Michael Whelan (1) (1950–)
Author of The Art of Michael Whelan
For other authors named Michael Whelan, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Image credit: Credit: Szymon Sokół, 2005, Glasgow, Scotland
Series
Works by Michael Whelan
Beyond Science Fiction: The Alternative Realism of Michael Whelan (Baby Tattoo Carnival of Astounding Art) (2018) — Illustrator — 23 copies
The Savage Sword Of Conan/Kull & The Barbarians Ads — Illustrator — 1 copy
Associated Works
The Girl Who Heard Dragons [short story collection] (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,223 copies
The Faded Sun Trilogy: Kesrith, Shon'jir, and Kutath (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,468 copies
The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror (2015) — Illustrator — 555 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 370 copies
Out of Avalon: An Anthology of Old Magic & New Myths (15-in-1) (2001) — Cover artist, some editions — 290 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection (2013) — Cover artist, some editions — 208 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology (2007) — Cover artist, some editions — 56 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 14, No. 7 [July 1990] (1990) — Cover artist — 14 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 14, No. 13 [December 1990] (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 12 copies
Art of the Dragon: The Definitive Collection of Contemporary Dragon Paintings (2012) — Contributor; Cover artist, some editions — 8 copies
Weltraum-Reporter - Berichte aus dem Weltall 1: Der Ewige / Kolumbus der Milchstraßen (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 5 copies
Dragon*Con 2011 Program Book — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
Legends of the Fallout (Mutant Hunter, #1) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Whelan, Michael
- Legal name
- Whelan, Michael Raymond
- Birthdate
- 1950-06-29
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Culver City, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Culver City, California, USA
Danbury, Connecticut, USA - Education
- San Jose State University (BA ∙ Painting)
Art Center College of Design, California - Occupations
- Illustrator
- Awards and honors
- Hugo Award (15 times)
Chesley Award
SF Hall Of Fame (2009)
Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators
Vargas Award
LOCUS: Best Professional Artist (27 times) (show all 8)
SuperHugo (Best Artist of the last 50 years)
World Fantasy Award (3 times)
Members
Reviews
Awards
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Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 13
- Also by
- 270
- Members
- 609
- Popularity
- #41,276
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 22
- Languages
- 1
- Favorited
- 4
- Touchstones
- 24
A nice feature of this volume is that alongside the full page "clean" art, we get a reproduction of the final book cover design. The Lovecraft diptych (possibly the only cover work that doesn't represent the contents -- Whelan was simply commissioned for a horror piece) is particularly interesting in this regard. The artist also discusses each work in detail.… (more)