November 14, 2008 – An ethereal metal steampunk fish and a rusting steamboat-influenced factory structure suspended above an alien world are just two examples of Polish artist Adam Tredowski's texture-rich approaches to science fiction. More »
Drool Over Our Alien and Predator Centerfolds, and Win Free Books!
October 31, 2008 – Regardless of your preference for the drooly one or the clicky one, the Predator and Aliens franchises have entered the pop culture hall of fame. They've get the creep-out factor, the scare, and SF thrills from glimpses of the Predator home world and insight into Alien queen psychology. More »
From Rawhead Rex to Zeppelins and Back with SF Artist Les Edwards
October 17, 2008 – The career of Les Edwards, otherwise known as “Edward Miller,” has taken an interesting path through horror to SF/F through the medium of “the New Weird.” Edwards already had a considerable body of work behind him in the 1980s and 1990s, including posters for movies like Nightbreed and The... More »
Frank Wu: Kinetic, Surreal Fun
October 3, 2008 – Welcome back to Jewels of Apator, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer's column about the intersection of art and the fantastic. Three-time Hugo Award winner Frank Wu isn’t much interested in boring old reality — that’s clear from his kinetic, psychedelically surreal artwork, which uses bold, sometimes... More »
Aaron Jasinski: Retro SF Meets the Future
September 19, 2008 – Welcome back to Jewels of Apator, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer's column about the intersection of art and the fantastic. Aaron Jasinski is a great example of the next generation of creators, slipping easily from song writing and production, including game work for clients including Microsoft and Oberon,... More »
Bonni Reid’s Retro-Tech Surrealism
September 5, 2008 – Welcome back to Jewels of Apator, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer's column about the intersection of art and the fantastic. Bonni Reid often displays an uncanny meshing of the real and the surreal in her artwork—it's as if she's recording something odd or disturbing that's just happened in her backyard. More »
The Uncanny Clockwork of Fantastic Contraption
August 22, 2008 – Welcome back to The Jewels of Apator, a biweekly column from Ann & Jeff VanderMeer about the intersection between art and the fantastic. In La Jolla, California, a very unusual art exhibit called Fantastic Contraption has been on display most of the summer. More »
Bob Eggleton: The Texture of Monsters
August 8, 2008 – Welcome back to Jewels of Apator, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's biweekly column about the intersection of art and the fantastic. Bob Eggleton has created so many book covers, interior art, monster art, and miscellaneous projects that it’s hard to keep track of his total output. More »
Greg Broadmore: Friend to Rayguns
July 25, 2008 – Welcome to The Jewels of Apator, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer's bimonthly column on the intersection of art and the fantastic. Self-described “dinosaur nerd” and “friend to robots” Greg Broadmore recently wrote and illustrated Dr. More »
Mike Mignola, Creator of Hellboy: Low-tech and Badass
July 11, 2008 – Welcome back to Jewels of Apator, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer's biweekly column about the intersection of art and the fantastic. It may be hard to understand now just how fresh and different Mike Mignola’s Hellboy was when the first installment, Seeds of Destruction, came out from Dark Horse Comics in... More »
Tentacles and Cosmic SF: The Art of Lovecraft
June 27, 2008 – Welcome back to The Jewels of Apator, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer's column on the intersection of art and the fantastic. Tentacular horrors, unnamable evils, and quests to the edges of alien-landscapes-on-earth like Antarctica were just some of the beautifully bizarre features of H.P. More »
Bruce Jensen’s Sekrit Cool
June 13, 2008 – Welcome back to The Jewels of Apator, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's column about the intersection of art and the fantastic. Bruce Jensen is an artist whose work you’ve probably seen more times than you can remember. More »
Trondheim and Sfar’s Cute Aliens Who Kill
May 30, 2008 – Welcome back to The Jewels of Apator, a biweekly column on the intersection of science fiction and art by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. One of the best science fiction graphic novels from the past few years doesn't use any words. More »
Ian Miller’s Geometrically-Exact Surrealism
May 16, 2008 – Welcome to The Jewels of Aptor, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's biweekly column on art and the fantastic. Ian Miller would've been cool even if he hadn't worked on Ralph Bakshi's underrated movie Cool World. More »
Stephan Martiniere: The Future Will Be Bio-Mechanical
May 2, 2008 – Welcome to The Jewels of Aptor, a biweekly column about the intersection of art and the fantastic. Never heard of French artist Stephan Martiniere? Well, you've definitely heard of the projects he's been involved with: More »
Ben Templesmith Brings You Doctor Who and the Decapitated Corpse
April 18, 2008 – Welcome to a new column about science fiction art by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer. Artist Ben Templesmith's daring, horrific, and sometimes just plain perverse approach in graphic novels like 30 Days of Night and his solo creation Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse is influenced by the science-fantasy cosmos of... More »
