Taral Wayne
Taral Wayne | |
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Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Baked Potato |
Awards | Rotsler Award, 2008 |
Wayne MacDonald (born October 12, 1951 in
The pen name Taral originated from a fictional synthetic language, Siroihin, that he described in one of his early
Career
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Wayne began his involvement in science fiction fandom in 1971 when he joined the Ontario Science Fiction Club (OSFiC). Over the years he contributed art and writing to a wide variety of amateur and semi-professional fanzines, as well as publishing his own—Red Shift, Delta Psi, Synapse, New Toy and others.[6] In the late 1980s he made the jump to professional illustration, by necessity working mainly outside the science fiction genre. A west coast American magazine called Ruralite was his main client at that time.
During the 1990s Taral focused more on
Due to generally poor sales in the entire comics industry at the time of the Marvel Comics bankruptcy, the series was dropped after only a few issues. Thereafter the artist contributed short pieces to other comics as time and inclination permitted. Taral also created many back covers for Gremlin Trouble, a comic published by AB Pixilations.
Significant work he has done within the SF genre includes the illustration of
In addition to his art, Taral has sold a small number of articles and short stories, worked on TV and cartoon presentations, produced several CDs of art and fan writing, sold tee-shirts, and even designed a postal cancellation for the 1978 Worldcon. The bulk of Taral's career, though, has been the creation of art for private commissions, numbering more than 3,000 inked, coloured, or penciled works to date. He is currently working on private commissions and developing his writing as "retirement" looms.
Taral currently resides in the Parkdale district of Toronto. While still possessing close ties to science fiction fandom, he is rather an outsider in the comics community.[citation needed] In early 2017 he suffered a stroke, from which he subsequently began a slow recovery.[8]
Notes
- ^ (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and most recently 2012 Archived 2012-04-09 at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ "Hugo Award nominations", Science Fiction Chronicle (October–November 2000) 22 (1): 42. Reports the 2000 nomination.
- ^ "2008 Rotsler Award: Taral Wayne".
- ^ Olson, Christopher (June 9, 2009). "The wait for Worldcon: World Science Fiction convention highlights Canadian SF". The Link. Retrieved September 8, 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "AnticipationSF: English - Guests of Honour". 11 August 2009.
- ^ a b Sward, Robert (January 9, 1982). "Gafia and egobo part of fanzine world", The Globe and Mail, p. E7.
- ^ (February 2002). "SF Fandom", Science Fiction Chronicle 23 (2): 13.
- ^ "Getting Reacquainted – FAJ 403 -- Saara's Journal".
External links
- Taral Wayne's bio for Ttines.com
- Taral Wayne's deviantART site
- "I, Fanartist" by Taral Wayne in Challenger 22 fanzine