Sci-Fi

Deviant Friday – Joel Carroll Edition

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Readers of the Land of Nod should not be strangers to Joel Carroll, the artist who worked on Mystery Men! and oft posted on this blog. While you folks might know him primarily for his superhero artwork, he dabbles in many eras and I actually first discovered him on a site showing some of his D-n-D monster sketches. Check it out, gentle readers …

Owlbear

 

 

Rocket Raccoon

 

 

Rocketeer

 

 

Spacegirl

 

This lady would look good in Space Princess. In fact, how about some stats for that game …

 

 

Hooked Horror

 

 

Displacer Beast

 

 

Devil Dinosaur

 

 

Bossk

 

And I might as well give him some Space Princess stats as well …

 

Bristolwhip Kaiju Tokusatsu

 

 

The Marquis

 

 

Deviant Friday – jimmymcwicked Edition

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Today, I peer uncomfortably at jimmymcwicked. He makes fun drawings of fun stuff that are cool and fun. He also sells his wares HERE. Go visit, won’t you?

COMMANDO

 

 

Yes – he’s a commando. Not a freaking trite, overused ninja.

 

BOSSK

 

 

Generic Future Soldier Girl

 

 

Teela

 

Wonder Woman vs. Cheetah

 

Sgt Rock

 

 

Blobby Guy

 

Hawkeye and Black Widow

 

 

O’Hara, Shana M.

 

 

Deviant Friday – JHarren Edition

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JHarren has a frantic, oozy style that I appreciate – and plenty of Kirbytech, the geometries of which make a nice contrast to his fluid inks. I can imagine all sorts of game books that would benefit from some JHarren pieces. Enjoy, an be sure to visit JHarren’s Deviant art gallery for much more.

The Rocketeer

 

Swordswoman

 

Zombie Samurai

 

Shwann 2011

 

Neverender

 

Orion vs. Beta Ray Bill

 

 

Darkseid

Deviant Friday – Jeff Axer Edition

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Jeff, or JayAxer on DeviantArt, has a really beautiful sense of color and line – flowing and bright and inviting. He does a lot of “furry” art, which isn’t really my cup of tea, but I can’t deny the talent and the creativity even with those pieces. I’d love to see him illustrate a revised edition of Talislanta.

Chaotic: Ahnem Colours

 

 

Tech Armor Fighter

 

 

Masked Female Fighter

 

 

Desert Cavern

 

 

Chaotic: Ylinne Colours

 

 

Chaotic: Kemmosh Colours

 

 

Deviant Friday – Ilias Kyriazis Edition

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Some fun stuff today from iliaskrzs today – superheroes, fantasy and a wee bit o’sci-fi. One of the things I like best about Ilias – for the most part, the women he draws aren’t 50% silicon by volume. Enjoy, lads and lasses …

Stench

 

 

Wizard

 

 

Dragon

 

 

Destro and Baroness

 

 

EXTERMINATE

 

 

 

Amazing Space Stories

 

 

BLAST COMICS SKETCHES

 

 

so 90s

 

 

reverse goth

 

 

(these folks are going to show up somewhere in my HCCs – I just know it)
Hiro

 

 

boom

 

 

Doom Patrol

 

Deviant Friday – Grant Gould Edition

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Grantgoboom is your one stop shop for geek nostalgia, as well as items for the modern geek. Though mostly movie tie-in material, he also has a neat project called “The Wolves of Odin”. Check it out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Think, if you will, about how you can put more Twain into your fantasy or sci-fi gaming. Thanks! And speaking of Mark Twain, I’ll be riding on his namesake around the River of America in a few days – yay Disneyland!

 

 

 

Yes, the first reveal was pretty cool back in the day. And no, the FX didn’t look any better then that now, but who cared – FX are not the point of sci-fi and fantasy. Someone please give that memo to Lucas and Spielberg, who seem to have forgotten.

 

 

 

Yeah, I’m pandering with this one. Sue me.

 

 

 

 

 

Perhaps the best translation of comic book to movie ever. Great casting as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Probably as close as Saturday morning cartoons ever got to Cthulhu (except for the Real Ghostbusters episode that actually had Cthulhu and probably a dozen other things I’ve forgotten or never heard of …)

 

 

 

 

 

And, after a terribly long absence from Deviant Friday ..

 

 

Mecha-Rust Monster

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Chris Burdett just posted his interpretation of the rust monster. Posing the question “What kind of monster has a propeller tail?”, he decided it had to be some arcane-mechanical creation.

I thought it was a very creative interpretation of the original, so I had to share for the benefit of folks not following his blog (and if you’re one of them, what are you waiting for – follow him already!)

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Articles I’m pondering or working on – Gods of Mu-Pan (of course), Seven Samurai (a run-down of seven famous samurai from Mu-Pan, along with some ideas on customizing the class) and the Mechanicians, a new race/class for Pars Fortuna. Stay tuned, gentle reader.

Oh – and regarding the gods of Mu-Pan. I’m thinking of two options – one is to use Ampersand-ized versions of Chinese and Japanese gods, the other is to use Ampersand-ized versions of the Gods of Pegana, with a few real gods and goddesses thrown in for good measure. Any preferences out there? Mana-Yood-Sushai just sounds right for Mu-Pan.

Science Is Now Active!

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Speaking of Encounter-Criticalesque pop culture, Destructor is a web comic by Sean T. Collins (writer) and Matt Wiegle that’s made my weekly to-visit list. I think the image above tells you everything you need to know about why any lover of gonzo sci-fantasy should be reading this strip.

If things go as planned today (HA!) I’ll be putting up what I’m calling the gamma rules for Mystery Men! – no, not gamma as in radiation that turns you green and huge, but gamma as in “after beta”. I think I have enough changes to the rules to warrant another set of preliminaries.

Have fun today children – and if I hear any edition wars going on up there I’m going to tell your father when he gets home!

L. Sprague DeCamp Is Awesome!

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Okay, maybe the title of the post should be “Edd Cartier is Awesome!” My first introduction to Mr. DeCamp was in discussions of how he ruined REH’s Conan stories by over editing them. Knowing nothing else about the guy, I tended to look on him as a bit of a villain. Later, I discovered he was favored by EGG, and just finished reading his Harold Shea stories, which I found enjoyable. Then I discovered these delightful pieces of art by Edd Cartier at Golden Age Comic Book Stories (follow this blog if you follow nothing else) from a story called The Hand of Zei …

 

 

 

 

 

Nobody who can write something that inspires these gonzo images can be all bad. I have to find a copy The Hand of Zei. I have to believe the fictional creators of Encounter Critical were inspired by this story when they were penning their magnum opus in the 1970’s.