i thought to put this up here. this is illustration on the cover of my first copy of moorcock's weird of white wolf. i thought that it could interest peeps to take a look at the appendix n stuff from around the world. this one is from my country - yugoslavia.
local color -- illustrations from various editions of the books
Moderators: DJ LaBoss, finarvyn, michaelcurtis, Harley Stroh
- catseye yellow
- Cold-Blooded Diabolist
- Posts: 448
- Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:23 am
- catseye yellow
- Cold-Blooded Diabolist
- Posts: 448
- Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:23 am
Re: Show off your Appendix N
and some interior illos
first mistress of castle kaneloon receives earl aubec
first mistress of castle kaneloon receives earl aubec
- catseye yellow
- Cold-Blooded Diabolist
- Posts: 448
- Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:23 am
Re: Show off your Appendix N
elric summons mist and air elementals before raid on melnibone
just now realized that this could have been completely new thread/topi on the art sub-forum - let's call it 'local colors'.
i just thought that showing off differences in various local editions of appendix N books could really highlight in an interesting way how we see different aspects of fantasy. for example, for me this will always be elric and not something that rodney matthews (whom i adore) painted.
just now realized that this could have been completely new thread/topi on the art sub-forum - let's call it 'local colors'.
i just thought that showing off differences in various local editions of appendix N books could really highlight in an interesting way how we see different aspects of fantasy. for example, for me this will always be elric and not something that rodney matthews (whom i adore) painted.
- GnomeBoy
- Tyrant Master (Administrator)
- Posts: 4128
- Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:46 pm
- FLGS: Bizarro World
- Location: Left Coast, USA
- Contact:
Re: local color -- illustrations from various editions of th
Here's a thread that shows off many examples of Appendix N cover art: http://www.goodman-games.com/forums/vie ... 77&t=25040
I don't remember there being interior illustrations in anything I've read to date...
I don't remember there being interior illustrations in anything I've read to date...
...
Gnome Boy • DCC playtester @ DDC 35 Feb '11. • Beta DL 2111, 7AM PT, 8 June 11.
Playing RPGs since '77 • Quasi-occasional member of the Legion of 8th-Level Fighters.
Link: Here Be 100+ DCC Monsters
bygrinstow.com - The Home of Inner Ham
Gnome Boy • DCC playtester @ DDC 35 Feb '11. • Beta DL 2111, 7AM PT, 8 June 11.
Playing RPGs since '77 • Quasi-occasional member of the Legion of 8th-Level Fighters.
Link: Here Be 100+ DCC Monsters
bygrinstow.com - The Home of Inner Ham
- Doug Kovacs
- Deft-Handed Cutpurse
- Posts: 202
- Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:43 am
- Location: Chicago
- Contact:
Re: local color -- illustrations from various editions of th
Thanks for sharing this. It is the kind of stuff we would probably never see without the help. The last one in particular looks somewhat like a Roslof illo.
DOUG KOVACS
Artist/Illustrator
dk@dougkovacs.com
http://dougkovacs.com
The Drain Chamber (Blog)
http://dougkovacs.com/dkblog/
Artist/Illustrator
dk@dougkovacs.com
http://dougkovacs.com
The Drain Chamber (Blog)
http://dougkovacs.com/dkblog/
- catseye yellow
- Cold-Blooded Diabolist
- Posts: 448
- Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:23 am
Re: local color -- illustrations from various editions of th
thanks. i call that 'soviet' elric.Doug Kovacs wrote:Thanks for sharing this. It is the kind of stuff we would probably never see without the help. The last one in particular looks somewhat like a Roslof illo.
this is elric navigating melnibone's maze.
- catseye yellow
- Cold-Blooded Diabolist
- Posts: 448
- Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:23 am
Re: local color -- illustrations from various editions of th
GnomeBoy wrote:Here's a thread that shows off many examples of Appendix N cover art: http://www.goodman-games.com/forums/vie ... 77&t=25040
I don't remember there being interior illustrations in anything I've read to date...
first i posted all of these there but than i thought that it would be great to have some spot where we could unload illustrations from our local editions of appendix n books. i feel that it could be especially interesting when it comes to non-english speaking countries. there is a thread about the proper look for conan and someone, i think, doug kovacs mentioned that in a way proper look for brawny cimmerian was set as much as by frazzeta as by howard himself.
these images, especially older ones, harken to days before this visual dominance has been established. i find that fascinating.
here is elric lamenting over stormbringer.
-
- Far-Sighted Wanderer
- Posts: 15
- Joined: Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:15 pm
Re: local color -- illustrations from various editions of th
I agree, Roslofian indeed. Lots of the old paperbacks had really nice interior pen and ink scenes. Seems like it maybe went out of fashion, a shame. They weren't always fantastic, but a pretty good % seem to be more than decent, and they always seem to have a lot of charm. Sometimes names would do them like Frazetta, Jeff Jones, Mike Kaluta. I love the idea for the thread.
- Ravenheart87
- Tight-Lipped Warlock
- Posts: 903
- Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:34 pm
- Location: Győr, Hungary
- Contact:
Re: local color -- illustrations from various editions of th
I was surprised when I managed to get de Camp's Tritonian Ring and it had a couple of interior illustrations. Quite good illustrations.
Vorpal Mace: a humble rpg blog with some DCC-related stuff.