Episode 579: Episode #572! The Fantastic Art of Roy Krenkel and The Giant!

About this episode

The episode explores the art of Roy G. Krenkel and a fictionalized biography of Orson Wells through various books.

Episode #572! The Fantastic Art of Roy G. Krenkel and The Giant! This week we look at three book on two creators. First up Scott has The Giant Orson Wells, The Artist & The Shadow. Written and draw by Youssef Daoudi, The Giant gives readers a nice looking fictionalized biography of Orson Wells. After that, DL brings two incredible art books to the podcast. First is Craig Yoe's The Fantastic Art of Roy G, Krenkel which focuses on Roy's Amra zine illustrations. And also at the table this week is the oversized tomb Roy G. Krenkel Father of Heroic Fantasy A Centennial Celebration. At over 300 pages, it's packed with hundreds of images including pencil drawings, inked work, roughs, colored illustrations and paintings. Check it out!

People in this episode

Host: D.L.Nelson

Topics covered

• art
• biography
• illustration
• fantasy
• books

Keywords

• Roy Krenkel
• Orson Wells
• Youssef Daoudi
• Craig Yoe
• art books

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Giant, The Fantastic Art of Roy G. Krenkel, Roy G. Krenkel Father of Heroic Fantasy A Centennial Celebration

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