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science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

artists, notable and well-known 20th- and 21st-century artists who have created book covers or interior illustrations for books, or who have had their own books or comic books of

fantastic art Fantastic art is a broad and loosely defined art genre. It is not restricted to a specific school of artists, geographical location or historical period. It can be characterised by subject matter—which portrays non-realistic, mystical, mythi ...

with science fiction or fantasy themes published. Artists known exclusively for their work in comic books are not included. Many of the artists are known for their work in both the fantasy and sf fields. Artists who have won the

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by th ...

, the

World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year at the eponymous ann ...

, or the Chesley Award are noted, as are inductees into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. MBoehmeMeeting

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* Chris Achilleos (1947–2021) * Charles Samuel Addams (1912–1988) * Dan Adkins (1937–2013) * Paul Alexander (1937–2021) *

Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for ''Jumanji'' (1981) and '' The Polar Express'' (1985), both of which he al ...

(born 1949) * Horacio Altuna (born 1941) *

Yoshitaka Amano is a Japanese visual artist, character designer, illustrator, a scenic designer for theatre and film, and a costume designer. He began his career in 1967 at Tatsunoko Production working on anime such as '' Speed Racer'' and later became the c ...

(born 1952) *

Murphy Anderson Murphy C. Anderson Jr. (July 9, 1926 – October 22, 2015) was an American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in the Golden Age of Comic Books in ...

(1926–2015) * Marshall Arisman (born 1937) *

Boris Artzybasheff Boris Mikhailovich Artzybasheff (, 25 May 1899; Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire – 16 July 1965) was a Russian and American illustrator notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs. Life and career Artzybasheff was bor ...

(1899–1965) *

Alicia Austin Alicia Austin (born 1942) is an American fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator. She works in print-making, Prismacolor, pastels and watercolors. Early life and education Austin was born in Providence, Kentucky. As her father was ...

(born 1942) (Hugo, World Fantasy) * John Avon (born 1961)

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Wayne Barlowe Wayne Douglas Barlowe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, painter, and concept artist. Barlowe's work focuses on esoteric landscapes and creatures such as citizens of hell and alien worlds. He has painted over 300 books, magazi ...

(born 1958) * George Barr (born 1937) (Hugo) *

Richard Bassford Richard Bassford (born 1936) is an American illustrator who has worked in both advertising and comic books. Born in Manhattan, Bassford lived from age three in the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Corona and Whitestone until his marriage in ...

(born 1936) *

Jill Bauman Jill Bauman is an American artist. She has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award five times and nominated for the Chesley Award several times. Her art has been exhibited at the Delaware Art Museum, the Moore College of Art, Art Students ...

Pauline Baynes Pauline Diana Baynes (9 September 1922 – 1 August 2008) was an English illustrator, author, and commercial artist. She contributed drawings and paintings to more than 200 books, mostly in the children's genre. She was the first illustrator ...

(1922–2008) * Den Beauvais (born 1962) (Eagle) *

Zdzisław Beksiński Zdzisław Beksiński (; 24 February 192921 February 2005) was a Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism. Beksiński made his paintings and drawings in what he called either a Baroque or a Go ...

(1929–2005) *

Rudolph Belarski Rudolph Belarski (May 27, 1900 – December 24, 1983) was an American graphic artist known for his cover art depicting aerial combat for magazines such as ''Wings'', '' Dare Devil Aces'', and ''War Birds''. He also drew science fiction covers for ...

(1900–1983) *

Julie Bell Julie Bell (born October 21, 1958) is an American fine artist, illustrator, photographer, bodybuilder and wildlife painter. Bell is also a fantasy artist and a representative of the heroic fantasy and fantastic realism genres. Bell has won Che ...

(born 1958) * Earle K. Bergey (1901–1952) *

John Berkey John Berkey (August 13, 1932 – April 29, 2008) was an American artist known for his space and science fiction themed works. Some of Berkey's best-known work includes much of the original poster art for the ''Star Wars'' trilogy, the poster for ...

