Glen Orbik
{{Short description|American illustrator (1963–2015)}}
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Glen Orbik (1963 – May 11, 2015) was an American illustrator known for his fully painted paperback and comic covers, often executed in a noir style.
Early life and education
In the 1970s, Orbik and his mother moved to Douglas County, Nevada. He is a 1981 graduate of Douglas High School in Minden, Nevada. He studied art at the California Art Institute then located in Encino, later Calabasas, California, and now located in Westlake Village.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} He studied under the school's founder, retired movie and advertisement illustrator Fred Fixler.
Career
Orbik eventually took over the classes when Fixler retired from teaching and taught figure drawing after returning from an extended hiatus.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} His work has been compared to Alex Ross and Robert McGinnis,{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} and he was a popular teacher among fine art, comic, and video game artists.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} He most recently worked on a series of paperback covers for the Hard Case Crime series of novels.
Personal life
Orbik resided in Van Nuys, California. He died on May 11, 2015.
Works
=Covers=
- The Swimmer DVD/Blu-ray (digital restoration) release
- Stephen King novella Blockade Billy
- Barbara Hambly novel Annie Steelyard and the Garden Of Emptiness: An Honorary Man
- Cover to Stephen King novels, The Colorado Kid and Joyland
- 25th anniversary edition of Stephen King novel It
- Joe R. Lansdale novella Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella
- Joe R. Lansdale novella Dead Aim
- George Axelrod novel Blackmailer
=Other=
References
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{{cite news |first=Jacqueline |last=Blais |newspaper=USA Today |publisher=Gannett Company |location=Tysons Corner, VA |title=King wades into pulp |page=D1 |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-02-27-king-pulp-fiction_x.htm |date=February 28, 2005 |access-date=May 12, 2015}}
{{cite news |newspaper=Record-Courier |publisher=Swift Communications |location=Gardnerville, NV |title=Douglas High graduate produces King book cover |url=http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20050304/Opinion/103040015 |date=March 4, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309224932/http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20050304/Opinion/103040015 |archive-date=March 9, 2005 |access-date=May 12, 2015}}
{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Parfrey |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles |title=Stephen King serves up pulp softly boiled: The Colorado Kid Stephen King Hard Case Crime |page=E9 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-05-et-book5-story.html |date=October 5, 2005 |access-date=May 12, 2015}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.memphisflyer.com/TheDailyBuzz/archives/2006/12/11/new-oxford-american-issue-gets-pulpy |first=John |last=Branston |newspaper=Memphis Flyer |publisher=Contemporary Media |location=Memphis, TN |title=New Oxford American Issue Gets Pulpy |date=December 11, 2006 |access-date=May 12, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613221215/http://www.memphisflyer.com/TheDailyBuzz/archives/2006/12/11/new-oxford-american-issue-gets-pulpy |archive-date=June 13, 2011 }}
{{cite news |first=Paul Goat |last=Allen |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |publisher=Tribune Publishing |location=Chicago, IL |title=Back in black: New releases and reissues attest to the resurgence of pulp noir |page=5.6 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/06/09/back-in-black-5/ |date=June 9, 2007 |access-date=May 12, 2015}}
{{cite news |first=Jeremy D. |last=Bonfiglio |newspaper=South Bend Tribune |publisher=Schurz Communications |location=South Bend, IN |title=The motor and the muse: 'Muscle Cars & Calendar Girls' has power but needs a tuneup |url=http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2007-06-10/news/26829867_1_muscle-cars-paintings-works |date=June 10, 2007 |access-date=May 12, 2015 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075244/http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2007-06-10/news/26829867_1_muscle-cars-paintings-works |url-status=dead }}
{{cite news |work=Midwest Book Review |title=Annie Steelyard |url=http://www.comiclist.com/index.php/reviews/midwest-book-review-march-2009 |date=March 31, 2009 |access-date=May 12, 2015}}
{{cite news |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |publisher=Bangor Publishing Company |location=Bangor, ME |title=Stephen King to release IT anniversary edition |url=http://bangordailynews.com/2011/05/24/living/stephen-king-to-release-special-25th-anniversary-edition-of-%E2%80%98it%E2%80%99/ |date=May 24, 2011 |access-date=October 15, 2012}}
{{cite news |first=Jeffrey A. |last=Trachtenberg |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |title=Michael Crichton's Secret Life Reprinted in Paperback |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/08/11/michael-crichtons-secret-life-reprinted-in-paperback/ |date=August 11, 2013 |access-date=May 11, 2015}}
{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Arrant |work=Newsarama |title=GLEN ORBIK Passes Away at 51 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514171942/http://www.newsarama.com/24467-glen-orbik-passes-away-at-51.html|access-date=May 12, 2015}}
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External links
- [http://www.orbikart.com The Artwork of Glen Orbik, official website] bio, and gallery of Orbik and companion, Laurel Blechman's work
- [http://www.hardcasecrime.com/index.shtml Hard Case Crime] series of reprinted and original pulp fiction novels, some illustrated by Orbik
- {{cite web |url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=3098 |archive-date=April 26, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426075359/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=3098 |url-status=dead |title=Glen Orbik :: Pen & Paper RPG Database |access-date=June 22, 2012 }}
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