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Mark Schultz Interview

Arnie Fenner

Lance Laspina and Shane Patrick White of Beyond the Process interview artist and writer Mark Schultz. A third part should be coming, but until then...enjoy! [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fS0KNB4ds4&t=45s[/embed] [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6iOoY2yz1w[/embed]

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Icons of the Fantastic

Arnie Fenner

December 1, 2025 - My shelves groan and bow and creak with our collection of art books and artist biographies; by this point in my life probably the last thing I need is another—and yet ... I didn't hesitate for a moment to get a copy of Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection. I couldn't help myself. Because it's really not your typical f&sf art book, not by a long shot. Above: "The Mock Turtle (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)" by Arthur Rackham. Carefully compiled, organized, and edited by Amanda T. Zehnder and David M. Brinley, there are numerous pages of beautiful and amazing art by a wide variety of artists, but it doesn't attempt to be a comprehensive history of the field and its participants: it's not claiming to be the "best of…

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