Father Shandor: The Angel of Death from Warrior No. 9

'Father Shandor, Demon Stalker'
'Angel of Death'
from Warrior (UK) No. 9, January, 1983

Needless to say, some outstanding draftsmanship by David Jackson in this, the final episode of this particular 'Father Shandor' story arc in Warrior.

[Shandor continued to appear in every remaining issue of Warrior (i.e., up to issue 26), but with issues starting at $9.99 and up on eBay, my obtaining scans of those episodes is, unfortunately, very unlikely.....]

A Gallery of SF Art

A Gallery of SF Art
from Infinite Worlds by Vincent Di Fate, Penguin Studio / The Wonderland Press, 1997

 untitled, C. A. M. Thole

 

untitled, Manuel Sanjulian

Don Maitz, The Electric Forest, 1979

Joe Mugnaini, The War of the Worlds, 1964

Kevin Murphy, untitled

James Warhola, Callahan's Touch, 1994

Barclay Shaw, Dr. Adder, 1984

Doug Rosa, The Land of Terror, 1965

Michael Whelan, Armenia, 1990

Darrell K. Sweet, David Starr, Space Ranger, late 70s - early 80s

David B. Mattingly, How to Save the World, 1995

 

Don Ivan Punchatz, untitled (Star Trek aliens)

Tom Kidd, Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space, 1984

Fred Pfeiffer, The Mystery on the Snow, 1972

Paul Lehr, untitled, 1988

Tales of Shiva: Shiva the Fisherman

Tales of Shiva: Shiva the Fisherman
by Subba Rao (script) and C. M. Vitankar (art)
Amar Chitra Katha, 1978 (reprinted Oct. 2001)

In a mood to try some comics from non-US publishers, I decided to examine some Indian / Hindu religious comics, released under the imprint of 'Amar Chitra Katha' ('good reading') from publisher India Book House in Mumbai.

The Amar Chitra Katha comic books were started in1967, and by 2013 included over 470 titles, over 90 million of which have been sold. These comics are aimed at children, and are designed to provide an education in Hindu culture as well as imparting a moral message.

Below I've posted one of the three short comics appearing in 'Tales of Shiva': an episode titled 'Shiva the Fisherman'. If you are used to Western religious comics - such as, for example, the Jack Chick publications - then 'Shiva' will be quite a change of pace.....

In Sight of Heaven, In Reach of Hell

'In Sight of Heaven, In Reach of Hell' by Bob Morallo (story and art) and Budd Lewis
 from Eerie No. 123 (August 1981)

This is the second episode of the three-part series that started with 'Born of Ancient Wisdom' in Eerie No. 121 (June 1981). (The first episode can be viewed here.)