Tuesday, September 28, 2010



I was browsing the science-fiction section of MYOPIC BOOKS yesterday and came across an edition of Robert Heinlein's Beyond This Horizon that features an illustration signed by "BORIS 87." A wave of nostalgia washed over me as I remembered this as the Boris Vallejo who, along with his wife Julie Bell, illustrated my favorite (bustiest) X-Men cards in the mid-90s. I can remember sketching from their work as a kid; imagine being an eight year old and fawning over that picture of Storm! Unreal.

I resolved to revisit the couple's portfolio, and was dumbstruck when I returned home to find them featured on IT'S NICE THAT that same morning. My renewed interest has now been reduced to an ephemeral, blog-driven curiosity. The internet wins again, but that doesn't detract from the significance of BORIS' AND JULIE'S WORK.

5 comments:

  1. i have a hard imaging you as a comic fan. marvel comics at that.

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  2. I've definitely fallen off of the comics wagon, Jason, but I was deep into Marvel as a youth.

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  3. 95 fleer ultra's. I still have the whole set!

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