(1932–2008) * Charles Binger (1907–1974) *

Simon Bisley Simon Bisley is a British comic book artist best known for his 1990s in comics, 1990s work on ''ABC Warriors'', ''Lobo (DC Comics), Lobo'' and ''Sláine (comics), Sláine''. Early life Simon Bisley began drawing when he was six years old. He is ...

(born 1962) *

Vaughn Bodé Vaughn may refer to: People *Vaughn (surname), list of notable people with the surname ;As a given name: * Vaughn Bodē (1941–1975), underground comics writer * Vaughn Duggins (born 1987), American basketball player * Vaughn Flora (1945–2022) ...

(1941–1975) (Hugo) * Michael Böhme (in German) *

Hannes Bok Wayne Francis Woodard ( ; July 2, 1914 – April 11, 1964), known by the pseudonym Hannes Bok, was an American artist and illustrator, as well as an amateur astrologer and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry. He painted nearly 150 covers for v ...

(1914–1964) (Hugo) * Chesley Bonestell (1888–1986), namesake of the Chesley Award (Hall of Fame) * Paul Bonner *

Franklin Booth Franklin Booth (July 18, 1874 – August 25, 1948) was an American artist known for his detailed pen-and-ink illustrations. He had a unique illustration style based upon his early recreation of wood engraving illustrations with pen and ink. His sk ...

(1874–1948) * Stephen Bradbury (born 1954) * Greg Broadmore (born 1972) *

Gerald Brom Gerald Brom (born March 9, 1965), known professionally as Brom, is an American Gothic art, gothic fantasy artist and illustrator, known for his work in role-playing games, novels, and comic books, comics. Early life Brom was born March 9, 1965, i ...

(born 1965) * Johnny Bruck (1921–1995) (in German) * Margaret Brundage (1900–1978) *

Frank Brunner Frank Brunner (born February 21, 1949) is an American comics artist and illustrator best known for his work at Marvel Comics in the 1970s. Early life Brunner attended Manhattan's High School of Art and Design. He was in the same graduating class ...

(born 1949) *

Jim Burns Jim Burns (born 10 April 1948) is a Welsh artist born in Cardiff, Wales. He has been called one of the Grand Masters of the science fiction art world. In 1966 he joined the Royal Air Force, but soon thereafter he left and signed up at th ...

(born 1948) (Hugo)

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* Ciruelo Cabral (born 1963) *

Clyde Caldwell Clyde Caldwell (born February 20, 1948) is an American artist. Self-described as a fantasy illustrator, he is best known for his portrayals of strong, sexy female characters. With his work at TSR in the 1980s, he is considered one of the artis ...

(born 1948) * Thomas Canty (born 1952) (World Fantasy) * Edd Cartier (1914–2008) * Glenn Chadbourne (born 1959) * Gary Chalk (born 1952) * Sid Check (1930–2002) * David A. Cherry (born 1949) * James C. Christensen (1942–2017) * Alan M. Clark (born 1957) (World Fantasy) * Richard Corben (1940–2020) *

Lee Brown Coye Lee Brown Coye (July 24, 1907 – September 5, 1981) was an American artist. Coye is probably best remembered for his black-and-white illustrations for pulp magazines and horror fiction, but he produced a variety of works in other media. Biogra ...

(1907–1981) (World Fantasy) * Kinuko Y. Craft (born 1940) (World Fantasy) *

Doug Chiang Doug Chiang (; born 16 February 1962) is an American film designer and artist. He is vice president and executive creative director of Lucasfilm and previous Chief Creative Officer (CCO) at Lucasfilm. Early life and education Chiang was born i ...

