my message of the day, I love this painting (from the image hive)

Welcome to Moorcock's Miscellany

Dear reader,

Many people have given their valuable time to create a website for the pleasure of posing questions to Michael Moorcock, meeting people from around the world, and mining the site for information. Please follow one of the links above to learn more about the site.

Thank you,
Reinart der Fuchs

See less

lemec

Eternal Champion

Join Date: Jul 2005

Posts: 5317
#1

my message of the day, I love this painting (from the image hive)

08-09-2006, 09:43 PM

Hello,

I never saw this painting before in the gallery.

Bravo to the artist! It's really great! A nice bit of "EC" humor.

this is the link, please enjoy!

http://www.multiverse.org/imagehive/...2_itemId=52337

"With a deep, not-unhappy sigh, Elric prepared to do battle with an army." (Red Pearls)
- Michael Moorcock
Tags: None
Typhoid_Mary

Little Voice

Join Date: Jun 2004

Posts: 541
#2

08-10-2006, 12:48 AM

Ah, it's by Wendy Pini. Thought I recognised the style.

Wouldn't it be great if Mike and Wendy collaborated on an Elric comic?
Comment
Hieronymus

Angelic Painter

Join Date: Mar 2004

Posts: 712
#3

08-10-2006, 10:05 AM

Hieronymus

- Dalmatius -

"I'm forbidden to reign, but I'll never yield before the facts: I am the Cat"
Comment
lemec

Eternal Champion

Join Date: Jul 2005

Posts: 5317
#4

08-10-2006, 10:06 AM

Ya, that would be cool.

To me, it kinda has the old style of the Renaissance paintings combined with the cover art or other fantasy art of the late 70's. It a very cool effect.

"With a deep, not-unhappy sigh, Elric prepared to do battle with an army." (Red Pearls)
- Michael Moorcock
Comment
Typhoid_Mary

Little Voice

Join Date: Jun 2004

Posts: 541
#5

08-10-2006, 10:31 AM

Originally posted by lemec

To me, it kinda has the old style of the Renaissance paintings combined with the cover art or other fantasy art of the late 70's. It a very cool effect.

She used to do cover art in the 70s, but she's most well known for the Elfquest comic series.
Comment
lemec

Eternal Champion

Join Date: Jul 2005

Posts: 5317
#6

08-10-2006, 11:46 AM

ahh,very cool! I probably did see some of her stuff before,then.

"With a deep, not-unhappy sigh, Elric prepared to do battle with an army." (Red Pearls)
- Michael Moorcock
Comment
David Mosley

Eternal Administrator

Join Date: Jul 2004

Posts: 11823
#7

08-10-2006, 11:50 AM

Originally posted by lemec

I never saw this painting before in the gallery.

So, can you identify all the figures in the painting?

_"For an eternity Allard was alone in an icy limbo where all the colours were bright and sharp and comfortless.
_For another eternity Allard swam through seas without end, all green and cool and deep, where distorted creatures drifted, sometimes attacking him.
_And then, at last, he had reached the real world – the world he had created, where he was God and could create or destroy whatever he wished.
_He was supremely powerful. He told planets to destroy themselves, and they did. He created suns. Beautiful women flocked to be his. Of all men, he was the mightiest. Of all gods, he was the greatest."
Comment
lemec

Eternal Champion

Join Date: Jul 2005

Posts: 5317
#8

08-10-2006, 12:01 PM

Originally posted by David Mosley

So, can you identify all the figures in the painting?

hmm, good question.

Arioch,Stormbringer,The Lords of Law, Moonglum,Elric,Phoorn Dragon,Cymoril,Zarozina,Rackhir the Red Archer?

"With a deep, not-unhappy sigh, Elric prepared to do battle with an army." (Red Pearls)
- Michael Moorcock
Comment
Eldren Rogue

Wanderer of the Mittel March

Join Date: Aug 2006

Posts: 18
#9

08-10-2006, 12:36 PM

Hmmm... never heard of Phoorn Dragon... which book did I miss... thought the dark skinned gal was likely Yishana and I believe the gent in back may be Dyvim Slorm rather than Rackhir.

Great pic, saw it before. Wendy actually started work on a graphic novel called "Law & Chaos" that was based on the Elric series and I believe was supposed to be the precursor to an animated series. For some reason, the deal fell through, but if you google you might come up with some of the art she did for it. Though it might be argued her art is a little too soft looking for the EC material, (I think Mike actually criticized it as 'overly romanticized') she is very talented and the book is fun to look at if you manage to scrounge up a copy somewhere. (I saw it years ago, but do not own it)

Note: To clarify, the book is not a full story. It is just pieces of the saga she had drawn with her commentary.

Last edited by Eldren Rogue; 08-10-2006, 12:51 PM.
Comment
L'Etranger

Veteran Moorcockista

Join Date: Dec 2003

Posts: 4772
#10

08-10-2006, 01:41 PM

Originally posted by lemec

hmm, good question.

Arioch,Stormbringer,The Lords of Law, Moonglum,Elric,Phoorn Dragon,Cymoril,Zarozina,Rackhir the Red Archer?

Oh, it is Rackhir, I thought it is Robin.

Google ergo sum
Comment
Hieronymus

Angelic Painter

Join Date: Mar 2004

Posts: 712
#11

08-10-2006, 09:15 PM

Is he Rackhir? I'm agreed to L'Etranger, he is a rockabilly guy, not the Red Archer...

Hieronymus

- Dalmatius -

"I'm forbidden to reign, but I'll never yield before the facts: I am the Cat"
Comment
L'Etranger

Veteran Moorcockista

Join Date: Dec 2003

Posts: 4772
#12

08-10-2006, 10:28 PM

And Naomi Campbell is on the picture, too. Always nice to see.

Google ergo sum
Comment
lemec

Eternal Champion

Join Date: Jul 2005

Posts: 5317
#13

08-10-2006, 10:28 PM

ya, probably not Rackhir.

I know Elric's world is in no way lighthearted, but it is still a funny interpretation. Maybe on some facet of the Multiverse, Elric is a happy guy.

Last edited by lemec; 08-10-2006, 10:31 PM.

"With a deep, not-unhappy sigh, Elric prepared to do battle with an army." (Red Pearls)
- Michael Moorcock
Comment
Pellaz

Defender of the Runestaff

Join Date: Sep 2004

Posts: 395
#14

08-10-2006, 10:46 PM

Originally posted by Eldren Rogue

Great pic, saw it before. Wendy actually started work on a graphic novel called "Law & Chaos" that was based on the Elric series and I believe was supposed to be the precursor to an animated series. For some reason, the deal fell through,

Aye, it did. I was the president/coordinator/guy-in-charge of Mike's international fan club around the time that book came out.

If I never get another phone call from Richard Pini, it won't be too soon.
Comment
Typhoid_Mary

Little Voice

Join Date: Jun 2004

Posts: 541
#15

08-11-2006, 02:10 AM

Originally posted by Pellaz

If I never get another phone call from Richard Pini, it won't be too soon.

Spill the beans, Pellaz!
Comment