Here be (Bob’s) Dragons…

By John Freeman on August 10, 2012 • ( 1 )

SciFi Art Now contributor Bob Eggleton has just announced the release of his long-awaited Dragon Kalender (2013), on sale from Austria-based publishers Weltbild.

If you don’t mind owning a calendar in German, then for €9.99 (plus delivery) you get 12 amazing images of dragons, beautifully painted by Hugo award-winning fantasy/SF artist Bob in a large-format calendar (35 cm x 51cm.

The small images here don’t do justice to Bob’s amazing work – check out the Kalendar’s page for larger versions.

Publishers Weltbild launched way back in 1948 as a small family business and have gone on to become one of Austria’s biggest mail order company for books, music, DVDs and gifts.

• Check out their web site using Google Translate if you don’t speak German via www.weltbild.at

• View or buy the calendar at: http://www.weltbild.at/3/17223719-1/kalender/kalender-premium-dragons-2013.html

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John Freeman

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.