(born 1962), ''Star Wars'' prequels

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* Liz Danforth (Hall of Fame) * Don Davis (born 1952) * Roger Dean (born 1944) (World Fantasy) * Vincent DiFate (born 1945) (Hugo, Hall of Fame) *

Tony DiTerlizzi Tony M. DiTerlizzi (born September 6, 1969) is an American fantasy artist, children's book creator, and motion picture producer. In the gaming industry, he is best known for his work in the collectible card game '' Magic: The Gathering'' and on ...

(born 1969) *

Leo and Diane Dillon Leo Dillon (March 2, 1933 – May 26, 2012) and Diane Dillon (''née'' Sorber; born March 13, 1933) were American illustrators of children's books and adult paperback book and magazine covers. One obituary of Leo called the work of the husb ...

(Hugo) * Don Dixon (born 1951) * Philippe Druillet (born 1944) * Edmund Dulac (1882 – 1953) * Brian Lee Durfee

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Jeff Easley Jeff Easley (born 1954) is an oil painter who creates fantasy Work of art, artwork for role-playing games, comics, and magazines, as well as non-fantasy commercial art. Early life Easley was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky in 1954. He spent time ...

(born 1954) * Les Edwards (born 1949) (World Fantasy) *

Bob Eggleton Bob Eggleton (born September 13, 1960) is an American science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction, horror artist. Eggleton is a nine-time Hugo Award–winner for Best Pro Artist in science fiction and fantasy, first winning in 1994. He won the Hu ...

(born 1960) (Hugo) *

Larry Elmore Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948) is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines, and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Dragonlance'', ...

(born 1948) * Peter Elson (1947–1998) *

Ed Emshwiller Edmund Alexander Emshwiller (February 16, 1925 – July 27, 1990) was an American people, American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. He usually signed his illustrations as Emsh but ...

(Ed Emsh, Emsler) (1925–1990) (Hugo, Hall of Fame)

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* Stephen Fabian * Hugh Ferriss (1889–1962) * Fred Fields * Virgil Finlay (1914–1971) (Hall of Fame) * Steve Fiorilla (1961–2009) * Tom Fleming (artist) (born 1966) * Danny Flynn *

Phil Foglio Philip Peter Foglio (born May 1, 1956) is an American cartoonist and comic book artist known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy art. Early life and career Foglio was born on May 1, 1956, in Mount Vernon, New York, and moved with his fa ...

(born 1956) (Hugo) *

Chris Foss Christopher Frank Foss (born 1946) is a British artist and science fiction illustrator. He is best known for his science fiction book covers and the black and white illustrations for the original editions of '' The Joy of Sex''. Career Earl ...

(born 1946) *

Brad W. Foster Brad W. Foster (born April 26, 1955) is an American illustrator, cartoonist, writer and publisher. He has also been Artist Science fiction convention#Guests of Honor, Guest of Honor at multiple conventions such as ArmadilloCon 10, Conestoga 9, Ar ...

(born 1955) (Hugo) * Matt Fox (1906–1988) * Bob Fowke (born 1950) *

Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winn ...

Frank Frazetta Frank Frazetta (born Frank Frazzetta ; February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) was an American artist known for themes of Fantasy art, fantasy and science fiction, noted for comic books, mass market paperback, paperback book covers, paintings, p ...

(1928–2010) (Hugo, World Fantasy) * Frank Kelly Freas (1922–2005) (Hugo, Hall of Fame) * Brian Froud (born 1947) (Hugo) * Wendy Froud (born 1954)

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* Hector Garrido *

Jack Gaughan John Brian Francis "Jack" Gaughan, pronounced like 'gone' (September 24, 1930 – July 21, 1985), was an American science fiction artist and illustrator and multiple winner of the Hugo Award in the category of Hugo Award for Best Professional Arti ...

(1930–1985) (Hugo) *

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

(born 1960) * Donato Giancola (born 1967) (Chesley, Hugo, World Fantasy) *

H. R. Giger Hans Ruedi Giger ( ; ; 5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as " biomechanical". He was part of the special effects team that won ...

