As I mentioned in my previous post, today (January 13) is the birthday of Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961).
I’m not sure what I can say about Smith that hasn’t been said, and said better, by someone else. This isn’t the first post I’ve made about Smith.
I havne’t read anything by him in a while, so I’m not going to try and review any of his stories. But I do want to acknowledge his birthday
So here goes. Continue reading
Locus magazine is reporting that art Geroge Barr passed away on April 19. He hadn’t been active as an artist for a number of years. Barr’s work graced a number of paperback covers in the 1960s and 1970s. Much of his work was for DAW or Ace. That’s the cover of The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 2 there on the left.
Barr had a easily recognizable style. I remember when it was pretty common to see his artwork both on covers and on the interiors of various publications, such at the late 80s/early 90s incarnation of Weird Tales.
There hasn’t been a collection of his work for nearly fifty years, which is a shame.