Icons of the Fantastic
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Alex Schomburg
Almos Jaschik
Amazing Stories
Arthur Rackham
Aubrey Beardsley
book illustration
Brian Froud
Brothers Hildebrandt
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classic fantasy
classic science fiction
Dorothy Lathrop
Earle Bergey
Ed Emsh
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edmund Dulac
Edward Valigursky
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
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fantasy art
fantasy illustration
Fortunino Matania
Frank E. Schoonover
Frank Frazetta
Frank R. Paul
Franklin Booth
full-color illustrations
Guillermo Del Toro
Gustaf Tenggren
Gustave Dore
Hannes Bok
Hans "Wesso" Wessolowski
Harry Clarke
Heinrich Kley
Heinrich Lefler
Howard Pyle
Hubert Rogers
Iain McCaig
illustration
illustration art
imaginative literature
J. Allen St. John
J.K. Potter
Jim Burns
John Schoenherr
Jose Segrelles
Joseph Clement Coll
Kay Nielsen
Kelly Freas
Kevin J. Anderson
Korshak Collection
Lawrence Sterne Stevens
literary illustration
Malcolm Smith
Margaret Brundage
Michael Dirda
Michael Kaluta
Michael Whelan
Newell Convers N.C. Wyeth
Norman Lindsay
Paul Lehr
pulp magazine covers
Richard Powers
Robert Lawson
Roy Krenkel
science fiction art
science fiction illustration
Scott Fischer
Sidney H. Sime
speculative fiction art
Stanley Meltzoff
Stephen Korshak
Tarzan series
the Korshak Collection
Virgil Finlay
Weird Tales
William Heath Robinson
William Mitcheson Timlin
William Russell Flint
Willy Pogany
Wladyslaw Benda
Wladyslaw T. Benda
Product details
- ISBN 9781644534052
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 229 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 30 Oct 2025
- Publisher: University of Delaware Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection features artwork by pioneering artists from over 160 years of published works of science fiction and fantasy. The illustrations in the collection appeared on the covers of timeless novels such as the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs and classic pulp magazines from the 1930s through 1960s, such as Amazing Stories and Weird Tales. They accompany images of mischievous satyrs, ethereal mermaids, and spell-casting witches for texts ranging from The Tempest, Don Quixote, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to works by Edgar Allan Poe and H. G. Wells. Alongside essays about famous illustrators such as Arthur Rackham and Aubrey Beardsley, contributors engage in a critical reassessment of understudied artists such as José Segrelles, Wladyslaw Benda, Margaret Brundage, and Hannes Bok. The book includes a foreword by Guillermo del Toro, a preface by Kevin J. Anderson, an introduction by Michael Dirda, and an interview with renowned contemporary illustration artist Michael Whelan.
Amanda Zehnder is Chief Curator and Department Head of Museums at the University of Delaware.
David Brinley is Professor of Art and Design at the University of Delaware.
Guillermo del Toro is renowned filmmaker, writer, and artist, who has directed over a dozen films and created numerous television shows, including The Strain (2014–2017) and Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (2022).
Kevin J. Anderson has published more than 190 books, fifty-eight of which have been national or international bestsellers. Anderson is the director of the graduate program in Publishing at Western Colorado University, and he and his wife Rebecca Moesta are the publishers of WordFire Press.
Michael Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a longtime book columnist for The Washington Post, and the author of the memoir An Open Book (2003), five collections of essays, and the critical appreciation On Conan Doyle (2012).
Michael Whelan is one of the world’s premier painters of imaginative realism. For more than forty years, he has created book and album covers for authors and musicians like Isaac Asimov, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Brandon Sanderson, the Jacksons, and Meat Loaf.
Stephen D. Korshak is the owner, along with his wife Alma, of the Korshak Collection of Illustrations of Imaginative Literature.
Margaret Stetz is the Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies and Professor of Humanities at the University of Delaware.
Ashley Rye-Kopec is the Curator of Education and Outreach at the University of Delaware Museums.
Rachael Kane is the Learning and Engagement Manager at Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Lauren Stump is the Curator of the Korshak Collection.
Lisa Yaszek is Regents’ Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech.
Gary K. Wolfe is emeritus Professor of Humanities in Roosevelt University’s Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies.
David Brinley is Professor of Art and Design at the University of Delaware.
Guillermo del Toro is renowned filmmaker, writer, and artist, who has directed over a dozen films and created numerous television shows, including The Strain (2014–2017) and Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (2022).
Kevin J. Anderson has published more than 190 books, fifty-eight of which have been national or international bestsellers. Anderson is the director of the graduate program in Publishing at Western Colorado University, and he and his wife Rebecca Moesta are the publishers of WordFire Press.
Michael Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a longtime book columnist for The Washington Post, and the author of the memoir An Open Book (2003), five collections of essays, and the critical appreciation On Conan Doyle (2012).
Michael Whelan is one of the world’s premier painters of imaginative realism. For more than forty years, he has created book and album covers for authors and musicians like Isaac Asimov, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Brandon Sanderson, the Jacksons, and Meat Loaf.
Stephen D. Korshak is the owner, along with his wife Alma, of the Korshak Collection of Illustrations of Imaginative Literature.
Margaret Stetz is the Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies and Professor of Humanities at the University of Delaware.
Ashley Rye-Kopec is the Curator of Education and Outreach at the University of Delaware Museums.
Rachael Kane is the Learning and Engagement Manager at Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Lauren Stump is the Curator of the Korshak Collection.
Lisa Yaszek is Regents’ Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech.
Gary K. Wolfe is emeritus Professor of Humanities in Roosevelt University’s Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies.
