ART… New Ron Cobb book due in 2022. 2021-09-11 11:09:59 PM CDT The Concept Art Association (CCA) just announced "The Art of Ron Cobb," by Jacob Johnston, due next summer from Titan Books. CCA awarded Cobb its very first Lifetime Achievement Award,…
BOOKS… “Up To The Moon”: Book flick through – YouTube 2021-08-11 10:40:52 AM CDT2021-08-12 07:14:11 AM CDT Pro model-maker Steve Howarth provides a quick look at his new book, Up To The Moon, that chronicles (in his own words) his "career ascent, inspirations, drives,, and motivations that…
BOOKS… “Moon” modeler Steve Howarth publishes new book. 2021-07-12 04:41:29 PM CDT2021-07-12 04:55:49 PM CDT In today's high-tech world of internet flash (and trash!), we get a lot of behind-the-scenes movie-magic pablum pushed out with the transience of a pixel. So when someone takes the…
BOOKS… The Director Should’ve Shot You. 2021-06-27 06:17:50 PM CDT2021-09-04 07:12:11 PM CDT Alan Dean Foster's memoir (I mentioned before) is out! Get yours today...
BOOKS… “Continuity” fodder. 2021-03-22 05:29:00 PM CDT2021-03-22 09:31:50 PM CDT The Alien universe was so much simpler to keep up with back in the late 1990s: we had the Alien Laserdisc, Alien: 20th Anniversary Edition, Aliens: Special Edition, Alien3, and…
BOOKS… Lot No. 19 2020-08-06 08:34:44 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:31:44 PM CST The Prop Store Live Auction catalog is a heavy tome, packed with goodies for sale August 26th and 27th... ...including the 11-foot Nostromo miniature. Registered as Lot No. 19. The…
BOOKS… GGG#34: Alan Dean Foster | Geek's Guide to the Galaxy 2020-01-13 12:57:50 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:45 PM CST The first 30 minutes of this episode of GGG features Alan Dean Foster. He has some some entertaining things to say about his involvement with the Alien franchise novelizations, Star…
BOOKS… In support of Martin Bower (redux). 2020-01-06 08:16:49 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:46 PM CST Martin Bower's World of Models arrived today! It is a real treat, and for those of you who have been fans of the supervising model maker for Alien over the…
BOOKS… "…asking Ridley Scott questions that hadn't been asked a million times before…" 2019-12-13 03:06:59 PM CST2020-12-19 07:33:02 PM CST The title of this post is a quote from today's featured podcast. It also describes the outcome of careful preparation before doing interviews, whether for podcasts, books, magazines, or websites.…
ART… “ALIEN went to where the Old Ones lived, to their very world of origin.” 2019-11-16 10:49:43 AM CST2020-12-19 07:33:14 PM CST Those words were written in 2003 by Dan O'Bannon, in his essay that included this recollection of a particular movie review of Alien: Continue reading "“ALIEN went to where the…
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