One of the good things about having a well-read blog is that people send you content, so I do have something worth posting today after all. Italian artist, Maurizio Manzieri, has an excellent blog, and he’s just posted the first half of an interview with the 2008 Hugo-winning artist, Stephan Martiniere. I confess to knowing nothing about Stephan besides the fact that he does really great covers, so the interview really opened my eyes. I discovered, for example, that he was born in France, that he has directed award-winning animation shows, and that he has designed theme park rides. Read the interview, there’s more.

And if we can give the Best Artist Hugo to a Frenchman, why not an Italian as well? Check out the cover that Maurizio has just done for a new Kelley Armstrong book from Subterranean.