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Art
for fantasy art's sake? Ohmygosh,
it's web site review time again ! Heavens to betsy, but there's a lot of artists now using the internet as an expression of their work - whether it be authors publishing directly online, personal galleries of fantasy paintings, professional galleries selling other artists' works, or comic books using the Net as a marketing vehicle for some imaginative new science fiction saga. Here's some of the best SF&F web sites submitted to the Nest's search engine recently; and most of them fit in one of the previously mentioned categories ... Bright Beacon? Here's a brief except from the jacket cover ... "They were the Metronians, the Peace Keepers of Deep Space. Their duty, to free galaxies of violent and threatening beings. Mor Zandii, commander of a Metronian Enforcer, was given an order he could not bring himself to carry out. The order, total annihilation of the planet Earth. The dominant beings had been tried and condemned as a violent species contaminating their entire planet. Mor did not agree. He saw Earth as a jewel in an empty galaxy, an ecological treasure that should not be wasted. As for humankind, they should suffer for their actions yet not to the point of extinction. Risking his own reputation and possibly his freedom, Mor alters the orders he has been given to not only save the planet Earth, but to also give humankind a minuscule chance to survive." http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/5254/
The Fantasy Art of Douglas C. Defa Artwork and short stories by Roderick Gladwish
http://www.gladwishes.freeserve.co.uk/
Worlds of Wonder http://www.angelfire.com/ga3/worldsofwonder
Yet Another Book Review "The reason (for creating his site) lies in my fascination with speculative/imaginative fiction and my egocentric personality that drives me on to do my own thing. It also lies in my good Canadian sense of doing something worthwhile. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and all permutations thereof, have for years suffered the stigma of "second rate" fiction. "But now, as the quality of the offerings in these genres have reached an all time high, and as general acceptance is also rocketing upwards, good old Canadian literary circles are as keen as ever to ignore and scoff at the trends, while forwarding the causes of inane poetry and travelogues. "Soooooo.... What I hope to accomplish here, is to support my favourite genres...in a full multinational sense, as good writing knows no borders...but at the same time to wave the Canadian flag (in a polite manner, as is the Canadian way), and hopefully champion the cause here in the Great White North. Thumb through my pages and find reviews, I make no bones about what I like and what I don't like." AcrylicDragon She decided to do fantasy art when she was very young, and played fantasy games, remaining interested in the fantasy world with the help of a local renaissance craft fair that she went to every year, thinking that she could sell here artwork for a small price. Her biggest inspiration is SCA, or Society for Creative Anachronism - an international group that recreates the middle ages. Alien Junkyard Ravin Rue's Bizmar Storyboard http://members.tripod.com/~kartha/index.html
Forbidden Realms Cetacemen Scifi Classifieds Wizards and Warriors Light Speed Fine Art The Red Star "Over the course of several generations, the vast empire once known as the United Republics of The Red Star slaughtered millions of its own people by the order of a single man. The man was their leader, Imbohl, a mighty sorceror whose insanity turned his people's Utopian dreams into a nightmarish scheme of his own immortality. Haunted by the ghosts of their nation's tragic past, the Heroes of the Red Star discover the true nature of their nation's struggle, abandon their duties as soldiers of the Red Fleet, and embark upon a quest to liberate their people from Imbohl's dark legacy." Yes, it's kind of a Babylon Five meets Tolkien reworking of the Communist Revolution and the visuals have to be seen to be believed. This bizarre new world is created by Chris Gossett, (Tales of the Jedi, Superman Annual #12), perhaps better known as the artist that first designed the double-edged lightsabre from The Phantom Menace. Com.X Then there's Puncture: kind of like the X-Men's wolverine but with two massive strap-on arm blades stolen from a DIY store. There's also a title called RazorJack. We're not too sure what this is all about, but there's a couple of leaping SF characters on the cover, so it must be good. FREE
SF MAGAZINE |
OTHER CONTENT - May 2001
Hot
pants and zoot suits - a short history of tight superhero costumes
in the movies Discworld
by Picasso ... an explosion of SF/F art books
Cool Beans or Dead Beans: can the comic barons cross onto the web? (OPINION) You
too can star in an animated SF flick. It may be a real short, painful
part though
Art
for fantasy art's sake?
Just
how haunted is Mars?
Shockster. 05/05/2001 Aimless in Tokyo.
05/05/2001 Crownhelm. 01/01/2002 |
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