This past weekend, Doc Con XVII—the latest in an annual celebration of pulp-fiction hero Doc Savage and his fans—was held in Glendale, Arizona, and the guest of honor was none other than Bob Larkin: cover artist of SWC’s Saga of Pandora Zwieback novels and legendary painter of Bantam Books’ Doc Savage novels! In addition to greeting his fans—who traveled from all across the U.S. as well as from places like Vancouver, British Columbia to meet him—Bob signed “about 500 covers” and chatted his way through a slideshow retrospective of his career, entertaining con-goers with the behind-the-scenes tales of each painting. The Doc Con folks were kind enough to provide the pics of Bob you see here: signing one of his books for a fan; and at the retrospective.
The large fan turnout made it the most successful Doc Con so far, so of course the showrunners wasted no time in inviting Bob back for next year’s gathering! That now makes three conventions in 2015 for which Bob will be a guest of honor: Eternal Con (June 13–14); New York Comic Con (October 8–11); and Doc Con XVIII (October). More information to come as the show dates get closer.
And in case you weren’t aware, Doc Savage fans, StarWarp Concepts is the publisher of The Bob Larkin Sketchbook. It’s 24 pages of spectacular pencil drawings of Doc Savage, Pat Savage, the Shadow, and a host of other subjects by the talented Mr. Larkin, and is available exclusively from the StarWarp Concepts webstore. Order one today, and prepare to be superamalgamated!
Visit the Bob Larkin Sketchbook product page for all the ordering information, as well as sample pages.
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