Some background on "The Gryphon"
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This came up in another thread, and I thought people might be interested, so I'm reposting it here as a new thread.
"The Gryphon" is a work from when I was much younger, which explains the difference in style from my current work. I was very influenced by Gustave Dore at the time, particularly his plates for Orlando Furioso and Dante's Inferno. Here's a plate that might seem familiar to those of you who've read "The Gryphon":
As for the story, I was inspired by Richard Sala (probably most famous for his "Invisible Hands" animated shorts that played on Liquid Television way back in the day on MTV) when I wrote it. His work (at least back then) tended to appropriate the various cues of the horror and noir genres to create a kind of dreamworld that more suggests a story than tells one.
Under Sala's spell, I tried to do the same for the fantasy genre. I was more concerned with creating an "open" story that leaves a great deal to the reader's imagination. Nothing at all like The Collector and UFO.
I may go back to trying my hand at this technique sometime in the future. What do you think?
Ex animo!
Rick
Posted 1 year ago #
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