghostly Art in pulps, comics and paperbacks…

Ghostly Art in pulps, comics and paperbacks…

The Fantastic Art of Rowena Morrill – horror art

The Fantastic Art of Rowena Morrill

Rowena Morrill is a sci-fi, fantasy, and horror artist whose illustrations graced the covers of paperbacks from the 1970’s till today. She was discovered by Ace Books, NY and created stunning book cover art for Lovecraft collections, illustrations for magazines; Heavy Metal, Omni and Playboy. She has several art books featuring her collected works including, The Fantastic Art of Rowena and Imagine. She continued illustrating sci-fi and fantasy for popular anthologies such as, Tomorrow and Beyond and Infinite Worlds. She received the British Fantasy Award in 1984 and after the fall of Saddam Hussein her original paintings, King Dragon and Shadows Out of Hell were found adorning the walls of his home. Here’s a look at some of her well-known work. Her use of vibrant color and glossy overtones makes her work stand out and instantly recognizable to her fans and fantasy art connoisseurs.

Gallery one: paperback cover art

 

Gallery 2: magazines and misc.

 

Horror Art – The astounding art of Chris Andres

Horror Art – The astounding art of Chris Andres

Chris P. Andres is an artist extraordinaire whose work portrays, beauty and horror simultaneously; a state of exquisite grotesquery. His dark creations are visions of hell-born wonders splattered with sacred imagery. Chris earned his MFA at The University of Notre Dame where his artwork challenged the status quo due to their blasphemous subject matter. You can see Chris Andres’ work on exhibit at the Salem Art Gallery in Salem MA from Sept. 23rd to Dec 31st. Or you can own a piece of his magnificent work by visiting his Etsy Page, where every item is handmade and therefore one of a kind.

(click on any image for a larger view)

Statues/figures:

 

 

Masks:

 

Faux Taxidermy:

 

 

The artist, with some of his recent works:

Links:

Chris Andres Etsy Shop – https://www.etsy.com/listing/451094430/plague-doctor-one-of-a-kind-hand-made

Going to Salem in the near future? Be sure to attend the exhibition…

The Salem Art Gallery, 64 Bridge Street, Salem, MA 01970

https://salemartgallery.com/

Attn: Horror fans – Horror Things from around the web and world…

Attn: Horror fans – Horror Things from around the web and world…

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Want to read some of the great classic stories and authors? check ou the selection from: http://ebookfriendly.com/free-horror-stories/

(I’d like to credit Tim Prasil for making the Poe giphy)

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SUBCUTANEOUS MAGAZINE –  I think this is THE BEST NEW HORROR MAGAZINE to come out in a while. Great stories, art, articles, It’s fantastic. Check it out. You can read it online or download the .pdf http://www.subqmag.com/

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THE FLY 1986 – This is a MUST READ Awesome article pertaining to The BrundleFly from MONSTER LEGACY – The Fly 1986 https://monsterlegacy.net/2016/08/15/brundlefly/

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Even in the heat and aftermath of Shin Godzilla…

It looks like GODZILLA is finally going to get a royal respectable anime movie in 2017. We need a translator…
http://godzilla-anime.com/smph/index.html

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This has to be one of the best read LOVECRAFT story collections I’ve heard. Narrated by Ian Gordon. Listen to your favorite Lovecraft stories or find one you’ve not read:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyzOIlWgJY9GzT28zRRA8IGS3FhdUmXeP

I’m sure you’ve seen the resemblance of Phelps and Lovecraft in these side by side pics. Wonder why Phelps is such a good swimmer? Perhaps fleeing underwater monsters in another life?

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WOW – Godzilla posters for great prices!!! https://www.etsy.com/shop/johnbellottijr?ref=hdr_shop_menu#_=_
I purchased this one already!

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Buckethead MUSIC video using animation FROM the famous Hermoinyous Bosch painting. Great Stuff!

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and last but not least, here’s a few collectables I may pic up when they are released later this month…

 

 

 

Horror Tattoo Art

Horror Art in Tattoos

Here’s a look at some fantastic horror tattoos
from classic monsters, to horror themes, to 3D illusions These are some fantastic works.

(all tattoo designs are (c) by their original creators/owners)

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Do any of you have Tattoos? Are they horror related? Send me a pic and I’ll post them here.

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parlor of horror – horror art

Coming June 17:
Skin Job – sex, drugs, tattoos and mad monster violence.

