Bob Eggleton
Bob Eggleton | |
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![]() Bob Eggleton at Worldcon in Denver in 2008 | |
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Nationality | American |
Known for | Science fiction, Fantasy, Painting |
Bob Eggleton (born September 13, 1960) is an American
His illustrations have appeared in Dark Horse Comics, Random House Godzilla books, IDW’s Godzilla comic series and on covers for Famous Monsters of Filmland, G-Fan & Japanese Giants magazines.
In film, he has worked as a concept artist on
Early life
Bob Eggleton was born September 13, 1960, in Concord, Massachusetts.[2]
Style and subjects
Eggleton's drawing and paintings cover a wide range of genre topics, often depicting dinosaurs and prehistoric life, dragons and fantasy creatures, giant monsters such as Godzilla, Lovecraftian entities, space vistas and vintage rocket ships, etc. His view on spaceships were that they should look organic, and claimed that as a child, he was disappointed with the space shuttles and rockets NASA produced; they were nothing like fantasy artists of the twenties and thirties had promised. His fascination with dragons originated with his childhood interest of dinosaurs, which can be seen in the book Greetings from Earth. His paintings are commissioned and bought at science fiction conventions and used as book covers.[3]
Eggleton received massive encouragement from his father, in the form of books, supplies, visits to museums of space and aeronautics and support during the career choices he made. Eggleton dropped out of his art college, because he felt it was not for him.
Eggleton is a fan of Toho's Godzilla film franchise, and has illustrated numerous comics, magazines and children's books based on the character. He has also illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
Asteroid 13562 was named
Bibliography
- First Men in the Moon (1989)
- Alien Horizons (1995, UK)
- The Book of Sea Monsters (1998)
- Greetings from Earth (2000)
- Dragonhenge (2002)
- Primal Darkness (2003)
- The Star Dragons (2004)
- Dragons' Domain (2010)
References
- ^ Eggleton, Bob (November 20, 2004). "Godzilla at 50". Locus. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ "Eggleton, Bob". Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. September 12, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- Providence, RI. p. E01. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ "13562 Bobeggleton (1992 SF11)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
External links
- Official website Archived 2018-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Bob Eggleton at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database