I’ve been friends with Bob Larkin for over ten years, now, but I’ve known his work much longer than that; so have you—even if you aren’t aware that you did. Take a look at these images:
You know them, right? Of course you do!
You’ve seen Bob’s painted and halftone compositions everywhere: movie posters such as Humanoids From the Deep, Shock Waves, and The Toxic Avenger II; book covers for Doc Savage, Star Trek, and X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy (and yes, I wrote those X-books) among hundreds of others; and comics like Vampirella, The Savage Sword of Conan and Dazzler. Yes, indeed, he is that guy that does those paintings!
Bob’s latest work includes the cover paintings for our Saga of Pandora Zwieback book series—you’ve already seen his art for Blood Feud: The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, Book 1, if you’ve looked around our site—but here’s an extra Pan Zwieback treat for your viewing pleasure:
That’s right, he even does sketch cards! The one you see here was part of a set he did to promote the Pan novels at the 2010 New York Comic Con; the others will be posted down the road.
And now Bob has his first-ever sketchbook on the way!
THE BOB LARKIN SKETCHBOOK is a collection of some of Bob’s incredible pencil drawings, and what you’ll discover when you see them is how wide-ranging his subjects are. (I was sure surprised!) Sci-fi, horror, Westerns, pulp adventure, crime fiction, movie merchandise, even wrestling stars! As we say on the book’s back cover, there really is little that he hasn’t painted.
Barring acts of God, the sketchbook will make its debut at the Wizard World Big Apple Convention on May 21–22, at the Penn Plaza Pavilion, and Bob will be on hand to promote it (more details on his appearance as the date approaches).
Check out the sketchbook when it hits, and see just why renowned painters like Alex Ross and Joe Jusko consider Bob their gold standard in artistic excellence.
