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With his witty approach to art, unbounded imagination, and taste for turning the laws of nature on their head, Josh Kirby has become a favorite of science-fiction authors and a top-flight creator of wickedly clever film posters. This collection of his exuberant, humorous, and fantastic paintings is nothing less than a sheer delight that reveals him as a worthy successor to classic artists like Bosch and Brueghel. Unlike many sci-fi illustrators, Kirby doesn't favor dark, ominous shades--his paintings burst with bright golds, subtle reds, eerie greens, and otherworldly blues--and characters both beautiful and hideous populate his images: bounteous nymphets, sword-wielding sirens, grotesque Goliaths, and fearful ogres. Among the featured pieces are covers for the Savage Scorpio series; a selection from Kirby's magnum opus Voyage of the Ayeguy; several portraits of Hitchcock; and a film poster for Monty Python's Life of Brian. Includes a preface by esteemed science-fiction writer Brian W. Aldiss.144 pages (all in color), 8 1/4 x 11 3/4. REISSUE

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