Les Edwards
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Les Edwards (born 1949) is a professional illustrator best known for his horror, science fiction and fantasy illustrations. In addition to work under his own name, he also uses the pseudonym Edward Miller for a different style of art.
Edwards trained at Hornsey College of Art between 1968 and 1972 and joined the Young Artists Agency in the early 1970s.[1] He is now represented by his wife, Val Edwards.
He work has included major advertising campaigns, publishing, comics and film design, but he is best known for his genre illustrations. Edwards created the posters for the films Nightbreed and The Thing. He has illustrated two graphic novels, Rawhead Rex and Son of Celluloid, based on short stories from Clive Barker's Books of Blood.[1]
He has has won the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist seven times,[2] and has been nominated three times for a World Fantasy Award as well as having acted as a judge for the latter. [3] Edwards was the artist Guest of Honour at the 2005 World Science Fiction Convention.[4]
Has been published in award-winning Postscripts.
[edit] References
- ^ a b John Clute & John Grant (1999) The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (paperback edition), London, Orbit p.311
- ^ British Fantasy Society list of former award winners.[1]
- ^ World Fantasy Convention awards winners and nominees listing[2]
- ^ New England Science Fiction Association listing of Worldcons [3]
[edit] External links
- Les Edwards' personal web site contains many illustrations
- Les Edwards' work as Edward Miller contains many illustrations
