In working to portray or extrapolate on an iconic character, one of the most powerful tools is visual presentation. Written descriptions have great power, but a superb visual can have profound impact. If one considers core Doc Savage canon to be the run of pulp magazines from 1933-1949, the visual presentation of Doc is thatContinue reading “Visually conceptualizing Doc in canon and pastiche”
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James Bama and Jason Bell
Aside from the rather remarkable synchronicity of both initials and letter-counts in their names, American artists James Bama and Jason Bell (AKA Iason Bellerophon) would appear to be polar opposites. Bama, a photorealistic painter…Bell, a visionary abstract painter. And yet both have formidable reputations both in fine art and in popular genre art. Neither isContinue reading “James Bama and Jason Bell”
Richard Corben, A Feast Unknown artist, 1940-2020
The previous claimant to the phrase “The Ultimate Forbidden Doc Savage” when it comes to the combination of writing and art, would certainly be the 1975 Fokker D-LXIX Press (A Subsidiary of Acme Zeppelin Co.) edition of A Feast Unknown, with illustrations by Richard Corben. I encountered the art of Richard Corben in my teens,Continue reading “Richard Corben, A Feast Unknown artist, 1940-2020”
A Feast Unknown On Stage
The article below, written by Jason Robert Bell (AKA Iason Ragnar Bellerophon) appeared in issue #2 of the Philip José Farmer fanzine Farmerphile, back in 2005. Ten years later R. Paul Sardanas acquired a copy of it, and it became the catalyst for the author and artist to join forces in the creation of DocContinue reading “A Feast Unknown On Stage”
The Woman With Golden Eyes
One of the most important figures in the Talos stories is Patricia…who of course is based on Pat Savage, as well as Phil Farmer’s incarnation of Pat, Trish Wilde. My favorite Doc Savage adventures were always the ones with Pat…and she appeared in 39 novels over the span of the pulp run. When the timeContinue reading “The Woman With Golden Eyes”
Talos previewed in Bronze Gazette #85
In February 2020 the iconic fanzine The Bronze Gazette published a preview of Talos, with backstory on the origins of the stories, a selection of Iason Bellerophon’s paintings, and a short excerpt featuring Doc and Mona in his “Fortress of Solitude”, Point Nord. For Talos completists, copies of the fanzine can be purchased directly fromContinue reading “Talos previewed in Bronze Gazette #85”
Doc Talos 