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Painting Ghost Rider

Paolo Rivera

By Paolo Rivera   Ghost Rider Studies. 2006. Acryla Gouache  on bristol board, 8.5 × 12″. After painting Mythos: Hulk completely in grayscale, I felt the urge to return to color for my next project, Mythos: Ghost Rider. I had gotten fairly comfortable with Acryla Gouache on board, so when I saw the full-spectrum set of 12 colors at Pearl Paint in Chinatown, I couldn't resist. You've all had that feeling: if you just got this set…

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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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