EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 23 © 2018 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

62 these amazing science-fiction drawings using only tiny dots. It looked so great, that I wanted to adapt that same technique to my comics… but it proved to be so time-consuming, that I abandoned it after a while. I noticed Moebius was also using a pointillist style at the time, but he kept it on for a much longer… So, I guess he was more patient than I was.” In the Warren horror magazines Jeff Easley did comics using Finlay’s stippling technique, as did Spanish artist Isidre Monès on certain occasions, although he was more inspired by Moebius than Finlay. And nowadays we have cartoonist Drew Friedman using Finlay’s stippling technique on his strips. Finlay also wrote poetry, but none was published during his lifetime (samples have been published posthumously, though). Among the many awards he received (while still alive) were: Best fantasy artist in the Beowulf Poll, 1941 and 1945; Best fantasy illustrator for the Fantasy Annual 1948, and in 1953 he won the Hugo Award for Best Interior Illustrator (a category that would not be differentiated in the following years, being incorporated into a “Best Artist” award thereafter). The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2012. There have been various book collections featuring his artwork throughout the years, although most are now out of print. l l We are greatly indebted to the Korshak Collection for assisting us with several of the images for this feature: www.korshakcollection.com We would also like to thank Heritage Auctions for allowing us to reproduce additional images for this feature—more can be seen at: www.HA.com Text continued from page 54 When his work for pulp magazines ceased, Finlay took on a career as an abstract painter, as these images attest. The paintings created in the 1960s failed to arouse much of a stir, but they, nevertheless provide further insight into his his boundless creativity.