We have lost another great artist. Kelly’s covers for the Berkley editions of Robert E. Howard’s works were among the first depictions of Conan and the other heroes and villains by REH I ever saw.
Ken Kelly (1946-2022)
Karavansara
East of Constantinople, West of Shanghai
Karavansara
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4 June 2022 at 09:44
RIP to a great artist. Kelly’s work always impressed with their composition and atmosphere, he sold me quite a few books.
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4 June 2022 at 11:03
Yes, there are books I bought only because of Kelly’s art, too. Case in point: the Horseclans series.
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5 June 2022 at 05:10
Same! You know my fascination with the Turkic and Mongol empires and the Silk Road, so those covers really piqued my interest.
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5 June 2022 at 08:43
Actually, one of the reasons why I started reading in English was in the hopes of getting a few Horseclans books and read them, after I saw the covers in a magazine. It took me forever to track down a few novels, and I found them somewhat average, but the cover design was just great 🙂
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5 June 2022 at 10:13
Yeah. One of these days I’d like to get prints of one or two of those covers and have them framed for my man-cave. Along with some Frazettas, Whelans, and Marotos …
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5 June 2022 at 12:55
Sanjulian, Segrelles…
There’s a lot of great artists out there.
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4 June 2022 at 15:23
God Dammit, another one gone…..
RIP Ken Kelly
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