(1940–2014) (Hall of Fame) * Alexis A. Gilliland (born 1931) (Hugo) * Juan Giménez (1943-2020) *

Jean Giraud Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian comics, Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim predomin ...

(Moebius) (1938–2012) (World Fantasy, Hall of Fame) * John Giunta (1920–1970) *

Warwick Goble Warwick Goble (22 November 1862 – 22 January 1943) was a British illustrator. He was educated and trained at the City of London School and the Westminster School of Art. He specialized in fairy tales and exotic scenes from Japan, India and ...

(1862-1943) *

Edward Gorey Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an Americans, American writer, Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for book ...

(1925–2000) (World Fantasy) *

Michel Granger Michel Granger (; born 13 October 1946) is a French painter, sculptor and visual artist. His childhood took place in Arsenal County, a period that will strongly mark his artistic work. But encounters and successive travels took him to new horiz ...

(born 1946) *

Melvyn Grant Melvyn "Mel" Grant (born 1944) is an English artist and illustrator. Trained traditionally, he originally worked with oil paints, but in the late 1990s Grant switched to creating most of his work digitally with a digitizing tablet and the softwa ...

(born 1944) * Vernon Grant (1935–2006) * James Gurney (born 1958) (World Fantasy) * Alan Gutierrez (born 1958)

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* Michael Hague (born 1948) *

Frank Hampson Frank Hampson (21 December 1918 – 8 July 1985) was a British illustrator. He is best known as the creator and artist of Dan Dare and other characters in the boys' comic, the ''Eagle'', to which he contributed from 1950 to 1961. Biograp ...

(1918–1985) * Joan Hanke-Woods (1945–2013) (Hugo) * David A. Hardy (born 1936) * John Harris (born 1948) * Teddy Harvia (Hugo) * Stephen Hickman (1949–2021) * Mike Hinge (1931-2003) * Hidetaka Tenjin (born 1973) * Brothers Hildebrandt (World Fantasy) * Jim Holloway * John Howe (born 1957) * Debbie Hughes (born 1958) (Chesley) * Judson Huss (1942–2008)

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* Graham Ingels (1915–1991) * Naohisa Inoue (born 1948) *

Ionicus Joshua Charles Armitage (26 September 1913 – 29 January 1998) was an English illustrator under the pen name Ionicus. Ionicus may be known best for illustrating the covers of Penguin Books, Penguin paperback editions of books by P. G. Wodehous ...

(1913–1998) * Ian Miller

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* Tim Jacobus (born 1959) *

Jael Jael () or Yael (' ''Yāʿēl'') is a heroine of the Bible who aids the Israelites in their war with King Jabin of the city of Tel Hazor, Hazor in Canaan by killing Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army. This episode is depicted in Judges 4, cha ...

Zoran Janjetov Zoran Janjetov ( sr-cyr, Зоран Јањетов; born 23 June 1961) is a Serbian comics artist. Janjetov is among most prominent comics creators of former Yugoslavia, published worldwide. He is best known as the illustrator of '' Avant l'Incal ...

(born 1961) * James Jean (born 1979) (World Fantasy) *

Matt Jefferies Walter Matthew Jefferies (August 12, 1921 – July 21, 2003) was an American aviation and mechanical artist, set designer, and writer. He is best known for his work on the original ''Star Trek'' television series, where he designed many of the s ...

(1921–2003) * Howard David Johnson (born 1954) * Eddie Jones (1935–1999) * Patrick J. Jones * Peter Andrew Jones (born 1951) *

Jeffrey Catherine Jones Jeffrey Catherine Jones (January 10, 1944 – May 19, 2011) was an American artist whose work is best known from the late 1960s through the 2000s. Jones created the cover art for more than 150 books through 1976, as well as venturing into fine ...

(1944–2011) (World Fantasy) *

Tom Jung Thomas Jung is an American Art director#In advertising, art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and storyboard artist.The Star Wars Poster Book, Stephen J. Sansweet, Chronicle Books (October 13, 2005)The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive ...

