Elric Swords and Roses - Michael Moorcock [189]
ALL FOLLOWING ARTWORK BY JAMES CAWTHORN
“Elric,” 1992, first published as front-cover artwork for The Time Centre Times Vol. 2 No. 2, edited by D. J. Rowe, Ian Covell, Maureen Cuffe, and John Davey, August 1993.
“Urlik,” 1976, a wash drawing to accompany the first-draft screenplay of an aborted motion picture, Stormbringer, previously unpublished.
Interior artwork, from Elric of Melniboné, DAW Books, 1976.
“Elric in the Young Kingdoms” map, 1992 (based on the map by John Collier and Walter Romanski), first published in Elric: Song of the Black Sword, White Wolf Books, 1995.
Interior artwork, 1978, from Elric von Melniboné (Elric of Melniboné), Heyne Books, Germany, 1979.
Interior artwork, from Die See des Schicksals (The Sailor on the Seas of Fate), Heyne Books, Germany, 1979.
Interior artwork, circa 1979, from Der Zauber des Weissen Wolfs (The Weird of the White Wolf), Heyne Books, Germany, 1980.
Interior artwork, from Der Verzauberte Turm (The Vanishing Tower), Heyne Books, Germany, 1980.
Interior artwork, from Im Banne des Schwarzen Schwertes (The Bane of the Black Sword), Heyne Books, Germany, 1980.
Interior artwork, from Sturmbringer (Stormbringer), Heyne Books, Germany, 1980.
“Jagreen Lern and Elric,” 1963, one of the earliest Elric illustrations, first published in A Serious Life, by D. M. Mitchell, Savoy Books, 2004.
“Elric and Lord Horror,” first published in Hard Core Horror No. 2, by David Britton, Savoy Books, 1989.
Two sketches, from an undated series of six, previously unpublished.
“Dream of a Doomed Lord,” 1978, first published in Something Else No. 1, edited by Charles Partington, Spring 1980.
Two chapter-head sketches, 1989, from a series commissioned privately to illustrate a copy of the first edition of Stormbringer (1965), previously unpublished, courtesy Charles Partington.
Endpaper sketch, 1979, commissioned privately to illustrate a copy of the first edition of Stormbringer (1965), previously unpublished, courtesy George Locke.
Cover artwork for Crucified Toad No. 4, edited by David Britton, Winter 1974.
Title sketch, 1969, from an aborted graphic adaptation of The Stealer of Souls, first published in Crucified Toad No. 4.
A page from Stormbringer graphic adaptation, Savoy Books, 1976.
Self-portrait, 2007, commissioned by Savoy Books, previously unpublished.
Interior artwork (non-Elric), illustrating “Storm Bird, Storm Dreamer” by J. G. Ballard, first published in New Worlds No. 168, edited by Moorcock, November 1966.
Interior artwork (non-Elric), illustrating “Pale Roses” by Moorcock, first published in New Worlds 7 (whole No. 208), edited by Hilary Bailey and Charles Platt, Sphere Books, 1974.
Interior artwork (non-Elric), promoting The Warlord of the Air by Moorcock, first published in New Worlds No. 201, edited by Moorcock, March 1971.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MICHAEL JOHN MOORCOCK is the author of a number of science fiction, fantasy, and literary novels, including the Elric novels, the Cornelius Quartet, Gloriana, King of the City, and many more. As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine New Worlds, Moorcock fostered the development of the New Wave in the U.K. and indirectly in the U.S. He won the Nebula Award for his novella Behold the Man. He has also won the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, and many others.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
JOHN PICACIO has illustrated covers for books by Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Jeffrey Ford, Charles Stross, and Joe R. Lansdale, among others, but his very first book cover assignment was for a Michael Moorcock work. Picacio not only illustrated the cover of the Thirtieth Anniversary edition of Behold the Man (Mojo Press, 1996), he also contributed interior illustrations and designed the entire book. Moorcock’s early