The Lovecraftian Thing a Day (2018) No.253: The Art of Ian Miller

There are probably very few British fantasy/sci-fi/horror fans (especially those who have passed middle-age) who have not encountered Ian Miller’s artwork - indeed, his illustrations have been a mainstay of the UK genre scene since the 1970s: his work has appared on the cover of early issues of White Dwarf, and in the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks; in addition to which, his grotesqueries played an important role in defining the Boschian aesthetics of the various Warhammer universes; his art has graced the covers of the work of Tolkien and Bradbury, as well as that of New Wave literati such as M. John Harrison. As per the images below, he has also provided covers for the UK Panther editions of Lovecraft’s work, including what I consider to be one of the greatest illustrations of Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness- all of which can be found in the retrospective of his work, The Art if Ian Miller.