Illustrations for a John Sinclair Anniversary Paperback Edition, Part 4 (Vol. 17–21), 1998/99
- Bd. 17/1, Der Würfel des Unheils
- Bd. 18/1, Die Mörder-Blumen
- Bd. 19/3, Flucht in die Schädelwelt
- Bd. 19/4, Im Land des Vampirs
- Bd. 20/1, Die fliegenden Särge
- Bd. 20/3, Das Elexier des Teufels
- Bd. 20/4, Die Nacht der flammenden Augen
- Bd. 20/5, Der Gigant von Atlantis
- Bd. 20/8, Die Teufelsuhr
- Bd. 21/1, Myxins Entführung
- Bd. 21/2, Wer mit Gedanken töten kann
- Bd. 21/3, Der Spiegel-Dämon
- Bd. 21/5, Medusas Rache
- Bd. 21/6, Der Zombie-Bus
- Bd. 21/8, Die Bestien aus dem Geister-Sumpf
A selection of 16 out of 50 illustrations for the John Sinclair anniversary paperbacks vol. 17–21. The edition was was chronological reprint of the original horror pulp series by Jason Dark (Helmut Rellergerd). Each book included 8 novels, the interior illustrations replaced the original color covers but were created independantly from their predecessors.
Altogether I illustrated 21 volumes with 169 drawings; more images in part 1, 2 und 3.
Overview of all John Sinclair books at gruselromane.de.
Illustrations for a John Sinclair Anniversary Paperback Edition, Part 3 (Vol. 12–16), 1997
- Bd. 12/3, Die Geisterhand
- Bd. 3/4, Todeszone London
- Bd. 13/1, Kino des Schreckens
- Bd. 13/2, Der Hexer von Paris
- Bd. 13/5, Knochensaat
- Bd. 14/4, Das Buch der grausamen Träume
- Bd. 14/5, Tigerfrauen greifen an
- Bd. 14/6, Schrei, wenn dich die Schatten fressen
- Bd. 14/7, Die Werwolf-Insel
- Bd. 15/4 Die Höllenkutsche
- Bd. 16/3, Das letzte Duell
- Bd. 15/7, Die Bestie von Soho
- Bd. 15/8, Hügel der Gehenkten
- Bd. 16/5, Das Eisgefängnis
- Bd. 13/6, Die Horror-Cops
A selection of 16 out of 32 illustrations for the John Sinclair anniversary paperbacks, vol. 12–16. The edition was chronological reprint of the original horror pulp series by Jason Dark (Helmut Rellergerd). Each book included 8 novels, the interior illustrations replaced the original color covers but were not supposed to imitate them in any way.
Altogether I illustrated 21 volumes with 169 drawings; more images in part 1, 2 und 4.
Overview of all John Sinclair books at gruselromane.de.
Illustrations for a John Sinclair Anniversary Paperback Edition, Part 2 (Vol. 5–11), 1994–96
- Bd. 5/1, Die Todesgondel
- Bd. 5/6, Der Unheimliche von Dartmoor
- Bd. 5/7, Die Nacht des schwarzen Drachen
- Bd. 5/8, Die Killerpuppen
- Bd. 6/8, Flugvampire greifen an
- Bd. 7/1, Im Haus des Schreckens
- Bd. 7/4, Die Totenkopf-Insel
- Bd. 7/6, Damona, Dienerin des Satans
- Bd. 7/7, Der Mörder mit dem Januskopf
- Bd. 8/7, Geister-Roulette
- Bd. 9/2, Das Mädchen von Atlantis
- Bd. 9/7, Das Dämonenauge
- Bd. 10/2, Der unheimliche Mönch
- Bd. 10/3, Der Satanist
- Bd. 10/4, Maringo, der Höllenreiter
- Bd. 10/7, Die Rückkehr des Rächers
- Bd. 9/5, Das Horror-Taxi von New York
- Bd. 10/8, Teufelstrank um Mitternacht
- Bd. 11/4, Die Horror-Reiter
- Bd. 11/8, Der Alptraum-Garten
A selection of 21 out of 32 illustrations for the John Sinclair anniversary paperbacks, vol. 5–11. The edition was chronological reprint of the original horror pulp series by Jason Dark (Helmut Rellergerd). Each book included 8 novels, the interior illustrations replaced the original color covers but were not supposed to imitate them in any way.
Altogether I illustrated 21 volumes with 169 drawings; more images in part 1, 2 und 4.
Overview of all John Sinclair books at gruselromane.de.
Cover Illustrations for John Sinclair and Other Pulp Series, 1993–95
- Gruselschocker Bd. 67
- John Sinclair Special Bd. 37
- Mitternachtsroman Bd. 749
- Raven Bd. 4
- Raven Bd. 7
The cover illustration for John Sinclair, the most popular German horror pulp series, was originally created for a paperback, Andrew Neiderman’s thriller The Solomon Organization, but finally not used for the book. It’s my only regular John Sinclair cover. In addition, six original Professor Zamorra and Dämonenland cover images were used for the John Sinclair Special Edition, six more pictures were re-used for the horror series Grusel-Schocker.
The two cover illustrations for the miniseries Raven by Wolfgang Hohlbein were originally painted for Professor Zamorra and Zaubermond’s Dan Shocker Edition.
The ghostly piper, my only cover in the so called “Frauen-Grusel” section, was a commissioned work painted according to a description.
Black and white illustrations for John Sinclair paperbacks here (part 1 of 4).
All the above series can be found at gruselromane.de.
Cover: © Bastei Lübbe
Illustrations for a John Sinclair Anniversary Paperback Edition, Part 1 (Vol. 1–4), 1992
- Bd. 1/4
- Bd. 2/1
- Bd. 2/6
- Bd. 2/8
- Bd. 3/3
- Bd. 4/3
- Bd. 4/4
- Bd. 4/6
In 1992 I started to illustrate the John Sinclair paperback edition . Each book included 8 pulp novels from the original horror booklet series by Jason Dark (Helmut Rellergerd).
When the first commission came, I had to deal with it under intense time pressure, because the decision to publish the books with illustrations was made at the very last moment. I had to do 32 drawings within two weeks, reading and research (in the pre-internet days!) included. The interior illustrations replaced the original color covers but were created independently from their predecessors.
The original drawings for the the first four books are missing, I have only a few copies and the books left.
Till 1999 I illustrated 21 John Sinclair paperbacks with 169 drawings. More in part 2, 3 and 4 .
Overview of all John Sinclair books at gruselromane.de.