cover artist of Guy N Smith novels

[shanea]

Has anyone researched the cover artists of GNS novels. I am aware of Les Edwards and terry oakes covers but these only account for a small proportion of the 100+ novels

[droogie]

Hello,

Luis Rey has done a few (The Resurrected, The Sucking Pit, The Slime Beast and a few others). Slime Beast has 3 different covers all by different artists. Luis did the cover showing the monster eating a handful of intestines. The Sucking Pit is the version with the teeth & skulls in the center of the image, surrounded by the greenish, bubbly swirl.

[franklinmarsh]

Lucinda Cowell did Werewolf By Night

bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/lucinda-cowell.html

[shanea]

Oct 20, 2014 11:55:09 GMT droogie said:

Hello,

Luis Rey has done a few (The Resurrected, The Sucking Pit, The Slime Beast and a few others). Slime Beast has 3 different covers all by different artists. Luis did the cover showing the monster eating a handful of intestines. The Sucking Pit is the version with the teeth & skulls in the center of the image, surrounded by the greenish, bubbly swirl.

thanks Droogie

Further research has shown Luis Rey did about 8 of the covers

[shanea]

Oct 20, 2014 12:33:42 GMT franklinmarsh said:

Lucinda Cowell did Werewolf By Night

bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/lucinda-cowell.html

Thanks for the heads up franklin . Interesting link not particlary GNS related but her monty python link

[shanea]

A bit more research has turned up the following names for possible cover artists for GNS books. any assistance on matching them to particular covers would be appreciated

Lucinda Cowell - werewolf by moonlight
Ian miller
Luis Rey
David Mcallister
Les Edwards
Bob Martin
Terry Oakes
Josh Kirkby
Oliver Hunter
David O'connor
Stephen Crisp
Bruce Coleman
Lawrence Beck (OR Back)
Danilo Ducak
Richard Newton
Reuben J Murray
Clive Coote
Colin Sullivan
Tony Masero

[droogie]

The newest cover artist for Guy N. Smith is Alan M. Clark, who did the forthcoming U.S. hardcover edition of The Slime Beast. This will be published by Centipede Press later this month in a limited / signed edition of 250 copies.

[franklinmarsh]

Les Edwards definitely did Fiend. He did Entombed with the creature on the cover. Josh Kirby did Locusts (1979). Tony Masero did Sabat (or at least 1 - The Graveyard Vultures and 2 - The Blood Merchants.)

[shanea]

Thanks for the contributions. Here is what I have got so far..Multiple titles denotes different editions. oh and and sorry for the formatting.


Werewolf By Moonlight - Lucinda Cowell
The Sucking Pit
The Sucking Pit - Luis Rey
The Sucking Pit
The Sucking Pit
The Slime Beast
The Slime Beast
The Slime Beast - Luis Rey
Night of the Crabs
Night of the Crabs
Night of the Crabs - Luis Rey
The Ghoul - Les Edwards
Return of the Werewolf
Killer Crabs - Rob Martin
Bats Out of Hell - Terry Oakes
Bats Out of Hell
Bats Out of Hell
The Son of the Werewolf
The Origin of the Crabs
Locusts
Locusts - Josh kirby
Locusts - Terry Oakes
Deathbell
Thirst
thirst
Satan's Snowdrop
Satan's Snowdrop - Les Edwards
Caracal
Doomflight - Les Edwards
Doomflight - Les Edwards
Manitou Doll
Manitou Doll
Wolfcurse
Crabs on the Rampage
Warhead
Warhead
Entombed
Entombed - Les Edwards
Entombed - Les Edwards
Sabat 1: The Graveyard - Tony masero
Sabat 2: The Blood Mer - Tony masero
The Pluto Pact
The Lurkers
Sabat 3: Cannibal Cult - Tony masero?
Sabat 4: The Druid Co - Tony masero?
The Undead
Accursed
Accursed
Crabs' Moon
Crabs' Moon - Luis Rey
The Walking Dead
Throwback
Throwback - Terry Oakes
The Wood
The Wood
The Neophyte
The Neophyte
Abomination
Snakes
Cannibals
Cannibals - Les Edwards
Alligators
Bloodshow - Terry Oakes
Thirst II: The Plague
Demons - Terry Oakes
Crabs The Human Sacrifice
The Island - Les Edwards
Fiend - Les Edwards
The Master - Terry Oakes
Mania - Les Edwards
The Camp - Les Edwards
The Festering - Terry Oakes
Phobia - Luis Rey
Phobia - Luis Rey
The Unseen
Carnivore - Terry oakes
The Resurrected - Luis Rey
The Black Fedora - Luis Rey
The Knighton Vampires - Luis Rey
The Plague Chronicles - Luis Rey
Witch Spell
The Dark One
Dead End
Water Rites
The Busker
Deadbeat
Blackout
The Cadaver
Deadbeat
Maneater
Night Spawn
Night of the werewolf
Crabs the return
The eighth day
Psalm 151
Hangman Hotel

[droogie]

Terry Oakes also did:

Bloodshow, Locusts,Throwback, Demons

Les Edwards also did: Satan's Snowdrop, Doomflight, The Ghoul, The Island

Rowena Morill did a few of the U.S. paperback Crabs series covers

[shanea]

Jul 3, 2015 0:10:06 GMT droogie said:

Terry Oakes also did:

Bloodshow, Locusts,Throwback, Demons

Les Edwards also did: Satan's Snowdrop, Doomflight, The Ghoul, The Island

Rowena Morill did a few of the U.S. paperback Crabs series covers

Thanks Droogie I have updated the post but do you know what editions of these they did where there were several editions ?

[droogie]

Hi,

I'll just give raw descriptions of the cover art, as it will be easy to identify them that way.

Bloodshow: Screaming topless woman in tub/ tiled bathroom full of blood
Locusts: Screaming mans' face with locusts crawling all over it
Demons: Upside-down screaming man with demonic hands reaching up for him
Throwback: Creature knawing/eating a bloody bone of some sort, staring at the reader.
Satan's Snowdrop : Zombie SS officer swinging a whip with other figures in the background
Doomflight: Corpse pilot in the cockpit of the plane
The Ghoul: Movie tie-in edition
The Island: Screaming man who looks as if he is burnt / missing skin.

The original painting of The Island features a lot more of the male figure; it was badly cropped for the books' cover.

[droogie]

Here is an update on the covers:

There were 3 books in the Crabs series released by DELL in the U.S.A. in 1988 (Crabs Moon, Crabs on the Rampage and I forget the 3rd title). All 3 covers were painted by the famous fantasy artist Rowena Morill.

[droogie]

Latest Guy N. Smith cover art update:

Earlier this week, Les Edwards posted 5 paintings that he did for GNS novels; you can view them on his website. The titles are:

The Camp, Manitou Doll, The Wood, The Unseen and an almost-used cover to The Festering.