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The DragonCon AI (And More) Story


Arnie Fenner

This past September the internet was buzzing about the headline: "Police Called On Artist Accused of Selling A.I. Art at Dragon*Con!" There was a lot of cheering by artists online, but the headline was more than a bit deceiving: reading about the incident revealed that security was called when the vendor apparently got lippy with the convention staff after he was informed that selling AI images was against Dragon*Con's policy and he had to shut…

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Conan At Auction


Arnie Fenner

September 8, 2025 - "Murilo saw that the barbarian had locked his legs about the ape-man's torso and was striving to maintain his position on the monster's back while he butchered it with his poniard. Thak, on the other hand, was striving to dislodge his clinging foe, to drag him around within reach of the giant fangs that gaped for his flesh." —from "Rogues in the House" by Robert E. Howard This Friday, September 12, 2025, Frank Frazetta's iconic cover for the collection Conan, published by Lancer Books in 1967, will go on the block at Heritage Auctions. Frank was paid something around $400 to do the art, one of 9 classic Conan oil paintings he produced for Lancer's 12-book Conan series; 8 were published in the United States, but Lancer went bankrupt and out of business before the…

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