(born 1942) * Joe Jusko (born 1959)

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Michael Kaluta Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm. Kaluta (born August 25, 1947), is an American comics artist and writer best known for his acclaimed 1970s adaptation of the pulp magazine hero ''The Shadow'' with writer Den ...

(born 1947) * Ken Kelly (born 1946) * Thomas Kidd (born 1955) (World Fantasy) *

Josh Kirby Ronald William "Josh" Kirby (27 November 1928 – 23 October 2001) was a British commercial artist. Over a career spanning 60 years, he was the artist for the covers of many science fiction books including Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' novel ...

(1928–2001) * Tim Kirk (born 1947) (Hugo) * C. M. Kosemen *

Roy Krenkel Roy Gerald Krenkel (July 11, 1918 – February 24, 1983), who often signed his work RGK, was an American illustrator who specialized in fantasy and historical drawings and paintings for books, magazines and comic books. Influences and stu ...

(1918–1983) (Hugo) * Bernard Krigstein (1919–1990)

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* Alan Lee (born 1947) (World Fantasy) * Alexander Leydenfrost (1888–1961) * Peter Lloyd (1944–2009) *

Todd Lockwood Todd Wills Lockwood (born July 9, 1957) is an American artist specializing in fantasy and science fiction illustration. He is best known for his work on the role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and for his covers for the books of R. A. Salv ...

(born 1957) (Chesley)

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* Don Maitz (Hugo, World Fantasy) * Stephan Martinière (born 1962) (Chesley, Hugo) * Rodney Matthews (born 1945) * David Mattingly (born 1956) * Robert McCall (1919–2010) * Iain McCaig (born 1957) * * Harold McCauley (1913-1977) *

Winsor McCay Zenas Winsor McCay ( – July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip ''Little Nemo'' (1905–1914; 1924–1927) and the animated film ''Gertie the Dinosaur'' (1914). For contractual reasons, he w ...

(1871–1934) * Jim McDermott (born 1960) *

Dave McKean David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an England, English artist. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpture. McKean has illustrated works by authors such as S. F. Said, S.F. Said, ...

(born 1963) (World Fantasy) * Angus McKie (born 1951) *

Shawn McManus Shawn McManus (born June 30, 1958) is an Americans, American artist who has worked extensively over three decades for DC Comics and other companies, notably for DC's Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo imprint including the ''Fables (comics), Fables'' ...

(born 1958) *

Ralph McQuarrie Ralph Angus McQuarrie (; June 13, 1929 – March 3, 2012) was an American conceptual designer who worked in film and television. His career included work on the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy, the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' television se ...

(1929–2012) *

Syd Mead Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019) was an American industrial designer and Neo-futurism, neo-futurist concept artist. Initially known for his influential futuristic design work for industrial clients such as U.S. Steel, Phili ...

(1933–2019) * Ilene Meyer (1939–2009) * Ian Miller (born 1946) * Ron Miller (born 1947) * Jeff Miracola (born 1971) * Jean-Baptiste Monge (born 1971) * Chris Moore (1947–2025) *

Rowena Morrill Rowena A. Morrill (September 14, 1944 – February 11, 2021), also credited as Rowena and Rowina Morril,"Rowina Morril" may be a typo, but has been used in multiple works even where the signature on the cover artwork is clearly "Rowena". The 22nd ...

(born 1944) *

Gray Morrow Dwight Graydon "Gray" Morrow (March 7, 1934 – November 6, 2001)Gray Morrow
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(1934–2001) * Lee Moyer

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* Ted Nasmith (born 1956) * Russ Nicholson * Naoyuki Kato (born 1952) * Earl Norem (1923–2015)

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* Noriyoshi Ohrai (1935–2015) * Glen Orbik (1963–2015) *

Erol Otus Erol Otus is an American artist and video game designer, game designer, who contributed art to the fantasy role-playing game (RPG) genre, especially early in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' franchise. He created art for the award winning ''Star Control ...