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Dinosaurs in Sci-fi and fantasy art – part V

Dinosaurs in Sci-fi and fantasy art – part V

 

Here’s some dinosaur art from a bunch of different artists…

Hannes Bok

Frank Cho

Mark Shultz

Melvyn Grant

Mike Deodato jr

Milo Manara

Neal Adams

Italian adult pulp magazine

ray-harryhausen-brontosaurus

Roy Krenkel

Simon Bisley

unknown artist

ken kelly – The Mighty King

larry Ivie

Ken Kelly Mammoth Hunt

This is the last post in this series. I’m going to take a break from the dinosaur fantasy art.

From here I’m going to start a new series with dinosaur illustrators and artists in the science, learning and museum sector. Look forward to work by Charles R Knight, Rudolph Zalinger, Neave Parker and other dinosaur art pioneers…

 

Dinosaurs in Sci-fi and fantasy art – part IV

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Bud Root

Bud Root created the ever popular comic series, Cavewoman, appealing to young man’s fantasies across the US. He began his own company Basement Comics after being turned down for work repeatedly by Marvel. Today he continues to run Basement Comics and has gained much fame for his Cavewoman series.

Cavewoman – Budd Root

Cavewoman

 

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Richard Corben

Is a well known illustrator whose work appears in Eerie, Creepy, Vampirella, and Heavy Metal Magazines, as well as others. His comic creation DEN was adapted for the Heavy Metal movie. Richard also does his own writing and coloring giving his work a distinct feel. He’s won numerous awards through the years. All of the stories and covers he did with Creepy and Eerie have been re-released in one volume by Dark Horse Comics.

 

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Dan Morton

Dan became known for his work on the Tomb Tales horror comics by Cryptic Entertainment in the 1990’s. He is currently working on the Space 1958, retro sci-fi comic.

 

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Misc. Here’s some miscellaneous Dino art I’ve come across by different artists…scroll over the art to see names.

Cody

Brynn Methany

Rudolph Lonati

Jeff Slemons

unknown artist

 

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One more post, then I’m going to take a break from the dinosaur fantasy art.

I’m going to restart the series with dinosaur illustrators and artists in the science and museums field.

 

Horror Art – Post it Monsters by John Kenn

Horror Art – Post it Monsters by John Kenn

John Kenn Mortensen
aka: Don Kenn

John Kenn, who also goes by the name of Don Kenn on social media sites is an artist from Denmark. He works on children’s television shows. In his downtime he began doodling art on post-it notes that depict children in creepy scenes that often reflect the fertile imagination of young ones. He says of his art, “It is a little window into a different world, made on office supplies.”

 

Dinosaurs in Sci-fi and fantasy art – part III

Dinosaurs in Sci-fi and fantasy art – part III

Dinosaurs, prehistoric beasts, cavemen and cavewomen are the subjects for my new series of art posts. There will also be an occasional giant monster.

This post includes work from Joe Jusko, Jamie Chase, and Bernie Wrightson

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Joe Jusko
Joe sold his first cover art piece to Heavy Metal Magazine at age 18. He went on to illustrate covers and inside work for most major comic book companies, including Marvel and DC. He’s also known for his Edgar Rice Burroughs, Conan the Barbarian, and Vampirella trading cards. you can check out his work at:  http://www.joejusko.com

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Jamie Chase
Jamie is an American Artist living in New Mexico known for his abstract work that has been featured in many galleries and exhibitions. He recently turned his creative talents to dinosaurs, illustrating graphic adaptations of The Land That Time Forgot and At The Earth’s Core by Dark Horse Books. The adaptations feature Jamie’s art and story adaptation by Bobby Nash. The books are unique in the aspect that the illustrations are presented in fine art style rather than comic book art style.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/161655746X/

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Bernie Wrightson
Bernie (or early work seen as Berni) co-created The Swamp Thing, worked for DC, Marvel, National Lampoon and Warren. His work for Heavy Metal Magazine led to his character, Captain Sternn being animated for the Heavy Metal Movie. He illustrated the Comic Book adaptation for Stephen King’s Creepshow and illustrated King’s book, Cycle of the Werewolf. More of his work can be seen at: http://www.berniewrightson.com

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 Naturally all of these artists do more than dinosaur and giant monster art. I hope you will seek out their work and check out their websites, books, publications, and prints.

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