About the Artist

Bob Covington joined the British Fantasy Society in 1990, and started contributing drawings for their publications Dark Horizons, Mystique and Winter Chills. His work has also appeared in the magazines Nexus, Critical Wave, and the short lived Beyond.

In 1998 he was commissioned to paint the cover and internal illustrations for The Paladin Mandates (edited by Mike Chinn and published by The Alchemy Press). This led to his being approached by David Howe to provide the internal illustrations for the paperback collection Manitou Man: The Worlds of Graham Masterton (edited by David Howe and published by the BFS), followed by commissions for both volumes of the fantasy anthology F20 (2000 and 2001, edited by David Howe with M P N Sims and L H Maynard, published by the BFS).

More recently he painted the cover for Swords against the Millennium (edited by Mike Chinn and published by The Alchemy Press), and completed a piece for the now online Unhinged issue one.

In 2001 Bob worked on a couple of comic strips with Stuart Young. In 2002 Bob was commissioned to provide the cover and internal illustrations for a new book by Jeff Gardiner; The Age of Chaos: The Multiverse of Michael Moorcock (published by the BFS). The frontispiece for Shell Shock is his first major commission.

In 1999 Bob was commissioned to produce 14 colour covers for a company called Pulp Publications, who specialised in reprinting Edgar Wallace, Jules Verne, Sapper, Sax Rohmer, and Guy Boothby. Unfortunately the company went into liquidation before he was paid. Never the less, a few months later Bob was presented with the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist of 1998.

The Artwork

A small section of Bob Covington's illustration is presented to the left.

Additionally, we hope to present the full final illustration and roughs at a later date so look out for news of this online or via the Telos Mailing List.