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* John Jude Palencar (born 1957) * Keith Parkinson (1958–2005) *

Maxfield Parrish Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 – March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustration, illustrator active in the first half of the 20th century. His works featured distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. The ...

(1870-1966) * Frank Paul (1884–1963) (Hall of Fame) * Bruce Pennington (born 1944) * John Picacio (born 1969) (World Fantasy) *

Mike Ploog Michael G. Ploog (; born July 13, 1940 or 1942) is an American storyboard and comic book artist, and a visual designer for films. In comics, Ploog is best known for his work on Marvel Comics' 1970s ''Man-Thing'' and '' The Monster of Frankenstein ...

* Richard M. Powers (1921–1996) (Hall of Fame) * Victoria Poyser

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Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, ...

(1867–1939) * Hugh Doak Rankin (1878–1956) *

Wayne Reynolds Wayne Reynolds is a People of the United Kingdom, British artist whose work has appeared in comics and role-playing games. Early life and education Wayne Reynolds was born in Leeds, UK. He attended art college in Dewsbury and Middlesbrough. Gam ...

Derek Riggs Derek Riggs (born 13 February 1958) is a contemporary British artist best known for creating the band Iron Maiden's mascot, "Eddie (mascot), Eddie". Career Born in Portsmouth, England, Riggs is a self-taught artist, both in his traditional pai ...

(born 1958) *

William Rotsler Charles William Rotsler () was an American artist, cartoonist, Pornography, pornographer and science fiction author. Rotsler was a four-time Hugo Award winner and one-time Nebula Award nominee. Rotsler's papers including dozens of matted color ...

(1926–1997) (Hugo) *

Luis Royo Luis Royo (born 1954) is a Spanish artist. He is best known for his fantasy illustrations published in numerous art books, magazines such as '' Heavy Metal'' and various other media including book and music CD covers, video games and Tarot cards ...

(born 1954)

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* James Allen St. John (1872–1957) * Steele Savage (1898–1970) * John Schoenherr (Hugo) (1935–2010) *

Alex Schomburg Alexander A. Schomburg, born Alejandro Schomburg y Rosa (; May 10, 1905Alejandro Schomburg Y Rosa

(1945–1998) * Vicente Segrelles (born 1940) * Brian Selznick (born 1966) *

Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Send ...

(1928–2012) * Luigi Serafini (born 1949) * Barclay Shaw (born 1949) * You Shiina (unknown) * Shusei Nagaoka (1936–2015) * John Sibbick * Daniel Simon (born 1975) * Wojciech Siudmak (born 1942) * Malcolm Smith (artist) *

Hajime Sorayama is a Japanese illustrator known, along for his design work on the original Sony AIBO, for his precisely detailed, erotic portrayals of feminine robots. He describes his highly detailed style as "superrealism", which he says "deals with the t ...

(born 1947) *

Simon Stålenhag Simon Stålenhag (born 20 January 1984) is a Swedish artist, musician, and designer specialising in retro-futuristic digital art. His work primarily focuses on nostalgic Swedish and American countryside environments, with retro sci-fi elements. ...

(born 1984) * Matthew Stawicki *

Rick Sternbach Richard Michael Sternbach (born July 6, 1951) is an illustrator who is best known for his space illustrations and his work on the ''Star Trek'' television series. Early years Born July 6, 1951, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1969 Sternbach enr ...

(born 1951) (Hugo) * Steve Stiles (1943–2020) * Anne Stokes *

Drew Struzan Drew Struzan (; born March 18, 1947) is an American retired artist, illustrator and cover designer. He is known for his more than 150 movie posters, which include ''The Shawshank Redemption'', ''Blade Runner'', ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'', as ...

(born 1947) * Anne Sudworth *

Arthur Suydam Arthur Suydam (; born May 18, 1953) is an American comic book artist known for his work on Marvel Zombies, Deadpool, Black Panther, and KISS Zombies. He has done artwork for magazines including '' Heavy Metal'', ''Epic Illustrated'' and '' Nation ...

