Offered in two equally stunning covers, the latest edition of Book Palace Books indispensable illustrators magazine, Issue 48, is available now – leading with a superb look at the artwork of American artist Mark Schultz, from Xenozoic Tales to everything he has done to this day.
Plus, there’s a catch up with Chris Moore, one of Britain’s leading exponents in sci-fi illustration.
From the horror movie posters to VHS and DVD covers, this latest issue of illustrators also offers the opportunity to explore the work of Graham Humphreys, the issue rounding off with a Gallery featuring Classic Monsters by modern day artists.
Since entering the world of comic creation in the mid-1980s with the science-fiction adventure series Xenozoic Tales, five times Harvey award winning creator Mark Schultz Mark Schultz has slowly but consistently produced a very diversified body of work. He has produced illustrations for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories, scripted four years of Superman, composed a science guide to Genetics and DNA, created the Stormforce 10 adventure SubHuman with paleontologist Michael J. Ryan, and written the novella Storms at Sea, which he also illustrated. He also scripts the comic strip Prince Valiant, and in free moments continues to work on a sequel to Storms at Sea.
If you’re a fan of his amazing work, you may also want to grab copies of Xenozoic Tales Volume 1 After The End and Xenozoic Tales Volume 2 The New World from Book Palace, published by Dark Horse back in 2003, two marvellous omnibus collections long out of print. There are plenty of other collections on offer, too, including those from his current publisher, Flesk.
More like a book than a magazine, illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. With its unique blend of art and insight, it guides you through the stories behind the artists and their art, with features written by some of the leading authorities on this important art form.
As well as building into an indispensable reference library, illustrators gives readers an insight into the creative process, from the initial idea to the image potentially seen by millions. Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue, of this brilliant Book Palace Books publication, much of the art taken from scans of the original work.
• Buy illustrators issue 48 (cover A) here direct from Book Palace Books
• Buy illustrators issue 48 (cover B) here direct from Book Palace Books
Authors: Diego Cordoba, Darcy Sullivan, Anthony Taylor
Artists: Mark Schultz, Chris Moore, Graham Humphreys
Publisher: Book Palace Books, August 2025
Number of pages: 96
Format: Soft Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9″ x 11″ (216mm x 280mm)
Code: ILLUSTRATORS48B
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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