Ann VanderMeer, Author at Gizmodo

The Macabre Whimsy Of Lisa Snellings

Lisa Snellings is perhaps best known for her Poppets – small creatures that have inspired such writers as Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolfe, Larry Niven, Peter S. Beagle and many others. But her work is hardly sweetness and light. I was first introduced to Lisa’s work at the World Fantasy Convention several years ago. And I…

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Creep Into The Strange Imaginings of Ivica Stevanovic

Ivica Stevanovic is an artist from Serbia. All I can say is that he’s a mad genius of the surreal….and I like it. I like it a lot. In this gallery, we’ll tour his unusual world. In addition to his amazing images in graphic novels, he has also worked on numerous chiildren’s books as well…

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The Woman Who Married Art And Burlesque And Got Fantastically Weird [NSFW]

Big, beautiful, lusty women. Gorgeous, gigantic, muscled men. Fantastic animals and larger-than-life settings. This is the wonderful world of Molly Crabapple: the woman who married art and burlesque and watched them make beautiful music together with Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School. Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is an amazing event. Roughly twice a month (in the NY…

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The Demons of Scott Eagle

Scott Eagle has demons. Many demons. They come to haunt him in all sorts of guises – sometimes as tornadoes, sometimes as bleeding trees. Nature is not benign. The best way to deal with them is to paint them. I was first introduced to Scott Eagle’s work many years ago when he sent me his…

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Cute Robot Sculptures Are Both Scrappy And Made Of Scrap

After the apocalypse, we’ll need to build our new robot helpers out of whatever we can find… and we’ll need them to be as cute as possible, to cheer us up. So thank goodness for Mike “Slobot” Heisler’s recycled robots. This is a Sentry, one tough robot. Stronger than the average Slobot, and a good…

io9 Ann VanderMeer Nov 27

The Intergalactic Hockey Team Is Bioengineered To Play Hard

Reenie the Cyborg combines cyberpunk with skatepunk — and she’ll leave wheel marks all over your face. She’s just one of the serious players in Jason Martin‘s Intergalactic Hockey team. Jason Martin’s first love affair with science fiction all started with Star Wars. He was intrigued by the elaborate details of the action figures along…

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Ann VanderMeer

The Macabre Whimsy Of Lisa Snellings

Creep Into The Strange Imaginings of Ivica Stevanovic

The Woman Who Married Art And Burlesque And Got Fantastically Weird [NSFW]

The Demons of Scott Eagle

Cute Robot Sculptures Are Both Scrappy And Made Of Scrap

The Intergalactic Hockey Team Is Bioengineered To Play Hard

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