(born 1953) * Darrell K. Sweet (1934–2011)

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* Shaun Tan (born 1974) (World Fantasy) * J. P. Targete * Geoff Taylor (born 1946) * Mark Tedin *

Greg Theakston Greg Allen Theakston (November 21, 1953 – April 22, 2019) was an Americans, American comics artist and illustrator who worked for numerous publishers. He is known for his independent publications as a comics historian under his Pure Imagin ...

(1953–2019) * Karel Thole (1914–2000) * Arthur Thomson (ATom) (1927–1990) * David Thiérrée (born 1970) *

Timothy Truman Timothy Truman (born February 9, 1956) is an American writer, artist and musician. He is best known for his stories and Wild West-style comic book art, and in particular, for his work on '' Grimjack'' (with John Ostrander), ''Scout'', and the ...

(born 1956)

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Boris Vallejo Boris Vallejo (born January 8, 1941) is a Peruvian-American painter who works in the science fiction, fantasy, and erotica genres. His hyper-representational paintings have appeared on the covers of numerous novels in the science fiction, sword ...

(born 1941) * Ed Valigursky (1926-2009) *

Jason Van Hollander Jason Van Hollander (born September 9, 1949) is an American illustrator, book designer and occasional author. His stories and collaborations with Darrell Schweitzer earned a World Fantasy Award nomination. Van Hollander's fiction and nonfiction h ...

(born 1949) (World Fantasy) *

Charles Vess Charles Vess (born June 10, 1951) is an American fantasy artist and comics artist who has specialized in the illustration of myths and fairy tales. His influences include British "Golden Age" book illustrator Arthur Rackham, Czech Art Nouveau p ...

(born 1951) (World Fantasy) * H. R. Van Dongen (born 1920)

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* Ron Walotsky (1943–2002) * James Warhola (born 1955) * Kevin Wasden *

David Wenzel David T. Wenzel (; born November 22, 1950) is an illustrator and children's book artist. He is best known for his graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Hobbit''. Career Wenzel's first ambition had been to work for one of the big ani ...

(born 1950) *

Paul Wenzel Paul Edward Wenzel (February 14, 1935 – May 27, 2022) was an American artist, best known for his career with The Walt Disney Company, creating illustrations for movie posters and retail merchandise.Dave Smith, ''Disney A to Z: The Updated Off ...

(born 1935) *

Michael Whelan Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) is an Americans, American artist of imaginative Realism (arts), realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has ...

(born 1950) (Hugo, World Fantasy, Hall of Fame) * Tim White (1952–2020) * Eva Widermann (born 1978) *

Gahan Wilson Gahan Allen Wilson (February 18, 1930 – November 21, 2019) was an American author, cartoonist and illustrator known for his cartoons depicting horror-fantasy situations. Biography Wilson was born in Evanston, Illinois, and was inspired by th ...

(1930–2019) (World Fantasy) *

Wally Wood Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as ''Weird Science (comic), Weird Science'', ''Weird Fantasy'', an ...

(1927–1981) (National Cartoonists Society) *

Patrick Woodroffe Patrick James Woodroffe (27 October 1940 – 10 May 2014) was an England, English artist, etcher and drawer, who specialised in Fantasy art, fantasy science-fiction artwork, with images that bordered on the surreal. His achievements include s ...

(1940–2014) * Frank Wu (Hugo) * N. C. Wyeth (1882 – 1945)

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* Jacek Yerka (born 1952) (World Fantasy) * Paul Youll (born 1965) *

Stephen Youll Stephen Youll (born 8 June 1965 in Hartlepool) is a British science fiction artist. He got his start in the genre when his work, done in conjunction with his twin brother Paul Youll, Paul, was seen in 1987 at the 45th World Science Fiction Conv ...

(born 1965)

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* Jurgen Ziewe * Mark Zug (born 1959)

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