Schultz I recall from his early days as the creator of Xenozoic Tales (aka Cadillacs and Dinosaurs); he was definitely one of the artists I wanted to interview for Comic World back in the early 1990s, but I think he was writing more than illustrating at the time. I've always admired the more realistic school of artwork, figures that you feel could walk off the page and not collapse under the weight of their own breasts. ANd, yes, I mean men or women.
Schultz wrote tie-ins (Alien, Predator, Star Wars) and was on Superman: The Man of Steel for almost 50 issues (1999-2003), since when he has been the writer of the 'Prince Valiant' newspaper strip. The interview published here is heavily illustrated with Schultz's Conan artwork, but also has a few illustrations from an unfinished Xenozoic graphic novel, which I would buy in an instant! Come on, Mark!
Chris Moore painted science fiction and thriller covers, but that doesn't mean his artwork wasn't realistic. I grew up on Moore's air-brushed spaceships during my peak SF reading period in the late 1970s and early 1980s. And, thanks to his domination of the SF Masterworks, I've probably seen more of his artwork than that of any other artist since the turn of the Millennium. His work has appeared on the covers of everyone from Frederick Forsyth and Thomas Harris to Hammond Innes and Joan Collins and just about every major SF author out there. Sadly, Chris died in February 2025.
Graham Humphreys has painted iconic horror images since the early 1980s when he produced a poster for the Amicus horror anthology The Monster Club. His poster artwork for The Evil Dead and A Nightmare on Elm Street set the benchmark for horror posters in the mid-1980s, Humphreys' use of colours inspired by the bold use of colour he had seen in Thailand. (If you can get hold of a copy of The Amazing Movie Posters of Thailand by Neil Pettigrew and Philip Jablon you'll see what I mean.)
He has since designed and painted Video and DVD covers, posters, prints, LP and CD covers, specialising in horror images. I can't say I was especially aware of his work (I'm more SF than horror), but the attraction is easy to see. Indeed, Humphreys is one of the artists highlighted in Anthony Taylor's Classic Monsters, Modern Art (Insight Editions, 2025), which is discussed in the final few pages of the latest issue.
As ever, For more information on Illustrators and back issues, visit the Book Palace website, where you can also find details of their online editions, and news of upcoming issues. Issue 49 will feature Gregory Manchess, Frank Cho and Hannah Gillingham, plus a complete Wes Slade story. Looking further ahead, issue 50 will have features on David Palumbo, Mike Noble and Ron Embleton.
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