Author Ray Bradbury Passes Away

The author of so many classics like Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Illustrated Man and The Martian Chronicles has sadly died at the age of 91.

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Here's an interview with the legendary author.

And an article he did for the New Yorker

RIP Jean Giraud (aka Moebius) (1939-2012)

After the passing of Ralph McQuarrie, sad to hear that another great artist has died, Jean Giraud, or more famously known by his Moebius psudenom, he was 73.

Mostly known in his native France for “Les Aventures de Blueberry,” the Old West saga that debuted in 1963, and his work on the magazine Heavy Metal in the late 1970's.

He was also brought in as a concept artist on films like Alien, Tron, Willow, The Abyss and The Fifth Element.

For more information on Jean Giraud, click here.

More artwork after the jump (click to embiggen).

RIP Ralph McQuarrie (1929-2012)

Very sad to hear that Ralph McQuarrie has died at the age of 82. He was a concept artist who worked with many films that shaped our childhood and, of course, was most well known for his concept art for the original Star Wars trilogy.

Check out the Ralph McQuarrie website for more of his artwork.

Here is some of his concept artwork from the original Star Wars trilogy and the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica pilot.

UPDATE:
Added Battlestar Galactica images too.