The cover to Robert E. Howard's The Singers In The Shadows by Marcus Boas
Artist: Marcus Boas (All)
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Singers In the Shadows as printed
Framed and hanging
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DescriptionThose of you that know me have heard me talk about growing up devouring every book I could ever get my hands on that had anything to do with Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard. Part of that fascination came right from seeing the covers to any one of those books. The minute you see one, you get sucked in to the fantasy worlds of these two authors. I used to read the books and refer back to the covers all the time and just stare at them lost in the fantasy worlds that these artist would paint. As I got older, I started to realize that all those book covers were real paintings and out there some place. When I started collecting art, my first goal was to get Conan and John Carter of Mars art. Then I started branching out and played around with all kinds but I always dreamed of owning ANY book cover from both of these authors. Well, this past year, I realized part one of my ultimate goal by landing the cover painting to the Wizard of Venus from ERB. WOW! 1/2 way there! Fast forward to todays mail, and I now own the second 1/2 of my grail goal! So, with that part of the background done, on to the art! Most of you know REH as the writer of Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane and Red Sonya/ Sonja among others. He wrote many stories but also had another love. Poetry and verse! The first time that he submitted these poems was in 1928 to the New York Publishing House who returned the manuscript with a statement that "they were not at that time publishing verse". Wow, OK, so there they sat until the next time which was not until 1970 in a limited edition of 549 copies put out by Donald M. Grant. That sold out pretty quick! The next time was in 1977 by Science Fiction Graphics with a slightly larger edition of 1500 copies. This was put out as a hardback with 60 pages and had 6 black and white interior pages and the cover all being done by Marcus Boas. This painting is from the poem called "Rebel" and was used twice. Once on page 29 and then for the cover. AND NOW, IT RESIDES IN MY HOUSE!!! OWWW! Sorry, I just pinched myself again to see if I was just dreaming....:)As a couple of last notes, the back of the painting has one of the lines from the poem called Rebel. "I snatched her and fled fast while on our tracks the host of hell came flying on the blast" The size of this painting is a 16x20 oil on canvas board. I could honestly say that If I never got another piece of art, I would be satisfied, But then, like you guys, I'm still a collector and theres always other art. But I know 2 pieces that will forever hang on my walls with this being one of them! Social/Sharing |
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. BRAUNY 
Member Since 2007
Posted on 11/5/2010
Ken, congrats on adding such a grail to your collection. I hope you enjoy it for a long, long time!
Rubén DaCollector's Paperback Art
Member Since 2005
Posted on 11/5/2010
Congratulations on getting the second part of your grail Ken. I know nothing about this, but it looks pretty cool and it's great to see you fulfill a "dream"! Oh, and since you now know which 2 pieces will forever remain on your walls, that means I'll be expecting to hear from you shortly in order to strike a deal for a certain other piece named Spartacus! No use in you having that crap when you've got these 2 holy grails, is there?
Felix Lu
Member Since 2005
Posted on 11/5/2010
Congrats Ken! Always great when collectors achieve their grails. Enjoyed your description as well!
Matthew West
Member Since 2006
Posted on 11/5/2010
I can see how this particular visual manifestation of Mr. Howard's work would have haunted you through the years. Not only do the backstory and rare collectibility of this piece leave a strong impression, but the artwork itself taps into something dark and sinister at the edge of the imagination. I'm in awe that you were able to make this life-long dream come true. I'll be sure not to wake you if you are, in fact, dreaming. Congrats on the good fortune, Ken!
Jonathan Mueller
Member Since 2005
Posted on 11/6/2010
Congrats on achieving your Grail Ken! I am lucky enough to know what doing so feels like and am pleased as punch when another collector is as lucky as I... There's just nothing like it!
LEN CALLO
Member Since 2004
Posted on 11/6/2010
HOLT SH*T, Ken!!!! That's just mind blowing. Congrats x10.
Holly Burnett
Member Since 2009
Posted on 11/7/2010
Ken, I swear my heart just skipped a beat. Inspiring, haunting, beautiful and yes, I do keep staring at this piece wondering what will happen next. It's so 'alive'.. and exquisite in it's detail. Congratulations :)
Manrico Avorio
Member Since 2004
Posted on 11/7/2010
Hi Ken. Congrats for this magnificent new add to your collection...! [:-) Indeed a great piece.
M Collector
Member Since 2010
Posted on 11/7/2010
Well what can I say?? :) What a fantastic painting and a really important piece of Robert E. Howard history. The frame looks great too!!
Maria Coppola
Member Since 2011
Posted on 12/12/2011
I love admiring paintings like these, so stunning! This must look superb hanging on the wall, awesome!
Johan Tudts
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/20/2013
It's almost as Symbolist art like Jean Delville or Maximilian Pirner, I LOVE IT !!!
Ryan M
Member Since 2015
Posted on 5/30/2016
Amazing piece, Ken. I can totally see why you'll never sell it!
Marc Pecorella
Member Since 2007
Posted on 12/16/2018
Isn't it great to have art that you feel that way about! Congrats! Marcus is amazing!
ralflights s
Member Since 2010
Posted on 1/2/2021
Hi Ken, Just a quick note concerning your amazing "Singers in the Shadows" cover painting.......Marcus told me that he wrote the line from "Rebel" on the back of the painting himself....
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