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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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Silver in Roses

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A Story

Arnie Fenner

December 29, 2025 - It's that time of year when people look back and reflect on everything that's happened in the previous 12 months. But ... you want to know something? I really don't wanna. Because for any number of reasons I could come up with—and won't—my opinion is that 2025 was a helluva stinker and thinking about it will just piss me off. If you had a good year, great, I'm glad for you: feel free to reflect away. For my part I'd sooner put 2025 behind me and steel myself for the crappy stuff that's probably ahead. Rather than fuss and moan about the past or worry about tomorrow, I thought I'd conclude '25 with what I've always considered a fun story, just to keep things light. In October, 1978 I attended the fouth World Fantasy Convention…

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