Playing D&D With Porn Stars: I Hate Finding Out About Great Artists

Saturday, March 12, 2011

I Hate Finding Out About Great Artists

Doesn't this Alex Nino guy know I got better things to do than sit around Googling him all day?

10 comments:

mortellan said...: Gorgeous art. It looks like something you'd find in Heavy Metal magazine, am I correct?; March 12, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Zak S said...: @mortellan
Sure that last one's from Heavy Metal or Metal Hurlant, don't know about the rest.; March 12, 2011 at 11:26 PM
hüth said...: He did a bunch of Conan, but I think most of his US stuff was for stuff like House of Mystery. Like Alcala (who did, like, 90% of the inking on Buscema's Conan pages) he was from the Philippines too. They're both really awesome inking; March 12, 2011 at 11:30 PM
hüth said...: @mortellan

http://grantbridgestreet.blogspot.com/2010/09/alex-nino-tap-dancing-on-tender.html?zx=52963e37040a8741 <--- the full story the fourth image is from.

appeared in heavy metal, may 1978... with a druillet cover, shit. I should track a copy of this down...; March 12, 2011 at 11:36 PM
hüth said...: **both awesome inkers.; March 12, 2011 at 11:37 PM
mordicai said...: I hate finding out about artists currently active...who don't have blogs. Come on, I want to add you to my feed reader so it reminds me that you exist every so often, & I can get inspired by your images!; March 13, 2011 at 5:41 AM
cyclopeatron said...: Don't know much about him beyond his Heavy Metal strips. I used to use that eyeball painting as my blog banner.; March 13, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Barking Alien said...: Alex Nino's work is amazing. I met his nephew on several occaisions as he too is an artist and works with a friend of mine.

That first piece is flippin' fantastic.; March 13, 2011 at 8:53 AM
Nick said...: I've got a comic of Wells' The Time Machine that he illustrated around here that I've had since I was kid.

His Morlocks are what I think of when I think of The Time Machine.; March 13, 2011 at 3:41 PM
Mandy said...: Gorgeous.; March 14, 2011 at 2:01 PM

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